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It's time to register for the Aviation Week DefenseChain Conference. Delegates attending DefenseChain will gain vital insight into defense industry spending trends, hear solutions to supply chain issues, and be presented with new industry initiatives.
Review the Preliminary Agenda and register today.
OCTOBER 23, 2018 - TUESDAY | 8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast, Salon II, sponsorship available | 9:00-9:15 | Welcome Address, Salon I
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK
Joanna Speed, Managing Director, A&D Conferences
Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor & Content Manager | 9:15-10:00 | Opening Address
RENAISSANCE STRATEGIC ADVISORS
Jeff Roncka, Senior Partner | 10:00-10:45 | Keynote Address
L3 TECHNOLOGIES
Speaker to be confirmed | 10:45-11:15 | Coffee & Tea Break - Salon I Foyer, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software | 11:15-12:15 pm | PANEL: THE FOUR HORSEMEN - OUTLOOK AND TRENDS WITHIN THE A&D INDUSTRY
Moderated by Michael Bruno, Senior Business Editor & Content Manager, Aviation Week Network
CAPITAL ALPHA PARTNERS - Byron K. Callan, Managing Director
GRUNDMAN ADVISORY & ATLANTIC COUNCIL - Steven Grundman, Principal & Senior Fellow
THE MCLEAN GROUP - R. John Stack, Managing Director & Aerospace Practice Leader
RENAISSANCE STRATEGIC ADVISORS - Pierre Chao, Founding Partner, Renaissance Strategic Partners
Discussion and Questions | 12:15-1:15 | Lunch, Salon II, sponsorship available | 1:15-1:30 | FORECAST INTERNATIONAL
Program Outlook
Raymond Jaworowski, Senior Analyst, Military & Commercial Aircraft, Rotorcraft, and Stuart Slade, Senior Analyst, Warships, Industrial & Marine Turbines | 1:30-2:30 | PANEL: DEFENSE BUDGET
Moderated by Jen DiMascio, Managing Editor, Defense, Space & Security, Aviation Week Network
AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (AIA) - John Luddy, Vice President, National Security Policy
BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE - George Ferguson, Senior Analyst, A&D and Airlines
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (CSIS) - Todd Harrison, Director, Aerospace Security Project & Director, Defense Budget Analysis
FORECAST INTERNATIONAL - Raymond Jaworowski, Senior Analyst, Military & Commercial Aircraft, Rotorcraft, and Stuart Slade, Senior Analyst, Warships, Industrial & Marine Turbines
Discussion and Questions | 2:30-2:45 | Refresher Break, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software | 2:45-3:30 | PANEL: SUPPLIER PRESSURE
Moderated by Kenneth Herbert, Managing Director, Canaccord Genuity
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - Raanan I. Horwitz, President & CEO
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS - Eric M. DeMarco, President & CEO
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS - Krisstie Kondrotis, Senior Vice President, Defense Programs & Business Development
Discussion and Questions | 3:30-4:00 | Refresher Break, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software | 4:00-4:45 | PANEL: INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE OPPORTUNITIES
Moderated by Byron Callan, Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners
Panelists to be confirmed | 6:30-8:00 | VIP Cocktail Reception, Old Dominion, 4th Floor, sponsorship available
SAMFORD GLOBAL STRATEGIES
Kenneth J. Krieg, Founder & Principal
RENAISSANCE STRATEGIC ADVISORS
Frank Kendall, Executive in Residence | | | OCTOBER 24, 2018 - WEDNESDAY | 8:00-8:30 am | Breakfast, Salon II, sponsorship available | 8:30-8:45 | Welcome Address, Salon I
AVIATION WEEK NETWORK
Jennifer DiMascio, Managing Editor-Defense and Washington Bureau Chief | | 8:45-9:30 | Keynote Address: Solving the Software Situation
OFFICE OF UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND LOGISTICS
The challenge for programs is to develop software at the "speed of app" — but the issue is how to buy software as it is being developed
Dr. Jeff Boleng, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics and Head of Software Acquisition Task Force | 9:30-10:00 | Coffee & Tea Break, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software | 10:00-10:45 | PANEL DISCUSSION: REINVENTING INNOVATION
With myriad challenges facing them, aerospace and defense companies are reformulating how they approach innovation at all stages — pursuit of new business, technologies and systems required for programs, and futuristic research that may be developed internally or come in the form of investment. Technology leaders explain how and why this new approach will speed much-needed solutions into the hands of the people who need them.
Moderated by Graham Warwick, Managing Editor-Technology, Aviation Week Network | 10:45-12:00 pm | PANEL: PROGRAM BREAKTHROUGHS: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT VELOCITY - SPEED IT UP
Among the challenges from A&D customers is how to move new technologies and products into the hands of users faster.
Moderated by Barry Chapman, Vice President, A&D Industry, Siemens PLM Software
Panelists will be selected as part of the Program Excellence Awards process and announced Sept. 1. | 12:00-1:00 | Lunch, Salon ll, sponsorship available | 1:00-1:45 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Pentagon lays out priorities, challenges for program leaders | 1:45-2:00 | Refresher Break, sponsored by Siemens PLM Software | 2:00-3:00 | PANEL: PROGRAM BREAKTHROUGHS: DISRUPTING A&D MANUFACTURING
Normally innovation focuses on R&D initiatives, but with the pressure on to break the learning curve, innovation is required to make manufacturing more efficient, of higher precision, and using data that ties the program from start to finish.
Panelists will be selected as part of the Program Excellence Awards process and announced Sept. 1. | | 6:30-7:15 | Program Excellence Cocktail Reception, Salon l and ll Foyer, sponsorship available | | 7:15-9:30 | Program Excellence Awards Banquet, Salon l |
Program Excellence At the DefenseChain Conference, leaders from our Program Management Group will provide insight into the future of programs in space, commercial air transport and defense. Delegates will meet and interact with leaders who are guiding massive changes in the development, production and sustainment of programs for the next decade. The Conference concludes with our Program Excellence Awards Banquet recognizing those who are improving performance processes enabling all program / project leaders to predict execution risks and opportunities. Learn more about Program Excellence at our Program Management Corner.
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