Speakers and Panels

Tuesday, February 5 9:00 a.m. -9:45 a.m. Kickoff Address Gen Peter Pace, USMC (Ret.) (confirmed) former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tuesday, February 5 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon Address* ADM Timothy J. Keating, USN (confirmed) Commander U.S. Pacific Command

Tuesday, February 5 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Honors Dinner Keynote Address* MCPOCG Charles W. Bowen, USCG (confirmed) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

Wednesday, February 6 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Address* RADM Michael P. Tillotson, USN (confirmed) Commander Navy Expeditionary Combat Command

Wednesday, February 6 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Luncheon Address * ADM James G. Stavridis, USN (confirmed) Commander U.S. Southern Command

Thursday, February 7 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Fast-track Breakfast Address Gen James T. Conway, USMC (confirmed) Commandant of the Marine Corps

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Panel Sessions

Tuesday, February 5

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Panel: “Fighting an "Unconventional" War: How Have You Done It? ”

Moderator:
VADM Al Konetzni, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

former Deputy Commander
U.S. Fleet Forces Command

Panelists:

CDR Mike Horan, USN (confirmed)
Commanding Officer, Helicopter Squadron 10

former Commander, Joint Provincial Reconstruction Team, Farah, Afghanistan

CAPT CJ Kalb, USN (confirmed)
Commander, Tactical Air Control Group ONE
former Civil Military Affairs and Effects Director for Combined Forces Command, Afghanistan

CAPT Robert Kapcio, USN (confirmed)
USNS Comfort Mission Commander

LCDR Joel Lang, USN (confirmed)
Commanding Officer, USS Typhoon in Iraq/Riverine Warfare

 

 

Tuesday, February 5

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Panel Session: "The Challenge: How Do We Accelerate IT Capability to the Fleet? "

Moderator:

Mr. Robert J. Carey (confirmed)

Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer

Panelists:

BGen George J. Allen, USMC (confirmed)
Director, C4 and Chief Information Officer
U.S. Marine Corps

Mr. Kevin Cooley (confirmed)

Director of Information Technology & Information Resource Management, U.S. Navy, OPNAV N61

RDML Timothy V. Flynn, III, USN (confirmed)
Program Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems

RDML William D. Rodriguez, USN (confirmed)
Chief Engineer, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

VADM H. Denby Starling, II, USN (confirmed)
Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command

 

 

Wednesday, February 6

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Panel: “The $55 Billion Question: How Do We Fix Shipbuilding?”

Moderator:

Dr. Scott C. Truver (confirmed)

Executive Advisor, National Security Programs

Gryphon Technologies LC

Panelists:

VADM Terrance T. Etnyre, USN (confirmed)
Commander, Naval Surface Forces
Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Mr. Mike Petters (confirmed)
President, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding

Mr. Robert Work (confirmed)
Vice President, Strategic Studies
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

 

 

Wednesday, February 6 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Panel: “Forgotten War: How Goes the War on Drugs?”

Moderator:
ADM James Loy, USCG (Ret.) (confirmed)

Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group

former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Panelists:

MG Herbert A. "Buz" Altshuler, USA (confirmed)
Director, Strategy, Plans and Programs
U.S. Africa Command

Special Agent Michael A. Braun (confirmed)
Assistant Administrator, Chief of Operations
Drug Enforcement Administration

Mr. Bob Knotts (confirmed)
Deputy Chief, J3 Joint Operations Division
U.S. Southern Command

RADM Joseph Nimmich, USCG (confirmed)
Director, Interagency Task Force South

 

 

Wednesday, February 6

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Senior Enlisted Forum: Sea Service Enlisted Leaders Take All Questions

Moderator: MCPOCG Vince Patton III, USCG (Ret.)

Director, Community Outreach/Senior Program Manager DOD ProjectsMilitary Advantage/Monster Worldwide

Panelists:

MCPOCG Charles W. Bowen, USCG (confirmed)
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard

Sgt Maj Brian K. Jackson, USMC (confirmed)
Sergeant Major, Marine Aircraft Group 16

Sergeant Major, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego and Western Recruiting Region (Designated March 13, 2008)

FORMC (SW/AW) Michael Schanche, USN (confirmed)
Force Master Chief, Naval Surface Forces

 

 

Thursday, February 7

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Panel: “The New Frontier: How Do We Fight and Win a Cyber War?”
Moderator:

VADM Herb Browne, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

former Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command

Panelists:

Mr. Steve Cooper (confirmed)
former Chief Information Officer, American Red Cross former Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security

BGen Jon Davis, USMC (confirmed)
Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command (Network Warfare)

U.S. Strategic Command

RDML Janice Hamby, USN (confirmed)
N3, Naval Network Warfare Command

Mr. David M. Wennergren (confirmed)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense/ Deputy Chief Information Officer