Program

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Speaker from National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC)

Keynote

• Kimberly Sablon
  Principal Director, Trusted AI and Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

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Panelists will explain how the Department of Defense develops innovative and operationally relevant capabilities and will focus on both concepts and architectures. Several of the critical technology areas and priorities identified by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering will be discussed.

Moderator

• Maynard A. Holliday
  Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Panelists

• Col. Edward Ferguson, USAF
  Chief, Advanced Warfighter Capabilities and Resources Analysis Division (J81), and Director, Space Technical Analysis Group (STAG), U.S. Space Command
• Mark Glenn
  Acting Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology (OASD(S&T))
• Marcia Holmes
  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Capabilities, U.S. Department of Defense
• Brian L. Kantsiper
  Chief Engineer, Space Development Agency
• George Rumford
  Director, Test Resource Management Center

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Relax and enjoy conversation, drinks, and food with attendees and speakers. It’s a great way to miss the DC traffic!

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Hear an update from DoD Industrial Base Policy on the national defense industrial strategy and implementation plan. Topics include achieving affordable capacity, industrial base resilience, and resource prioritization.

Keynote

• Anthony Di Stasio
  Director of the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

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In this panel, defense leaders will describe how their organizations develop and advance critical capabilities to the field to meet operational needs and provide strategic advantages.

Moderator

• Heidi C. Perry
  Chief Technology Officer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Panelists

• Michael Brown
  Chief, Hypersonic Sciences Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Jay Dryer
  Director, Strategic Capabilities Office, Department of Defense
• Kerri Phillips
  Chief Scientist, Air and Missile Defense Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
• Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, USA (Ret.)
  Senior Vice President, Anduril Industries

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While America continues to generate the world’s most capable weapons systems, it must have the capacity to produce those capabilities at speed and scale to maximize our advantage” (2023 National Defense Industrial Strategy, p. 7). Hear from senior defense industry leaders as they discuss impediments and opportunities to accelerating affordable capacity across the industrial base.

Moderator

• Aaron Kofford
  Senior Advisor, Commercial Strategy, DARPA

Panelists

• Kimberly Caldwell
  Senior Director, Global Research and Technology, Spirit AeroSystems
• Shawn Fetterolf
  Director of Federal Strategy, Intel Federal
• Jeff Ryder
  Vice President, Growth & Strategy, GM Defense
• Sonny Tahiliani
  Executive Director & Technology Lead, RTX Ventures
• Travis Tuck
  Vice President, Advanced Development and Strategy, X-Bow Systems, Inc.

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How do we accelerate technology development to create operational advantages? Hear from Combatant Command leaders as they describe how they take existing solutions, new innovations, and emerging technologies and use them as tools to provide a competitive edge.

Moderator

• VADM Sara A. Joyner, USN
  Director, Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, J8, The Joint Staff

Panelists

• Col. Edward Ferguson, USAF
  Chief, Advanced Warfighter Capabilities and Resources Analysis Division (J81), and Director, Space Technical Analysis Group (STAG), U.S. Space Command
• Khoi T. Nguyen
  Command Acquisition Executive and Director for the Cyber Acquisition and Technology Directorate (J9), U.S. Cyber Command
• Robert J. Taylor
  Director, Capability and Resource Integration Directorate (J8), U.S. Strategic Command

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Panelists will share lessons learned from these recent conflicts, focusing on innovation in tactics and technology, and applying these lessons to future technology development and acquisition.

Moderator

• Timothy Walton
  Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

Panelists

• Tucker Barrett
  Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems
• Samuel Bendett
  Advisor, Russia Studies, CNA
• CW5 John Peart, USA
  Command and Control Systems Integrator, Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office
• Col. Ryan Simms, USAF
  Director of Engagements, and Chief, Air and Space Force Foreign Liaison Office, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs