8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

8:15 Terrorist Use Of The Internet

John Patrick
Director of Irregular Support Programs
SRA International

9:00 Keynote: Special Operations Command Contribution And Coordinated Activities In Support Of Irregular Warfare Activities

• Coordinating the development of aspects of special operations forces (SOF) doctrine relevant to IW
• Leading the development of SOF IW-relevant training and education standards for individuals and units

ADM Eric Olson, USN
Commander
United States Special Operations Command

10:45 Air Force Special Operations Command Brief On IW

• Airpower’s role in Irregular Warfare
• AFSOC capabilities and future development for IW

Lt. Gen Donald Wurster, USAF
Commander
Air Force Special Operations Command

11:30 Minting COIN: Developing And Applying New American Counterinsurgency Doctrine

• Overview of American experience with COIN
• Developmental process and content of new Army/USMC COIN doctrine
• Observations about its application

Dr. Conrad Crane
Director
US Army Military History Institute

1:30 US Naval Special Warfare Command Capabilities And Strategic Planning For Irregular Warfare

• How The Naval Special Operations Community Is Addressing Irregular Warfare Requirements
• Changes In Policy, Planning, And Acquisition Specific To NAVSOC

RDML (SEL) Scott Moore, USN
Director, Combating Terrorism
National Security Council

2:15 Confronting Irregular Warfare Challenges In The Maritime Domain

• The Navy’s operational capacity for Irregular Warfare
• Maritime power’s contribution to global IW

RADM Philip Greene, USN
Director
Navy Irregular Warfare Office

3:30 COIN And Irregular Warfare In Tribal Societies

• Importance of mental models in identifying rules of game and describing patterns of behavior
• Introduction and importance of cultural operating codes and coordinating messages to structure analysis
• Population centric COIN as expression of implicit / explicit assumptions

William McCallister
Author
COIN and Irregular Warfare in Tribal Societies

4:15 Educating The Forces: The Challenges Of Irregular Warfare

Dr. Andrea J. Dew
Co-Director of the Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups, Associate Professor of Strategy & Policy
U.S. Naval War College