Gen Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret), President, NDIA
Michael Kichman, Chair, NDIA, SO/LIC Division  

Mark E. Mitchell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict  

Moderator: MG (Ret) Patrick Higgins
Panelist:
Michael G. Waltz, CEO, Metis Solutions, LLC
Michael D. Lumpkin, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
COL Lonnie Carlson, Ph.D., USA, Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy, Countering WMD Office, Dept of Homeland Security
 

Awards Winners:
Rylander Award Winner
- LTG John Mulholland, Jr., U.S. Army (Ret.)

DeProspero Lifetime Award Winner
- RADM, Brian Losey, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Keynote Speaker:
Andrew F. Knaggs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

 

CAPT Frank Michael, USN (Ret), Senior Vice President, NDIA
Michael Kichman, Chair, NDIA, SO/LIC Division  

Moderator: Maj. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife, Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Special Operations Command
-Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Tovo, Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command
-Maj. Gen. Michael Plehn, Deputy Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command
-Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy, III, Commander. U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations
-Rear Admiral Timothy G. Szymanski, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command
 

Col Wesley Hallman, USAF (Ret) Senior Vice President, Policy, National Defense Industrial Association  

Moderator: Glenn Ayers, Director, Federal Business Development, SRI International
Bill Jeffrey, CEO, SRI International
Dr. William Chappell, Director, Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Col John G. Bunnell, Director, Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (AF TENCAP)  

Michael Kichman, Chair, NDIA, SO/LIC Division  

Michael Kichman, Chair, NDIA, SO/LIC Division
Owen West, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict  

Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, U.S. Department of Treasury  

Moderator: Dr. Lewis Rasmussen, Director, Development and Defense Initiative, Tetra Tech International Services
Michael D' Ambrosio, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, United States Secret Service
James R. Brown, Jr., Deputy Assistant Director for the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Federal Bureau of Investigation
David Hoagland, Director of Counterproliferation Programs for the Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration
Erik Anderson, NCPC/Interdiction and Networks  

Moderator: Daniel J. Cabel, Special Operations and Intelligence Community Liaison, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Sea Systems Command
Charles Perkins, Principal Deputy for Emerging Capability & Prototyping in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (ASD(R&E))
Patricia Herndon, Department Director, Special Warfare and Expeditionary Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Naval Sea Systems Command
Dr. Adam Rawlett, Chief Scientist, Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory  

Annette Totten, Director, National Counter Proliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence  

Michael Kichman, Chair, NDIA, SO/LIC Division