The FY2017 Defense Budget and Strategic Outlook

The FY2017 Defense Budget and Strategic Outlook A Defense360 Half-Day Conference Please join the CSIS International Security Program for a half-day Defense360 conference on the recently released FY2017 defense budget request and strategic priorities. In the first session, Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Dr. Jamie Morin, CAPE Director, and Robert Scher, ASD for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, will discuss the president's FY17 defense budget and the strategic calculus behind it. This session will be followed by a panel of experts that will provide commentary and assessment on defense strategy, the budget and their connectivity. Take our survey on defense reform Featuring opening remarks at 9am by: Dr. John Hamre CSIS President and CEO With a discussion from 9am-10:30am among: Mike McCord Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer Dr. Jamie Morin Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Robert Scher Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities Followed by a panel discussion from 10:30am-11:30am among: Tina Jonas Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Adviser, CSIS Andrew Hunter Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS Mark Cancian Senior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS Shawn Brimley Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security Roger Zakheim Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Both sessions moderated by: Todd Harrison Director, Defense Budget Analysis and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.