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Thursday, September 29, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
47645 College Drive | Cole Cinema | St. Mary’s City, MD 20686
AGENDA (Panelists to be confirmed)
8-9am Check-in, Networking, and Continental Breakfast
9-9:45am Keynote Speaker: Admiral James G. Foggo, USN (Retired), Dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy, Navy League of the United States
9:45-10am Break
10am-12pm Panel I: NATO’s Expansion – Considerations for Implementation
Moderator: Maj Gen Bill Hix, US Army (ret), Founder and Managing Partner, Next Horizon Partners (confirmed)
Panelists:
–BG Mark J Hovatter, Deputy Director for Operations, Joint Staff, J-3 (Confirmed)
-His Excellency Mr. Kristjan Prikk, Estonia ambassador to the U.S. (confirmed)
-Mr. Byron Callan, Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners (confirmed)
-Dr. Katherine Kjellström Elgin, Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (confirmed)
12-1pm Lunch (Great Room)
1-1:30pm Enabling NATO’s Information Advantage and Empowering Multi-Echelon Collaboration Using AI/ML Enabled OSINT Analytics
Mr. Benjamin Ledford, Vice President, Alqimi (confirmed)
1:30-3:30pm Panel II: NATO Strategies and European Security
Moderator: Dr. Matthew Fehrs, Associate Professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (confirmed)
Panelists:
-Col. Juha Helle, Office of the Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attaché, Embassy of Finland, Washington (confirmed)
–Alexander Crowther, PhD, Non-resident fellow, Transatlantic Defense and Security Program at Center for European Policy Analysis (confirmed)
–Dr. Michael Cain, Professor, St. Mary’s College of Maryland (confirmed)
3:45-4pm Closing Remarks
4:15-5:15pm Reception (Aldom Lounge)
ABOUT THE PATUXENT DEFENSE FORUM
This annual forum brings together leading academics, highly ranked military officers and key policy analysts in government and business at St. Mary’s College campus to discuss issues central to U.S. foreign affairs and national defense. It is a unique, all-day forum designed to encourage diverse groups within the defense community to share information, network, and critically analyze policies and concepts affecting our national defense. We look forward to a robust exchange of ideas and opinions.
ABOUT THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Admiral James G. Foggo, USN (ret)
James G. “Jamie” Foggo is currently serving as the dean for the Center for Maritime Strategy at the Navy League of the United States. A retired four-star admiral, Foggo is a 1981 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He is also an Olmsted Scholar and Moreau Scholar, earning a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University and a Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies in defense and strategic studies from the University of Strasbourg, France. He commanded the attack submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) in 1998, which was awarded the Submarine Squadron 8 Battle Efficiency “E” award and the Admiral Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy, for being the most improved ship in the Atlantic Fleet.
Following command of USS Oklahoma City, he would go on to command eight more times to include: Submarine Squadron 6 in Norfolk, Virginia; Submarine Group 8; Allied Submarines South; the U.S. 6th Fleet; Allied Striking and Support Forces NATO; Naval Forces Europe; Naval Forces Africa; and Allied Joint Forces Command (NATO), all headquartered in Naples, Italy. During these command tours, he participated in combat operations as the Operations Officer for Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn (Libya) in 2011 and Commander Naval Forces Europe for strike operations against Syrian chemical weapons sites in April 2018.
Throughout his career, Foggo has been a champion of the Navy as an extended arm of diplomacy. He maintained close relationships with the U.S. ambassadors in his area of responsibility from Europe to Africa and into the Middle East. He sponsored numerous regional ambassadors conferences at his headquarters in Naples to address security challenges in the Balkans, Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. Throughout 2021, he taught a seminar at the Foreign Service Institute on civil-military relations for rising foreign service officers. In November 2021, Foggo was named to the American Academy of Diplomacy as one of a handful of retired flag officers who serve alongside more than 200 retired ambassadors with the common goal of enhancing American diplomacy around the globe.
Foggo is a distinguished fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis and a distinguished fellow of the Council on Competitiveness. He is a member of the board of directors of the Olmsted Foundation and the Naval Historical Foundation. He occupies a seat on the editorial board of the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Explorer’s Club of New York.
REGISTRATION
$75 – TPP members, SMCM Alums, 1634 Society
$100 – non-members
Complimentary for government employees/active duty.
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Long form of registration link: https://paxpartnership.app.neoncrm.com/eventReg.jsp?event=330&
REFUND POLICY:
TPP does not provide refunds for canceled registrations. We welcome substitutions. In the event that the facility is closed on the day of the program due to inclement weather, TPP will refund your registration fee.
About The Patuxent Partnership and The Center for the Study of Democracy
The Patuxent Partnership (TPP) works with government, industry and academia on initiatives in science, technology and innovation, hosts programs of interest to NAVAIR and the broader DoD community and supports workforce development including education initiatives & professional development.
The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) explores contemporary and historical issues associated with the ideas of democracy, liberty, and justice in national and international contexts. It supports research that enhances our understanding of liberal democracy and its critics. CSD facilitates activities that strengthen democracy and the rule of law; enhance security and individual freedoms; invigorate the civil society; encourage free enterprise; and increase economic, environmental, educational, and cultural equity.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING:
Acquisition workforce attendees can earn up to 8 CL points.
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