A Global View of Civil Affairs

The 56th Annual Civil Affairs Association Conference 
and
The 1st Annual ROA/POPP Roundtable Conference

Jointly sponsored by 
The Civil Affairs Association, 
Reserve Officers Association
Peace Operations Policy Program of George Mason University

Friday, 2 November

0730	Registration

0800	Introduction

Administration:  COL (R) Joe Meyer 

Master of Ceremonies:  MG Tom Mathews 

0815 	Opening Comments

COL (R) Dennis Barlow, National President, The Civil Affairs Association
		

Prof. Dave Davis, Director, Peace Operations Policy Program, George Mason
University 

LTC (R) Bob Feidler, Reserve Officers’ Association

0830	Charge to the conference 

0900	GMU/ROA Civil Affairs Transitions Roundtables Review

Moderator:  Prof. Dave Davis

Panelists
Col. Dave Harlan, U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute

A. Martin Lidy, Institute for Defense Analyses

Dr. Allison Frendak-Blume, George Mason University

0945	The Civil Affairs Issue Papers

Dennis Barlow, The Civil Affairs Association

1000	Break

1030	Civil Affairs Implications for U.S. National Security Strategy

Moderator:  Michael Hess, U.S. Agency for International Development

Panelists
Larry Sampler, Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and  Stabilization, U.S. Department of State

Celeste Ward, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for  Stability Operations Capabilities

Dr. Chris Lamb, Project on National Security Reform

1200	Lunch	and Luncheon Speaker

MG David Morris, Commanding General, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) 
	

1330	Civil Affairs Forces in Support of the Combatant Commands

Moderator:  MG (R) Ron Lowe 

Panelists
BG Jeff Jacobs, Commander, 350th Civil Affairs Command

BG John McNeill, Commander, 351st Civil Affairs Command

BG (P) David Blackledge, Commander, 352d Civil Affairs Command

BG Guy Sands, Commander, 353rd Civil Affairs Command

1500	Break

1530	Civil Affairs in the Services--The Force Providers
	

Moderator:  Col (R) Frank Ryan, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 

Panelists
Col. Mike Drake, Commander, 3rd Civil Affairs Group, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 

CAPT Ken Swingshakl, U.S. Navy, Commander, Maritime Civil Affairs Group

COL Ferd Irizarry, Commander, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)

COL Steve Dalzell, Office of the Chief of Army Reserve

COL Michael Stout, U.S. Forces Command

1700	No Host Social at the Arlington Residence Court Hotel

Saturday, 3 November

0830	Overview of Presentations

0900 	Emerging Civil Affairs Command, Control, and Employment Concepts in
            Non-Deployed and Deployed Status

Moderator:  COL Doug Nash

Panelists
Dr Kurt E Müller, U.S. Special Operations Command

COL Dennis Cahill, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command

COL Simon Wolsey, Headquarters, Department of the Army

Col. Gary Montgomery, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

1030	Break

1100	Civil Affairs Policy and Doctrine 

Moderator:  BG (R) Jack Kern

Panelists
MG Steven J. Hashem, J7/9, U.S. Special Operations Command

COL Norm Cotton, Office, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

LTC Thomas Mundell, U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School 

COL Sean Ryan, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Joint Center for International Security Force Assistance 

1230	Lunch and Luncheon Speaker

LTG  Jack C. Stultz  Chief, Army Reserve; Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command

1400	Provocations: Civil Affairs Concepts 

Moderator:  COL (R) John Geiger

Panelists
LTC Sandra King, Joint Special Operations University 

Ed Irizarry, National Security Professional Development, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

LTC (R) Bob Feidler, Reserve Officers Association 

COL John Agoglia, U. S. Army Peace Keeping and Stability Operations Institute

1500	Break

1530 	Conference Wrap-up and the Next Steps
		

Discussion Moderator:  COL (R) Dennis Barlow, The Civil Affairs Association

1630	Closing Comments

Prof. Dave Davis, George Mason University

Bob Feidler, Reserve Officers Association

COL (R) Dennis Barlow, The Civil Affairs Association

1645	Adjourn

1900	Dinner at the Reserve Officers Association Building

Dinner Speaker: The Honorable James R. Locher III
                             Executive Director, Project on National Security Reform

Sunday, 4 November

0800	Unit, committee, and command meetings (to be announced)

1200	Activities concluded