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23rd Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference
"Expeditionary Operations – Forces In Contact"
16 - 18 October 2018
Annapolis, MD
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Morning Keynote Address:
- The Honorable James "Hondo" Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
International Panel
Moderator: Shon Brodie, Co-Director Maritime Expeditionary Warfare, U.S. Marine Corps
- LtCol Ben Toyne, Australian Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps
- LtCol Christophe DeGand, French Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps
- LtCol Nimrod Gross, Israel Defense Forces Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps
- LtCol José Ignacio Yániz López, Spanish Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps
- LtCol Martin Collin, United Kingdom Liaison Officer, U.S. Marine Corps
Mine Warfare Panel
Moderator: Dr. Sam Taylor, Senior MIW Leader, PEO USC
- CAPT Danielle George, USN, Program Manager, Mine Warfare (PMS 495)
- CAPT Peter Small, USN, Program Manager, Unmanned Maritime (PMS 406)
- Stephen Olson, MIW Branch Head, OPNAV 952
Afternoon Keynote Address:
- LtGen David Berger, USMC, Commanding General of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) and Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration (CD&I)
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Think Tank Panel
Moderator: Frank DiGiovanni, SES, Deputy Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division
- Col Mark Cancian, USMC (Ret), Senior Advisor, CSIS
- Dr. Jerry Hendrix, Former Senior Fellow and Director, CNAS
- Bryan McGrath, Managing Director, The FerryBridge Group
- LtCol Dakota Wood, USMC (Ret), Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation
PEO Ships Session
Moderator: RADM William Galinis, USN, Program Executive Officer, Ships
- PMS 317 - PEO Ships, CAPT Brian Metcalf, LPD Program Manager, PEO Ships/MPS 317
- PMS 377 - Amphibious Warfare Program, Tom Rivers, Program Manager
- PMS 385 - Strategic and Theater Sealift Program Office, CAPT Scot Searles, USN, Program Manager