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National Security

National security now reaches into boardrooms, supply chains and technology strategy. Stellant’s national security speakers examine cyber threats, critical infrastructure, economic statecraft, foreign interference and competition over AI and semiconductors. They help business, policy and investor audiences understand where private-sector decisions intersect with national resilience and geopolitical risk. For executive conferences and policy forums, these experts provide a wider lens on dependencies, vulnerabilities and the strategic choices organizations face in a more contested world.

Speakers

National Security Speakers

Rawi Abdelal

Rawi Abdelal

Herbert F. Johnson Professor, Harvard Business SchoolFormer director, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian StudiesCo-chair, Bloomberg-Harvard City Leadership Initiative

Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin

Vice chairman of S&P GlobalPulitzer Prize-winning author of The PrizeChairman of CERAWeek

Juliette Kayyem

Juliette Kayyem

Belfer Senior Lecturer in International Security, Harvard Kennedy SchoolAuthor, The Devil Never Sleeps and Security MomFormer Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Dan Wang

Dan Wang

Research fellow, Hoover History Lab, Stanford UniversityNew York Times bestselling author of BreakneckOne of the most cited experts on China

Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain

Harvard professor of law, public policy, computer scienceCo-founder, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and SocietyAuthor, The Future of the Internet

Dava Newman

Dava Newman

Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, MITFormer NASA deputy administrator and MIT Media Lab directorCo-chair, WEF Global Future Council on Space Technologies

Olaf Groth

Olaf Groth

Professional Faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of BusinessFounding CEO, Cambrian Futures and Cambrian LabsLead Co-Author, The Great Remobilization and Solomon's Code

Angela Stent

Angela Stent

Senior fellow, American Enterprise InstituteFormer National Intelligence Officer for Russia and EurasiaAuthor, Putin's World and The Limits of Partnership

Julian Gewirtz, PhD.

Julian Gewirtz, PhD.

Senior Research Scholar, Columbia Institute of Global PoliticsFormer White House Senior Director, China and Taiwan AffairsAuthor, Never Turn Back and Unlikely Partners

Eli Lake

Eli Lake

Contributing Editor and Columnist, The Free PressHost, Breaking HistoryFormer Columnist, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast and Newsweek

Jessica Rosenworcel

Jessica Rosenworcel

Executive director, MIT Media LabFormer chair, U.S. Federal Communications CommissionNamed to The Verge 50

Daniel Poneman

Daniel Poneman

Distinguished fellow, Atlantic Council’s Global Energy CenterAuthor, Double JeopardyFormer United States deputy secretary of energy

Christopher Painter

Christopher Painter

Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues, U.S. State Department (2011–2017)Board Member, Center for Internet SecurityRecipient, Japan's Order of the Rising Sun

Paul Nielsen

Paul Nielsen

Director and CEO, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering InstituteFormer Commander, U.S. Air Force Research LaboratoryMember, U.S. National Academy of Engineering

Daniel Benaim

Daniel Benaim

Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Arabian Peninsula affairs (2021–2025)Former senior national security speechwriter to President BidenDistinguished diplomatic fellow, Middle East Institute

Books

Books on National Security

Keynotes

Conversations on National Security

Daniel Poneman

Interview | Daniel B. Poneman

  1. Daniel PonemanInterview | Daniel B. Poneman
  2. Juliette KayyemKatie Couric Live: Iran, Markets and National Security (Video)
  3. Jessica RosenworcelCyber Defenders in the Age of AI (Video)
  4. Olaf GrothChina’s DeepSeek AI is Raising US Security Concerns. Here’s Why (Video)
  5. Christopher PainterChristopher Painter - The Evolution Of The Cyber Threat (Video)
  6. Asim KhwajaExaminando la educación en países en desarrollo - Asim Khwaja (Video)
  7. Paul NielsenThe Role of the Software Factory in Acquisition and Sustainment