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A discussion on leading innovations, disruptive technologies, and creative collaboration models for strengthening our defense industrial base and supply chain resilience across all domains
This program covers matters from both global and national perspectives … going beyond Defense and the Industrial Supply Base.
Discussion topics may include Federal, State, and Local policy and governance (e.g. Re-shoring), medical and healthcare concerns (e.g. Coronavirus), as well social and economic factors for supply chain resilience and ensuring our ability to protect our nation and the world.
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National Security Summit Agenda
Day 1 - Jan. 17
Welcome, Overview, Acknowledgements
9:00AM ET
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
Strengthening the Defense Industrial Base
9:15AM ET
Bryn Woollacott
Office of U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert
National Security Advisor
Hon. Ellen M. Lord
Comtech
Board of Directors/Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (DoD)
Congressman Ken Calvert
U.S. Representative for the 42nd Congressional District
Commercial Space Assets
10:00AM ET
Daniel Gizinski
Comtech
Chief Strategy Officer
Kevin Steen
OneWeb Technologies
CEO
Scott Scheimreif
Iridium
Executive Vice President
Samuel Visner
The Aerospace Corporation
Tech Fellow
Space ISAC
Chairman
What Does Space
Bring to AI?
11:00AM ET
Maj Gen Heather Pringle, USAF, Ret.
Space Foundation
CEO
Paul Nielsen
CMU - Software Engineering Institute
Director & CEO
Stephen kitay
Microsoft
Senior Director of Azure Space
Cyber and Physical Security
11:45AM ET
Laura Winter
The DownLink, a Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
Editor & Host
Jana Monroe
Former FBI Agent and Profiler
Inspiration for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs
Innovations and Investments Shaping National Defense
12:15PM ET
Daniel Kurtenbach
Statera Solution
Managing Director
Alex Harstrick
J2 Ventures
Founding and Managing Partner
David Rader
Defense Innovation Unit
Senior Advisor
Wes Spurlock
Office of Strategic Capital
Senior Advisor
National Security and Population Decline
1:30PM ET
David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
Malcolm Collins
The Collins Institute
Board Member
Simone Collins
The Collins Institute
Executive Director & Board Member
Quantum Tech - Implications for National Security
2:00PM ET
Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, USAF (Ret)
Elara Nova
Founding Partner
Dr. Joel Mozer
USSF
Director of Science, Technology and Research
Laura Thomas
Infleqtion
Chief of Staff & Strategic Initiatives
Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege, USSF (Ret.)
NCC
President and CEO
U.S. Government Investment in the
Defense Industrial Base
3:00PM ET
Vago Muradian
Defense & Aerospace Report
Founder, Editor and Host
Eric Fanning
Aerospace Industries Association
President & CEO
Closing Remarks
3:30PM ET
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
Day 2 - Jan. 18
Welcome, Overview, Acknowledgements
9:00AM ET
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
National Security and Privacy in a Digital Age
9:15AM ET
Dr. JR DeShazo
LBJ School of
Public Affairs
Dean
Adam Klein
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law
Director
U.S. Microelectronics Production
for National Security
9:45AM ET
Bong Gumahad
US GOVFormer Senior Executive Service (SES)
Adrienne Elrod
CHIPS Program Office
Director of External and Government Affairs
Hon. Alan Shaffer
DoD
Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Molly Just
Chips Program Office
Director
Trent Overhue
Silicon Heartland Holdings
Chairman
Transitioning Innovation to Field Lethality
10:45AM ET
Ben McNally
Gallium Solutions
Client Lead
Pete Modigliani
Beacon Global Strategies
Vice President
Maj Gen Cameron Holt, USAF, Ret.
Holt Consulting Group LLC
President & Founder
Zachary Mears
Anduril Industries
Senior Vice President
David Rothzeid
Shield Capital
Vice President
Future of Aerospace and Defense
11:45AM ET
John Saad
Guidehouse
Partner & Segment Leader - Defense & Security
Marie Falkowski
Office of the Director of National Security
Senior Director
Space Science and Technology - Partnering to Win
12:15PM ET
Joshua Carlson
Dauntless Space
Managing Editor
Damon Feltman
Space Development Agency
Chief of Transport Layer
Nicole Robinson
Comtech
Chief Growth Officer
Ben Reed
Quantum Space LLC
Co-Founder and CTO
Reflections on Science & Technology Development in the Space Force
1:15PM ET
Joshua Carlson
Dauntless Space
Managing Editor
Dr. Joel Mozer
USSF
Director of Science, Technology and Research
America’s Digital Future — Charting a Path Forward by Harnessing Technology.
1:45PM ET
Brig Gen Chad Raduege, USAF, Ret.
Lauren Knausenberger
SAIC
Chief Innovation Officer
Vishal Amin
Microsoft Federal Defense
General Manager of Security Solutions
Richard Jackson
Oklahoma Attorney General's Office
Deputy Attorney General for Cybersecurity, Technology, and Digital Assets
Current Geo-Politics
2:45PM ET
Kim Kagan
Institute for the Study of War
President
Vance Serchuk
KKR
Executive Director
A&D Investment Outlook
3:15PM ET
Preston Dunlap
Arkenstone Ventures
Founder/First (former) CTO and Chief Architect Officer, U.S. Space Force and Air Force
David Kaden
Blackstone
Senior Managing Director
Kirk Konert
AE Industrial Partners
Managing Partner
Daniel Charnoff
Bain Capital
Principal
Richard Wells
Insight Partners
Managing Director
Closing Remarks
4:15PM ET
Ken Peterman
Comtech
Chairman, President & CEO
David Hamilton
America's Future Series
Founder & CEO
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