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Agenda

Presentations will include perspectives from senior leaders from the Department of Defense, U.S. and Allied government, industry, and academia. Workshops led by top-level USSTRATCOM military leaders will explore a variety of topics, including space situational awareness, defense of space, protection of assets, current and future space policy, warfighting needs, capability gaps in space technologies, and emerging capabilities, and will give attendees unprecedented opportunity to participate in open discussion and formulation of recommendations. Sessions will be held in the Peter Kiewit Grand Ballroom.

Attendees will be divided into groups for interactive tracks and breakout sessions, which will repeat to give participants the opportunity to attend multiple sessions. A map with tracks and breakout session room numbers will be posted at the event.

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1300 - 1930 hours
Attendee Registration

Location: Upper Meeting Level Prefunction Area (Qwest Center)

1800 - 1930 hours
Networking Event - Welcoming Reception and Exhibit Center Opening

Welcoming remarks by:
The Honorable Jim Suttle
Mayor
City of Omaha 

Mr. Elliot H. Pulham
Chief Executive Officer
Space Foundation

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1945 - 2200 hours
Congressional and International Partners Dinner (by invitation)
0630 - 1830 hours
Attendee Registration

Location: Upper Meeting Level Prefunction Area (Qwest Center)

0700 - 0745 hours
Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by CSP Associates, Inc.

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

0745 - 0800 hours
Video Presentation
0800 - 0810 hours
Presentation of Colors – United States Strategic Command Color Guard, National Anthem – United States Strategic Command “Command Performance”
0810 - 0825 hours
Opening Remarks

Speakers
Col. Tom Gilbert, USAF
Acting Director
Global Innovation and Strategy Center
United States Strategic Command

The Honorable Dave Heineman
Governor, State of Nebraska

Mr. Elliot H. Pulham
Chief Executive Officer
Space Foundation

0825- 0900 hours
United States Strategic Command Perspective

Featured Speaker
Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, USAF
Commander, United States Strategic Command

0900 - 1025 hours
Combatant Command Panel (Joint Operations: Space as a Force Multiplier)

Moderator
Vice Adm. Carl V. Mauney, USN
Deputy Commander
United States Strategic Command

Panelists
Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, USA
Deputy Commander
United States Northern Command

Lt. Gen. Francis Kearney, III, USA
Deputy Commander
United States Special Operations Command

Lt. Gen. P. K. “Ken” Keen, USA
Military Deputy Commander
United States Southern Command

Maj. Gen. Harold W. “Punch” Moulton, II, USAF
Director of Operations
United States European Command

1025 - 1110 hours
Exhibit Floor & Networking

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1110 - 1200 hours
Keynote Luncheon

Gen. Bruce A. Carlson
Director
National Reconnaissance Office

Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

Location: Peter Kiewit Grand Ballroom

1200 - 1245 hours
Dessert & Exhibit Floor Networking

Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1245 - 1415 hours
Tracked Sessions and Breakouts

(a) IMPROVING INTEGRATION OF SPACE EFFECTS

(a) Leader:

Mr. Richard McCormick, SES
Special Assistant for International and Space Activities
Director's Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects

(a) Breakout Leaders:
Environmental Monitoring
Lt. Col. Jeff Cox, USAF
Director
Operations, Training and Evaluations 
Air Force Weather Agency

 

NAVWAR
Lt. Col. Daniel Wright, USAF
Director, Navigational Warfare/Position, Navigation, and Timing
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Network and Information Integration

ISR
Col. Charlotte Wilson, USAF
Director, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Center

SATCOM
Mr. Peter Sauvé
Director, Global Satellite Communications Center
Joint Task Force Global Network Operations
United States Strategic Command


(b) DETERMINING THE VALUE OF RESPONSIVE SPACE AS AN ELEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL SPACE STRATEGY

(b) Leader:

Peter M. Wegner, Ph.D.
Director - Operationally Responsive Space Office
United States Department of Defense

(b) Breakout Leaders:

Responsive Space: Is it/can it be valuable to the warfighter?
Col. Thomas A. “Dingo” Doyne, USAF
Deputy Director Space Programs and Policy
Office of the Secretary of Defense

What is our National Space Strategy for ORS?
COL. Patrick Frakes, USA
Director for Space Policy and Information Operations
Office of the Secretary of Defense

