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UNCHARTED: Great Power Competition in Latin America & the New World Disorder | Date is TBD - Fall 2025 UT San Antonio (Downtown), 501 W César E Chávez Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78207
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  • 1 hour

    Arrival + Registration

  • 30 minutes

    Connexions 2025 Welcome + Opening Remarks

  • 30 minutes

    Latin America in the Gray Zone: Navigating Great Power Competition in a Changing Hybrid Battlefield

    Keynote
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    LAC in Broad Strokes: History, Culture, Media, and Strategic Importance

    Panel
    Roundtable
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    Lunch + Networking

    Networking
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    From Sputnik Mundo to Iran's Super Spreaders: The Foreign News Media Ecosystem in LAC

    Breakout
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Rihanna to Shakira to Anime: Pop Culture Mass Influence Strategies

    Breakout
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Religion & Revolucion: "Soft" Exports, Ideology, & Outreach

    Breakout
    Human Rights
    Media/Communications
    Religion/Culture
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    Threatcasting Regional Resilience in Latin America (Day 1 of 2)

    Workshop
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    Welcome Fireside Chat: Military-Civilian Collaboration in LAC: Bridging Gaps in IW Strategy

    Networking
    Reception
    Roundtable

  • 1 hour

    Breakfast + Networking

    Breakfast
    Networking
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    Star Wars: Adversarial Space Cooperation & Influence Campaigns in LatAm

    Panel
    Security
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    Cyber Crime & Punishment: Negotiating Morality, National Security, and a Rules-Based System

    Democracy
    Human Rights
    Roundtable
    Rule of Law
    Security
  • 1 hour 15 minutes

    Sponsored Lunch

    Lunch
    Networking
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Building Next-Gen Digital Infrastructure: Lessons from Costa Rica

    Breakout
    Workshop
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Cross-Theater Insights: U.S. SOUTHCOM Strategies for Combating Influence Across Domains

    Breakout
    Security
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Innovating Economic Diplomacy: Strengthening U.S.-Latin America Ties

    Breakout
    Democracy
    Economic
    Human Rights
    Workshop
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    Threatcasting Regional Resilience in Latin America (Day 2 of 2)

    Workshop
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Networking Happy Hour

    Networking

  • 1 hour

    Breakfast + Networking

    Breakfast
    Networking
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    BRICS, Belts, & Roads: Economic Leverage & the Future of Multilateralism in the Americas

    Economic
    Human Rights
    Panel
    Roundtable
    Security
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    How the (Global) South Was Lost: Revisiting U.S. Policies, Power, and Strategy for Hemispheric Security and Cooperation

    Panel
    Roundtable
  • 1 hour 20 minutes

    Networking Lunch

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Proxies, Partners, & Platforms: Reverse Engineering GPC Influence Strategies in LAC

    Breakout
    Workshop
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Beyond the Wall: Drivers of Migration and Strategies for Mitigation

    Breakout
    Human Rights
    Immigration
    Roundtable
    Security
  • 1 hour 30 minutes

    Building Resiliency: Training LAC Leaders, Local Stakeholders, and Journalists to Combat Malign Influence

    Breakout
    Workshop
  • 1 hour 45 minutes

    Closing Reception: From Competition to Cooperation: Charting a Course for Global Stability and Prosperity Through S

    Panel
    Reception
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