U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Indo-Pacific:
Contemporary Role of the Defense Sector

Click below to read our 2023 Speaker bios.

Brigadier General Jeffrey Hurlbert
Commandant, National War College
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Ambassador Kurt Tong
Managing Partner, The Asia Group; Chairman, National Association of Japan-America Societies; Trustee, Japan-America Society of Washington D.C.
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Ryan Shaffer
President, Japan-America Society of Washington DC
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Om Prakash
Chief Executive, Northrop Grumman Japan/President, The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)

(Participating Virtually)

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Dr. Sheila Smith
John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

(Moderator)

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Randy Yoshimura
SVP & General Manager – Washington Office, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
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Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow, Hudson Institute
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Ron Lopez
President & Managing Director, Astroscale U.S. Inc.

(Participating Virtually)

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Motosada Matano
Political Minister, Embassy of Japan
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