How should the DoD posture acquisitions for ORS?
CAPT. Brian N. Humm, USN
Chief, Global ISR and Space Division
United States Strategic Command

                          
(c) POLICY/STRATEGY CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING DATA SHARING 

(c) Leader:
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, USAF
Deputy Director, Global Operations
Global Operations Directorate, United States Strategic Command

(c) Panelists
Mr. Bruce L. Allen
Deputy Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Technical Collection

Mr. David A. Anhalt
Senior Director, Advanced Programs
Orbital Sciences Corporation

Ms. Dawn R. Eilenberger
Director, Office of International Affairs and Policy
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. William Schuster
Chief Operating Officer
GeoEye

Ms. Kelli L. Seybolt
Division Chief for Space and Cyberspace Cooperation
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs

1415 - 1530 hours
International Collaboration for the Future - Part I

Moderator
Air Cdre. Mark Roberts
Royal Air Force, United Kingdom

Panelists
Maj. Gen. Stuart Beare
Chief of Force Development
National Defense
Canada 

Lt. Col. Shlomo Feder
Head of Space Branch
Israeli Air Force

Air Cdre. David Steele
Air Attache, Embassy of Australia
Australian Department of Defence

1530 - 1545 hours
Break
1545 - 1700 hours
International Collaboration for the Future - Part II

Moderator
Air Cdre. Mark Roberts
Royal Air Force, United Kingdom

Panelists
Brig. Gen. Yves Arnaud
Commander, Joint Space Command
French Ministry of Defense General Staff

Mr. OE Hiroshi
Director General for International Affairs
Bureau of Defense Policy
Ministry of Defense
Japan

Air Cdre. Jan van Hoof
Assistant Director, Capabilities of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (Kalkar, Germany), NLD AF

1700 - 1830 hours
Reception Honoring the Men and Women of the United States Strategic Command

Sponsored by Boeing

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1830 - 2200 hours
Private Events
0630 - 1700 hours
Attendee Registration

Location: Upper Meeting Level Prefunction Area (Qwest Center)

0700 - 0745 hours
Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by Bellevue Chamber of Commerce

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

0745 - 0830 hours
Combat Support Agency Perspective

Speaker
Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, USN
Director
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

 

0830 - 1000 hours
Tracked Sessions and Breakouts

(a) IMPROVING INTEGRATION OF SPACE EFFECTS

(a) Leader:

Mr. Richard McCormick, SES
Special Assistant for International and Space Activities
Director's Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects

(a) Breakout Leaders:
Environmental Monitoring
Lt. Col. Jeff Cox, USAF
Director
Operations, Training and Evaluations 
Air Force Weather Agency

NAVWAR
Lt. Col. Daniel Wright, USAF
Director, Navigational Warfare/Position, Navigation, and Timing
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Network and Information Integration

ISR
Col. Charlotte Wilson, USAF
Director, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Center

SATCOM
Mr. Peter Sauvé
Director, Global Satellite Communications Center
Joint Task Force Global Network Operations
United States Strategic Command


(b) DETERMINING THE VALUE OF RESPONSIVE SPACE AS AN ELEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL SPACE STRATEGY

(b) Leader:

Peter M. Wegner, Ph.D.
Director - Operationally Responsive Space Office
United States Department of Defense

(b) Breakout Leaders:

Responsive Space: Is it/can it be valuable to the warfighter?
Col. Thomas A. “Dingo” Doyne, USAF
Deputy Director Space Programs and Policy
Office of the Secretary of Defense

What is our National Space Strategy for ORS?
COL. Patrick Frakes, USA
Director for Space Policy and Information Operations
Office of the Secretary of Defense

How should the DoD posture acquisitions for ORS?
CAPT. Brian N. Humm, USN
Chief, Global ISR and Space Division
United States Strategic Command

                          
(c) POLICY/STRATEGY CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING DATA SHARING 

(c) Leader:
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, USAF
Deputy Director, Global Operations
Global Operations Directorate, United States Strategic Command

(c) Panelists
Mr. Bruce L. Allen
Deputy Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Technical Collection

Mr. David A. Anhalt
Senior Director, Advanced Programs
Orbital Sciences Corporation

