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  • Composite image with a photo of three meshed gears. - The large gear in the center is labeled "Ethical Culture." The smaller gear on the left is labeled "Formal Systems" and the gear on the right is labeled "Informal Systems." Over this background is the Des Moines National Security Forum logo above the title, date and location of the event: "Designing an Ethical Culture: How do leaders build ethical organizations?," Wednesday, April 29, 2026, Des Moines Embassy Club West, Des Moines, Iowa.

    DMNSF – April 29

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    Des Moines Embassy Club West 520 Market St., West Des Moines, IA, United States

    You are invited to a luncheon presentation of the Des Moines National Security Forum. In this presentation of the forum, Trent J. Lythgoe, Ph.D., an associate professor of military leadership and the Fox Conner Chair for Leadership Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, will discuss building ethical organizations. Although a leader’s […]

  • Composite image with a photo of blue digital haze of circuits with a human eye peeking through. Over this background is the Des Moines National Security Forum logo above the title, date and location of the event: "Intelligence gathering in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities," Wednesday, July 15, 2026, Des Moines Embassy Club West, Des Moines, Iowa.

    DMNSF – July 15

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    Des Moines Embassy Club West 520 Market St., West Des Moines, IA, United States

    You are invited to a luncheon presentation of the Des Moines National Security Forum. In this presentation of the forum, Charlie Gilbert, director of global intelligence for Gavin de Becker & Associates and former deputy director of the National Clandestine Service for the CIA, and Todd Schmidt, director of the CGSC Foundation's Simons Center, will […]