Agenda

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We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers and panelists:

-Mr. Dave Ochmanek, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Development), OUSD(P)
-Mr. Frank Cooper, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Concurrent Technology Corporation
-Dr. Mark Lewis, University of Maryland (previously USAF Chief Scientist)
-Dr. Larry Schuette, Director of Innovation, Office of Naval Research
-Dr. Frank Brauns, Deputy National Intelligence Officer for S&T, ODNI
-Dr. David Honey, Director for Research, Office Director, Defense and Research Engineering
-Dr. Graham Chandler, University of Minnesota
-Dr. Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado at Boulder
-Dr. Carey Priebe, Johns Hopkins University
-Mr. Thomas Behling, Executive Director, CENTRA Technology, Inc.
-Ms. Ritu Sharma, Senior Analysts, PA Consulting Group
-Mr. James Martin, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Portfolio, Programs & Resources)
-Mr. Marty Drake, Science Advisor, USCENTCOM
-Mr. Bill Shepherd, Chief Science Advisor, USSOCOM
-Mr. Gil Klinger, Director, Space & Intelligence Capabilities, OSD

This conference will be featuring Joint Staff Functional Capability Assessments.  The Joint Capability Areas are comprised of functional portfolios:
--to focus management and resource attention upon a desired capability-based vice threat-based envisioned and synchronized military force development and planning enterprise;
--encompass capability needs definition, gap and excess analysis, major trade analyses, and capabilities planning, i.e. the DoD military capability divided into manageable functional entities; and
--provide a framework to enable a capabilities-based US military enterprise to focus on emerging technological opportunities that certain capabilities such as long-range precision strike, transformed maneuver and expeditionary forces; and systems to overcome anti-access and area-denial threats.

Functional Capability Areas and Speakers:
-- Battlespace Awareness -- CDR Patrick Williams, USN and Mr. John Neri
-- Command and Control -- COL Jill Newman, USA, Mr. Ken Teske, and Mr. Tony Peterson 
-- Net-Centrics -- CAPT Ken Bowen, USN
-- Building Partnerships -- Mr. Mark Phillips
-- Force Application & Force Support -- COL Russ Bodine, USA
-- Protection -- Mr. Andy Rumbaugh
-- Logistics -- Lt Col Lisa Hess, USAF

Location

Federal Gateway - Navy Yard Metro
1100 New Jersey Ave, S.E., 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20003
Tel: (202) 756-4700

Limited public parking is available for $7.00 per hour or $14.00 per day.  Parking garage entrance is located on 2nd Street SE. 

Travel Information
Metro Rail: (Recommended) The closest metro station is the Navy Yard Metro Station, located on the Green Line.  Take the New Jersey Avenue exit.  Click to view map of Metro system

From Ronald Reagan National Airport: Take George Washington Parkway, exit onto Interstate 395 North.  Take exit 6 toward D Street Northwest and merge onto I-395.  Take exit toward Massachusetts Avenue and merge onto 2nd Street Northwest.  Continue on to New Jersey Avenue and Federal Gateway will be on the left.

From Northern Virginia:  Take I-395 North toward Washington. Take exit 6 toward D Street Northwest and merge onto I-395.  Take exit toward Massachusetts Avenue and merge onto 2nd Street Northwest.  Continue on to New Jersey Avenue and Federal Gateway will be on the left.

Lodging

A block of rooms has not been reserved.

Registration

Online Registration is now CLOSED!
Onsite registration will open at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, October 13.

Cancellation Policy:  All cancellations before October 1, 2010 will receive a refund minus a cancellation fee of $75.  Refunds will not be given for cancellations after October 1, 2010.  Substitutions welcome in lieu of cancellations!  Please make your cancellation or substitution in writing to Allison Doherty at adoherty@ndia.org.

NOTE: Please do not fax, email, or mail registration forms.  Bring the registration form to the conference for onsite registration.

Needed to Attend the Conference:
1. Registration form (can register onsite)
2. Security Certification Form
3. JPAS Visit Request

Download/Print/View the Security Certification Form.

To be admitted, attendees must submit a Security Certification Form to spoe@alionscience.com or fax to: (202) 646-0176, ATTN: Stephen Poe / Associate Security Officer.  Both the Security Certification and Visit Request were due at close of business October 1, 2010. 

Late Security Certification forms and JPAS visit requests
MUST be submitted ASAP. 
Note that onsite registration will NOT be accepted if the required security information has not been submitted.

Attendee Information

Security Information
To be admitted, attendees must submit a Security Certification Form to spoe@alionscience.com or fax to: (202) 646-0176, ATTN: Stephen Poe / Associate Security Officer.  Both the Security Certification and Visit Request were due at close of business October 1, 2010. 

Late Security Certification forms and JPAS visit requests
MUST be submitted ASAP. 
Note that onsite registration will NOT be accepted if the required security information has not been submitted.

Briefcases, recorders, cameras, cell phones or transmission equipment will not be allowed in the session rooms.  If these items are brought to the conference, they will be held in a secure area until the meeting is adjoured.

Attire
Appropriate attire for the conference is business suit for industry and class A uniform of the day for military.

ADA
NDIA supports the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attendees with special needs should contact Allison Doherty at adoherty@ndia.org.

Promotional Partnerships

Increase your company or organization's exposure by becoming a Promotional Partner! With a Promotional Partnership of $5000, you will receive your organization's name on the back cover of the onsite brochure, a 350-word company description in the onsite brochure, main podium recognition, signage throughout the conference, and a hotlink right HERE to your organization's website.

For more information or to sign up, please contact Sam Campagna at scampagna@ndia.org or Allison Doherty at adoherty@ndia.org.

Contact Info/Inquiries/Questions

NDIA POC: Allison Doherty, adoherty@ndia.org or (703) 247-2570.