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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Time
Location
12:00 – 5:00 pm
SOUTH HALL LOBBY
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Hosted by NAMC  
COCA-COLA SPACE SCIENCE CENTER
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Time
Location
7:00 am – 6:30 pm
SOUTH HALL LOBBY
7:00 am – 8:00 am
SOUTH HALL LOBBY
8:00 – 8:15 am
LTC Matt Dooley, USA (Ret), Chair, NDIA Robotics Division
MG James Boozer, USA (Ret), Chief of Staff, NDIA
MG Gary Brito, USA, Commanding General, Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Futures Command, Ft. Benning
 
CENTER HALL
8:15 – 9:10 am
LTG Eric Wesley, USA, Deputy Commanding General, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command  
CENTER HALL
9:00 am – 7:00 pm
SOUTH HALL
9:10 – 10:05 am
Helen Greiner, SES, Army HQE Robotics, Autonomous Systems, and Artificial Intelligence, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)  
CENTER HALL
10:05 – 10:35 am
SOUTH HALL
10:35 – 11:20 am
Paul Decker, Deputy Chief Roboticist, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Ground Vehicle Systems Center
LTC Stu Hatfield, USA (Ret), Robotics Branch Chief, Force Development Directorate, Army G-8  
CENTER HALL
11:20 am – 12:20 pm
Moderator: Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director, Robotics Requirements, Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Futures Command
Carl Conti, Spatial Integrated Systems (SIS)
Jeff Schneider, Carnegie Mellon University
Buck Tanner, Combat Vehicle Chief Engineer, BAE Systems
Mack Traynor, Chief Executive Officer, Recon Robotics  
CENTER HALL
12:20 – 12:30 pm
CENTER HALL
12:30 – 1:30 pm
SOUTH HALL
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Moderator: LTC Stu Hatfield, USA (Ret), Robotics Branch Chief, Force Development Directorate, Army G-8
COL Warren Sponsler, USA, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team
LTC Jon St. John, USA, Product Lead Robotic Combat Vehicle, PM NGCV, PEO GCS
COL Kevin Vanyo, USA, CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center
 
CENTER HALL
2:30 – 3:15 pm
COL Thomas Nelson, USA, Director, Robotics Requirements, Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, U.S. Army Futures Command
LTC Jonathan Bodenhamer, USA, Product Manager, Applique and Large Unmanned Ground Systems, PM-FP  
CENTER HALL
3:15 – 3:45 pm
SOUTH HALL
3:45 – 4:45 pm
Moderator: LTC Matt Dooley, USA (Ret), Chair, NDIA Robotics Division
COL Johnny Cochran, USA, Deputy Director, Close Combat Lethality Task Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense
CAPT Christian Dunbar, USN, Naval Special Warfare Command, Future Concepts and Innovation
Col Kevin Murray, USMC, Director, S&T and RCO, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
 
CENTER HALL
4:45 – 5:15 pm
Fred Wehrli, Chief of Requirements Integration for U.S. Army Futures Command, Sustainment Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate  
CENTER HALL
5:15 – 5:30 pm
LTC Matt Dooley, USA, (Ret), Chair, NDIA Robotics Division  
CENTER HALL
5:30 – 7:00 pm
SOUTH HALL
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Time
Location
7:00 am – 12:00 pm
SOUTH HALL LOBBY
7:00 am – 8:00 am
SOUTH HALL LOBBY
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
SOUTH HALL
9:40 – 10:20 am
SOUTH HALL
8:00 – 12:00 pm

Advanced GNSS Positioning for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) Truck Platooning
Patrick Smith, Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University

Towards a Multi-Agent / Multi-Domain World Model
Mark Hinton, Senior Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins APL

Unmanned System (UxS) and Engineering Precepts for Safe Autonomy
Alex Robert, Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton

Autonomy
Alberto Lacaze, President, Lead Engineer, Robotic Research

Adapting NASA Mars Rover Autonomy to Army Vehicles for Intelligent Autonomous Control
Carl Conti, Technical Director, Spatial Integrated Systems

An Approach to the Development of Greater Autonomy for Combat Vehicles
Buck Tanner and Thomas McLoud, BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P.

Autonomous Topography Localization and Analysis System (ATLAS)
Javier Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)

Modular Multi-Purpose Autonomy-Enabled Platforms
Kevin Mulrenin, Director, Pratt & Miller Engineering  

CENTER HALL
8:00 – 12:00 pm

GEDI Crazy Turtle- Stealth Performance Communication
Daniel Reyes, Chief Executive Officer, Crazy Turtle Robotics

Organic Precision Strike Using Robustly Networked Loitering Munitions and Robotic ISR
Dr. Adam MacDonald, Director Business Development, AeroVironment

AI for Maneuver: Artificially Intelligent Robots in the Last Mile of Combat
Brandon Tseng, Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, Shield AI

Modular Mission Payloads for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV)
Dr. Richard Pettegrew, General Manager, IEC Infrared Systems

Towards Autonomous Robotic Manipulation
Amanda Sgroi, Principal Research Scientist, RE2 Robotics

UAS Deployment of Micro UGV with Tactical Payloads
Mack Traynor, Chief Executive Officer, Recon Robotics

Autonomous Precision Landing of sUAS onto Moving Vehicles at Night
David Twining, Chief Operating Officer, Planck Aerosystems, Inc.

 
Room 211
12:00 pm