SOF & Irregular Warfare Symposium
The 14th Annual Special Operations Forces and Irregular Warfare Symposium will dive into the complexities of unconventional and hybrid warfare strategies, with a renewed focus on the strategic and operational challenges shaping the SOF enterprise in 2025 and beyond. This year’s symposium will gather senior leaders and decision-makers from across USSOCOM, the military services, regional combatant commands, international partners, government agencies, industry innovators, and academic experts to address the rapidly evolving nature of global conflict.
Speaker Details
COL John Wilcox, USA
Chief of Information Operations,
USSOCOM
COL Anthony Whitfield, USA
Military Deputy,
SOF AT&L, USSOCOM
Jonathan Schroden
Chief Research Officer,
Center for Naval Analyses
David S. Maxwell
Vice President,
Center for Asia Pacific Strategy
BG (Ret.) Christopher M. Burns, USA
Senior Advisor & Deputy Advisor for the Northern
Hemisphere and Homeland Defense,
IWC
COL (Ret) David Brown, USA
Co-Director, Center on Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups,
USNWC
Dr. Joshua Hastey
Deputy Regional Advisor for U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces Korea,
Irregular Warfare Center
Megan Katt
Director, Special Operations Program,
Center for Naval Analyses
Dr. Robert Burrell
Senior Research Fellow,
Global and National Security Institute,
USF
Dr. Tom Searle
Irregular Warfare Center
Event Topic
Defense, DevOps/DevSecOps, Military
US Military / Government:
$ 0.00
Early Registration- Non-Profit, Academia, FFRDC:
$ 690.00
Register by 11/07/2025
Standard Registration- Non-Profit, Academia, FFRDC:
$ 790.00
Advanced Registration- Industry & Contractors:
$ 990.00
Register by 10/10/2025
Early Registration- Industry & Contractors:
$ 1,090.00
Register by 11/07/2025
Standard Registration- Industry & Contractors:
$ 1,290.00
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