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Maryland B-D Exhibit Hall Open
Time: 8:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.
Location: Maryland B-D
Prince George’s Exhibit Hall Open
Time: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Location: Prince George’s Exhibit Hall
Coast Guard Breakfast
Time: 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Adm. Karl Schultz, Commandant of the Coast Guard
Location: Potomac AB
Ticketed Event
Addressing the Strategic Sealift Crisis
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Mr. Douglas Harrington, Deputy Associate Administrator for Federal Sealift, Maritime Administration
Mr. Christopher Thayer, Director, Maritime Operations, Military Sealift Command
Mr. Christopher Thomas, Senior Sales Director, APL
Moderator: Ms. Erica Plath, Director, Strategic Mobility/Combat Logistics, Division, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy
Location: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
Winning conflicts overseas depends on a robust strategic sealift capability in order to project and sustain military power at a time and place of the nation’s choosing. What is being done to keep this capability modern and capacity adequate to accommodate the nearly 90% of required military equipment expected to deploy via sealift during a major conflict?
COVID Response and Post-Pandemic National Security
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Rear Adm Dana Thomas, Director of Health, Safety & Work-Life (CG-11), U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corp, U.S. Coast Guard (invited)
Lt. Gen. Ronald Place, Director, Defense Health Agency
Rear Adm. Gayle Shaffer, Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy
Moderator: TBD
Location: Potomac CD
IUU Fishing: The New Piracy at Sea
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Speaker: Mr. Jared Dunnmon, Technical Director, Artificial Intelligence, Defense Innovation Unit
Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, Deputy Commandant for Operations, U.S. Coast Guard
Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, Director, J2, U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Navy
Moderator: Alexa Cole, Director for International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location: Potomac AB
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a security, economic and environmental threat with damaging effects for oceans and coastal states around the world. Working with other U.S. government agencies, like-minded foreign partners, regional fisheries management organizations and nongovernmental organizations, the U.S. Coast Guard will provide leadership to protect and promote sovereignty; support cooperative enforcement of international laws; and drive stability, legitimacy and order in the maritime domain.
Shipbuilding Sustainment and Maintenance
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Rear Adm. Tom Anderson, Program Executive Officer, Ships, U.S. Navy
Rear Adm. Douglas Schofield, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition & Chief Acquisition Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Mr. Larry Ryder, Vice President of Business Development and External Affairs, Austal USA
Moderator: Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, U.S. Navy (ret.), President, Fincantieri Marinette Marine
Location: Potomac CD
This session focuses on the continuing relationship between our industry partners and our sea service leadership to create greater efficiencies in how we build better ships to meet the demands of our warfighter. How are we using advances in technology and innovation to meet deadlines in both maintenance and new ship roll out across our sea service partners?
ISR and Unmanned Advancements
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Speaker: Mr. Michael Zatman, Principal Director for Fully Networked Command, Control and Communications, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
Dr. Robert Miller, CEO, Skydweller Aero
Mr. John Schierling, Director of Tactical Space Advance Programs, Lockheed Martin
Vice Adm. Scott Conn, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet (invited)
Moderator: Mr. Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One
Location: Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
This panel will delve into the future of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and the growing need among Department of Defense and national security domains for persistent ISR. What is true persistence? Is this an achievable goal, and how? What value will this bring to our airborne intelligence operations and warfighters on the ground? This panel will delve into the importance of this type of technology and how the U.S. plans to lead the next frontier of military intelligence.
Secretary of the Navy Luncheon
Time: 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m.
Speakers: The Honorable Thomas Harker, Secretary of the Navy (acting)
Location: Potomac AB
Ticketed Event