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31st Annual National Logistics Forum

"Teaming to Deliver Better Outcomes - Readiness at the Right Cost"

16 - 18 March 2015

Washington, DC

Agenda

Monday, March 16, 2015

Opening Address:

  • Gen Duncan McNabb, USAF (Ret), Chairman, NDIA Logistics Management Division

Presentation of Awards:
Presented by Hon. Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics

Opening Address:

  • Gen Paul Selva, USAF, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command

 

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Opening Remarks:

  • Gen Duncan McNabb, USAF (Ret), Chairman, NDIA Logistics Management Division

Keynote Address:

DoD/NDIA Senior Logistics Leaders Publice-Private Partnering Council

  • Paul Peters, SES, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness
  • Lou Kratz, Vice President and Managing Director, Logistics and Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Corporation

James Forrestal Industry Leadership Award - David Joyce, President and CEO, GE Aviation

  • Remarks by: Senator Robert Portman, R-OH
  • Presentation by MajGen Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret), Chairman, NDIA
  • State of Defense Industry Remarks by David Joyce, President and CEO, GE Aviation

Multi-Year Funding

  • Roberto Rodriguez, Director for Investment Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
  • Lt Gen Charles Johnson, USAF (Ret), Vice President for Mobility, C3/Networks and Support Systems for Air Force Systems, The Boeing Company

Best Logistics Contracting Practices To Achieve Optimal Service Outcomes
Moderator: Vernon Wallace, Director, Mission Support Programs, U.S. Business Development, Raytheon Company

  • Kenneth Brennan, Deputy Director for Services Acquisitions, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy
  • John Lyle, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)
  • Elliott Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Procurement (DASN (AP))

Title 10 Logistics Providers: Trained and Ready - Service 4's

  • Lt Gen Judith Fedder, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
  • LtGen William Faulkner, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps
  • LTG Gustave Perna, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army VADM Philip Cullom, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

 

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Opening Remarks:

  • David Berteau, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Department of Defense

Industry Leadership Fireside Chat
Moderator: Paul Peters, SES, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Department of Defense

  • VADM Jim Zortman, USN (Ret), Sector Vice President, Global Logistics & Operational Support Site Manager, Unmanned Systems Center of Excellence, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
  • Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and U.S. Aerospace & Defense Leader, Deloitte, LLP; Global Aerospace and Defense Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
  • Mike Madsen, President, Defense & Space Business, Honeywell Aerospace

Maintaining Strategic Logistics Capability - JCS J-4, USTRANSCOM, DLA
Moderator: LTG Kathleen Gainey, USA (Ret), Senior Vice President, Logistics, Cypress International

Acquisition and Procurement: Equipment, Material and Services
Moderator: Hon. Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics

  • Hon. Heidi Shyu, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive, U.S. Department of the Army
  • Elliott Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition and Procurement (DASN (AP))
  • Dr. William LaPlante, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) and Air Force Service Acquisition

Sustaining Global Engagement - COCOM 4's
Moderator: Maj Gen Lee Levy, USAF, Vice Director for Logistics, J4 Logistics Directorate

  • Brig Gen Chad Manske, USAF, Director, CENTCOM Deployment & Distribution Operations Center Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
  • BG John O'Neil, IV, USA, Director for Logistics, J4, U.S. Pacific Command
  • G Michael Hoskin, USA, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command
  • Guy Beougher, Executive Director, Operations, DLA Logistics Operations