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Speakers

Thomas P.M. Barnett is a strategic planner who has worked in national security affairs since the end of the Cold War. Author of the New York Times best-selling book, The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004), he is a nationally known public speaker who's been profiled on the front-page of the Wall Street Journal.

Tom is in high demand within government circles as a forecaster of global conflict and an expert of military transformation, and within corporate circles as a management consultant and conference keynoter on issues relating to international security and economic globalization.

An award-winning teacher, Tom has written for Esquire, WIRED and The Washington Post, and has been interviewed by Rolling Stone. Appearing on numerous national TV shows since 9/11, Tom's been described by U.S. News & World Report's Michael Barone as “one of the most important strategic thinkers of our time.”

In addition to his teaching and consulting, Tom is a prolific blogger on current global events at his website. His thousands of regular readers include representatives from all of the major U.S. military commands, virtually all U.S. federal departments, foreign governments, and major research and corporate entities throughout the world.

A Harvard Ph.D. in political science, he lives in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Special guest and presenter Melanie A. Kenderdine, Vice President of the Gas Technology Institute and former Director of the Office of Policy for the Department of Energy, is confirmed to speak as a Policy Commentator. In addition, Stephen F. DeAngelis, President and CEO of Enterra Solutions, will be a special guest and presenter at The New Map Game.

Facilitators

Alidade Incorporated is a leading provider of innovative Information Age research services. Alidade researchers focus on complex systems science, process innovation, strategic investment options and scenario-based planning and war gaming for both military and commercial clients.

Alidade was the first company to pursue the “new sciences” as they apply to the US military's future. As members of the prestigious Santa Fe Institute, Alidade also hosts programs and workshops that bring world class experts in contact with senior executives to identify and explore new sources of advantage in the Information Age.

The New Rules Sets Project, LLC is a collection of professional policy strategists and change agents. They use innovative scenario planning, lateral thinking, and active listening techniques to engage their clients—leaders and decision-makers in government, security, and industry—in a learning dialogue. They do this during "summiteering:" intensive, high-level executive explorations of simulated futures, posited and positive.

Their interests and practice are diverse; they are experts in the areas of economic globalization, national and international security, and regional and civic development. This expertise, combined with their unique approach to understanding and solving problems, fuels and empowers their clients to effect change and to construct “a future worth creating.”

Alphachimp Studio Inc. explores visual learning as a powerful tool in critical thinking, problem solving and strategic planning for business, education, governance and social enterprise.

Their network of artists have used their talents to serve such diverse clients as the American Heart Association, Bayer Chemicals, Cap Gemini, the Alcoa Foundation, Ernst & Young, GM, GE, MIT, Fidelity Investments and Microsoft. Their skills at synthesizing ideas in a compelling and useful form have been used at major conferences for the Center for Business Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pop!Tech and the Society for Organizational Learning.

The founder, Peter Durand, has also been invited to contribute his talents to strategy sessions and war games sponsored by DARPA, USJFCOM and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including past Alidade conferences on Search Theory and the Co-Revolutionary Competition. Peter's interests have recently turned to the emerging field of social enterprise. The Pittsburgh Social Enterprise Accelerator asked Peter to co-design a methodology for aiding non-profits in the design of revenue-generating business models.

Sponsor

Enterra Solutions pioneered the field of Enterprise Resilience Management™ and is helping critical infrastructure entities to establish resilient operations and value chains. Enterra’s proprietary Enterprise Resilience Management Methodology™ (ERMM™) combines a proprietary best-practices model and leading-edge technology solutions with tailored process improvement services and resilient business process outsourcing. Enterra’s unique offering codifies and embeds new rule sets and governance standards into the organizational core. ERMM™ allows organizations to adopt an integrated approach to the management of security risks, compliance concerns, performance improvement, and corporate intelligence. Enterra’s customers and partners include NASA, SAIC, Macromedia, Oracle, and the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. For more information about Enterra Solutions and its Enterprise Resiliency Management™ solutions, please visit www.enterrasolutions.com or call (215) 497-3100.