GovCon International Summit | Potomac Officers Club
WHAT
In today’s increasingly competitive and tense global landscape, power projection, unity, technological innovation and collaboration are critical to the success and security of the United States and its allies. The Pentagon’s first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy supports these efforts and aims to catalyze “generational change” within the defense industrial base by creating a more robust, resilient and dynamic modernized defense ecosystem.
For the first time ever, the GovCon International Summit brings together esteemed government and industry speakers from across the globe, the DOD and the U.S. combatant commands to discuss how international partnerships, coalition warfare and emerging technologies are reshaping the defense landscape and how the U.S. can stay ahead of the curve.
Speakers
David Broadbent
President Government Solutions
Intelsat
Brian Burton
Senior Advisor for International and Industry Engagement
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S)
Laura Cressey
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Patricia Csank
Vice President, Supply Chain Management
LMI
Vincent DiFronzo
EVP, Air Force and Combatant Command
SAIC
Dr. Mark Eddings
Senior Vice President, Space Market
LMI
Phoebe Greentree
Minister-Counsellor (AUKUS)
Embassy of Australia
Nicholas Hasko
Principal Deputy Advisor Office of the AUKUS Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of State
Christopher Johnson
Chief Technology Officer
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Patrick Kelleher
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S)
DASD Travis Langster
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International & Industry Engagement
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Jeremy Leader
Deputy Director, Commercial Space Office, Space Systems Command
U.S. Space Force
Col. James McFarland
Former Commander of the 613th Air Operations Center
Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (VCSAF)
Michael Miller
Director
Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)
Schuyler Moore
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Central Command [CENTCOM]
MAJ Robert Perez-Alemany
Technical Program Manager, Space Portfolio
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
RDML Lincoln Reifsteck
Director, AUKUS Integration & Acquisition Program
U.S. Department of the Navy
Jon Rhone
Command and Control Strategist
SAIC
Maj Gen David Sanford
J3 Director, Logistics Operations/Commander, Joint Regional Combat Support
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Major-General Michel-Henri St-Louis, OMM, MSC, MSM, CD
Canadian Defence Attache to the United States
le Royal 22e Régiment
Clayton Swope
Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Ian Tien
CEO and Co-founder
Mattermost
Dr. Frank Turner
Technical Director
Space Development Agency (SDA)
Paul Van Slett
Department of Defense Satellite Communications Chief (DoD SATCOM Chief)
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Kristina Walter
Chief, Cybersecurity Collaboration Center
National Security Agency (NSA)
Rory Welch
Vice President of Global Government & Satellite Services
Intelsat
Agenda
7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
8:05am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Kristina Walter Keynote Introducer: Ian Tien |
8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote: Schuyler Moore Keynote Introducer: Vincent DiFronzo |
9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Putting the C in CJADC2: Christopher Johnson, Major-General Michel-Henri St-Louis, OMM, MSC, MSM, C, Jon Rhone (Moderator) and Col. James McFarland |
9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: The New Space Race: Can Technology Keep Up with the Threat?: David Broadbent (Moderator), Jeremy Leader, MAJ Robert Perez-Alemany, Paul Van Slett and Dr. Frank Turner |
10:50am | 11:20am | Breakout Fireside Chat: NATO In Space: The Shifting Landscape & The Role of Industry: Clayton Swope and Rory Welch |
10:50am | 11:20am | Networking Break |
11:20am | 12:20pm | Panel A: AUKUS Update: Strategies, Challenges & Tech Initiatives: Brian Burton, Phoebe Greentree, Nicholas Hasko, Ian Tien (Moderator) and RDML Lincoln Reifsteck |
11:20am | 12:20pm | Panel B: The Importance of Logistics and Sustainment in Deterrence: Dr. Mark Eddings, Laura Cressey, Patrick Kelleher, Trish Csank (Moderator) and Major General David Sanford |
12:20pm | 1:20pm | Networking Lunch |
1:20pm | 1:55pm | Afternoon Keynote: Michael Miller Keynote Introducer: Rory Welch |
1:55pm | 2:40pm | Closing Keynote: DASD Travis Langster Keynote Introducer: Patricia Csank |
2:40pm | 2:45pm | Closing Comments |