Agenda
All sessions take place at the Caribe Royale
Sunday, November 16 | ||
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3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Registration | Palms Atrium |
Monday, November 17 | ||
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM | Registration | Palms Atrium |
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Training Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Town Hall: U.S. National Strategic Plan for Advanced Manufacturing
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11:30 AM | Open Lunch | |
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | GENERAL SESSION | Grand Sierra A-E |
1:05 PM | Color Guard & National Anthem Orlando Police Department Honor Guard |
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1:15 PM | Welcome Announcements | |
1:20 PM | Office of Secretary of War Keynote Honorable Emil Michael, Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and Department of War Chief Technology Officer (Invited) |
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1:40 PM | Office of Secretary of War Keynote | |
2:00 PM | Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel Overview Mr. David Koch, Chair, Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel |
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2:10 PM | Defense Logistics Agency ManTech Overview Mr. David Koch, Director, Defense Logistics Agency, Research and Development |
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2:35 PM - 3:00 PM | Refreshment Break | Grand Sierra Foyer |
3:00 PM | Army ManTech Overview Dr. Timothy White, Director, Army ManTech |
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3:15 PM | Navy ManTech Overview Mr. Neil Graf, Navy ManTech Program Lead, Office of Naval Research |
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3:30 PM | Air Force ManTech Overview Mr. Alan Albert, Deputy Division Chief, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory |
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3:45 PM | Office of Secretary of War ManTech Overview Mr. Justin McRoberts, Program Manager, Office of the Under Secretary of War, Research & Engineering (OUSW(R&E)) |
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4:00 PM | Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Awards (DMTAA) presented and sponsored by: SME |
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4:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Opening Networking Reception (Opening of Exhibits) | Palms Ballroom |
Tuesday, November 18 | ||
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM | Registration | Palms Atrium |
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | Grand Sierra Foyer |
8:00 AM - 11:30 AM | GENERAL SESSION | Grand Sierra A-E |
8:00 AM | Welcome Announcements | |
8:10 AM | Senior Administration Keynote | |
8:35 AM | Warfighter Keynote | |
9:00 AM | Keynote | |
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM | Refreshment Break | Grand Sierra Foyer |
9:45 AM | Accelerating the Industrial Base Keynote Mr. Kevin Czinger, Founder & Executive Chairman, Divergent 3D Technologies |
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10:10 AM | PEO Keynote | |
10:35 AM | PANEL: Restoring the Defense Industrial Base: Building Resiliency, Securing the Supply Chain and Creating Economic Deterrence Our defense strategy of Rebuilding the Military relies directly upon the capability, capacity and resilience of our defense industrial base (DIB), which has experienced weakness brought about by economic, technological, supply and policy challenges. This panel will discuss these challenges and the current initiatives enabling advanced manufacturing technologies to restore our DIB. Topics include the National Defense Industrial Strategy, investments across USD(R&E) and UAS(A&S), illuminating and securing the defense supply chain and managing the global economic competition environment. Moderator: Dr. Vic Ramdass, Acting Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy
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11:30 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens (closes at 6:30 PM) | Palms Ballroom |
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch (in the Exhibit Hall) | Palms Ballroom |
1:30 PM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break | Grand Sierra Foyer |
3:15 PM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM | Networking Reception | Palms Ballroom |
Wednesday, November 19 | ||
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Registration | Palms Atrium |
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | Grand Sierra Foyer |
8:15 AM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break | Grand Sierra Foyer |
10:00 AM | Exhibit Hall Opens (closes at 3:30 PM) | Palms Ballroom |
10:00 AM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch (in the Exhibit Hall) | Palms Ballroom |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Poster Session Q&A | Palms Ballroom |
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | GENERAL SESSION | Grand Sierra A-E |
1:00 PM | Welcome Announcements | |
1:10 PM | Industry Association Keynote Dr. Rob Atkinson, President, ITIF (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) |
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1:35 PM | PANEL: Advanced Manufacturing to Meet the Warfighter’s Needs (Restoring the Warrior Ethos) Moderator: Col John Beatty, Deputy Commander, Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Space Force Base
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Closing Networking Break (Exhibit Hall closes at 3:30 PM) |
Palms Ballroom |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | GENERAL SESSION | Grand Sierra A-E |
3:30 PM | PANEL: From Mill to Missile: Advanced Manufacturing for Munitions Moderator: Mr. Tony Garcia, Director of Munitions Technologies, Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering
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4:25 PM | Innovator Keynote Mr. Dean Kamen, DEKA |
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4:50 PM | Closing Announcements | |
Thursday, November 20 | ||
7:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Badge Pickup | Palms Atrium |
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Manufacturing for the Mission Exhibits | Grand Sierra Foyer |
7:00 AM - 8:35 AM | Group Breakfast & Speaker | Grand Sierra A-E |
8:00 AM | Government Introduction Mr. Keith DeVries, DoD ManTech Director |
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8:05 AM | Breakfast Speaker Retired FDNY Lieutenant Tom O'Connor, Tunnels to Towers Board Member, 9/11 First Responder |
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8:35 AM - 8:45 AM | Transition from Breakfast to Manufacturing for the Mission Event | |
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM | Manufacturing for the Mission Event: A Morning of Reflection and Resolve to Revive the Warrior Ethos
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Grand Sierra Foyer |
9:45 AM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM | Refreshment Break | |
11:20 AM | Technical Sessions
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Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM | Boxed Lunch | Grand Sierra Foyer |
1:30 PM | Technical Sessions | Curacao, Bonaire & Grand Sierra |
3:00 PM | Conference Adjourns |
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