Indo-Pacific Security Forum: Enhancing Stability through Deterrence, Defence and Diplomacy
The first Security & Defence PLuS Indo-Pacific Security Forum will take place 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 at this one-day forum to exchange insights, develop policy solutions, and strengthen international cooperation for a safer, more stable world. This forum is intentionally scheduled the day before
LANPAC 2025. If you are in Hawaii or able to travel, we highly recommend you
attend in-person to exchange insights, develop policy solutions, and strengthen international cooperation for a safer, more stable world. If unable to join us in-person, the formal programme will be live-streamed, so feel free to register for virtual attendance.
Confirmed speakers include:
- 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 Aidan Shattock - Deputy Commander - Interoperability, 25th Infantry Division
- 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
- Dr. David Kilcullen - Professor and Bestselling Author, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales
- Dr. Kori Schake - Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defence Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
- Dr. David Santoro - President & CEO, Pacific Forum
- Dr. 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
- Dr. Thorin Wright - Associate Professor, School of Politics & Global Studies, Arizona State University
The day will close with a private dinner event, keynoted by Lieutenant General Simon Stuart - Chief of the Australian Army. Request a dinner invitation: [email protected].
