Program Agenda
Monday, 6 October 2008
| 1800 hrs | Welcoming Reception and Exhibit Center Opening Co-sponsored by Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership |
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
| 0745 hrs | Breakfast Buffet Co-sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton | |
| 0830 hrs | Welcoming Remarks Mr. William A. Klanke Vice President/Publisher, Space News International Mr. Elliot G. Pulham President & Chief Executive Officer, Space Foundation | |
| 0845 hrs | Opening Keynote -- STRATCOM and the Global AOR One of nine unified commands, U.S. Strategic Command has global missions that don't care about borders, oceans or continents. In the Opening Keynote, the command's deputy commander will outline how they are the leaders in Strategic Deterrence and Preeminent Global Warfighters in Space and Cyberspace The Command is responsible for the global command and control of U.S. strategic forces to meet decisive national security objectives and provides a broad range of strategic capabilities and options for the President and Secretary of Defense. Vice Adm. Carl V. Mauney USN Deputy Commander, United States Strategic Command | |
| 0915 hrs | Operationally Responsive Space - Meeting the Joint Force Commander's Needs Peter M. Wegner Ph.D. Director, Operationally Responsive Space Office | |
| 0930 hrs | Exhibit Center Opens | |
| 0945 hrs | Break | |
| 1030 hrs | Integration of Land, Sea, Air, Space, and Cyberspace in a 'Purple' World Moderator Brig. Gen. Michael J. Carey USAF Panelists Deputy J3, United States Strategic Command Air Cdre Mark Lee Roberts UKRAF Director of Air Staff, Royal Air Force Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton USAF Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command and Capt. Timothy J. White USN Deputy Director Intellegence, D/J2, JFCC-Network Warfare | |
| 1200 hrs | Networking Luncheon in Exhibit Center Co-sponsored by CSP Associates, Inc. | |
| 1330 hrs | Welcoming Remarks The Honorable David Heineman Governor, State of Nebraska | |
| 1335 hrs | Industry Keynote Mr. David McGlade Chief Executive Officer, Intelsat, Ltd. | |
| 1400 hrs | Integration in a 'Purple' World - The Industry Perspective Moderator Mr. Marty Hauser Panelists Vice President, Washington Operations, Research & Analysis, Space Foundation Mr. Guy DuBois Vice President of Operational Technologies and Solutions, Raytheon Intellegence and Information Systems Gen Bernard Molard FAF (Retired) Security and Defense Advisor to the EADS ASTRIUM CEO, Brig. Gen. Robert Osterthaler USAF (Retired) President & Chief Executive Officer, AMERICOM Government Services | |
| 1445 hrs | Featured Speaker Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton USAF Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command and | |
| 1515 hrs | Afternoon Refreshment Break Co-sponsored by Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc. | |
| 1545 hrs | Leadership, Organization, and Management for National Security Space The congressionally mandated Independent Assessment Panel on National Security Space has recently briefed its report to senior Department of Defense leaders. In one of the first public discussion of the IAP's findings and recommendations, Mr. A. Thomas Young, the panel chairman, will present on the "Leadership, Organization, and Management for National Security Space." The panel and comprised of senior space leaders from outside the Department of Defense, assessed the organization and management of the department for national security space, its importance to the security of the United States, and defined future actions to address a range of improvements for the space, acquisition and intelligence communities. Featured Speaker Mr. A. Thomas Young Introduction by Chairman, Independent Assessment Panel Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Jr., USAF (Retired) Chairman of the Board, Space Foundation and Former Commander, AFSPACECOM | |
| 1730 hrs | The Strategic Space and Defense Cocktail Reception Location: Exhibit Center Co-sponsored by Raytheon | |
| 1845 hrs | The Strategic Space and Defense Dinner Location: (South Ballroom A) Co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman Master of Ceremonies Mr. Lon L. Rains Featured Speaker Vice President/Editor, Space News International The Honorable Ben Nelson Senator, United States Senate |
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
| 0745 hrs | Breakfast Buffet Co-sponsored by Bellevue Chamber of Commerce | |
| 0830 hrs | Featured Speaker Mr. Gary E. Payton Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, Space Programs, United States Air Force Headquarters | |
| 0900 hrs | Strategic Deterrence - Evolving Capability for Today's World Moderator Brig. Gen. Mark H. Owen USAF Panelists Director, Plans & Policy, United States Strategic Command Maj. Gen. Roger W. Burg USAF Commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Space Command and Commander, Task Force 214, United States Strategic Command Peppino A. DeBiaso Ph.D. Director, Office of Missile Defense Policy, Department of Defense | |
| 0930 hrs | Exhibit Center Opens | |
| 0945 hrs | Break | |
| 1030 hrs | Featured Speaker Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell USA Commander, Space and Missile Defense Command, ARSTRAT and Commander, JFCC-Integrated Missile Defense | |
| 1100 hrs | Space Situational Awareness - The Key to the Protection of Critical Assets Moderator Mr. Lon L. Rains Panelists Vice President/Editor, Space News International Air Vice Marshal Geoff Brown RAAF Deputy Chief, Australian Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeffrey C. Horne USA Deputy Director for Mission Support, National Reconnaissance Office Mr. Frederick L. Ricker Sector Vice President and General Manager, Military Space Division, Northrop Grumman Space Technology | |
| 1215 hrs | Congressional Luncheon Location: (South Ballroom A) Co-sponsored by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Corporate Host Mr. David L. Taylor Featured Speaker President & Chief Executive Officer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. The Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher Chairwoman, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, United States House of Representatives | |
| 1400 hrs | Featured Speaker With more than 40 years of military service since joining the Air Force as a basic trainee, Maj. Gen. Tom Deppe brings a most unique perspective to his role as vice commander of Air Force Space Command. The Command comprises more than 39,700 space professionals who provide combat forces and capabilities to North American Aerospace Defense Command and U. S. Strategic Command. It oversees a global network of satellite command, control, communications, missile warning and launch facilities, ensures the combat readiness of America's intercontinental ballistic missile force, and develops, acquires and operates the Air Forces space and missile forces. Maj. Gen. Thomas F. Deppe USAF Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command | |
| 1430 hrs | Frontline Views of the Chiefs Moderator Chief Master Sgt. Thomas S. Narofsky USAF Panelists Command Chief Master Sergeant, United States Strategic Command Chief Master Sgt Kenneth J. McQuiston USAF Command Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Transportation Command Command Sgt. Maj. David R. Roper USA Command Sergeant Major, National Security Agency and JFCC-Network Warfare Chief Master Sgt. Richard T. Small USAF Command Chief, Air Force Space Command | |
| 1515 hrs | Closing Keynote Assuming command in October 2007, Gen Kevin Chilton unveiled a new vision and redefined missions for USSTRATCOM in May 2008. In the Closing Keynote of Strategic Space and Defense 2008, the General will discuss the command's future, its lines of operation of Strategic Deterrence, Space and Cyberspace and the joint enablers employed to accomplish the mission of defending, deterring, and dissuading. And, if called on -- to fight, dominate and win in the domains of space and cyberspace. Gen. Kevin P. Chilton USAF Commander, United States Strategic Command | |
| 1600 hrs | Reception in Honor of the Men and Women of U.S. Strategic Command Location: Exhibit Center Co-sponsored by Integral Systems, Inc. and RT Logic |
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