Thursday, April 2 — Opening Day
Morning PT — Mountain trail hike
6:30 AM · Activity
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VIP speaker reception
9:00 AM · Gen. Stanley McChrystal + summit speakers · VIP only
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Welcome & opening remarks
10:00 AM · Jeffrey Caruso
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Keynote: Character as Strategy
10:15 AM · Gen. Stanley McChrystal · Introduced by Anthony DeMario
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Fireside chat: From Langley to Cupertino
11:15 AM · Anthony DeMario · Moderated by Jeffrey Caruso
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Panel: Wise Women, Hard Targets
11:55 AM · Laura Thomas, Rachel Grunspan · Moderated by Carmen Medina
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Presentation: Action Films and U.S. Intelligence
1:30 PM · J. Mills Goodloe
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Fireside chat: Secrets and Stories
2:10 PM · Rodney Faraon · Moderated by Teresa Smetzer
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Panel: The Next 48 Hours — Iran, the Strait
2:50 PM · Mulroy, Oehlerich, DeMario, Connelly · Moderated by Nancy Youssef
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Presentation: Reel v. Real
3:40 PM · Darrell M. Blocker
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Panel: The Consequences of Portrayal
4:20 PM · RJ Casey, Matt Westbrook · Moderated by Susan Barrows Libby
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Social: A Sip To Remember — Four Branches Bourbon
7:00 PM · Mike Trott, RJ Casey · Great Northern Bar & Grill
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Panel: Service Beyond the Mission
8:00 PM · Dexter Ingram, Jeremy Bowling · Moderated by Kris Coleman
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Documentary: “My Star in the Sky”
8:35 PM · Post-screening with Mick Mulroy & Olly Oehlerich
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Friday, April 3 — Intelligence & Entertainment
Morning PT — Ed’s Swim, Whitefish Lake
6:30 AM · Activity with CDR Eric “Olly” Oehlerich
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Howlers Ridge benefit dinner
Thursday evening · Taylor Kitsch, Eric “Olly” Oehlerich, Scott Canino
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VIP closed briefing: National Security & Defense Strategy
9:00 AM · Mulroy, Blocker, Nash · Moderated by Amb. Cameron Hume · VIP only
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Presentation: Scripted Crisis
10:00 AM · Howard Gordon
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Presentation: AI Cubed
10:40 AM · Bianca Goodloe
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Fireside chat: Imagined Worlds, Real Moral Consequence
11:20 AM · Heider, Berry, Cambria Gordon · Moderated by Jeffrey Caruso
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Presentation: Permission to Film
1:00 PM · Becky Brake
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Presentation: Playing the Problem — Games & Simulation
1:40 PM · Rachel Grunspan
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Presentation: So You Want to Build a Defense Startup
2:20 PM · Lance Cottrell
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Presentation: How Power Shapes the Story
3:10 PM · Tatiana Siegel
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Panel: When Stories Become Signals
3:50 PM · Carmen Medina, Julia Mossbridge
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Panel: One Mission. Two Cultures — CIA–DoD Collaboration
4:30 PM · Andrew Hartsog, Olly Oehlerich · Moderated by Mick Mulroy
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Documentary: “The Power We Hold — Women Spies”
6:45 PM · Jaffer, Naquin Hopkins, Medina, Thomas
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Saturday, April 4 — Send-Off Day
The Lobo Treasure Hunt
9:00 AM · Mick Mulroy & Olly Oehlerich · Whitefish Lake
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Saturday ops cards — afternoon activities
12:00 PM · Self-guided team activity · Downtown Whitefish
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