Day One
Wednesday, February 24 · 4 panels10:00 AMBlack FileOperator’s Room: China’s Gray Zone PlaybookConcurrent with general registration · 60 min
10:00 AMRegistrationGeneral Attendee Check-In & Orientation60 min
11:00 AMWelcomeOpening Remarks15 min
11:15 AMKeynoteOpening Keynote: Chris Costa50 min
12:10 PMPanel 1Rings of Disruption: The 2027 Threat Landscape75 min
1:25 PMLunchLunch: Provided60 min
2:30 PMPanel 2NATO at the Crossroads: Reorganizing for Russian Aggression Without American Cover75 min
3:55 PMPanel 3Rare Earths and the Chokehold: China’s Resource Leverage75 min
5:20 PMPanel 4The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Architecture of Regional Disruption60 min
6:20 PMEveningEnd of Formal Program: Networking & Whitefish NightlifeOn your own
Day Two
Thursday, February 25 · 5 panels9:00 AMBlack FileOperator’s Room: Economic Warfare and Covert InfluenceConcurrent with Green File networking · 60 min
9:00 AMNetworkingGreen File Morning Networking60 min
10:00 AMPanel 5Gray Zone Dominance: Cyber Operations in the Space Between Peace and War75 min
11:15 AMPanel 6Beijing’s Outer Ring: North Korea, Africa, and the Instruments of Indirect Power75 min
12:30 PMLunchLunch: Provided60 min
1:35 PMFeaturedFeatured Speaker: To Be Announced50 min
2:30 PMPanel 7Russia’s War Machine: Adaptation, Attrition, and the Post-Ukraine Military75 min
3:55 PMPanel 8Economic Warfare: Sanctions, Supply Chains, and the Weaponization of Interdependence75 min
5:15 PMPanel 9The Race to AGI: Who’s in the Lead?75 min
6:30 PMEveningEnd of Formal Program: Networking & Whitefish NightlifeOn your own
Day Three
Friday, February 26 · 5 panels9:00 AMBlack FileOperator’s Room: Russia’s Hybrid Warfare and Unconventional ToolkitConcurrent with Green File networking · 60 min
9:00 AMNetworkingGreen File Morning Networking60 min
10:00 AMPanel 10Asymmetric Threats and the Democratization of Destruction75 min
11:15 AMPanel 11The Arctic: Last Frontier, First Battlefield75 min
12:30 PMLunchLunch: Provided60 min
1:35 PMFeaturedFeatured Speaker: To Be Announced50 min
2:30 PMPanel 12Soft Power and the Humanitarian Imperative: Aid as Strategic Instrument75 min
3:55 PMPanel 13The Intelligence Community at an Inflection Point75 min
5:15 PMPanel 14Iran’s Axis of Disruption: Proxies, Missiles, and the Nuclear Threshold75 min
6:30 PMEveningEnd of Formal Program: Networking & Whitefish NightlifeOn your own
Operator’s Room · Closed Breakouts
Off the record. Small group. No recordings. One session each morning, exclusively for Black File pass holders.
