Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Agenda is subject to change. Updated as of November 1, 2021.
Time
Location
5:00 – 9:00 pm
GRAND FOYER
6:00 – 9:00 pm
MG James Boozer, USA (Ret)
Executive Vice President, NDIA
COL John Taft, USA (Ret)
Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA)
U.S. House of Representatives
Executive Vice President, NDIA
COL John Taft, USA (Ret)
Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA)
U.S. House of Representatives
GRAND BALLROOM SALONS 3-4
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Agenda is subject to change. Updated as of November 1, 2021.
Time
Location
7:00 am – 7:00 pm
GRAND FOYER
7:00 – 8:00 am
GRAND FOYER
8:00 – 8:15 am
MG James Boozer, USA (Ret)
Executive Vice President, NDIA
COL John Taft, USA (Ret)
Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
LTC Mark Owens, USA (Ret)
Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity
Symposium Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
Executive Vice President, NDIA
COL John Taft, USA (Ret)
Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
LTC Mark Owens, USA (Ret)
Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity
Symposium Chair, SO/LIC Division, NDIA
GRAND BALLROOM
8:15 – 9:15 am
Kristen Hajduk
Federal Partnerships, Golden
Moderator
Erika Dretzka
Director, Data Management and Analytics Infrastructure for Chief Data Officer, Department of Defense
Matthew Penn
Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA
Scarlett Swerdlow
Deputy Director, Defense Digital Service
Federal Partnerships, Golden
Moderator
Erika Dretzka
Director, Data Management and Analytics Infrastructure for Chief Data Officer, Department of Defense
Matthew Penn
Senior Solutions Architect, NVIDIA
Scarlett Swerdlow
Deputy Director, Defense Digital Service
GRAND BALLROOM
9:15 – 9:45 am
GRAND FOYER
9:45 – 10:45 am
Joe Mariani
Senior Research Manager, Center for Government Insights, Deloitte Services LP
Moderator
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Senator, U.S. Senate
CMSgt Gregory Smith, USAF
Senior Enlisted Leader, USSOCOM
John Forsythe
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Senior Research Manager, Center for Government Insights, Deloitte Services LP
Moderator
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Senator, U.S. Senate
CMSgt Gregory Smith, USAF
Senior Enlisted Leader, USSOCOM
John Forsythe
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP
GRAND BALLROOM
10:45 – 11:35 am
LTC Mark Owens, USA (Ret)
Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity
Moderator
COL Paul Weizer, USA
Program Executive Officer, SOF Digital Applications, SOF AT&L, U.S. Special Operations Command
Peter Coffey
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office Services, USSOCOM
Kate Dolloff
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Fixed Wing, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics (AT&L), USSOCOM
Chief Strategy Officer, True Velocity
Moderator
COL Paul Weizer, USA
Program Executive Officer, SOF Digital Applications, SOF AT&L, U.S. Special Operations Command
Peter Coffey
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Program Executive Office Services, USSOCOM
Kate Dolloff
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Fixed Wing, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics (AT&L), USSOCOM
GRAND BALLROOM
11:35 am – 1:00 pm
GRAND BALLROOM
11:35 am – 1:00 pm
Elizabeth Wehr
Director, Strategy & Policy, Parsons
Moderator
LtGen Dennis Crall, USMC
Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff, J6
Gavin Sundwall
Career Foreign Service Officer, Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy
Director, Strategy & Policy, Parsons
Moderator
LtGen Dennis Crall, USMC
Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers/Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff, J6
Gavin Sundwall
Career Foreign Service Officer, Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy
2:00 – 2:45 pm
COL Dean Hoffman, USA (Ret)
President, Accel Innovation Corporation
Moderator
William Innes
Deputy Director, Acquisition, USSOCOM
Heather Jo Richman
Founder, Defense Investor Network
Dr. Timothy Grayson
Office Director, Strategic Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
President, Accel Innovation Corporation
Moderator
William Innes
Deputy Director, Acquisition, USSOCOM
Heather Jo Richman
Founder, Defense Investor Network
Dr. Timothy Grayson
Office Director, Strategic Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
2:45 – 3:15 pm
GRAND FOYER
3:15 – 4:00 pm
William Innes
Deputy Director, Acquisition, USSOCOM
Moderator
Aditi Kumar
Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment
Chad Molter
Managing Director, GPS Supply Chain and Network Operations
Deputy Director, Acquisition, USSOCOM
Moderator
Aditi Kumar
Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment
Chad Molter
Managing Director, GPS Supply Chain and Network Operations
GRAND BALLROOM
4:00 – 4:45 pm
Joe Mariani
Senior Research Manager, Center for Government Insights, Deloitte Services LP
Moderator
Congressman Michael Waltz (R-FL)
U.S. House of Representatives
Pre-Recorded Remarks
Lt Gen Jim Slife, USAF
Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command
LTG Ken Tovo, USA (Ret)
Former Special Operations Commander, U.S. Army
Dr. Barnett Koven
Adjunct Faculty Member, Joint Special Operations University
Senior Research Manager, Center for Government Insights, Deloitte Services LP
Moderator
Congressman Michael Waltz (R-FL)
U.S. House of Representatives
Pre-Recorded Remarks
Lt Gen Jim Slife, USAF
Commander, United States Air Force Special Operations Command
LTG Ken Tovo, USA (Ret)
Former Special Operations Commander, U.S. Army
Dr. Barnett Koven
Adjunct Faculty Member, Joint Special Operations University
GRAND BALLROOM
5:30 – 6:30 pm
GRAND FOYER
6:30 – 9:00 pm
Congressman Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
Honorable Michael Vickers
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Rylander Awardee
LTG Michael Nagata, USA (Ret)
Strategic Advisor and Senior Vice President, CACI
DeProspero Awardee
Chairman, House Armed Services Committee
Honorable Michael Vickers
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Rylander Awardee
LTG Michael Nagata, USA (Ret)
Strategic Advisor and Senior Vice President, CACI
DeProspero Awardee
GRAND BALLROOM