Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition

Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition

Monday, September 17 – Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center | 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745
301-965-2000 | http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-national

The agenda is current as of: Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

Monday, September 17, 2012

7:00 AM	8:45 AM	Conference Attendee Continental Breakfast
7:00 AM	8:00 PM	Registration is Open
9:00 AM	10:30 AM	Opening and Award Ceremonies
10:35 AM	11:00 AM	State of the Force Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley
11:15 AM	11:30 AM	Technology Exposition Ribbon Cutting
11:30 AM	1:00 PM	Conference Attendee Lunch
11:30 AM	4:00 PM	Technology Exposition is Open
1:00 PM	1:45 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Joint Strike Fighter Requirements Maj. Gen. Christopher Bogdan
1:00 PM	1:45 PM	Supporting the Combat Veteran The Honorable Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Air Force Reserve Lt. Gen. James Jackson
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Panel: Counterstrike Mr. Thom Shanker and Mr. Eric Schmitt
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Cyber Workforce Development and Armed Forces Cyber Requirements Mr. Duke Ayers
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Israel's War Against Hezbollah Dr. Benjamin Lambeth
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Fragile China, Belligerent Beijing Mr. Gordon Chang
1:55 PM	2:40 PM	Hangar Flying Gen. Merrill McPeak, USAF Ret.
2:40 PM	3:10 PM	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
2:40 PM	3:10 PM	Enlisted Seminar: Benefits of AFA
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Air Force ISR Lt. Gen. Larry James
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Government Payloads on Commercial Satellites - USAF and Industry Coming Work Together to save time, money and lives Brig. Gen. Tip Osterhaler, USAF Ret.
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Panel: Fighter Weapons School Gen. Richard Myers, USAF Ret. and Gen. Ron Keys, USAF Ret.
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Command Chief Master Sergeant Forum Moderated by Chief Master Sergeant Brooke McLean
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Air Power History and Strategy Col. John Andreas Olsen (Norwegian Air Force)
3:10 PM	3:55 PM	Africa Dr. Chester Crocker
4:05 PM	4:50 PM	Building Partnerships Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force Ms. Heidi Grant
4:05 PM	4:50 PM	Panel:Leadership and Character Development Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, Col. Joseph Sanders, C1C Derek Travis, C1C Zachary Tulley and C1C Ester Willett
4:05 PM	4:50 PM	The Road Ahead Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones
4:05 PM	4:50 PM	Energy Panel Moderator: Col. Ron Torgerson, USAF Ret., Dr. Kevin Geiss, Lt. Col. Lucian Niemeyer, USAF Ret., Col. Rich Fryer, USAF Ret. and Mr. Geoffrey Prosch
4:05 PM	4:50 PM	Chinese Air Force Dr. Phillip Saunders
6:00 PM	7:45 PM	Outstanding Airmen of the Year Reception in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 PM	10:30 PM	Outstanding Airmen of the Year Dinner

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

7:30 AM	8:45 AM	Conference Attendee Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM	5:00 PM	Registration is Open
8:00 AM	8:45 AM	Effective Warfighting in Contested Environments Study Overview Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, USAF Ret. and Mr. Randy Walden
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Countdown to Sequestration 106 Days till D-Day Ms. Marion Blakey
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Panel: The Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 Gen. John Chain, USAF Ret., Lt. Gen. Buck Shuler, USAF Ret., Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson, USAF Ret., Vice Adm. Bob Bell, USN Ret., and Mr. Mike Harper
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Americas SECRET MiG Squadron Col. Gail Peck USAF Ret.
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Knowledge Centric Warfare Mr. Robert Bivins
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Special Ops The Honorable Garry Reid, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
9:30 AM	4:00 PM	Technology Exposition is Open
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	Delivering AF Cyber Capabilities for the Joint Fight Lt. Gen. Michael Basla
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	What's Next for Asia Dr. Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	Panel: Centerline Col. Dave McIntyre, USAF Ret., Mr. Jay Lavender and Col. Randall Larsen, USAF Ret.
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	Panel: Role of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force in 21st Century Deterrence Moderator: Maj. Gen. William Chambers, Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, USAF Ret. and Elbridge Colby
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	Is the US Role in Latin America Becoming Irrelevant? Dr. Richard Downie
9:55 AM	10:40 AM	Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Lt. Gen. Clyde Moore
10:40 AM	11:00 AM	Coffee Break
11:00 AM	11:45 AM	Air Force Update Gen. Mark Welsh, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
11:45 AM	1:15 PM	Conference Attendee Lunch
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	Space Command Gen. William Shelton
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	Leading with Honor Col. Lee Ellis USAF Ret.
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	Panel: Air Commandos Moderator: Lt .Gen. Eric Fiel; Brig. Gen. Timothy Leahy; Brig. Gen. Marshall Webb and Brig. Gen. Eric G. Weller
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	Freedom's Forge Dr. Arthur Herman
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	WWII Fighter Pilots Panel Col. Clarence "Bud" Anderson, USAF Ret., Col. Kirk Kirpatrick, USAF Ret., Col. Ken Chilstrom, USAF Ret., Col. Charles McGee, USAF Ret. and Maj. James Brooks, USAF Ret.
1:15 PM	2:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Identifying the Right Cloud Solutions for the Air Force Mr. Donald Rye
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Arab Spring Dr. Stephen Grand
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Berlin Airlift Panel Col. Gail Halvorsen, USAF Ret., Mr. W.C. Southers and Mr. Fred Hall
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Sustainment of STEM in the Workforce Dr. Mark Maybury
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: KC-46 Requirements Maj. Gen. John Thompson
2:10 PM	2:55 PM	Panel: Projecting Power and Influence in the Pacific Gen. Hebert Carlisle, Gen. Paul Hester, USAF Ret. and Gen. William Begert, USAF Ret.
2:55 PM	3:25 PM	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM	4:00 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Hosted Payloads the Path Forward Lt. Col. Russell Matijevich, USAF Ret.
3:25 PM	4:10 PM	Korean War Airmen Maj. Gen. William Lyon, USAF Ret., Col. John Doolittle, USAF Ret., Maj. James Brooks, USAF Ret., Col. Charles McGee, USAF Ret., SSgt Fred Hall, USAF Ret. and Air Vice Marshall William Harbison Ret.
3:25 PM	4:10 PM	Russia Mr. Steven Pifer
3:25 PM	4:10 PM	Panel: Integrity in the Military Gen. Bruce Carlson, USAF Ret., Gen. Ron Keys, USAF Ret. and Gen. Gregory Martin, USAF Ret.
3:25 PM	4:10 PM	Defense Budget Mr. Todd Harrison
3:25 PM	4:10 PM	Small Air Forces Contribution in Future Conflicts Maj. Gen. Micael Byden (Swedish Air Force)
4:20 PM	5:05 PM	The Impact of Macroeconomic Forces and Fiscal Austerity on the Global Defense Industrial Base Dr. Nayantara Hensel
4:20 PM	5:05 PM	S.E.I.W.: Suppression of Enemy Information Warfare Mr. Chuck de Caro
4:20 PM	5:05 PM	Panel: Current Trends in Space Flight Gen. Kevin Chilton, USAF Ret. and Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, USAF Ret., Col. Pamela Melroy, USAF Ret., Mr. Richard McKinney and Dr. Roger Launinus
4:20 PM	5:05 PM	Panel: Air Minded Airmen Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap, USAF Ret. Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF Ret. and Col. John Warden, USAF Ret.
4:20 PM	5:05 PM	Evolution of Operation Enduring Freedom Lt. Gen. Dave Barno, US Army Ret.
5:15 PM	5:45 PM	"A Year in Blue" Sponsored by Boeing provides an inside view of how the Air Force Academy develops leaders of character. Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, USAFA Superintendent, will introduce the documentary.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

7:30 AM	8:45 AM	Conference Attendee Continental Breakfast
7:30 AM	8:00 PM	Registration is Open
9:00 AM	9:45 AM	Keynote Speaker Dr. Ashton Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense
9:30 AM	4:00 PM	Technology Exposition is Open
9:50 AM	10:35 AM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: AMC Requirements Maj. Gen. Rowayne Schatz
9:50 AM	10:35 AM	Does America Matter Anymore? Dr. Charles Krauthammer
10:35 AM	10:55 AM	Coffee Break
10:55 AM	11:40 AM	Keynote Speaker Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
10:55 AM	11:40 AM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: The Future of Government-Industry Partnership Dr. Daniel Goure
11:40 AM	1:10 PM	Conference Attendee Lunch
1:10 PM	1:55 PM	Enlisted Perspective Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy
1:10 PM	1:55 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: ACC Requirements Maj. Gen. Steven Kwast
1:55 PM	2:25 PM	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
2:25 PM	3:10 PM	Panel: Close Cooperation Among Allies Maj. Gen. Gilles Lemoine French Air Force, Air Marshal Andy Pulford, Royal Air Force and Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc
2:25 PM	3:10 PM	Exhibit Hall Speakers Corner: Expanding Missions for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Col. Christopher Pehrson, USAF Ret.
3:15 PM	4:45 PM	4 Star Forum Moderated by Gen. Mark Welsh, Chief of Staff of the Air Force
6:30 PM	7:45 PM	Air Force Anniversary Reception in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 PM	10:30 PM	Air Force Anniversary Dinner

For any questions regarding speakers or speaking opportunities please contact Bridget Dongu at bdongu@afa.org.

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AFA is a non-profit, independent, professional military and aerospace education association. Our mission is to promote a dominant United States Air Force and a strong national defense, and to honor Airmen and our Air Force Heritage. To accomplish this, we: EDUCATE the public on the critical need for unmatched aerospace power and a technically superior workforce to ensure U.S. national security. ADVOCATE for aerospace power and STEM education. SUPPORT the total Air Force family, and promote aerospace education.