Schedule- subject to change

Wednesday, September 25

9:00 AMNetworking Breakfast

9:30 AMOpening Remarks

9:45 AMStrengthening America’s Alliances

Considering the multipolarity of today’s world, this panel will discuss how to balance America’s strategic interests between East and West — and the ideal partners and partnerships in which to invest.

11:00 AMBuilding a More Just Society At Home

President Nixon said, “a democratic country with a weak economy will have a weak foreign policy.” This panel will explore the ideal future of America at home: a strong economy, a diversified industrial base, consistent wage growth, and improvements in education and learning, all of which safeguard national security.

12:15 PMLuncheon Keynote

1:00 PMTheaters of War and Great Power Competition

As wars in Ukraine and the Middle East capture global attention, this panel will discuss the impact of regional conflicts on the competition between great powers.

2:15 PMArtificial Intelligence and Energy Policy as Grand Strategy

This panel will explore how to use and deploy rapidly-developing Artificial Intelligences to ensure a balanced American energy policy.

Additional Participants will be announced in the coming weeks!

Speakers

Robert C. O'Brien 27th National Security Advisor

Ambassador O’Brien served as the 27th National Security Adviser from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs and as a U.S. Representative to the UN General Assembly. He is the Chairman of the Richard Nixon Foundation.

Matthew Continetti Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute

Mr. Continetti is the director of domestic policy studies and the inaugural Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his work is focused on American political thought and history, with a particular focus on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement in the 20th century.

Dr. Monica Crowley Former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at Treasury

Dr. Crowley is the Host of the "Monica Crowley Podcast," former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Richard Nixon Foundation.

Dr. Arthur Herman Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute

Dr. Herman's research programs analyze defense, energy, and technology issues. He is the author of nine books, including the New York Times Best Seller How the Scots Invented the Modern World, the Pulitzer Prize Finalist.

Mark Mills Director of the National Center for Energy Analytics, a contributing editor at the City Journal, a faculty fellow at Northwestern University’s school of engineering, and co-founding partner in Montrose Lane

Mr. Mills is author of the book The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s, (2021), and previously: Digital Cathedrals, (2020), Work in The Age of Robots (2018), and The Bottomless Well, (2006).

Dr. Nadia Schadlow Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Dr. Schadlow is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute where she conducts research and analysis on geopolitical trends as well as geopolitical impacts on key sectors such as critical minerals, microchips, and energetics materials.

Robert Wilkie 10th U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Under Secretary of Defense (2017-18)

Mr. Wilkie currently serves as the Senior National Security Analyst for NEWSMAX Television and is A Distinguished national Security Fellow at the America First Policy Institute. He sits on the board of two Artificial Intelligence companies and a military charity.