10th Annual Science & Engineering Technology Conference

"Creating Capability Surprise Through Innovative S&T & Operational Prototyping"

21 - 23 April 2009

Charleston, SC

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Agenda

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Strategic Imperatives for DoD S&T Program

• Mr. Alan R. Shaffer, Principal Deputy Director, Defense Research & Engineering

The Advanced Systems & Concepts Portfolio of Opportunities

• Dr. Charles Perkins, Acting, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems & Concepts

The DoD T&E/S&T Program

• Mr. Gerald ChristensonMr. Gerald Christenson, T&E/S&T Program Manager, Defense Test Resource Management Center

Quick Reaction and Rapid Reaction Funds

• Mr. Glenn Fogg, Deputy Director, Rapid Reaction Technology Office

Coalition Warfare Program

• Colonel Kathleen Hithe, USAF, Deputy Director for Coalition Warfare

Allied Science & Technology. Changes at the Defence Science & Technology Organization

• Featured Speaker: Professor Robert Clark, CDS, Australian Defence Science & Technology

Keynote Address:

• Dr. Zachary J. Lemnios, Chief Technology Officer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Session 1: Army Session
Co-Chairs:

• Dr. Cary Chabalowski, Director for Science & Technology Integration, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Technology)
• Dr. Walter (Rick) F. Morrison, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton

Army Science & Technology: Empowering Soldiers Through Innovative Technology

• Dr. Thomas Killion, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research &Technology)/Chief Scientist

Technology Focus Teams/Systems Integration Domains

• COL Craig G. Langhauser, Director, Simulation and Training Center, RDECOM

Power and Energy

• Dr. Edward C. Shaffer, Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Network Science

• Dr. David Skatrud, Director, Army Research Office

Robotic Systems

• Mr. Jeffrey F. Jaster, Deputy Associate Director for Autonomous Systems Intelligent Ground Systems, RDECOM-TARDEC

Special Presentation: The Focus Center Research Program

• Dr. Jeffery Rogers, Program Manager, Focus Center Research Program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

 

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Air Force STEM Workforce Today and Tomorrow

• Mr. Leif E. Peterson, National Research Council, Air Force Science Board Committee on "Examination of the U. S. Air Force's STEM Workforce Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs"

Panel Discussion: "Processes for Effective R&D Planning & Technology Transition"
Moderator: Dr. John W. Betz, Chair, Air Force Scientific Advisory Board

• Ms. Roberta M. Ewart, Chief Scientist, Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center
• Mr. Wendell D. Banks, Director, Plans and Programs, Air Force Research Laboratory

Session 3: Naval Session

• Innovating for the Future, Mr. Nick Guertin, Deputy Director for Open Architecture (PEO IWS 7B)Dr. Larry Schuette, Director of Innovation, Office of Naval Research

Panel on Naval Open Architecture
Moderator: Mr. Nick Guertin, Deputy Director for Open Architecture (PEO IWS 7B)

• Dr. Wayne Meeks, Executive Director, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy - Ships
• Dr. Joseph Lawrence, III, Director of Transition, Office of Naval Research

 

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Session 4: Capabilities Needed by the Combatant Commanders
How Capabilities are Developed and Delivered to the Combatant Commanders

• Mr. Mike Knollmann, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Joint & Coalition Operations Support)

USCENTCOM

• Mr. Martin Drake, Science Advisor, USCENTCOM

USPACOM

• Mr. Jim Burdell, Science Advisor, USPACOM

EUCOM

• Mr. Forrest G. Ruble, EUCOM Science Advisor, ECJ8-Q

USSOUTHCOM

• Mr. Herb Warden, JCTD Program Manager, USSOUTHCOM

NORT NORTHCOM

• Mr. Edmund M. Doray, Chief, Concepts and Technology Division, N-NC Interagency Directorate, NORTHCOM

USTRANSCOM

• Mr. Lou Bernstein, Science Advisor, USTRANSCOM

USSTRATCOM

• Mr. Dave Tyner, Deputy Division Chief, J81, USSTRATCOM

Session: Strategic Discussion on DoD Independent Research and Development
Opening Remarks:

• Dr. Andre van Tilborg, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology

Military Department Presentations

• Army - Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati, Deputy Director for Laboratory Management
• Navy - Rear Admiral Nevin P. Carr, USN, Chief of Naval Research
• Air Force - Mr. Wendell D. Banks, Director, Plans & Programs, Air Force Research Laboratory