Day 1 | Thursday, September 24

8:00 – 9:00 AMBreakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:15 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Saeed Ganji

9:15 – 10:15 AMThe Military and the Bomb: What's Left, What's Rebuilt, What's Missing

Moderator: Danielle Cohen-Kanik — U.S. Editor, Jewish Insider

Panelists:
Andrea Stricker — Deputy Director, Nonproliferation Program, FDD

Fred Fleitz — Vice Chair, Center for American Security, America First Policy Institute

Ari Cicurel — Associate Director of Foreign Policy, JINSA

10:15 – 10:30 AMCoffee and Networking Break

10:30 – 11:45 AMNegotiation and Pressure: What Washington Can Actually Achieve

Moderator: Aaron Lobel — Founder and President, America Abroad Media

Panelists:
Behnam Ben Taleblu — Senior Director, Iran Program, FDD

Carrie Filipetti — Executive Director, The Vandenberg Coalition

Alex Winston — News Editor, The Jerusalem Post

11:45 AM – 1:00 PMLunch

1:00 – 1:10 PMVideo Message

Adm. Robert Harward (USN, Ret.) — Iran Policy Project Advisor, JINSA; former Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command

1:30 – 1:50 PMKeynote Address

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC)

1:30 – 2:30 PMWho Is Actually Running Iran?

Moderator: Alex Winston — News Editor, The Jerusalem Post

Panelists:
Khosro Isfahani — Research Director, NUFDI

Ilan Berman — Senior Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council

Danielle Pletka — Distinguished Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

2:30 – 2:45 PMCoffee and Networking Break

2:45 – 4:00 PMMoney and Lifelines: Sanctions, Oil, and the Regime's Patrons

Moderator: Shally Zomorodi — Morning News Anchor, FOX 5 San Diego

Panelists:
Patrick Clawson — Director, Viterbi Program on Iran, The Washington Institute

Miad Maleki — Senior Fellow, FDD; Former Senior U.S. Treasury Official

Amb. Nathan Sales — Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism

4:00 PMClosing Remarks

Day 2 | Friday, September 25

8:30 – 9:00Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:15 AMRemarks

Andrew Ghalili — Policy Director, NUFDI

9:15 – 10:15 AMExecutions, Prisons, and the Machinery of Fear

Moderator: Nazenin Ansari — Managing Editor, Kayhan London

Panelists:
Dr. Ahmad Batebi — Senior Fellow for Advocacy and Cybersecurity, NUFDI

Marjan Keypour — Founder and Director, Alliance for Rights of All Minorities

Patricia Karam — Vice President for Policy and Communications, American Task Force on Lebanon

10:15 – 10:30 AMCoffee and Networking Break

10:30 – 11:45 AMThe Information War: Blackouts, Broadcasting, and How the Press Got Iran Wrong

Moderator: Negar Mojtahedi — Reporter and host, Iran International

Panelists:
Janatan Sayeh — Research Analyst, FDD

Albert Eisenberg — Principal, Red Bridge; co-founder, Broad + Liberty

Jonathan Harounoff — Author, “Unveiled”; Israel's Former International Spokesperson to the United Nations

11:45 AM - 12:15 PMFireside Chat

Morgan Ortagus — Former Deputy Presidential Envoy to the Middle East

Moderator: Shally Zomorodi — Morning News Anchor, FOX 5 San Diego

12:15 PM – 1:00 PMLunch

1:00 – 1:30 PMFireside Chat

Dr. Kiron Skinner — Former Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State

Moderator: Shally Zomorodi — Morning News Anchor, FOX 5 San Diego

1:30 – 1:50 PMPresentation of Research: The Islamic Republic's Influence Network

Tymahz Toumadje — Senior Policy Analyst, NUFDI

Nader Sadeghi — Policy Analyst, NUFDI

1:50 – 3:00 PMThe Long Arm: The Regime's Transnational Repression and Influence Networks in America and Europe

Moderator: Tymahz Toumadje — Senior Policy Analyst, NUFDI

Panelists:

Gazelle Sharmahd — German-American Freedom Advocate; Director, Iran Desk, International Freedom Coalition

Dalia Ziada — Washington Coordinator and Research Fellow, ISGAP

Katie LaRoque — Policy and Advocacy Director, Freedom House

3:00 – 4:00 PMClosing Remarks and Adjournment

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