Conference Co-Chairs

Brian Reissaus

Senior Advisor, National Security
Freshfield 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, International and Strategic Engagement, Office of Foreign Investment Review
U.S. Department of Defense

Dan Burke

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

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

Timothy Varley

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

Nathan Cunningham

Counsel
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Sohan Dasgupta, Ph.D.

Partner
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

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)

Alexandra López-Casero

Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Mario Mancuso, P.C.

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Eric Matrejek

Managing Director
Berkeley Research Group (BRG)

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

Ivan A. Schlager, P.C.

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Pierce Scranton

Deputy Head North America/Managing Director
Temasek

Malcolm (Mick) J. Tuesley

Partner
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Jeremy B. Zucker

Partner
Dechert LLP