Women, Peace & Security Series: Air + Space

Join us for our next Women, Peace, and Security Series: Air + Space.

Monday, April 1, 2024 | 3–5pm

CURRENTLY NOT ON SALE. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.

IN-PERSON:  Reception following event

VIRTUAL: We will live-stream the event. More details to follow.

Coinciding with the first anniversary of the US Air Force’s WPS Strategic Action Plan, discussions will span from the strategic to operational: why WPS matters and how it is implemented across the Air and Space Forces.

WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY SERIES: AIR + SPACE

Keynote:

• The Honorable Kristyn Jones, Under Secretary of the Air Force

Special remarks:

• The Honorable Gwendolyn Defilippi, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs 

Panel:

• Moderator: Kitty Pilgrim, 25-year CNN anchor and correspondent, international affairs and WPS expert
• Brig Gen Traci Keuker-Murphy, Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, USSPACECOM
• Air Cdre Nicola Thomas, Air and Space Attaché, British Defence Staff United States, British Embassy
• Dr. Joan Johnson-Freese, Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College

Additional panelists are to be announced.

Fireside chat

• Lt Gen Deanna Burt, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, US Space Force
• Lt Gen (ret) Nina Armagno, USSF, first director of staff of the United States Space Force from 2020 to 2023

Trailblazer tribute/portrait unveiling

• Portrait by artist Dave Rappaport, honoring Lt Gen (ret) Nina Armagno.

Closing remarks and reception begins.

WPS SERIES CORPORATE PARTNERS

MWM is grateful to our industry partners who make the Women, Peace & Security series possible: Boeing | PenFed | Booz Allen