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Thursday, May 15, 2025

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For early 2025, the wave of U.S. and European elections brings new leaders and major overhauls in defense and security priorities. That means new levels of spending, support, and capabilities for NATO allies and partners – including for defending Ukraine against Russia.

It also means new budgets, new choices for low-tech wars in Europe, high-tech conflict and competition in the Pacific, and more. Meanwhile, the U.S. will be forced to make hard choices on equipment to expand and modernize.

Join POLITICO’s Security Summit for exclusive conversations on the way forward with senior administration officials, military leaders, key lawmakers, and industry executives.

A government-issued ID will be required for entry.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Additional speakers to be announced.

Sebastian Gorka

Deputy Assistant to the President and

Senior Director for Counterterrorism
White House

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman

CHIEF OF SPACE OPERATIONS

U.S. SPACE FORCE

Sen. Deb Fischer

(R-Neb.)

Chair

Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee;

Member, Senate Appropriations Committee

Sen. Mark Kelly

(D-Ariz.)

Member
Senate Armed Services Committee
& Retired NASA Astronaut

Sen. Eric Schmitt

(R-Mo.)

Member

Senate Armed Services Committee

Rep. Rick Crawford

(R-Ark.)

chair

House Intelligence

Committee

Rep. Jim Himes

(D-Conn.)

Ranking Member

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi

(D-Ill.)

Ranking Member

House Select Committee

on the Chinese Communist Party

Rep. Mike Lawler

(R-N.Y.)

chair

Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Michael McCaul

(R-Texas)

Chair Emeritus

House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Adam Smith

(D-Wash.)

Ranking Member

House Armed Services Committee

Rep. Rob Wittman

(R-Va.)

Vice Chair

House Armed Services Committee

John Bolton

Former National Security Adviser

Trump Administration

Shannon Clark

Head of Defense Growth
Palantir

Matt Cronin

Senior National Security Advisor
Andreessen Horowitz

Jake Sullivan

Former National Security Adviser

Biden Administration

BREAKOUT SESSION GUESTS

Attendees must be pre-registered to attend a breakout session.

Sen. Bill Nelson

former administrator

NASA

(2021-2025)

Anne Neuberger

Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies

(2021-2025)

Craig Singleton

China Program Senior Director & Senior fellow

Foundation for Defense of Democracies

EXECUTIVE CONVERSATION

Brooke Weddle

SENIOR PARTNER

MCKINSEY

Cally Baute

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Media Business, North America

POLITICO

AGENDA

Agenda is subject to change.

7:30 a.m.

Doors open

8:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

Goli Sheikholeslami, CEO, POLITICO Media Group

The Future of American Defense Spending

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), Vice Chair, House Armed Services Committee

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee

Space Priorities

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee & Retired NASA Astronaut

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force

War in the Middle East

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Chair, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Executive Conversation with McKinsey

Brooke Weddle, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Moderated by: Cally Baute, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Media Business, North America, POLITICO

Emerging Tech in Warfare

Shannon Clark, Head of Defense Growth, Palantir

Matt Cronin, Senior National Security Advisor, Andreessen Horowitz

9:55 a.m.

Break

10:05 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

(Attendees must be pre-registered to attend.)

Breakout 1: Cyber Warfare: The Changing Battlefield with China

Anne Neuberger, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies (2021-2025)

Craig Singleton, China Program Senior Director & Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Breakout 2: Spending on Space: Decoding the NASA Budget

Sen. Bill Nelson, Former administrator, NASA (2021-2025)

10:35 a.m.

Mainstage Programming Resumes

10:35 a.m.

Emerging Tech in Warfare and Intelligence

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Defense Priorities

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Mounting Tensions in the Indo-Pacific

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chair Emeritus, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, (D-Ill.), Ranking Member, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

The Rapid Remaking of U.S. Foreign Affairs

John Bolton, Former National Security Adviser, Trump Administration

Jake Sullivan, Former National Security Adviser, Biden Administration

The Evolution and Politicization of Intelligence

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Counterterrorism

Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

1:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Annie Allen, Executive Producer, POLITICO Live

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