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National Security Summit
Jan 17 & 18, 2024
9:00AM - 4:00PM ET
Virtual
Title Sponsor
Venue Host
Promotional Partner
1100 New York Ave NW #3934, Washington, DC 20005
A discussion on leading innovations, disruptive technologies, and creative collaboration models for strengthening our defense industrial base and supply chain resilience across all domains
This program covers matters from both global and national perspectives … going beyond Defense and the Industrial Supply Base.
Discussion topics may include Federal, State, and Local policy and governance (e.g. Re-shoring), medical and healthcare concerns (e.g. Coronavirus), as well social and economic factors for supply chain resilience and ensuring our ability to protect our nation and the world.
National Security Symposium
VIP Reception &
Award Presentation
U.S. Capitol Auditorium
Jan 18, 2024
By Invitation
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
Honorary Host
GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Ret.
IronNet
CEO and President
Congressman Pete Sessions
Congressman for Texas' 17th Congressional District at U.S. House of Representatives
General Tim Ray, USAF (Ret.)
BENS
President & Chief Executive Officer
Sponsor
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
United States Senator for Texas
Scott McIntyre
Guidehouse
Chief Executive Officer
National Security Summit
Jan 17 & 18, 2024
9:00AM - 4:00PM ET
Virtual
Featured Speakers and Guests
GEN Keith Alexander, USA, Ret.
IronNet
CEO and President
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
Maj. Gen.
John Olson
USSF
Chief of Space Operations Mobilization Assistant
Confirmation Pending
General Tim Ray, USAF (Ret.)
BENS
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, USSF (Ret.)
NCC
President and CEO
Scott McIntyre
Guidehouse
Chief Executive Officer
Vance Serchuk
KKR
Executive Director
Hon. Ellen M. Lord
Comtech
Board of Directors/Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD)
LTG Bruce Crawford, USA, Ret.
Comtech
Board Member
Kim Kagan
Institute for the Study of War
President
Preston Dunlap
Arkenstone Ventures
Founder/First (former) CTO and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Space Force and Air Force
Col Nathan Diller, USAF, Ret.
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Committee Staffer (HAC-D PSM)
Maj Gen Kim Crider, USAF, Ret.
Elara Nova
Founding Partner
Benjamin Reed
Quantum Space LLC
Co-Founder and CTO
Jason Rathje
Office of Strategic Capital
Director
Confirmation Pending
André Pienaar
C5 Capital
Founder
Dr. JR DeShazo
LBJ School of
Public Affairs
Dean
Mark Gerencser
BENS
Chairman
Joshua Carlson
Brig Gen Chad Raduege, USAF, Ret.
Laura Winter
The DownLink, a Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
Editor & Host
Jim "hondo" Geurts
Advisory Board Chairman
Advisory Board Chairman/ Former Under Secretary of the Navy
Jana Monroe
Former FBI Agent and Profiler
Inspiration for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs
Lauren Bedula
BENS
Member Board of Directors
Jan 18, 2024
11:00AM - 1:00PM ET
By Invitation
Luncheon Networking Reception
Raduege Award
Presentation
LBJ Washington Center
Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, USSF (Ret.)
NCC
President and CEO
Hon. Ellen M. Lord
Comtech
Board of Directors/Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD)
Jim "hondo" Geurts
Advisory Board Chairman
Advisory Board Chairman/ Former Under Secretary of the Navy
Lauren Bedula
BENS
Member Board of Directors
