12th Expeditionary Warfare Conference
"Fighting Today & … Preparing for Future Challenges"
22 - 25 October 2007
Panama City, FL
Monday, October 22, 2007
Dinner Guest Speaker:
- The Navy-Marine Corps Vision of the Future NDIA Expeditionary Warfare Conference, RADM Bill Landay
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
- Rear Admiral Steven G. Smith, USN (Ret), ViaGlobal Group, LLC, Chairman, EW Division
- Greenert, Maritime Strategy
- Brigadier General Joseph E. Martz, USA, Director, Concepts Development and Experimentation, Army Capabilities Integration Center, TRADOC
- Rear Admiral Thomas Atkin, USCG, Commander, USCG Deployable Operations Group
- Lieutenant General James F. Amos, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration and Commanding General Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Session: Operations and Warfighter Needs
- Experiences as a MEU(SOC) Commander, Brigadier General Ronald J. Johnson, USMC, Assistant Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations, HQMC
- Ground Equipment Issues, Brigadier General Michael M. Brogan, USMC
- Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command
- Amphibious and MPF Shipping, Mr. James N. Strock, Director, Seabasing Integration Division Marine Corps Combat Development Command
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Rear Admiral Bernard J. Barry McCullough, USN, Special Assistant and Assistant DCNO for Warfighting Programs, OPNAV
Session: The Acquisition Process - Issues and Challenges
Keynote Speaker:
- Vice Admiral Terrance T. Etnyre, USN, Commander, Naval Surface Forces
Panelist:
- Rear Admiral Charles H. Goddard, USN, PEO (SHIPS)
- Mr. George W. Solhan, Deputy Chief of Naval Research,Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism S&T Department (ONR 30)
- Colonel William Taylor, USMC, PEO (Land Systems)
- Mr. James Thomsen, PEO (LMW)
Session: The Defense Industry - Challenges and Issues
Keynote Speaker:
- The Honorable George A. Sawyer (former ASN RDA)
Panelist:
- Large Company - Mr. Daniel L. Smith, President, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems
- Small Company - Ms. Pamela Braden, President and CEO, Gryphon Technologies
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Rear Admiral John N. Christenson, USN, Vice Commander, Naval Mine & Anti-Submarine Warfare Command
Session: Requirements in Support of Expeditionary Warfare
Keynote Speaker:
- Major General Thomas A. Benes, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, OPNAV (N85)
Panelist:
- Brigadier General (Select) Andrew O'Donnell, USMC, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
- Captain Edward Barfield, USN, OPNAV N853 (Amphibious Warfare)
- Captain Ted Lucas, USN, OPNAV N857 (EOD/NCW)
- Captain Bruce Nichols, USN, OPNAV N852 (Mine Warfare)
- Mr. Kenneth McDaniel, Deputy Division Chief, Maritime Counterterrorism Division Office of Counterterrorism & Defense Operations (CG-532), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters