Conference Co-Chairs

Brian Reissaus

Senior Advisor, National Security
Freshfields LLP
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investment Security Operations
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Anne Salladin

Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Former Senior Counsel
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Janine Slade

Special Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
Former Deputy Director, Foreign Investment Risk Management
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Government Speakers

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Irmie “Ike” Blanton

Deputy Director, Economic Security, Office of Global Investment and Economic Security
U.S. Department of Defense

Dan Burke

Director, Foreign Investment Risk Review
U.S. Department of the Air Force

Elizabeth Cannon

Executive Director, Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS), Bureau of Industry and Security
U.S. Department of Commerce

Geoffrey Irving

Director, Technology Division, OICTS
U.S. Department of Commerce

Nicholas Jackson

Chief, Foreign Investment Unit
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Eric S. Johnson

Principal Deputy Chief of the Foreign Investment Review Section, National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice

Jamieson McKay

Director General, Foreign Investment Review and Economic Security Branch (FIRES)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Government of Canada
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Charles Morrison

Policy Director
House Select Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party Committee

Jennifer Danner Riccardi

Senior Advisor
Delegation of the European Union in Washington DC

Timothy Varley

Deputy Director, DON Foreign Investment Review, Research, Development, and Acquisition (RD&A)
U.S. Department of the Navy

Widad E. Whitman

Economic Security and Global Investments Program Manager, Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC)
U.S. Department of Energy

Distinguished Faculty

Scott Boylan

Partner
StoneTurn

Ryan Brady

Partner
White & Case LLP

Charles L. Capito

Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP

John P. Carlin

Partner
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP
Former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division U.S. Department of Justice

Randall Cook

Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal

Shawn B. Cooley

Partner
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Associate Professor of International Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington

Zachary N. Eddington

Counsel
Latham & Watkins LLP

MaryJean Fell

Vice President, Legal
T-Mobile

Nancy A. Fischer

Partner
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Nathan D. Fisher

Managing Director
StoneTurn
Former Unit Chief, Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Robert A. Friedman

Partner
Holland & Knight LLP

Jerry Fowler

Director, CFIUS and National Security
Control Risks

Geoffrey M. Goodale

Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Zack Hadžismajlović

Partner, Head of Global Trade Group
McCarter & English LLP

Steven Klemencic

Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group LLC (BRG)

Michael Knipple

CISO
Summit BHC

Alexandra López-Casero

Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Neil H. MacBride

Partner
Davis Polk & Wardell LLP
Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mario Mancuso, P.C.

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Paul D. Marquardt

Partner, Financial Institutions
Davis Polk & Wardell LLP

Eric Matrejek

Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group (BRG)

Vincent Mekles

Managing Director
Alvarez & Marsal

Nathan Mitchell

Counsel
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP

Christopher B. Monahan

Partner
Faegre Drinker LLP

John C. Rood

CEO and Chairman
Momentus Space
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

Jared Roscoe

Partner, Deputy General Counsel
SoftBank Group International

Paul Rosen

Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Former Assistant Secretary, Investment Security
U.S. Department of Treasury

Ivan A. Schlager, P.C.

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Pierce Scranton

Deputy Head North America/Managing Director
Temasek

Evan Sills

Counsel
Kabealo Law
Former Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice

John J. Vecchione

Senior Litigation Counsel
New Civil Liberties Alliance

Malcolm (Mick) J. Tuesley

Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Christina Zanette

Assistant General Counsel, Export Compliance
Honeywell

Jeremy B. Zucker

Partner
Dechert LLP