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Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Symposium & Exhibition

"Full Spectrum Protection & Response"

2 - 3 August 2016

North Bethesda, MD

Agenda

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Welcome & Introductory Remarks:

Eugene Squires, Senior Partner, Squires & Fulcher, LLC Management Consultants; Chairman, NDIA Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Committee

Counter IED Panel: Service Perspectives and Priorities

JIDA Technology Outreach Session: JIDA Overview and the Furture of Counter IED Technology

Lisa Swan, Deputy Director, Mission Support, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency
Jon Young, Division Chief, J8, Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency
Dr. George Pappas, Dr. Penney Polak-Dingels, Contractor Scientist, Dr. Hatcher Tynes, Contractor Scientist

Concurrent Sessions

EOD Veteran History Panel: 75th Anniversary of EOD

Rear Admiral Mike Tillotson, USN (Ret), Navy EOD
Dr. Jeffrey Leatherwood, EOD Historian and Author, Nine from Aberdeen: U.S. Army Bomb Disposal in the Second World War

EOD Training Panel: Requirements and Priorities

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Combating WMD Panel: Meeting Global Threats at Home and Abroad

SC Charles Hoyt, Section Chief, FBI WMD Directorate
MAJ Matt Kershner, USA, (Ret), Former Deputy Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Exercises Officer, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Tom Papas, USA (Ret), Director, Futures, U.S. Army Training Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Update

Counter UXO Panel: Humanitarian Mine Action

COL Al Vosburgh, USA (Ret), CEO, The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
Dr. Ken Rutherford, Director, International Center for Stabilization and Recovery, James Madison University

EOD Material and Technology Panel: Capability Gaps and Operational Priorities

CDR Chris Hussey, USN, Action Officer, Joint Acquisition Task Force Tactical Assault Operator Suit (JATF TALOS), USSOCOM Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L)