Emerging Technologies for Defense
Conference & Exhibition
7 – 9 August 2024
Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Technical Presentations: CJADC2
Moderator: Jim Keffer, Chair, NDIA Cyber Augmented Operations Division
- Applied AI in Defense: Advancing CJADC2 with Explainable, Lightweight AI Models and Multimodal Knowledge Graphs
- Chris MacPherson, Product Go To Market, Lovelace AI
EUCOM / AFRICOM Enduring Challenges Panel
Moderator: Shaffir Alikhan, Strategic Capabilities Planner, U.S. European Command J8
- EUCOM Strategy
- Matthew Bush, Deputy Chief Strategy Division, U.S. European Command J5
Technical Presentations: Contested Logistics
Moderator: Kevin Sampels, Associate Vice President, Defense Logistics, LinQuest Corporation
- Create Transparency in Contested Logistics Through Tokenized Cargo
- Charlie McGillis, VP, Public Sector, The Provenance Chain Network
- Localized Additive Manufacturing Capability to Support Contested Environments
- Daniel Hoffman, Principal Engineer, Raytheon
S&T Executive's Perspectives: Transitioning Technologies
- The Hon. Dr. Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science & Technology, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
- Chris Manning, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research & Technology), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)
- RADM Kurt Rothenhaus, USN, Chief of Naval Research, Office of Naval Research
- Kristen Baldwin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
- Col Dr. Benjamin "Bach" Bishop, USAF (Ret), Deputy Director, Adaptive Capabilities Office, DARPA
Technical Presentations: Game Changing Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Stephanie Halcrow, President, The Halcrow Group
- The Role of Technology Platforms in Transitioning SBIR and STTR Developed Technology
- Dr. William Marinelli, President and Chief Executive Officer, Physical Sciences Inc.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Technical Presentations: Game Changing Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Dr. Mark Lewis, President & CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute
- Wireless Power Beaming: Creating and Capturing New Competitive Advantage for our Joint Force
- Mike Hartnett, Vice President, PowerLight Technologies
A&S Initiatives: Industry Investments
Introduced by: Moshe Schwartz, President, Etherton & Associates
- Adele Ratcliff, Director, Innovation Capability & Modernization, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment
- Aissa Tovar, Deputy Director, Defense Production Act Investments, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Technical Presentations: Game Changing Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Mark Stephen, Strategic Technology Development, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
- Integrated T&E of ML Capabilities to Improve Mission-Readiness of ML Models
- Dr. Grace Lewis, Principal Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute
Friday, August 9, 2024
Fireside Chat: Future of Research & Engineering
- The Hon. Ellen Lord, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment
- The Hon. Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
Technical Presentations: Counter UAS
Moderator: Mark Neice, President & CEO, Directed Energy Consultants LLC
- Advanced Naval Solutions for Counter-UAS
- Dr. Kerry Clark and Dr. John Wilkinson, Chief Technology Officer and Director, Energetic Futures, Naval Surface Warfare Center
- Open Architecture Ecosystems to Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Barbara Supplee, Execitive Vice President, Navy Business Group SAIC
- Use of barrage balloons and blimps equipped with conductive tethering ropes and nets as C-UAS kinetic and RF weapons
- Dr. Wojtek Walecki, Chief Executive Officer, Optoprofiler LLC
The Importance of AI - Assurance in Ensuring Trust in Autonomous Systems
- Dr. Theresa Mayer, Vice President for Research, Carnegie Mellon University, S&T Advisor, NDIA ETI Advisory Board
- Dr. Kimberly Sablon, Principal Director for Trusted AI and Autonomy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Technical Presentations: Game Changing Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Philomena Zimmerman, Research Scientist, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Building Distributed Supply Chains for Mission-critical Defense Parts With Additive Manufacturing
- Matthew Karesh, Director, Technical Business Development, Velo3D
Closing Remarks
- Matthew C. Ociepka, Director, Executive Outreach and Industry LiaisonOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense (R&E)