Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition
Monday, September 14 – Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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: Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Monday, September 14, 2009
 
7:30 AM8:45 AMContinental Breakfast
9:00 AM11:00 AMConference Opening and Award Ceremonies
11:00 AMTechnology Exposition Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies
11:00 AM4:00 PMTechnology Exposition Open
11:30 AM1:00 PMConference Attendee Lunch
1:00 PM1:45 PMState of the Force
Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley
1:55 PM2:40 PMFuture of Cyberspace
Dr. Vinton Cerf
2:50 PM3:35 PMCyber Operations in Combat
Brig. Gen. James Jaeger and Maj. Gen. Richard E. Webber
2:50 PM3:35 PMKilling Al Qaeda: Winning the Battle of Ideas
Mr. Chuck de Caro
2:50 PM3:35 PMCapstone Concept for Joint Operations
Maj. Gen. David Edgington
3:45 PM4:30 PMReforming Acquisition: Getting It Right the First Time
Dr. Paul Kaminski
3:45 PM4:30 PMEyes on the Horizon
Gen. Richard Myers
3:45 PM4:30 PMAir National Guard Challenges
Lt. Gen. Harry Wyatt
3:45 PM4:30 PMDeveloping Leaders of Character
Lt. Gen. Michael Gould
3:45 PM4:30 PMRussian Foreign Policy: The Return of Power Politics
Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff
6:00 PM7:45 PMOutstanding Airmen of the Year Reception
8:00 PM10:30 PMOutstanding Airmen of the Year Dinner

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
 
7:30 AM8:45 AMContinental Breakfast
9:00 AM9:50 AMAir Force Personnel Issues
Lt. Gen. Dick Newton
9:00 AM9:50 AMTuskegee Airmen Panel
Dr. Alan Gropman (Moderator) Col. Elmer Jones, Col. Charles McGee and Lt. Col. Walter McCreary
9:00 AM9:50 AMAfrica: New Command, New Challenges
Ambassador Bellamy
9:00 AM9:50 AMU.S. Policy and Latin America
Dr. Richard Downie
10:00 AM4:00 PMTechnology Exposition Open
10:05 AM10:55 AMTrends in the Defense Industrial Base
Dr. Nayantara Hensel
10:05 AM10:55 AMEnergy: Attainable Independence?
Dr. Paul Sullivan
10:05 AM10:55 AMNuclear Enterprise
Maj. Gen. C. Donald Alston, Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, Maj. Gen. Roger Burg and Brig. Gen. Everett Thomas
10:05 AM10:55 AMCurrent and Future Threat Environment Facing the USAF
Lt. Gen. David Deptula
11:10 AM12:00 PMKeeping the Promise
USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz
12:00 PM1:30 PMConference Attendee Lunch
1:30 PM2:30 PMAir Force Reserve Challenges
Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner
1:30 PM2:30 PMRise of Special Ops: China-Burma Theater
Gen. Johnny Alison
1:30 PM2:30 PMCommand Chief Master Sergeant Forum
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy
1:30 PM2:30 PMKorea: Time to Leave the Peninsula?
Col. William Drennan
2:45 PM3:45 PMMidstream on the War on Terror
Mr. Charles Krauthammer
4:00 PM5:00 PMSpace and Cyberspace: Supporting the Joint Warfighter
Gen. C. Robert Kehler

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
 
7:30 AM8:45 AMContinental Breakfast
9:00 AM9:50 AMSecretary of Defense Update
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
10:00 AM11:15 AMFour Star Forum
USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz
10:00 AM4:00 PMTechnology Exposition Open
11:25 AM12:10 PMDoolittle Raiders
Maj. Tom Griffin, Lt. Col. Richard Cole
11:25 AM12:10 PMNational Guard
Gen. Craig McKinley
12:00 PM1:30 PMConference Attendee Lunch
1:30 PM2:15 PMChina: Rising Challenge
Dr. Bernard Cole
1:30 PM2:15 PMWired for War: The Robotics Revolution and the Air Force
Dr. P. W. Singer
2:25 PM3:10 PMEurope: Sleepy Hollow or Long Term Challenge?
Gen. Roger A. Brady
3:20 PM4:05 PMThe Enlisted Force
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy
3:20 PM4:05 PMGlobal Strike Command
Lt Gen Frank Klotz
4:15 PM5:00 PMFuture of Air Mobility
Gen. Arthur Lichte
6:30 PM7:45 PMAir Force Anniversary Reception
8:00 PM10:30 PMAir Force Anniversary Dinner
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