Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference
"Seizing the Initiative via Decision Superiority, Innovation and Collaborative Partnerships"
5 - 9 March 2023
Honolulu, HI
Monday, March 6, 2023
International Keynote Speaker: Japan's National Defense Technology Strategy
- Dr. Shigenori Mishima, Vice-Commissioner & Chief Technology Officer, Acquisition Technology & Logistics Agency, Ministry of Defense, Japan
Innovation Acquisition Service Chiefs Panel
Moderator: Dr. George Ka'iliwai III, SES, Director, Requirements & Resources, USINDOPACOM
- Kristen Baldwin, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology & Engineering
- Willie Nelson, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Army, Research & Technology
- Dr. Rhys Williams, SES, Executive Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Rapid Prototyping And Expediting Service Delivery
Moderator: Jesse Gipe, Pacific-South Regional Director, National Security Innovation Network, U.S. Department of Defense
- Cheryl Ingstad, Managing Director, National Security Innovation Network
- Mike Madsen, Acting Director, DIU
- Curry Wright, Special Advisor to the Director, AFWERX, Department of the Air Force
- Leslie Babich, Director, SOFWERX
- Dr. Matthew Willis, Director, Army Prize Competitions & Army Applied SBIR Program
Critical Technologies Panel
Moderator: Maynard Holliday, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Critical Technologies (DCTO(CT)), U.S. Department of Defense
- Dr. Lindsay Millard, Principal Director for Space, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))
- Dr. Frank Peterkin, Principal Director, Directed Energy
- Dr. Kimberly Sablon, Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering, (OUSD(R&E))
- Col Cecilia Watkins, USAF, Military Lead, INSS (FNC3), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E))