or
Monday, April 15, 2024

NOTE: Sessions held on Tuesday, April 16 are unclassified and open to the media. Sessions held on Wednesday, April 17 are held at the SECRET level.

Agenda last updated: April 15, 2024

Time
Location
1:00 - 4:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

NOTE: Sessions held on Tuesday, April 16 are unclassified and open to the media. Sessions held on Wednesday, April 17 are held at the SECRET level.

Agenda last updated: April 15, 2024

Time
Location
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
7:30 - 8:15 am
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
8:15 – 8:20 am
COL Ayodele Lawson, USA
Chief of Staff, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
8:20 – 8:25 am
AMPHITHEATER
8:25 – 8:40 am
Laura DeSimone, SES
Executive Director, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
8:40 – 9:10 am
Lt Gen Heath Collins, USAF
Director, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
9:10 - 9:45 am
Hon. John Plumb, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Space Policy  
AMPHITHEATER
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Ph.D.
Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State  
AMPHITHEATER
10:15 am – 10:45 am
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
10:45 am – 11:30 am
Hon. Heidi Shyu
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense  
AMPHITHEATER
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Hon. Heidi Shyu
Under Secretary of Defense for Research And Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

Lt Gen Heath Collins, USAF
Director, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER & ATRIUM BALLROOM A
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Brig Gen James Cleet, USAF
Deputy Director, United States European Command (EUCOM) Plans And Operations Directorate
VTC  
AMPHITHEATER
1:30 pm– 2:00 pm
Congressman Douglas Lamborn (R-CO)
Chairman, House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee  
AMPHITHEATER
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Brig Gen Michelle Kilgore, USAF
Deputy Director of Operations, United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM)  
Amphitheatre
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Amphitheatre Foyer
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Mark Jenkins, SES
Director International Affairs, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

John Hill, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Missile Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

Robert Helfant, SES
Assistant Director For International Operations, Defense Security Cooperation Agency

James Ruocco, SES
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic, Space, and Intelligence Portfolio Management, U.S. Department Of Defense

Eric Desautels
Senior Coordinator for Emerging Technologies and Security Domains, U.S. Department of State  
AMPHITHEATER
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Gen Charles Q. Brown, Jr., USAF
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department Of Defense  
AMPHITHEATER
4:30 pm – 4:40 pm
Lt Gen Heath Collins, USAF
Director, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
4:40 pm – 6:00 pm
ATRIUM BALLROOM A
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

NOTE: Sessions held on Tuesday, April 16 are unclassified and open to the media. Sessions held on Wednesday, April 17 are held at the SECRET level.

Agenda last updated: April 15, 2024

Time
Location
7:00 am - 4:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
8:00 am – 8:15 am
COL Ayodele Lawson, USA
Chief of Staff, Missile Defense Agency  
AMPHITHEATER
8:15 am – 8:45 am
Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Ranking Member, House Armed Service Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee  
AMPHITHEATER
8:45 am – 9:30am
Dr. Shari Feth, ST, SES
Director, Innovation, Science And Technology, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Ellen Lord
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
Senior Advisor, The Chertoff Group

Michael Holthe, SES
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology

Dr. Sarah Schellpfeffer
Sector Vice President And Chief Technology Officer, Northrup Grumman Space Systems

Sean Stackley
Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition
Senior Vice President for Strategy, Growth and Technology, L3Harris Technologies  
AMPHITHEATER
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Thomas Smith
HQ Intelligence Site Lead, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Cliff Geohagan (Invited)
Defense Intelligence Agency/Missile and Space Intelligence Center

Jeff McCormick
Principal Intelligence Analyst, National Air and Space Intelligence Center  
AMPHITHEATER
10:00 am - 10:30 am
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
10:30 am – 11:00 am
MG Gregory Brady, USA
Chief of Staff, USSTRATCOM  
AMPHITHEATER
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Gen Stephen Whiting, USSF
Commander, U.S. Space Command  
AMPHITHEATER
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
LTG Sean Gainey, USA
Commanding General, Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command  
AMPHITHEATER
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER FOYER
1:00 - 3:00 pm
AMPHITHEATER
1:00 - 3:00 pm
ATRIUM BALLROOM B
3:00 - 3:15 pm
Amphitheatre Foyer
3:15 - 3:45 pm
Lt Gen David Iverson, USAF
Deputy Commander, United States Forces Korea  
Amphitheatre
3:45 - 4:00 pm
Lt Gen Heath Collins, USAF
Director, Missile Defense Agency  
Amphitheatre
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Stanley Stafira, Jr.
Chief Architect, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Paul Mann, SES
Program Executive, Sea-Based Weapon Systems, Missile Defense Agency and Program Director, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense for Naval Sea Systems Command

BG Frank Lozano, USA
Program Executive Officer, Missile and Space

COL Christopher Efaw, USA
Deputy Director, Joint Air and Missile Defense Organization
Dr. James Weber
Principal Director for Hypersonics Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies, Office of The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense

Dr. David Van Wie
Head, Air and Missile Defense Sector, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory  
AMPHITHEATER
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Walt Chai , ST
Director Of Space Sensors and Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Derek Tournear, SES, Ph.D.
Director, Space Development Agency, U.S. Department of Defense

Richard Yu
USSPACECOM
Mike Dolan
Space Operations Command

MG Richard Zellmann, USA
Deputy Commander, Combined Joint Force Space Component Command, United States Space Command  
AMPHITHEATER
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Frank Peterkin, SES, Ph.D.
Principal Director for Directed Energy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator

Adam Abele
US Army RCCTO

Anthony DeSimone, Ph.D.
Vice President of Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems  
AMPHITHEATER
1:00 pm – 1:50 pm
John Fiore, Jr.
Director For Acquisition, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Gary Ashworth, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Strategic, Space, And Intelligence Portfolio Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

RADM E. Seiko Okano, USN
Program Executive Officer, Integrated Warfare Systems

Ashley Johnson, SES
Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division

Jill O’Connor, SES
General Counsel, Missile Defense Agency  
ATRIUM BALLROOM B
1:50 – 2:40 pm
John Mayes, SES
Director For Contracting, Missile Defense Agency
Moderator

Megan Dake, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of The Army for Procurement, Department of the Army

Kristine Boyles, SES
Director, Contracts, Naval Sea Systems Command Department of the Navy

Efstahia Fragogiannis, SES
Director, Contracts Management Office and Senior Procurement Executive, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Edward Keller, Jr., SES
Director, Contracting, Department of The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition  
ATRIUM BALLROOM B