& NATIONAL SECURITY

8:00am to 8:30am EDT - Registration

 

8:30 to 8:55am EDT -  Fireside Chat

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                      ·  Mitch Johnson, Federal Services Practice Lead at                                  Curtis Process Consulting

             ·  Rich Jarvis, CEO Blueprints Lab​

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9:00 to 9:30am EDT -  Keynote Introduction:

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            ·  Jason Colosky, Business Development & Strategy                                 Executive at Raytheon Intelligence & Space

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Opening Keynote: 

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General Mike Murray 

Army Futures Command

Commanding General

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9:30 to

9:45am EDT –  Fireside Chat

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            ·  Keith Flail, EVP, Advanced Vertical Life Systems Bell Flight

            ·  Mitch Johnson, Federal Services Practice Lead at                                   Curtis Process Consulting

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Morning Theme: Advanced Technologies and National Security

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Morning Sessions Honorary Host: 

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Secretary Patrick Murphy

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9:45 to

10:55am EDT - Panel Session #1:  Leading Technologies                                                and Applications / Development Success Factors

 

            ·  Mr. Nand Mulchandani, Chief Technology Officer, Joint AI                   Center

            ·  CAPT Frank Futcher, Director NavalX

            ·  COL Len Rosanoff, Director Army Applications Lab

            ·  Mr. Nathan Diller, Director AFWERX

            ·  Michael Brown, Director Defense Innovation Unit

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11:00 to

12:10pm EDT - Panel Session #2: Requirements and Capabilities                                   / Needs and Use Cases

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​            ·  LTG Neil Thurgood, Director Hypersonics, Directed                               Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition

            ·  Lt Gen Tom Sharpy, Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability                             Development

            ·  BG Ross Coffman, Director Army Futures Command NGCV                 CFT

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12:30 to

1:00pm EDT -  Enabling Innovation in the Government: People /                                 Process / Technology – NCI, Inc.

 

            ·  Brad Mascho, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, NCI, Inc. 

            ·  Jennifer Hoover, NCI Director of Digital Transformation

            ·  Carlton “Bubba” Fox, NCI Chief Product Officer, SVP                           Technology Products

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1:00 to

1:45pm EDT -  Keynote Introduction:

 

            ·  Jim Jaska, Valiant Integrated Services to Introduce:                                               

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Keynote: 

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Secretary James “Hondo” Geurts 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and

Acquisition at US Navy

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1:45 to

2:15pm EDT –  Fireside Chat

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• Kristen Hajduk, Director of Operations for NSIN-National Security Innovation Network

• Alex Goldberg, DARPA Fellow, TMDx​

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2:15 to

2:30 pm EDT -  Fireside chat

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            ·  Secretary Gordon England

            ·  Carl Coffman, Vice President, Future Vertical Lift Strategy                     at Bell Flight

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Afternoon Theme: Partnerships for Defense Innovation

 

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Afternoon Sessions Honorary Host: 

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Secretary Gordon England

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2:30 to

3:40 pm EDT -  Panel Session #1:  Small and Mid-Sized Business                                  Strategies for Defense Innovation

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• Moderated by Dr. Victor Fishman, Texas Research Alliance

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                                      ·  Michael Howe and Geoff Howe Founders and Senior Vice                   Presidents Howe & Howe Technologies Inc.

            ·  Dr. Lisa Kearney, Engineering Fellow Raytheon

            ·  Dr. Larry Schuette, Director of Global Science and                                 Technology Engagement Lockheed Martin 

            ·  Steve Fendley, President, Kratos Autonomous Systems

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3:45 to

4:30 pm EDT -  Panel Session #2:  Prime Contractors 

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• Moderated by Dr. Victor Fishman, Texas Research Alliance

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            ·  Lisa Atherton, President and CEO Textron Systems                               Technologies

            ·  Raanan Horowitz, President and CEO Elbit Systems of                         America

            ·  Jim Jaska, CEO Valiant Integrated Services

 

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4:30 to

5:00 pm EDT -   Panel Session #3:  The Business of Partnerships for                              Defense Innovation

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• Moderated by Dr. Victor Fishman, Texas Research Alliance

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            ·  Steve Mathias, Vice President, Global Military Sales and                       Strategy Bell Flight

            ·  Barbara Borgonovi, Vice President of Intelligence,                                 Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Raytheon                             Intelligence & Space- Raytheon Technologies

 

5:00 to

5:05 pm EDT -  Closing Remarks:

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             ·  Secretary Gordon England 

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5:05 to

6:00 pm EDT -             VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR  

                               AUSA Audie Murphy Chapter with

                               the Army Scholarship Foundation 

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