Tuesday, January 25

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Kickoff Address   

VADM Richard W. Hunt, USN (confirmed)
Commander

U.S. Third Fleet

Tuesday, January 25

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address *

MajGen Melvin G. Spiese, USMC (confirmed)

Deputy Commanding General

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Tuesday, January 25

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

Featured Speaker

Mr. Stephen Coonts (confirmed)
Author, Flight of the Intruder

Wednesday, January 26

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Address *

VADM Marty Chanik, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)
Vice President, Business Development

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding

Wednesday, January 26

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

Strategic Dialogue: Where and How Will China Be a Factor?

Moderator:
Mr. David Hartman (confirmed)

Author and former Host

Good Morning America

Participants:

ADM Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

former Commander

U.S. Pacific Command

Dr. Xinjun Zhang (confirmed)

Associate Professor of Public International Law
Tsinghua University, Beijing

Wednesday, January 26

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address *

The Honorable Robert O. Work (confirmed)

Under Secretary of the Navy

Thursday, January 27

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Address *

RDML(S) Stephen Metruck, USCG (confirmed)
Chief of Staff
Eleventh Coast Guard District

Thursday, January 27

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Roundtable: How Do We Enhance the Adaptability of the Military Forces We Have?

(February 2011 Defense Science Board study)

Facilitator:

RADM Daniel R. Bowler, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

President, The Whitehall Group, LLC

former Director, Warfare Integration and Assessment, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Participants:

Mr. Alfred Grasso (confirmed)

President and Chief Executive Officer

The MITRE Corporation

Dr. William A. LaPlante (confirmed)
Head, Global Engagement Department
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Thursday, January 27

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Address*

Fireside Chat: IT Acquisition Reform and Business Transformation

Ms. Elizabeth A. McGrath (confirmed)

Deputy Chief Management Officer

Department of Defense

Mr. David Wennergren (confirmed)

Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer

Department of Defense

Tuesday, January 25

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

Panel Session: "What Could Flat and/or Declining Defense Budgets Mean for Navy Plans and Programs?"

Moderator:

CAPT R. Robinson Harris, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)
Director, Advanced Concepts

Lockheed Martin Mission System and Sensors

Panelists:

CAPT Victor G. Addison, USN (confirmed)

OPNAV N51 Advanced Concepts

CAPT Mark R. Hagerott, USN (confirmed)

Professor of Science, Technology and Military History
U.S. Naval Academy

former Director, Strategic Advisory Group
NATO Training Mission, Afghanistan

CAPT Stuart B. Munsch, USN (confirmed)

Branch Head
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Strategy)

Mr. Ronald O'Rourke (confirmed)

Specialist in National Defense
Congressional Research Service

Tuesday, January 25

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Panel: "Unmanned Systems: A Roadmap to Where?"

Moderator:
Mr. Dick Diamond, Jr. (confirmed)

National Security Trends and Strategic Issues Analyst
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Panelists:

Lt Col Thomas "Buzz" Rempfer, USAF (confirmed)

Deputy Commander
214th Reconnaissance Group
Davis Monthan Air Force Base

Mr. J. Terry Simpson (confirmed)

Principal Deputy for Intelligence
Program Executive Office
Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I)

RADM Ben Wachendorf, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)
Chief Operating Officer

EchoStorm Worldwide

Mr. Dave Weddel (confirmed)

Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance

Wednesday, January 26

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

Panel: "Air-Sea Battle: Next Big Thing - A Flash in the Pan?"

Moderator:

Dr. Scott C. Truver (confirmed)

Panelists:

RADM Jim Beebe, USN (Ret.) (confirmed)

Executive Director
Commander, Naval Air Forces

Mr. Tom Culora (confirmed)
Chairman, Warfare Analysis and Research Department
Naval War College
Co-Author, What's New About the Air-Sea Battle Concept?

Col Mark Gunzinger, USAF (Ret.) (confirmed)

Senior Fellow
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

Wednesday, January 26

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Panel: "Cyberwarfare: How Do We Make Information a Weapon?"

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

former Deputy Commander
U.S. Space Command

Panelists:

RDML Jerry K. Burroughs, USN (confirmed)

Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence

Mr. Terry Halvorsen (confirmed)

Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer

RADM William E. Leigher, USN (confirmed)

Deputy Commander

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command

BGen Kevin Nally, USMC (confirmed)

Director, C4 / Chief Information Officer of the Marine Corps