Naval War College Foundation Newport National Security Symposium Save the date August 21, 2026 2025 Speakers Stephen A. Schwarzman Chairman, Co-Founder, and CEO of Blackstone Click Here Sir Niall Ferguson Milbank Family Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Senior Faculty Fellow, The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University Click Here VADM Robert S. Harward, USN (Ret.) SEAL Executive Vice President for International Business and Strategy, Shield AI Click Here Perry Boyle Co-Founder & CEO, MITS Capital, LLC Click Here Colonel Pavlo Khazan, Ph.D. General Directorate of Electronic and Cyber Warfare, Armed Forces of Ukraine Click Here Jennie Brooks Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Click Here Chris C. Demchak, Ph.D. RDML Grace Hopper Chair of Cyber Security, Strategic & Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College Click Here Fiona E. Murray Associate Dean for Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management; Vice Chair of the NATO Innovation Fund Click Here Michael A. Brown Partner, Shield Capital Click Here Colin F. Jackson, Ph.D. Chair, Strategic and Operational Research Department, U.S. Naval War College Click Here RADM Victorina G. Mercado, USN (Ret.) Leader, Navy & Marine Corps Strategic Growth, IBM Federal Services; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans & Capabilities Click Here Gillian Tett Columnist and Editorial Board, Financial Times; Provost, King’s College, Cambridge Click Here Michelle Michot Foss, Ph.D. Fellow in Energy, Minerals & Materials, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Center for Energy Studies Click Here Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ph.D. Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College Click Here