Light refreshments provided.  

Alexis Lasselle Ross
Chair, NDIA Intellectual Property Working Group
President, Apex Defense Strategies

Megan Milam
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Anduril Industries, LLC  

This panel will discuss trends and issues of relevance to the Defense Industrial Base, including small business participation, manufacturing capabilities, and surge capacity.

Moderator
Moshe Schwartz, President, Etherton and Associates

Chris Brouady
Vice President, Contracts, Aptima, Inc.

Jeff Bozman
Senior Director, Anduril Industries

Jerry McGinn
Executive Director of the Greg and Camille Baroni Center for Government Contracting in the School of Business at George Mason University
 

The panel will discuss innovative acquisition and licensing approaches, including commercial best practices, customized solutions, and approaches unique to software.

Moderator
Chris Comiskey, Director, Intellectual Property Counsel, RTX

Eric Lofgren
Professional Staff Member, Senate Armed Services Committee

Chase Johnson
Vice President, Legal, Anduril Industries

Locke Bell
Associate, Morrison & Foerster

Samantha Clark
Senior Counselor, Palantir Technologies  

The panel will discuss challenges and opportunities with implementing digital requirements throughout the lifecycle of DoD systems, including standards-setting and collaboration throughout the supply chain.

Moderator
Kelly Kyes, Policy & Strategy Lead, Boeing Intellectual Property, The Boeing Company

John Daly
Systems Engineering Support, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Kirk Avery
Senior Fellow, Mission Systems Chief Architect, Lockheed RMS

Jake Martinez
IP Counsel, Pratt & Whitney  

The panel will discuss current trends and developments with marking technical data and computer software.

Moderator

Darrell Stark, Principal Sr. IP & Engineering Counsel, GE Aerospace

Richard Gray
Director, Intellectual Property Cadre, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Matt Bailey
Director of Intellectual Property SAF/GCQ

John Stankiewicz
Senior IP Counsel, Rolls-Royce, N.A.

Dale Fullwood
Senior Compliance Manager, Corporate Compliance, Parker Hannifin Corporation  

Leaders from the Services will discuss their perspectives on the development of IP strategies and current priorities.

Moderator
Sushupta Sudarshan, Assistant General Counsel, IP, Northrop Grumman

Margaret Boatner
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Strategy & Acquisition Reform)

Kanna Annamalai-Brown
Chief, Intellectual Property Cadre, United States Air Force  

John Stankiewicz
Chair, AIA Intellectual Property Committee
Senior Counsel, Rolls-Royce, N.A.