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Join Pacific Forum, key industry partners, congressional members and staffers, and defense officials from 15 nations for the Operationalizing Integration in the Indo-Pacific (OIIP), January 16-17, 2024 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. As the regional security environment continues to deteriorate, this dialogue seeks to facilitate dialogue and solutions between the private and public sectors in the hopes of hastening integration at the levels of policy, doctrine, technology and equipment, and munitions, in order to bolster deterrence. It seeks to bring together industry experts, practitioners, and policymakers identify blockages in the areas of command-and-control (C2), critical tech exchange, standardization, and defense industrial research and development and to discuss ways of overcoming these challenges.

 

Themes

Building a Shared Narrative and Sense of Urgency:  Is there a sufficiently shared view of the security environment to drive coherence of effort among disparate stakeholders?

Security Environment: How are critical technologies changing the capabilities, operations, logistics, and tactical doctrine of potential adversaries in the Indo-Pacific?

Impact of Ukraine on Warfare: How are new technologies enabling or hindering interoperability on the battlefield in Ukraine? How relevant is this to the Indo-Pacific context?

Critical Technologies and Challenges Impacting Standardization: What specific technologies will be critical in high-intensity warfare and what are the implications for US Forces and our allies?

All-Domain C2 Across the Continuum of Conflict: What degree of interoperability – to the point of interchangeability – is required through the continuum of competition-crisis-conflict in the current operational environment?

Maintaining Capacity – Endurance over the Long Term: How do we ensure combined forces can stay in the fight for as long as required?

Featured speakers


ADMIRAL JOHN C. AQUILINO
Commander
US Indo-Pacom

(BIO)
Confirmed

 

ADMIRAL SAMUEL PAPARO
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

VICE ADMIRAL JAN CHRISTAN KAACK
Chief of Navy, Germany
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

RT HON ANNE-MARIE TREVELYAN
Minister of State, Indo-Pacific
FCDO, UK
(BIO)
Confirmed

ADMIRAL HARRY HARRIS, USN (Ret)
24th Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacom
23rd U.S. Ambassador to South Korea
(BIO)
Confirmed
 

JEDIDIAH P. ROYAL
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

IPSA, OSD
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

GENERAL CHARLES A. FLYNN
U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General
(BIO)
Confirmed

SCOTT MORRISON
Member of Parliament 
30th Prime Minister of Australia

(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

ADMIRAL JUNG HO-SUB,
ROKN (Ret.)

Chief of Navy
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 PROFESSOR RORY MEDCALF
Head, National Security College
Australian National University

(BIO)
Confirmed

 

RADM GEOFFROY d'ANTIGNE
Commander of Armed Forces in French Polynesia; Commander of the Pacific Experimental Center Commander of the Pacific Ocean and French Polynesian maritime zones Commander of the French Polynesian Defense Base
Confirmed
 

REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL JABALEY, USN (Ret)
Strategic Business Development Lead for Navy and Marine Corps
AWS
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

REAR ADMIRAL YUKI SEKIGUCHI, JSMDF, (Ret)
Executive Vice President
Cognitive Laboratories, Inc.
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

DR. DAVID SANTORO
President
Pacific Forum
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

NICOLA JOHNSON
Vice President, Government Affairs & Strategic Communications Operations
General Atomics Aeronatical
(BIO)
Confirmed 

 

 

 

SHASHANK JOSHI
Defence Editor
The Economist
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

DR. L. ROGER MASON
President, Space & Intelligence
Peraton
(BIO)
Confirmed

CHRIS VALENTINO
Chief Innovation Officer
Peraton
(BIO)
Confirmed

PROFESSOR DAVID KILCULLEN
Advisor
Premise Data
(BIO)
Confirmed
 

 

JAMES ROGERS
Co-Founder, Director of Research
Council on Geostrategy
(BIO)
Confirmed

ADMIRAL SCOTT SWIFT, USN (Ret)
Former Commander
U.S. Pacific Fleet
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

 

HEIDI GRANT
President
Business Development 
Boeing
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

MAJOR GENERAL SUZANNE
VARES-LUM (Ret)

President
East West Center
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

REAR ADMIRAL IAN GORDON MURRAY, RAN
Head, Defence Staff
Embassy of Australia
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

REAR ADMIRAL JAMES GILMOUR
Commander
 Joint Forces New Zealand
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

 

 

LIZ MARTIN
DOD Director
AWS
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

 

MARTIJN RASSER
Managing Director
Datenna Inc.
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

STEVE HUNNEWELL
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Premise Data
(BIO)
Confirmed
 

DR. NARUSHIGE MICHISHITA
Vice President
GRIPS, Japan

(BIO)
Confirmed

 

DR. SATU LIMAYE
Vice President
East West Center
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

STEPHEN O'BRYAN
Corporate Vice President
Global Business Development Officer
Northrop Grumman Corporation
(BIO)
Confirmed

HALLIE COYNE
Defense Policy Advisor
Congressman Rob Wittman
(BIO)
Confirmed

JEFFREY PAYNE
Assistant Professor
NESA, NDU

(BIO)
Confirmed

DR. GEORGE KA'ILIWAI III
Director, J8
INDOPACOM
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

 

RAQUEL GARBERS
Director
Strategic Defense Policy
Department of National Defense, Canada

Confirmed

 

VICE ADMIRAL NICK HINE, RN (Ret.)
Managing Director, AUKUS
Babcock 
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

REAR ADMIRAL PETER GUMATAOTAO, USN (Ret)
Director
DKI-APCSS

(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

DR. BENEDETTA BERTI
Head, Policy Planning 
Office of the NATO Secretary General
NATO
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

RALPH COSSA
President Emeritus
WSD-Handa Chair in Peace Studies 
Pacific Forum
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

TARIK REYES
President, Defense Mission and Health Solutions Sector
Peraton
(BIO)
Confirmed

 

 

ERIK BUICE
Vice-President
Mission Readiness & Protective Systems
Northrop Grumman Corporation
(BIO)
Confirmed

KENNETH LOVING
Regional Vice President, Indo-Pacific
General Atomics Aeronautical
(BIO)
Confirmed

ELLEN NAKASHIMA
National Security Reporter
Washington Post
(BIO)
Confirmed
 

ERIC SAYERS
Managing Director
Beacon Global Strategies
(BIO)
Confirmed

DR. EUAN GRAHAM
Senior Analyst
ASPI
(BIO)
Confirmed

Information

Location

‘Alohilani Resort

Parking

Valet parking will be available at the ‘Alohilani Resort.

Dress Code

 Aloha Crisp, Uniform, or Business Attire

For questions regarding potential sponsorship, please contact Dr. John Hemmings: john@pacforum.org.