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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Time
Location
7:00 am - 5:30 pm
7:00 - 8:00 am
8:00 - 9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
• Gen Hawk Carlisle, USAF (Ret), President, NDIA
Keynote Speaker
• Gen James C. McConville, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
 
9:15 - 10:00 am
Guest Speaker
• Dr. Bruce Jette, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
 
9:00 - 5:30 pm
Exhibit Hall
10:00 - 10:30 am
Exhibit Hall
10:30 - 11:15 am
Guest Speaker
• LTG Thomas Spoehr, USA (Ret), Director, Center for National Defense, The Heritage Foundation
 
11:15 - 1:00 pm
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
• C3/C4ISR
• Integrated Fires
• Disruptive Technologies Panel  
2:00 - 2:30 pm
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
• Human Aptitude Assessments Panel
• Machine Reasoning For Direct Support Panel
• Expeditionary Operations  
3:30 - 5:30 pm
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Time
Location
7:00 am - 6:30 pm
7:00 - 8:00 am
8:00 - 9:30 am
Administrative Remarks
• CAPT Frank Michael, USN (Ret), Senior Vice President, NDIA
Keynote Speaker
• Mary Miller, Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Guest Speaker
• Dr. Thomas Russell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and Technology)
 
Room 146
9:30 am - 6:30 pm
Exhibit Hall
9:30 - 10:00 am
Exhibit Hall
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Guest Speaker
Science to Application, Overcoming the Technology Valley of Death Panel
 
Room 146
12:00 - 1:00 pm
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
• Immersive Technology Panel
• Materials Science
• Operational/Expeditionary Energy

Concurrent Sessions:
• Human Systems Integration
• STEM/Educational Outreach Panel
• Directed Energy  
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Exhibit Hall
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
• Manned-Unmanned Teaming Panel
• Neuroscience
• Human Performance Optimization and Enhancement  
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Exhibit Hall
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Time
Location
7:00 - 11:30 am
7:00 - 8:00 am
8:00 - 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions:
• Synthetic Biology and Living Materials
• Artificial Intelligence
• Vehicle Mobility and Architectures Panel
Concurrent Sessions:
• Quantum Communications and Sensing
• Vertical Lift Panel
• Intelligent Systems
 
10:00 - 10:30 am
10:30 am - 11:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions:
• Force Protection and Survivability
• Point of Need Manufacturing
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Dominance Panel  
11:30 pm