Ms. Dawn R. Eilenberger
Director, Office of International Affairs and Policy
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. William Schuster
Chief Operating Officer
GeoEye

Ms. Kelli L. Seybolt
Division Chief for Space and Cyberspace Cooperation
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs

1000 - 1015 hrs
Break
1015 - 1115 hours
Industry Perspectives

Moderator
Wanda Austin, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Aerospace Corporation

Panelists
Mr. Richard F. Rick Ambrose
Vice President and General Manager
Surveillance & Navigation Systems
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company 

Lt Gen Brian Arnold, USAF (Retired)
Vice President, Space Strategy
Space and Airborne Systems
Raytheon Company

David M. DiCarlo, Ph.D.
Sector Vice President and General Manager
Space Systems Division
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Brig. Gen. Tip Osterthaler, USAF (Retired)
President and Chief Executive Officer
AMERICOM Government Services

1115 - 1200 hours
Exhibit Floor & Networking

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1200 - 1315 hours
Lunch

Warfighter Perspectives
Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, USAF
Commander, Joint Functional Component Command - Space
United States Strategic Command

Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell, USA
Commander, Joint Functional Component Command - Integrated Missile Defense
United States Strategic Command


Sponsored by
Raytheon

Location: Peter Kiewit Grand Ballroom

1315 - 1415 hours
Dessert Buffet & Exhibit Floor Networking

Sponsored by Integral Systems

Location: AMERICOM Government Services Exhibit Center

1415 - 1545 hours
Tracked Sessions and Breakouts

(a) IMPROVING INTEGRATION OF SPACE EFFECTS

(a) Leader:

Mr. Richard McCormick, SES
Special Assistant for International and Space Activities
Director's Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects

(a) Breakout Leaders:
Environmental Monitoring
Lt. Col. Jeff Cox, USAF
Director
Operations, Training and Evaluations 
Air Force Weather Agency

NAVWAR
Lt. Col. Daniel Wright, USAF
Director, Navigational Warfare/Position, Navigation, and Timing
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Network and Information Integration

ISR
Col. Charlotte Wilson, USAF
Director, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Center

SATCOM
Mr. Peter Sauvé
Director, Global Satellite Communications Center
Joint Task Force Global Network Operations
United States Strategic Command


(b) DETERMINING THE VALUE OF RESPONSIVE SPACE AS AN ELEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL SPACE STRATEGY

(b) Leader:

Peter M. Wegner, Ph.D.
Director - Operationally Responsive Space Office
United States Department of Defense

(b) Breakout Leaders:

Responsive Space: Is it/can it be valuable to the warfighter?
Col. Thomas A. “Dingo” Doyne, USAF
Deputy Director Space Programs and Policy
Office of the Secretary of Defense

What is our National Space Strategy for ORS?
COL. Patrick Frakes, USA
Director for Space Policy and Information Operations
Office of the Secretary of Defense

How should the DoD posture acquisitions for ORS?
CAPT. Brian N. Humm, USN
Chief, Global ISR and Space Division
United States Strategic Command

                          
(c) POLICY/STRATEGY CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING DATA SHARING 

(c) Leader:
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, USAF
Deputy Director, Global Operations
Global Operations Directorate, United States Strategic Command

(c) Panelists
Mr. Bruce L. Allen
Deputy Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Technical Collection

Mr. David A. Anhalt
Senior Director, Advanced Programs
Orbital Sciences Corporation

Ms. Dawn R. Eilenberger
Director, Office of International Affairs and Policy
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. William Schuster
Chief Operating Officer
GeoEye

Ms. Kelli L. Seybolt
Division Chief for Space and Cyberspace Cooperation
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs

1545 - 1600 hours
Break
1600 - 1650 hours
View from the Front: Deployed Enlisted/Officer Space Operator Perspectives

Moderator
Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey, USAF
Deputy Director, Global Operations
Global Operations Directorate, United States Strategic Command

Panelist
Col. John "J.R." Riordan, USAF
Deputy Director of Space Operations
Headquarters, United States Air Force

Col. William J. Spendley, Jr., USAF
Weather Division Chief
Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command

1SG Dustin P. Swinney, USA
Company First Sergeant
1st Space Brigade

1650 - 1700 hours
Closing Remarks

Featured Speaker
Vice Adm. Carl V. Mauney, USN
Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command