List of Upcoming SMA Speaker Sessions

(Updated 30 September 2024)

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

Wednesday 2 October 1300 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. James Giordano (Georgetown University Medical Center) & Dr. Diane DiEuliis (NDU)
• Topic: Biosecurity Balancing Act: Delicate Dual-Use Issues of Synthetic Biology and Precision Medicine
• Speaker Series: SMA General

Thursday 3 October 1000 EDT

• Speaker: Mr. Ameya Keller (Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, India)
• Topic: Climate Change and Food Security in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities
• Speaker Series: Climate Effects

Wednesday 9 October 1000 EDT

• Speaker: Michael Kimmage (Catholic University of America)
• Topic: Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability
• Speaker Series: EUCOM

Tuesday 15 October 2024 1000 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. Tim Clack (University of Oxford), Lieutenant General (Ret) Richard Nugee (British Army), Ella Fleming (UK Defence Science Technology Laboratory)
• Topic: How Climate Change Impacts Security and Conflict Worldwide
• Speaker Series: Climate Effects

Wednesday 30 October 2024 1300 EDT

• Speaker: Dr. Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Dr. Matthew Funaiole, Samatha Lu, Truly Tinsley (CSIS)
• Topic: How China Could Quarantine Taiwan
• Speaker Series: INDOPACOM

Friday 6 December 2024 1100 EST

• Speaker: Stanislava Mladenova (Brown University, Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies)
• Topic: Book talk: When Rambo Meets the Red Cross: Civil-Military Engagement in Fragile States
• Speaker Series: SMA General