List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 23 April 2024)

For general speaker series inquiries and information on how to join an event, please contact Mariah Yager (mariah.c.yager.ctr@mail.mil).

Tuesday 23 April 2024 1300 EST

• Speaker: Dr. Michael Mazarr (RAND); Mr. Clinton Reach (RAND); Dr. Timothy Heath (RAND)
• Topic: The Qualities that Make Nations Competitive: Chinese and Russian Views
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Wednesday 24 April 2024 1000 EST

• Speakers: Thomas Shattuck (Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania); Robin Michael Garcia (Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania)
• Topic: Responses Against China’s Coercion in the Indo-Pacific: Developing a Toolkit from the Philippines and Taiwan
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday 14 May 2024 1000 EST

• Speakers: Mr. Greg Weaver (Strategy to Plans LLC) & Ms. Amy Woolf (Atlantic Council, Snowcraft Center for Strategy and Security)
• Topic: Arms Control Opportunities in the Emerging Two-nuclear-peer Environment
• Speaker Series: STRATCOM

Thursday 16 May 2024 1200 EST

• Speakers: Gregory Wischer (Dei Gratis Minerals) & Dr. Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines)
• Topic: The Rise of Great Mineral Powers
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Wednesday 22 May 2024 1100 EST

• Speaker: David Ochmanek (RAND)
• Topic: How to Reverse the Erosion of U.S. and Allied Military Power and Influence
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Thursday 27 June 2024 1300 EST

• Speaker: Brandon Williams (LLNL)
• Topic: Quantum Computing
• Speaker Series: SMA General