Indo-Pacific Security Forum: Enhancing Stability Through Deterrence, Defence & Diplomacy

Join us for the first Security & Defence PLuS Indo-Pacific Security Forum on 12 May 2025 at the Prince Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The rapidly evolving global security environment necessitates a proactive and collaborative approach to maintaining peace and stability. Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the convergence of advanced military technologies, and new security threats, this forum will focus on deterrence, defence, and diplomacy.

The Indo-Pacific has become a focal point of global strategic competition, particularly regarding the rise of China’s influence, North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Hawaii serves as a symbolic and practical bridge for diplomatic engagement and security dialogue to address these challenges.

Join senior officials, military leaders, policy experts, academics, and civil society representatives to exchange insights, develop policy solutions, and strengthen international cooperation for a safer, more stable world.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Lieutenant General Simon Stuart - Chief of the Australian Army
• Lieutenant General James Glynn - Commander United States Marine Forces Pacific
• Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd - Deputy Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command
• Lieutenant General Matthew McFarlane - Commander, United States Army I Corps
• Colonel Carol Stauffer - G2, US Army Pacific
• US Representative Ed Case - United States Representative, D-Hawaii
• Paul Tennant - Vice President of Engagement and International Government Relations, HII
• Shon Manasco - Former Acting Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, Senior Counselor, Palantir
• David Kilcullen - Professor and Bestselling Author, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
• Kori Schake - Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defence Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
• David Santoro - President & CEO, Pacific Forum
• Sophia Gaston - UK Foreign Policy Lead and Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
• Brig (R'td) Dr. Ian Langford - Executive Director, Security & Defence PLuS
• Professor Craig Stockings - Head of School, Humanities & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
• Professor Huw Davies - Associate Dean of Professional & Online Education, Professor of British Military History Defence Studies Department, King’s College London
• Professor Ryan Shaw - Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives & Senior University Advisor to the President, Office of University Affairs, Arizona State University
• Thorin Wright - Associate Professor, School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University

More information and speakers to follow

Dress Code: Business Attire or Uniform 
 

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Security & Defence PLuS is the flagship program of PLuS Alliance, a global partnership which combines the strengths of three leading research universities on three continents – Arizona State University, King’s College London, and the University of New South Wales – to solve global challenges. Security & Defence PLuS deepens this partnership, advancing research, education, and policy to support statecraft in the spirit of the AUKUS trilateral agreement.