Air & Space Conference Agenda 2005

Air & Space Conference 2005 Agenda
Sunday, September 11, 2005
6:30 PM	7:30 PM	“Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag” screening
9:00 AM	8:00 PM	Conference Registration Begins
7:30 PM	9:30 PM	AEF Fundraiser
Monday, September 12, 2005
7:30 AM	8:45 AM	Conference Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	10:50 AM	Opening and Awards Ceremonies
		Introduction by AFA Chairman of the Board Stephen P. "Pat" Condon Welcome remarks by USAF Chief of Staff Recognizing Excellence--National Aerospace Awards Presentations
11:00 AM	11:15 AM	Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
11:30 AM	1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Lunch
1:00 PM	1:45 PM	Conference Address on State of the Force
		Remarks by Acting Secretary of the Air Force Pete Geren
2:00 PM	3:10 PM	Professional Development Forums Command Chief Master Sergeants Forum--Moderated by CMSAF Gerald R. Murray Commitment to Veterans—Len Sistek, Jr., Democratic Staff Director, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Update on the New DoD Civil Service System—The Honorable Michael L. Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
2:00 PM	3:10 PM	General Seminar Session Aerospace Education Foundation Workshop--Speaker TBD AFA Membership/Strategic Planning—Speaker TBD
3:30 PM	4:30 PM	“Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag” screening
3:30 PM	4:20 PM	Professional Development Forums Battlefield Medicine—Lt Gen (Dr.) George Peach Taylor, Jr., Surgeon General of the Air Force
3:30 PM	4:20 PM	General Seminar Sessions Aerospace Education Foundation Workshop—Speaker TBD AFA Membership/Strategic Planning—Speaker TBD AFA Legislative Update—Ken Goss
3:30 PM	4:20 PM	Professional Development Workshop Parenting the Mobile Child—David Jones, Director of Military Programming, National Fatherhood Initiative The Air Force Industrial Preparedness Program—Lt Gen Richard M. Scofield, USAF (Ret.) Enlisted Heritage: Past and Present—CMSgt Malcolm “Mac” McVicar, Director, USAF Enlisted Heritage Research Institute
6:00 PM	8:00 PM	Annual Reception & Outstanding Airmen Reception
8:00 PM	10:30 PM	Outstanding Airmen Dinner Remarks by CMSAF Gerald R. Murray Dinner Remarks by Assistant Vice Chief of Staff Lt Gen Arthur J. Lichte
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
7:30 AM	8:30 AM	Conference Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM	10:00 AM	Congressional Breakfasts on Capitol Hill
8:30AM	9:20 AM	Professional Development Workshops Personnel and the Future Total Force Concept—Lt Gen Roger A. Brady, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel Air National Guard at the Forefront—Lt Gen Daniel James III, Director, Air National Guard Civilian Airmen in the Combat Zone—Daniel S. Butler, AFOSI/CX and Thomas J. Robillard, AAC/YA Update on the Airborne Laser-Col John A. Daniels, Director, ABL Office The Law of Armed Conflict—Brig Gen Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., Air Combat Command Staff Judge Advocate The War of 9/11—Dr. Rebecca Grant, President, IRIS Research
9:40 AM	10:30 AM	Professional Development Forums Air Force Reserve’s Expanding Missions—Lt Gen John A. Bradley, Commander, Air Force Reserve The Eastern Front in WWII—Dr. Howard Hensel, Air University The Passion for Life—Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Johns Hopkins University SOF Goes Mainstream—Lt Gen Michael Wooley, Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command Program Update: What the F/A-22 Can Do--Maj Gen Richard B.H. Lewis, Air Force Program Executive Officer for F/A-22 How to Avoid a Drive-by Download—John Gilroy, “The Computer Guy”
10:45 AM	11:45 AM	Four-star Forum
11:15 AM		Exhibit Hall—Air Force Job Fair
11:15 AM	1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall—John Gilroy, “The Computer Guy”
11:30 AM	1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Lunch
1:00 PM	2:15 PM	Professional Development Forum on the New Space Pioneers Remarks by The Honorable Frederick D. Gregory, USAF (Ret.), Deputy Administrator, NASA Remarks by Gen Lance W. Lord, Commander, Air Force Space Command Remarks by Lt Gen Michael A. Hamel, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
2:30 PM	3:20 PM	National Security Policy Forum on Tactical Air Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Dr. Rebecca Grant, President, IRIS Independent Research
3:40 PM	4:30 PM	Professional Development Workshops Inside the Air Force Budget—Maj Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller NASA’s Morphing Project—Anna Maria McGowan, Program Manager, NASA The Medici Effect—Frans Johansson, Best-selling Author and Consultant The Truth About Money—Ric Edelman, Best-selling Author and TV and Radio Host The Struggle for an Independent Air Force—Herman S. Wolk, Senior Air Force Historian
3:40 PM	4:30 PM	Professional Development Forum Airmen in the Joint Environment—Major General Stephen M. Goldfein, Commander, Air Warfare Center
6:30 PM	7:45 PM	Air Force Anniversary Reception
8:00 PM	10:30 PM	Air Force Anniversary Dinner (Black Tie)
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
7:30 AM	8:30 AM	Conference Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM	9:00 AM	Conference Address on the Role of Congress in Providing for the National Defense The Honorable Robin Hayes, Republican Congressman from North Carolina’s 8th District
9:05 AM	9:55 AM	Conference Address on Diplomacy in the Arab World Remarks by Amb Edward S. Walker, Jr., President & CEO, Middle East Institute
10:00 AM	10:50 AM	Professional Development Forum Through Our Enemies’ Eyes— Michael Scheuer, Former Chief of bin Laden Unit at CIA and best-selling author
11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Conference Address on the Future of Air and Space Power Remarks by USAF Chief of Staff
11:30 AM	1:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Lunch
1:00 PM	1:50 PM	Professional Development Workshop The Power of Attitude—Bruce Christopher, Psychologist/Humorist
4:00 PM		Exhibit Hall Closes—Conference Ends

(Invited speakers—line-up subject to change.)

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