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National Security 

Virtual Summit

2024

Jan 17 & 18, 2024
9AM - 4:30PM ET

Virtual

Title Sponsor

Comtech Stacked Logo Clear

Venue Host

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1100 New York Ave NW #3934, Washington, DC 20005

Gold Sponsor

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Promotional Partner

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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.

VIRTUAL

$49.95

National Security Summit Agenda

Day 1  - Jan. 17

Welcome, Overview, Acknowledgements
9:00AM ET

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Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
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David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO

Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base
9:15AM ET

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Bryn Woollacott
Office of U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert
National Security Advisor
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Hon. Ellen M. Lord
Comtech
Board of Directors/Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD)
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Congressman Ken Calvert
U.S. Representative for the 42nd Congressional District

Commercial Space Assets
10:00AM ET

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Daniel Gizinski
Comtech
Chief Strategy Officer
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Kevin Steen
OneWeb Technologies
CEO
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Scott Scheimreif
Iridium
Executive Vice President
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Samuel Visner
The Aerospace Corporation
Tech Fellow
Space ISAC

Chairman

What Does Space
Bring to AI?
11:00AM ET

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Maj Gen Heather Pringle, USAF, Ret.
Space Foundation
CEO
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Paul Nielsen
CMU - Software Engineering Institute
Director & CEO
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Stephen kitay
Microsoft
Senior Director of Azure Space

Cyber and Physical Security
11:45AM ET

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Laura Winter
The DownLink, a Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
Editor & Host
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Jana Monroe
Former FBI Agent and Profiler
Inspiration for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs

Innovations and Investments Shaping National Defense
12:15PM ET

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Daniel Kurtenbach
Statera Solution
Managing Director
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Alex Harstrick
J2 Ventures
Founding and Managing Partner
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David Rader
Defense Innovation Unit
Senior Advisor
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Wes Spurlock
Office of Strategic Capital
Senior Advisor

National Security and Population Decline

1:30PM ET

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David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
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Malcolm Collins
The Collins Institute
Board Member
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Simone Collins
The Collins Institute
Executive Director & Board Member

Quantum Tech - Implications for National Security
2:00PM ET

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Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, USAF (Ret)
Elara Nova
Founding Partner
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Dr. Joel Mozer
USSF
Director of Science, Technology and Research
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Laura Thomas
Infleqtion
Chief of Staff & Strategic Initiatives
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Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, USSF (Ret.)
NCC
President and CEO

U.S. Government Investment in the
Defense Industrial Base

3:00PM ET

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Vago Muradian
Defense & Aerospace Report
Founder, Editor and Host
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Eric Fanning
Aerospace Industries Association
President & CEO

Closing Remarks
3:30PM ET

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Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
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David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO

Day 2 - Jan. 18

Welcome, Overview, Acknowledgements
9:00AM ET

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Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
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David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO

National Security and Privacy in a Digital Age
9:15AM ET

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Dr. JR DeShazo
LBJ School of
Public Affairs

Dean
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Adam Klein
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Director

U.S. Microelectronics Production
for National Security
9:45AM ET

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Bong Gumahad
US GOVFormer Senior Executive Service (SES)
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Adrienne Elrod
CHIPS Program Office
Director of External and Government Affairs
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Hon. Alan Shaffer
DoD
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
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Molly Just
Chips Program Office
Director 
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Trent Overhue
Silicon Heartland Holdings
Chairman

Transitioning Innovation to Field Lethality
10:45AM ET

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Ben McNally
Gallium Solutions
Client Lead
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Pete Modigliani
Beacon Global Strategies 
Vice President
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Maj Gen Cameron Holt, USAF, Ret.
Holt Consulting Group LLC
President & Founder
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Zachary Mears
Anduril Industries
Senior Vice President
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David Rothzeid
Shield Capital
Vice President

Future of Aerospace and Defense 
11:45AM ET

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John Saad
Guidehouse
Partner & Segment Leader - Defense & Security
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Marie Falkowski
Office of the Director of National Security
Senior Director

Space Science and Technology - Partnering to Win
12:15PM ET

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Joshua Carlson
Dauntless Space
Managing Editor
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Damon Feltman
Space Development Agency
Chief of Transport Layer
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Nicole Robinson
Comtech
Chief Growth Officer
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Ben Reed
Quantum Space LLC
Co-Founder and CTO

Reflections on Science & Technology Development in the Space Force
1:15PM ET

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Joshua Carlson
Dauntless Space
Managing Editor
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Dr. Joel Mozer
USSF
Director of Science, Technology and Research

America’s Digital Future — Charting a Path Forward by Harnessing Technology.
1:45PM ET

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Brig Gen Chad Raduege, USAF, Ret.
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Lauren Knausenberger
SAIC
Chief Innovation Officer
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Vishal Amin
Microsoft Federal Defense
General Manager of Security Solutions
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Richard Jackson
Oklahoma Attorney General's Office
Deputy Attorney General for Cybersecurity, Technology, and Digital Assets

 

Current Geo-Politics
2:45PM ET

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Kim Kagan
Institute for the Study of War
President
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Vance Serchuk
KKR
Executive Director

A&D Investment Outlook
3:15PM ET

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Preston Dunlap
Arkenstone Ventures
Founder/First (former) CTO and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Space Force and Air Force
David Kaden - Sr Managing Director, Blac
David Kaden
Blackstone
Senior Managing Director
Kirk Konert - Managing Partner, AE Indus
Kirk Konert
AE Industrial Partners
Managing Partner
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Daniel Charnoff
Bain Capital
Principal
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Richard Wells
Insight Partners
Managing Director

Closing Remarks
4:15PM ET

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Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
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David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
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