Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference

"Posturing for Tomorrow - Partnered / Positioned / Prepared"

4 - 7 March 2024

Honolulu, HI

Agenda

Monday, March 4, 2024

DoD Labs Technology Development Panel
Moderator: Dr. George Ka'iliwai III, SES, Director, Requirements & Resources, USINDOPACOM

  • Dr. Tim Bunning, Chief Technology Officer, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Dr. David Pittman, SES, Director, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Director of Research and Development and Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Dr. Yazmin Carroll, Technology Maturation Director, Innovation, Science and Technology Directorate
  • Dr. Knox Millsaps, SES, Department Head, Naval Air Warfare and Weapons, Office of Naval Research

Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity – National Lab & UARC Perspective
Moderator: Rich Scalco, Senior Cyber Engineer, U.S. NAVY, Naval Information Warfare Center – Atlantic

  • Mark Hadley, Chief Cyber Security Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Harley Parkes, SES, Senior Staff, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Dr. Meghan Sahakian, Cyber Resilience R&D, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Dr. Frank Smith, Professor and Director, Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute, Strategic and Operational Research Department U.S. Naval War College

Technical Interchange Meeting 1 - Invitation Only

  • Dr. Greg Power, Liaison, Prototypes & Experiments, USINDOPACOM J85
  • Dr. George Ka'iliwai III, SES, Director, Requirements & Resources, USINDOPACOM
  • Daniel Ermer, Director Prototypes & Experiments Concepts & Capabilities OUSD(R&E)
  • Col Jeffrey Naff, USAF, Director, Foreign Comparative Test, OUSD(R&E)
  • Joel Lane, Senior Program Analyst, OUSD(A&S) Coalition Warfare Program
  • Mekisha Marshall, Science & Technology Division Chief, OUSD Intelligence and Security
  • Paul Anderson, Military Analyst, Warfighter Lab Incentive Fund, Future Technology Office, Joint Staff J-7
  • Jon Lazar, Director USD(R&E) Prototypes & Experiments Innovation & Modernization
  • Devin Bohanan, APFIT Program Manager, U.S. Department of Defense
  • LTC Alex Garcias, USAF, DIU Liaison, USINDOPACOM

Manufacturing Technology Panel
Moderator: Justin McRoberts, Program Manager, ManTech, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, OUSD(R&E)

  • Tracy Frost, Director, DoD Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program
  • Masuo Kuremura, Aerospace and Defence Industry Division Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)
  • Dr. Dan Billing, Program Leader, Defense S&T Group, Department of Defense

Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office
Moderator: John Keenan, Principal Deputy, Research and Development, JIFCO

  • Col Paul Meagher, USMC, Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific
  • Daniel Edwards, Chief for Advanced Prototypes, JIFCO
  • MGEN Arvin Lagamon, Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil-Military Operations, Armed Forces of the Philippines

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Critical Technologies Panel
Moderator: Maynard Holliday, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, OUSD(R&E)

  • Dr. Thomas Rondeau, Principal Director, FutureG, U.S. Department of Defense, OUSD(R&E)
  • David Eccles, Principal Director Space Technology, U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, OUSD(R&E)
  • Dr. Robert Mantz, Principal Director for Renewable Energy – Generation & Storage, U.S. Department of Defense, OUSD(R&&E)
  • Dr. Devanand Shenoy, Principal Director for Microelectronics, U.S. Department of Defense, OUSD(R&E)

Manufacturing Technology Panel
Moderator: Justin McRoberts, Program Manager, ManTech, OUSD(R&E)

  • Keith DeVries, Deputy Director, ManTech, OUSD(R&&E)
  • Steve Luckowski, Program Manager, ManTech, OUSD(R&E)
  • Mark Gordon, President, Mfg Strategy, Inc. Senior Advisor, ManTech

DoE Labs Panel
Moderator: Gen Charles Holland, USAF (Ret), Commander, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, FL

  • Dr. Patricia Falcone, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Dr. Mark Chadwick, Interim Deputy Laboratory Director for Science Technology and Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Dennis Helmich, Director of Integrated Military Systems Program, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Deb Gracio, Associate Laboratory Director, National Security Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

OSD Policy Perspectives On Emerging Capabilities

  • Krishnan Aiyer, Principal Director, Force Development and Emerging Capabilities

 

Thursday, March 7, 2024

CTO Panel

  • Mr. Maynard Holliday, PTDO Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies (OASD(CT))

ePoster Presentations