Moderator: Brigadier General (Ret.) Glenn A. Goddard, Civil Affairs Issue Papers Committee Chairman • “Organizing for Large-Scale Combat Operations: Consolidation of Civil Affairs Forces at the Division” by Major Shawn M. Blaydes, Major J. Mike Teeter, and Mr. Walter Ellison II • “The Civil Affairs Redefined Image (CARI) Model and Artificial Intelligence” by Colonel Marco A. Bongioanni • “Should the United States Adopt a CIMIC Model of Civil Affairs for Homeland Defense?” by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boudreau, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aniton, and Lieutenant Colonel Peter Schäfer • “Seizing the Initiative: The Case for Civil Affairs-Enabled Unity of Command in U.S. Stabilization Efforts” by Mr. Ryan McCannell • “Redefining Civil Affairs: A Call for Modernization” by Major John E. McElligott, Sergeant Major Robert J. Bruce, and Major Chris G. Antonov

How Civil Affairs Contributes to Lethality – Observations from an Emergent State Facilitator: Colonel Michael R. Hanneken, Ph. D., Director, Strategic Plans, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Senior Fellow, Peace Innovation Lab, Stanford University Presenters: • Colonel Joe Coolman, Chief, Civil Affairs Operations Division, CCJ3, USCENTCOM • Ms. Mary Bell-Ruiz, Regional Director, Middle East & Central Asia, Spirit of America

With the Dissolution of USAID, How Can Civil Affairs Lead Department of War Efforts to Maintain Strategic Access, Placement, and Relationships to Counter our Adversaries? Facilitator: Mick Crnkovich, Founder and CEO, Stratagem Consulting and former Director of Irregular Warfare, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Discussants: • Ciara Knudsen, Senior Advisor, Pax Strategies Group, and former Director of the Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation, USAID • Michael Stanisich, Solutions Group Lead, National Security, TetraTech • Ryan McCannell, former USAID development advisor, ASD (SO/LIC), and former Association director • Lieutenant Colonel Peter Schaefer, Branch Chief, Concepts Interoperability Capabilities, Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence, The Hague