Schedule of Events

The 20th Anniversary of the William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

8:30-9:30 a.m. Milano Ballroom
- Guest author presentation and undergraduate original cybersecurity and information assurance research presentation, titles TBA.
9:00-11:00 a.m. Sullivan Museum & History Center
- Live Radio Interviews by WDEV (FM 96.1). The Mark Johnson Show will air live from the Sullivan Museum
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Milano Ballroom
- The Art of Taking Charge: Colonel Creighton Abrams and the 63rd Tank Battalion,” presentation by Lewis Sorley, PhD.
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Milano Ballroom
- “Military Fiction Meets Science Fiction: Future War Stories” author reading and discussion featuring Andrew Liptak, James L. Cambias, Marko Kloos and F. Brett Cox.
9:00-3:00 p.m. Various academic buildings around campus
- In-class sessions around campus with panelists and authors

Thursday, April 9, 2015

8:30-9:30 a.m. Milano Ballroom
- 2015 Colby Award winner presentation, title TBA.
10:00-11:00 a.m. Milano Ballroom
- Author presentation, title TBA.
1:00-3:00 p.m. Plumley Armory
- Public Panel Session: Cyber Warfare and Privacy: How Do We Keep the Balance Between the Rights of Citizens and the Security of the Nation?
- Featured Panelists:
  - Lewis “Bob” Sorley, author and former CIA chief of Policy and Plans Division;
  - Pulitzer prize-winning author Philip Caputo;
  - Cheri Caddy, Director for Cybersecurity Policy Integration and Outreach, National Security Staff.
  - Moderated by Col Stephen Pomeroy.
- Presentation of the 2015 Armchair General Award scholarship
3:15-4:00 p.m. Milano Ballroom
- Book Signing, featuring Lewis “Bob” Sorley; Philip Caputo; 2015 Colby Award Winner COL Douglas Mastriano, and Carlo D’Este.
6:00-9:00 p.m. Plumley Armory
- Meet the Authors reception and dinner, tickets available here.
- Presentation of the 2015 Colby Award to COL Douglas Mastriano, PhD for Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne.

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