Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Symposium & Exhibition
"Full Spectrum Protection & Response"
2 - 3 August 2016
North Bethesda, MD
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
- SGM John Treida, USA, 52nd Ordnance Group (Former TF Atlas CIED NCO)
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
- CMSgt Douglas Moore, USAF, AF EOD Career Field Manager, HQ AF-A4
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
- 1SG Landon Jackson, USA, 55th Ordnance Company (EOD)
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)