2024 Security Cooperation Conference: Building Lasting Partnerships: What Have We Learned?

October 2024

The third annual Security Cooperation (SC) Conference, organized by the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), aims to address the pressing need to deepen alliances and partnerships to support better security cooperation outcomes. The 2024 SC Conference will focus on working effectively and sustainably with allies and partners.

Building on discussions of challenges and complexities in security cooperation from the past two annual conferences, the 2024 SC Conference will showcase the utility of informing practice with evidence-based knowledge, and vice versa. The conference will last from October 28 to 30, with a preconference reception on the evening of October 27. The 2024 SC Conference aims to bring together professionals who conduct research informing security cooperation practice and those engaged in the reflective practice of Security Cooperation. These professionals hail from various sectors, such as government, military, and private industry, to address how to work more effectively and sustainably with allies and partners. The audience includes implementers, planners, policymakers, and scholars who contribute to building lasting partnerships and collaborating with allies and partners to address global security challenges.

Panel Agenda

October 27th, 2024 (5:00–7:00 p.m.)

Oct 28, 2024

Session 1: Partnership Strategies (10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.)

Lunch (11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.) 

Session 2: Partnership Dynamics (1:00–2:15 p.m.)

Break (2:15–2:45 p.m.)

Session 3: Industry Partnerships (2:45–4:00 p.m.)

Break (4:00–4:30 p.m.) 

Session 4: Learning Together (4:30–5:45 p.m.)

October 29th, 2024 

Session 5: Regional Realities (8:30–9:45 a.m.)

Break (9:45–10:15 a.m.) 

Session 6: Functional Approaches (10:15–11:30 a.m.)

Lunch (11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.) 

Session 7: Measure Twice, Cut Once (1:00–2:15 p.m.)

Break (2:15–2:45 p.m.) 

Session 8: Execution Considerations (2:45–4:00 p.m.)

Break (4:00–4:30 p.m.) 

Session 9: Implementation Focus (4:30–5:45 p.m.)

October 30th, 2024

Hosted Lunch (12:30–1:30 p.m.) 

Event Details

The 2024 SC Conference will take place in Washington, DC, from 27 to 30 October, 2024. The conference will take place in-person only. On October 28 and 29, panels will be organized into nine sessions of four concurrent panels each. On October 30, the conference will include security cooperation enterprise and researcher-specific roundtables and workshops.

Attire for the conference for U.S. military members is Class Bs or equivalent (e.g., Army Green Service Uniform for U.S. Army or Air Force Service Dress Uniform for U.S. Air Force). Foreign military members may wear the Class B equivalent or business attire. All others, including civilians, are asked to wear business attire.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Conference team: dsca.ncr.dscu.mbx.conference@mail.mil

Registration for the 2024 Security Cooperation Conference is now closed. Please sign up here if you would like to receive a copy of the conference report.