WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010

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

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND EXHIBITS

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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 CO-CHAIRS WELCOME

Mr. Zal Azmi

Senior Vice President

CACI

 

CAPT Joseph Mazzafro, USN (Ret.)

Intelligence Community Strategic Plans and Business Development

Oracle Corporation (National Security Group)

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Ms. Dawn Meyerriecks

Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Acquisition & Technology and

Director, Science & Technology

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Focus Questions:

  • Intelligence R&D: Is it meeting national security needs, and how can it do better?
  • What is the relationship of S&T/R&D and Acquisition in the Intelligence Community?
  • What is the role of the DNI and the Office of the DNI with respect to delivering technology to intelligence missions?

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Captain Benjamin Riley, USN (Ret.)

Principal Deputy, Rapid Fielding Directorate                                                       

Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering

Office of the Secretary of Defense

Focus Questions:

  • What is the current maturity status of DoD’s capabilities/processes to accelerate the delivery of cutting edge technologies?
  • Do we have enough savvy technologists to enable DoD to compete with private sector R&D efforts?
  • What is the DoD doing to streamline the transition of new technologies from R&D into production to support the mission?

10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

BREAK AND EXHIBITS

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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon  

SESSION ONE: THE AGENCIES’ R&D

Twenty years ago government-funded R&D was leading the technology revolution in the US.  Today, especially with the explosion in the information age, this is no longer the case and the national security community relies heavily on R&D from nongovernmental sources.  Indeed, many technology breakthroughs are coming from overseas.  These developments are having a significant impact on how the IC acquires new technologies and how the agencies conduct R&D.  This session will focus on how intelligence and national security agencies are addressing their R&D requirements, how they acquire advanced technology whether in-house or otherwise, and what their top priorities are for future R&D.

 

Focus Questions:

  • How are your organization's R&D requirements being satisfied?
  • On what are you focusing your in-house R&D efforts? 
  • What should industry be doing to provide the technology you need?

Session Co-Chairs

Col Rick L’Heureux, USAF (Ret.)

Deputy Director Strategic Planning and Business Development

ITT, Space Systems

The Honorable Sue Payton

President

SCI Aerospace, Inc.

 

Session Speakers

Mr. Charles Brown

Deputy Director for Research

National Security Agency

The Honorable Jay Cohen, RADM USN (Ret.)

Former Under Secretary for Science & Technology

Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Douglas Loverro

Executive Director, Space and Missile Systems Center

Air Force Space Command

Dr. John Phillips

Director

Office of the Chief Scientist

Central Intelligence Agency

12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.

LUNCH AND EXHIBITS

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1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Scott Sarlin

Deputy Director, Science and Technology

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

SESSION TWO: LEVERAGING INDUSTRY R&D

Non-government R&D is more important than ever, with industry making huge investments in commercially focused arenas that directly impact and apply to government technical needs.  In the IT arena alone, non-government Institutional Research and Application Development (IRAD) is massively outspending the IC.  This session will focus on providing the industry perspective on the imperative of the public and private partnership in meeting priority IC R&D mission requirements.

 

Focus Questions:

  • Explain the relationship between your organization’s R&D function and those of government agencies.
  • Is there an ideal model for the government-industry interaction or how can the government better interact with industry R&D?
  • Specifically in the IT arena, how should the government spend its R&D dollars?

Session Co-Chairs

Ms. Terry Roberts

Executive Director, Interagency and Cyber

Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

Carnegie Mellon University - FFRDC

Ms. Carol Staubach

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

Session Speakers

Mr. James Armitage
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Northrop Grumman Electronic SystemsSession Speakers

Dr. Paul Nielsen

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Marek Rusinkiewicz

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Applied Research

Telcordia Technologies

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

DESSERT BREAK

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4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Lisa Porter

Director

Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

 

Focus Questions:

  • Given the historical tendency to cut R&D as a first resort with tight budgets, how are you positioning IARPA to "do more with less"?
  • Does your business model operate under a strategic framework (e.g., in accordance with a strategic plan), or do you rely solely on spontaneous and/or fortuitous developments that lead to radical innovation?
  • What are your key organizational metrics for success?

4:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 

NETWORKING RECEPTION AND EXHIBITS

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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010

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

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND EXHIBITS

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8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

WELCOME

Symposium Co-chairs

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Dr. Kaigham Gabriel

Deputy Director

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Focus Questions:

  • Does your business model operate under a strategic framework (i.e., in accordance with a strategic plan), or do you rely solely on spontaneous and/or fortuitous developments that lead to radical innovation?
  • What are your key organizational metrics for success?
  • How are you dealing with dual-use technology development and export controls (e.g., ITAR restrictions)?

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

SESSION THREE: SURPRISE – IMPLICATIONS FOR INTELLIGENCE

This session will focus on the extent "surprise" influences the IC mission.  It will touch upon lessons learned from past cases.  As stated in the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy: "The explosive pace in the development of technology offers opportunities to improve the IC's productivity, effectiveness, and agility even if its increasing availability may also benefit our adversaries. History proves that riding the leading edge of technology is critical to the IC's ability to deliver better intelligence."  This panel will discuss the complex issues in implementing this objective.

Focus Questions:

  • Where must the United States Intelligence Community lead in R&D?
  • What is being done to avoid surprise and to create surprise?
  • How do other countries deal with Intelligence R&D?

Session Co-Chairs

Mr. Paul Kozemchak

Special Assistant to the Director

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Mr. Mark Rosenthal

Senior Principal Strategist
Joint Network Operations and Cyber Defense
The MITRE Corporation

Session Speakers

Major General John R. Landry, USA (Ret.)

National Intelligence Officer for Military Issues

National Intelligence Council

Mr. Roger Kubarych

National Intelligence Officer for Economic Issues

National Intelligence Council ll

Dr. Duncan McGill

Deputy Director

Center for Science and Technology Intelligence

National Defense Intelligence College

Mr. George Spix

Technical Officer

Microsoft Corporation

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

BREAK AND EXHIBITS

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11:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon  

FEATURED SPEAKER

The Honorable Paul Brubaker

Senior Director

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

Focus Questions:

  • ape and leverage private sector R&D to meet community needs?
  • What drives RHow can the IC sh&D decisions in the private sector?
  • What are reasonable metrics for determining R&D success or failure?
  • How should the FAR and DoD 5000 series Instructions be changed to improve R&D support to government?

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

LUNCH AND EXHIBITS

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

DIA PERSPECTIVE

LTG Ronald Burgess, Jr., USA

Director

Defense Intelligence Agency

Focus Questions:

  • What should R&D be delivering for the IC?
  • How does DIA establish and pursue its R&D requirements?
  • What is DIA’s relationship with IARPA and DARPA?
  • How does the IC/DIA learn what R&D of interest is occurring in the private sector?

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

SESSION FOUR: GAME CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES

The United States faces a complex and rapidly shifting international security landscape.  A key dynamic in this landscape is the fast paced changes in technology.  InfoTech, NanoTech and BioTech are now fueling each other to produce advances in each field. Some of these technologies will be game changers for our adversaries, enabling them to challenge our interests in new ways.  This session offers attendees a unique opportunity to hear from and interact with leading practitioners in disruptive IT and provide a glimpse into our collective future in ways directly relevant to planning for the future.

 

Focus Questions:

  • How does the US maintain its technological advantage in this environment?
  • How can the US accelerate new advances into the national security enterprise?
  • How are decisions made regarding which new advances to accelerate?

Session Co-Chairs

Mr. Bob Gourley

Chief Technology Officer

Crucial Point LLC

Mr. Tim Schmidt

Chief Technology Officer

Department of Transportation

 

Session Speakers

Mr. Gilman Louie

Partner

Alsop Louie Partners

Mr. Michael Lowder

Director, Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation

Dr. William Schneider, Jr.

Senior Advisor
Defense Science Board

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

STRETCH BREAK

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

FEATURED SPEAKER

The Honorable Ashton Carter

Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Focus Questions:

  • What changes are occurring in the defense supply chain to address the ever growing cyber threats?
  • What are some of the major challenges due to the cyber threats in the acquisition reform process?
  • What is the level of coordination between DoD and IC related to the acquisition of foreign manufactured/

          developed hardware and software products?

3:45 p.m.

SYMPOSIUM WRAP-UP

Session Co-Chairs