or
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
GRAND BALLROOM