The inaugural OU defense symposium featured a full day of discussion, including keynotes and panels on topics such as climate security, security implications of emerging technologies, warfare in the era of social media and Sino-Russia relations - implications on U.S. security. Watch the presentations below.
These sessions were followed by a fireside chat and student poster competition.
Executive Director,
NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute
Executive Director, Advanced Technology Initiatives,
Division of Strategic Development,
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Moderator
Chief Executive Officer, Epirus
COL William Parker
Military Deputy to the Director, Joint C-UAS Office (JCO)
Director, Fires in the G-3/5/7, HQ Department of the Army
Executive Director, Commercial Drone Alliance and Partner
Hogan Lovells
University Director,
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Moderator
Erin Sikorsky
Director, The Center for Climate and Security
Director, The International Military Council on Climate and Security
CDR Andrea Cameron, Ph.D.
Military Professor, National Security Affairs
Berrien Moore III, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
Chesapeake Energy Corporation Chair in Climate Studies
Director, National Weather Center
Ellen Lord
Former Under Secretary Of Defense For Acquisition And Sustainment For The U.S. Department Of Defense
Lt Gen Carl Schaefer
Deputy Commander,
Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Mohammad A. Khaleel
Associate Lab Director for National Security Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
Lt Gen (Ret.) Bradford J. “B.J.” Shwedo
Director, Institute for Future Conflict at USAF Academy
Katerina Tsetsura
Associate Professor of Public Relations and Strategic Communications,
OU's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Director & Research Professor, Global Security Initiative, Center on Narrative, Disinformation and Strategic Influence
Former President and CEO,
National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
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Executive Vice President for the Boeing Company
Policy Advisor for the Vice President for Research and Partnerships
University of Oklahoma
Rick Nagel
Managing Partner and CEO, Acorn Growth Companies
University of Oklahoma’s Board of Regents Member
