Join us on Sept. 19 and 20 for the world’s leading event on global security, right here in Hartford.

GSF 2024 will bring you the world’s biggest names in global security ever seen on our stage. Generals, experts, policymakers, and foreign leaders come together for cutting-edge conversations on the biggest security concerns we face and the strategic alliances and Power Plays competing to decide our future.

Secure your spot today and learn more about GSF2024.

GSF is a critical opportunity to engage and inform our future and current leaders on the issues that impact us all – from disruptive tech and climate security to uneasy alliances and ironclad relationships. This event is not to be missed.

The world’s top security leadership. Here in Hartford.

• John Podesta, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
• ADM Kevin Lunday, Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
• LTG Iulian Berdila, Deputy Chief of Defense of Romania
• David Sanger: White House & National Security Correspondent, NY Times
• LTG Robert Ashley (U.S. Army, Ret.): Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
• RADM Kathleen Creighton(U.S. Navy, Ret.): Fmr. Navy Cyber Security Division Director
• Kurt Volker, fmr. U.S. Ambassador to NATO
• Sherri Goodman, first Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security, Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate & Security
• Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley: President, Middle East Policy Council & former U.S. Ambassador to Malta
• Wanda Jones-Heath: Principal Cyber Advisor for the Department of the Air Force
• MG Matthew Easley(U.S. Army, Ret.): Associate Dean of Joint Warfighting at the College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
• RAdm Jakob D. Rousøe(Royal Danish Navy): Defence Attaché to the U.S., Denmark
• MGen Michel-Henri St-Louis: Canadian Defence Attaché to the United States
• MG Windsor S. Buzza (U.S. Army): Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command
• MG Garrett Yee (U.S. Army, Ret.): Vice President and General Manager, GDIT
• LTC Luke Knittig (U.S. Army, Ret.)
• LTC Christopher Gin (U.S. Army)
• Arthur House: Adjunct Professor, University of Connecticut

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