Forum on Leadership

Conversation One: Responsibilities of Global Citizenship

• President George W. Bush
• Robert Gates, Co-Founder, RiceHadleyGates LLC; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Defense
• Paula Dobriansky, Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Former President’s Envoy to Northern Ireland; Chair, Women’s Initiative Policy Council; Member, Human Freedom Advisory Council (Moderator)

Scholar Testimonial

• Mariz Doss, Business Development Advisor, Medmark Insurance Brokerage, Egypt; 2013 George W. Bush Institute WE Lead Scholar

Conversation Two: For More than Profit

• Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman, Quicken Loans; Founder and Chairman, Rock Ventures
• Laura Collins, Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative (Moderator)

1:15 p.m.

Afternoon Sessions

Studio 43: Is the Last Frontier Also the Last Great Market?

• Ariane Cornell, Head of Astronaut Strategy and Sales, Blue Origin
• Sean O’Keefe, Professor, Syracuse University Maxwell School; Former Secretary of the Navy; Former Administrator, NASA (Moderator)

Studio 43: Technological Transformations and Threats

• Peter Altabef, Chairman and CEO, Unisys; Member, President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• Michael Chertoff, Founder and Executive Chairman, The Chertoff Group; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Eva Chiang, Director, Research and Evaluation, George W. Bush Institute (Moderator)

Scholar Testimonial

• Richard Casper, Co-Founder and Executive Director, CreatiVets; 2018 George W. Bush Institute Stand-To VLP Scholar

Remarks and Awarding of  Military Service Institute Citation 

• Matt Amidon, Director, Military Service Initiative, George W. Bush Institute
• Dylan Tête, Executive Director and Founder, Bastion Community of Resilience

Keynote Conversation: The New World Order

• Dr. Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of State
• Ken Hersh, President and CEO, George W. Bush Presidential Center (Moderator)

3:00 p.m.

Event Concludes