List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 3 June 2025)

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

Wednesday June 4 1100 EDT

• Speaker: CDR Stefan Lundqvist, PhD (Swedish Defence University) with Guest Host Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology)
• Topic: Future in the High North – the Role of the Nordics in Meeting the Sino-Russian Challenges
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Tuesday June 10 1500 EDT

• Speaker: Jim Mitre (RAND Global and Emerging Risks)
• Topic: Artificial General Intelligence’s Five Hard National Security Problems
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Tuesday June 24 1100 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Pezard, Dr. Irina A. Chindea, Dr. Naoko Aoki, Yuliya Shokh (RAND)
• Topic: China’s Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Tuesday July 1 1000 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. Duncan Depledge (Longborough University), Dr. Caroline Kennedy (Longborough University), Dr. Gregory Falco (Cornell University)
• Topic: Arctic panel
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Thursday July 24 (Time TBD)

• Speaker: Lyle Morris (Asia Society)
• Topic: Ongoing purges within the PLA and implications for PLA morale and readiness
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM