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Serving Intelligence Professionals and their Community Since 1981

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND EXHIBITS

Sponsored by

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

AFCEA WELCOME

Mr. Steven Ritchey

Vice President for Intelligence

AFCEA International 

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS' WELCOME

Maj Gen Robert Latiff, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.)

Director, Intelligence and Security Research Center

George Mason University

Dr. Robert McDonald

Director, Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance

National Reconnaissance Office

Ms. Carol Staubach

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

THE DIRECTOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE NRO

Gen Bruce Carlson, USAF (Ret.)

Director

National Reconnaissance Office

Focus Questions:

• What kinds of systems will the NRO be fielding in the next ten years and beyond?
• What will be the role of the NRO in the larger Space ISR picture in the future?
• What are and what will be the NRO’s greatest challenges in the future?

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 

THE DNI's PERSPECTIVES ON SPACE ISR

The Honorable James R. Clapper, Jr.

Director of National Intelligence

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK AND EXHIBITS

Sponsored by

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Session one will explore the changed national reconnaissance environment and its supporting industrial base.  Since the end of the Cold War, there have been dramatic changes in the strategic landscape, the nation’s adversaries, international relations and intelligence priorities, the government's willingness to take or accept risk, as well as acquisition reforms, and numerous government reviews.  Panelists will offer their perspectives on how the NRO should handle future challenges in this dynamic environment.  They also will discuss the vital role new and emerging technologies, new partnerships, and new ways of doing business will play in helping meet these challenges.

Focus Questions:

• How has the government/industry partnership been affected by acquisition reforms and how can it be made better?
• What are the future programmatic and budgetary prospects for the NRO?
• What can and is the NRO doing to bring transforming technologies to the reconnaissance mission?

Session Co-Chairs

Ms. Lorraine Castro

Vice President of Community Plans and Programs

Network Systems

BAE Systems

Mr. Tom Conroy

Vice President, Intelligence Programs
Northrop Grumman Corporation

Session Speakers 

Mr. Gil Klinger

Director of the Space and Intelligence Office

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD/SIO)

Dr. Roger Mason, Jr.

Associate Director of National Intelligence for Systems and Resource Analyses

Office of the Director for National Intelligence

Ms. Betty Sapp   

Principal Deputy Director

National Reconnaissance Office

Mr. Doug Wolfe

Deputy Director, Office of Global Access

Central Intelligence Agency

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH AND EXHIBITS

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

THE MILITARY SPACE OPERATIONS MISSION

Lt Gen Larry James, USAF

Commander

14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command

Commander

Joint Functional Component Command for Space, US Strategic Command

Focus Questions:

• How would you characterize the demands for space support by combatant commanders and are they being satisfied?
• What are the shortcomings of the US Government’s current structures for the management of space and ISR issues? 

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The paradigm of space-based ISR for strategic purposes and military air-breathing assets for tactical purposes has been under challenge for at least two decades.  In reality, it is impossible to adhere to that model in today's world – strategic systems provide critical tactical information, and tactical systems provide essential strategic information.  Moreover, we now have commercial space collection capabilities that challenge traditional national reconnaissance resources.  As a result, arguments persist about whether we should continue with large, multi-purpose, long-life, expensive satellites, or switch to smaller, limited purpose, short duration, and cheaper satellites.  In addition, the rapid fielding and proliferating use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has revolutionized ISR.  Speakers in this session will look at these evolving issues and address the choices involved.

Focus Questions:

• How do we ensure that critical "strategic" requirements (e.g., major new weapon systems that could strike the U.S. homeland, strategic "surprise" issues, or proliferation concerns) are being met in today’s environment where we have forces engaged in tactical combat operations?
• Is the current collection management system for integrating collection priorities for space and air assets the best approach to balance "strategic" and "tactical" ISR requirements?
• Have we struck the "proper" balance between collection systems and processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) systems?

Session Co-Chairs

Mr. Charles Allen

Principal

Chertoff Group

Maj Gen Richard O'Lear, USAF (Ret.)

President & CEO

Sage Intelligence Associates, LLC

Session Speakers

Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret.)

Former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Headquarters US Air Force

Mr. Scott Thayer

National Security Agency

Ms. Mary Irvin

Director, Source Management and Operations Directorate

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

DESSERT BREAK

Sponsored by

4:00p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Mr. Kent Schneider

President and CEO

AFCEA International

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

CHARLIE ALLEN AWARD RECIPIENT ADDRESS

Dr. Lawrence Gershwin
National Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology

Office of the Director for National Intelligence

Focus Questions:

• How would you evaluate the risk of foreign suppliers to U.S. systems?
• How important is a diversity of technology and expertise sources.
• What is the best security posture for the US space systems to maintain?

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

NETWORKING RECEPTION

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2010

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND EXHIBITS

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

WELCOME

Symposium Chairs

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

SPACE PROTECTION

Dr. Andrew Palowitch

Director, Space Protection Program

Air Force Space Command

Focus Questions:

• Given increased military dependence on space assets of all kinds, what is the increased risk to national security presented by the ability of other nations to disrupt our space activities?
• What are the policy implications related to space protection, and how are we addressing them?
• What was the rationale and ultimate goal in establishing a Space Protection Office?

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

This session will address the current and potential use of commercial satellites – both U.S. and non-U.S., to provide capabilities to conduct space ISR.  Presenters will provide their perspectives on the value of commercial space across a wide variety of applications.  They will also discuss funding challenges and solutions, as well as issues surrounding the ability and suitability of commercial providers operating in classified environments.   

Focus Questions:

• What are successful examples of using of commercial capabilities for ISR from space?
• What changes in law, policy, and practice are necessary to encourage commercial investment in government-required space ISR capabilities?  Realistically, is there a champion for these changes?
• Should the U.S. continue to rely on foreign sources to fulfill some requirements, or should it enable U.S industry to develop these technologies?

Session Co-Chairs

Lt Gen John Campbell, USAF (Ret.)

Executive Vice President for Government Programs

Iridium Communications, Inc.

Ms. Eve Douglas

Senior Program Analyst

Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Session Speakers

Maj Gen James Armor
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
ATK Spacecraft Systems & Services

Ms. Karyn Hayes-Ryan

Director, Commercial Imagery Data, Programs and Services

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Matt O’Connell

President and CEO

GeoEye

Mr. Robert Osterthaler

President and CEO

SES World Skies

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

NETWORKING BREAK AND EXHIBITS

Sponsored by

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

THE NEW NRO CHARTER

Lt Gen Henry Obering III, USAF (Ret.)

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

Focus Questions:

• What circumstances led to the discussion of an altered charter for the NRO?
• What are the anticipated gains from the charter changes?
• What are the expected issues?

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH AND EXHIBITS

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

THE DOD PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE ISR

Maj Gen Edward Bolton, USAF

Director of Cyber and Space Operations

Headquarters, United States Air Force

Focus Questions:

• Have we got the right mix of space capabilities for the nation in the future?
• Who should acquire what piece of the space architecture?
• How is/can the Air Force contribute to space-based intelligence?

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

STRETCH BREAK

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Experience has proven that space remote sensing is contributing dramatically to national security and intelligence and yet we are in near crisis over our ability to launch space assets at a time of our choosing.  As U.S. launch infrastructure and launch systems have evolved, we now find ourselves facing extended launch processing times and manifest congestion, an industrial base at risk, and soaring costs – all leading to serious problems for launch availability and for maintaining the health of our constellations.  Speakers in this session will discuss the current state of the U.S. space launch capability, the economic aspects (incentives and disincentives) of providing launch capabilities, results and recommendations of several recent study efforts on launch, and their projections and recommendations for the future.

Focus Questions:

• How can the U.S. best mix size and capacity of payload to availability and cost of launch?
• How can we maintain a healthy domestic industry?  Is outsourcing to foreign launchers an option?
• What are the studies recommending we do? What else should be done?

Session Co-Chairs

Col Richard L’Heureux, USAF (Ret.)

Director, Corporate & Government Relations

ITT, Geospatial Systems

Mr. Patrick Warfle

Deputy Director of Military Support

National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency

Session Speakers

Mr. Mike Bender

Vice President of Government Business Development

Space Exploration Technologies

Col Alan Davis, USAF

Director, Office of Space Launch

National Reconnaissance Office

Mr. Mike Gass

CEO and President

United Launch Alliance, LLC

Col Gary Henry, USAF

Commander, Launch & Range Systems Wing

3:45 p.m.

SYMPOSIUM WRAP-UP