SOF Symposium

Special Keynote: The Honorable Michael Sheehan, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict

SOF Symposium
Balancing Special Operations Forces to Meet Emerging Global Challenges

The symposium will focus on improving readiness through cohesive planning, training, doctrine, and policy that support the most appropriate and most effective use of special operations forces.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• The Honorable Michael Sheehan, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict

• The Honorable Andrew Shapiro, Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs

• LTG John Mulholland, USA, Deputy Commander, US Special Operations Command

• VADM Robert Harward, USN, Deputy Commander, United States Central Command

• LTG Charles Cleveland, USA, Commanding General, US Army Special Operations Command

• Ambassador James Jeffrey, Visiting Fellow, Washington Institute, US Ambassador to Iraq (2010-2012)

• MG Jeffrey Schloesser, USA (Ret), Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division & Afghanistan RC-East and former Deputy Director, National Counterterrorism Center (for Strategic Operational Planning)

• Linda Robinson, Adjunct Senior Fellow for US National Security and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

• Beth Cole, Director, Office of Civil Military Cooperation, US AID

• Dr. Jacquelyn Davis, Executive Vice President, The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis