Dear Friend,

We are pleased to share with you that RADM (Ret) Mark Mongtomery will address the virtual ICAS Summer Symposium Lux 2025 with a particular emphasis on "The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security" on September 17, 2025, Washington DC.

Rear Admiral (Retired) Mark Montgomery is the Senior Director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. At CCTI, he leads efforts to develop policies that secure our national critical infrastructures in cyberspace. As a senior fellow Mark leads efforts to support beleaguered democracies such as Taiwan, Ukraine, South Korea and Israel. He also serves as the Executive Director of Cybersolarium.org, a non-profit organization which works to implement the recommendations of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where Mark was Executive Director from 2019 to 2021. Previously, he was Policy Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee for Senator John S. McCain.

Mark completed 32 years as a nuclear-trained surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Rear Admiral. His flag officer assignments included Director of Operations at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; Commander of Carrier Strike Group 5 homeported in Japan; and Deputy Director, Plans, Policy and Strategy at U.S. European Command.

Thank you.