23rd Annual National Logistics Conference & Exhibition
"Actionable Logistics, Resilient Operations"
19 - 22 March 2007
Miami, FL
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Panel: Homeland Security and Disaster Response Interoperability - DoD and DHS, How do they Work Together?
- LTG Robert T. Dail, USA, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
- COL James Castle, USA (Ret), Deputy Director, Interagency Coordination Directorate, Joint Interagency Action Group, USNORTHCOM
- Mr. Arthur Walz, Chief Logistics Program and Industrial Management Division, USCG
Luncheon Speaker:
- Achieving Actionable Logistics, Mr. Louis Kratz, Vice President Focused Logistics, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Keynote Speaker:
- Providing Essential Capabilities for Defense of our Homeland, LTG H Steven Blum, ARNG, Chief National Guard Bureau
Panel: Evolving Role of the National Guard Across the Spectrum of Federal and State Missions
- BG Stephen Villacorta, ARNG, Commander, 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Florida National Guard
Panel: Multi-National Logistics Relationships - How Coalition Partners Enable Actionable Logistics and Resilient Operations
- Enabling Actionable Logistics in Coalition, Air Vice Marshall Kevin Leeson, Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistics Operations), United Kingdom
- Multi-National Relationships, Dr. Jennifer Stewart, Director General, Defence Procurement, Canadian Embassy
- Defence Procurement in the United States, Squadron Leader Stephen Hall, New Zealand Defence Staff, New Zealand Embassy
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Keynote Speaker:
- Joint Logistics Visibility, LTG C.V. Christianson, USA, Director for Logistics, J4, The Joint Staff
Panel: Joint Logistics Fireside Chat
- LTG C.V. Christianson, USA, Director for Logistics, J4, The Joint Staff
- Challenges of working in a joint logistics environment, VADM Michael Loose, CEC, USN Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4)
- Actionable Logistics, Resilient Operations, LTG Ann Dunwoody, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G4
- LTG Robert Dail, USA, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
- VADM Ann Rondeau, USN, Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM
Panel: Strategic Logistics Planning Partnerships - Focusing on the Interaction Between Military and Industry in Operational Planning
- Mr. Jay Erb, Vice President, General Dynamics Information Technology
- LTG Joseph Cosumano, Jr., USA (Ret), Senior Vice President Operations, Maintenance and Logistics, KBR Government and Infrastructure
Panel: Logistics 101 - Today's Battlefield Reality from Military and Industry Operational Logisticians
- Mayor Cell Mission - Through C2, Tenant, and Contractor Relationships, COL (P) Mark Hampton, ARNG, Commander, 35th Support Command, 35th Infantry Division
- Mr. Todd Ostheller, Director of Logistics, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, AAI Corporation
- Mr. Frank Wickersham, III, Assistant Vice President Land Systems, VSE Corporation
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Panel: Logistics Human Capital Management/Planning - The Logistics Workforce Challenge
- Mr. James Hall, ADUSD, Logistics Plans and Studies
- Resourcing the National Strategy, RADM Gerard Mauer, Jr., USN, Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
- Mr. Frank Anderson, Jr., President, Defense Acquisition University
- Excellence in Logistics, Mr. George Topic, Deputy Director for Strategic Logistics, J4, The Joint Staff
- Support Systems: Uniquely Capable of Total Support, Mr. Jay Kappmeier, General Manager Logistics Enablement, Product Support and Services, The Boeing Company
Panel: Logistics Information Fusion - The Next Generation (2012-2014)
- Integrated Data Environment (IDE)/Global Transportation Network (GTN) Convergence (IGC), Ms. Mae De Vincentis, J6, Defense Logistics Agency
- Mr. Suparno Banerjee, Executive Vice President for Global Government Industry, EDS
- LTG Daniel Brown, USA (Ret), Joint Operations Director, Computer Sciences Corporation
Panel: Logistics Sustainment Reset - Preparation for the Next Contingency
- Resetting the Force: An Industry View, MG Hamp McManus, Jr., USA (Ret), Vice President Army Plans and Programs, EG&G Technical Services, Inc.
- RADM Alan Thompson, SC, USN, Director, Supply, Ordnance and Logistics Operations Division, OPNAV (N41)
- Mr. Gary Motsek, ADUSD for Program Support
- On The Line Today, Keeping Our Army Strong, Mr. Scott Welker, Deputy to the Commander, US Army Sustainment Command
- Air Force Recapitalization and Reset, Mr. Mark Johnson, SES, Deputy Director of Maintenance, DCS (Logistics, Installations and Mission Support)
- MajGen Willie Williams, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Command