Emerging Technologies for Defense
Conference & Exhibition

"Delivering New Capabilities to the Warfighter at Speed and Scale"

28 – 30 August 2023

Washington, DC


Agenda

Monday, August 28, 2023

Contested Logistics Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Mark Lewis, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Game Changers: Leveraging Commercial Microelectronics Into Future DoD Capabilities, Part I
Moderator: Dr. Dev Shenoy, Principal Director for Microelectronics, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

  • Jim Brinker, President and General Manager, Intel Corporation
  • Dr. William "Bill" Angerer, Director and Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Spectrum Convergence
  • Doug Bostrom, General Manager of Defense and Aerospace, Qorvo, Inc.

Game Changers: Biotechnology
Moderator: Dr. Kate Sixt, Principal Director for Biotechnology, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

  • Dean Kamen, Executive Director of ARMI/BioFabUSA (Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute)
  • Dr. Doug Friedman, CEO, BioMADE

C-UAS Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Michael Fritze, Senior Fellow and Former Vice President, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Contested Logistics: Current Operational Challenges and Needs
Moderator: Maj Gen Lee Levy, USAF (Ret), Chair, NDIA Logistics Division

  • The Hon. Christopher Lowman, ASD (Sustainment)
  • Lt Gen Leonard J. Kosinski, USAF, Director of Logistics, J4 Joint Staff
  • LTG John Sullivan, USA, Deputy Commander, U.S.TRANSCOM
  • Brad Bunn, Vice Director, Defense Logistics Agency

Monday Technical Poster Presentations

 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

C-UAS Technical Presentations
Moderator: Mark Neice, Former Executive Director, Directed Energy Professional Society

Emerging Tech Game Changers Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Mark Lewis, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Game Changers – Artificial Intelligence Part I: Transforming Decision Making Through AI
Moderator: Dr. Kim Sablon, Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

  • Bharat Patel, Product Lead, Project Linchpin – Sensors AI, PEO Intelligence Electronic Warfare Sensors
  • Dr. Steven Rogers, Senior Scientist for Automatic Target Recognition and Sensor Fusion, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Dr. John (Jack) Long, Deputy to Navy Chief AI Officer, Office of Naval Research

Operational Energy Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Maren Leed, Independent Consultant

Tuesday Technical Poster Presentations

 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Emerging Tech Game Changers Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Mark Lewis, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Contested Logistics Technical Presentations
Moderator: Dr. Richard "Doc" Klodnicki, President and CEO, AERETI, Inc.

Game Changers: Leveraging Commercial Microelectronics Into Future DoD Capabilities, Part II
Moderator: Dr. Erik Hadland, Director of Technology Policy at the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)

  • Mujtaba Hamid, General Manager, Silicon and ModSim Strategic Missions and Technologies, Microsoft
  • Dr. Wesley Allen, Advanced Electronics Director of RF, Electronics, Cyber, (R3), BAE Systems FAST Labs
  • Dr. May Casterline, Principal Solutions Architect, NVIDIA
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