Council conferences are convened twice a year. These briefings afford members an opportunity to participate in discussions of key foreign policy issues with leading officials of the Administration, the Departments of Commerce, Defense and State, the Congress, and representatives of the National Security Council, the intelligence community and the media.

2025 Spring Conference - Syria After Assad: The Scramble for Influence - Scene Setting

May 22, 2025

2025 Spring Conference, Syria After Assad: The Scramble for Influence, Panel 1: Syria: What's Happened? What's Next? 

May 22, 2025

2025 Spring Conference, Syria After Assad: The Scramble for Influence, Panel 2: Nature Abhors a Vacuum: The Race for Influence in Post-Assad Syria 

May 22, 2025

2025 Spring Conference, Syria After Assad: The Scramble for Influence, Luncheon Speaker Ambassador Hale

May 22, 2025

2024 Spring Conference - Networks of Influence: Iran; Ambassador Crocker - Scene Setting

May 8, 2024

2024 Spring Conference, Networks of Influence: Iran; Luncheon Speaker Ambassador Jeffrey
May 8, 2024

2024 Spring Conference, Networks of Influence: Iran; Military: Power, Proxies, and Potential
May 8, 2024

2024 Spring Conference, Networks of Influence: Iran; Sanctions, Finance, & Bilateral Relationships
May 8, 2024

Israel/Hamas Conflict - Luncheon Speaker; Fall 2023 Conference
Nov 9, 2023

Fireside Chat: An Overview of Cyber Warfare Challenges - CAA Fall 2023 Conference
Cyber Warfare
Nov 9, 2023

Cyber Methodologies and Vulnerabilities - Fall 2023 Conference; Cyber Warfare
Nov 9, 2023

Cyber Warfare; Emerging Trilateral Partnership; China, North Korea, & Russia - Fall 2023 Conference
Nov 9, 2023

Ukraine: The Course of the Conflict and the Threat of Nuclear Escalation - CAA Fall 2022 Conference
Nov 9, 2022

Russia and Ukraine: What Comes Next? Ambassador Wisner - CAA 2022 Fall Conference
Nov 9, 2022

Keynote Address: Ambassador Kurt Volker - CAA Fall 2022 Conference
Nov 9, 2022

China, Taiwan, and the United States, the Roots of Conflict - CAA Fall 2022 Conference
Nov 9, 2022

Challenges to NATO Panel 3 - Spring Conference 2022
May 11, 2022

Politico-Military Panel 1 - Spring Conference 2022
May 11, 2022

Economic Sanctions Panel 2 - Spring Conference 2022
May 11, 2022

Conversation with Walter Russell Mead - Spring Conference 2022
May 11, 2022

Fall 2021 Conference
Nov 9, 2021 - Nov 10, 2021

Fall 2020 Conference
Nov 12, 2020

Fall 2019 Conference
Nov 12, 2019 - Nov 13, 2019
New York, New York

Spring 2019 Conference
May 6, 2019 - May 7, 2019

Fall 2018 Conference
Nov 6, 2018 - Nov 7, 2018

Spring 2018 Conference
May 14, 2018 - May 15, 2018

Fall 2017 Conference
Nov 6, 2017 - Nov 7, 2017
New York, New York

Spring 2017 Conference
May 15, 2017 - May 16, 2017

Fall 2016 Conference
Nov 14, 2016 - Nov 15, 2016
New York, NY

Spring 2016 Conference
May 16, 2016 - May 17, 2016

Fall 2015 Conference
Nov 9, 2015 - Nov 10, 2015
Washington, DC

Spring 2015 Conference
May 11, 2015 - May 12, 2015
Washington, DC

Fall 2014 Conference
Oct 19, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah

Spring 2014 Events
May 5, 2014 - May 6, 2014
Washington, DC

Fall 2013 Conference
Nov 18, 2013 - Nov 19, 2013
Washington, DC

Spring 2013 Conference and 30th Anniversary Celebration
May 6, 2013 - May 7, 2013
Washington, DC

Fall 2012 Conference
Oct 6, 2012 - Oct 9, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

Spring 2012 Conference
May 14, 2012 - May 15, 2012
Washington, DC

Fall 2011 Conference
Oct 3, 2011 - Oct 4, 2011
Cambridge, MA

Spring 2011 Conference
May 2, 2011 - May 3, 2011
Washington, DC

Fall 2010 Conference
Oct 10, 2010 - Oct 12, 2010
Austin, TX

Spring 2010 Conference
May 3, 2010 - May 4, 2010
Washington, DC

Fall 2009 Conference
Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 17, 2009
New York, NY

Spring 2009 Conference
Apr 27, 2009 - Apr 28, 2009
Washington, DC

Fall 2008 Conference
Nov 17, 2008
Washington, DC