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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Time	Title
8:00AM -	Registration Opens
8:00AM - 9:00AM	Continental Breakfast
9:00AM - 9:05AM	Welcome Address: MajGen Thomas Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.), CEO, U.S. Naval Institute
9:05AM - 9:45AM	Kickoff Address Keynote Speaker: Dr. Martin N. Murphy, Author and Piracy Expert (Confirmed)
9:45AM - 10:55AM	Panel: Blackbeard to Barbary Pirates: Making Their Mark on History Moderator : RADM Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.), Author, John Paul Jones and USNI Naval Historian of the Year (Confirmed) Panelist: Dr. Virginia W. Lunsford, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy, Author Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands (Confirmed) Panelist: Frederick C. Leiner, Author, The End of Barbary Terror: America's 1815 War against the Pirates of North Africa (Confirmed) Panelist: LCDR Benjamin Armstrong, USN, Author, Search-and-rescue pilot assigned to HSC-2 (Confirmed)
10:55AM - 11:10AM	Coffee Break
11:10AM - 12:20PM	Panel: Piracy's Impact on International Commerce, Law & Diplomacy Moderator : LCDR Claude G. Berube, USNR, Professor, Department of Political Science, United States Naval Academy (Confirmed) Panelist: Eric Wertheim, Proceedings Columnist, Author & Editor, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (Confirmed) Panelist: Robert Gauvin, Executive Director, Piracy Policy, Office of Vessel Activities, U.S. Coast Guard (Confirmed) Panelist: CAPT Mark Tempest, USNR (Ret.), Attorney, Maritime Law (Confirmed)
12:20PM - 1:30PM	Luncheon Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Stephen M. Carmel, Senior Vice President, Maersk Line, Limited (Confirmed)
1:30PM - 2:40PM	Panel: Pirates: How Do We Defeat Them? Moderator : CDR John P. Patch, USN (Ret.), Associate Professor, Strategic Intelligence, U.S. Army War College (Confirmed) Panelist: RADM Terence E. McKnight, USN (Ret.), former Expeditionary Strike Group Two/Commander, Task Force 51/59/151 (Confirmed) Panelist: Capt Zachary D. Martin, USMC, Commanding Officer, Force Reconnaissance Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Confirmed) Panelist: Laurence Smallman, Defense Research Analyst, RAND Corporation (Confirmed)
2:40PM - 3:00PM	Recap & Closing Remarks: MajGen Thomas Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.), CEO, U.S. Naval Institute

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