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Catalysts for international defense cooperation

Sponsors

Raytheon

Harris

Lockheed Martin

Embassy of Sweden

Common Defense !uarterly

Program

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Conference Moderators
Steven A. Austin, Director, Planning & Analysis, International Programs, OUSD (AT&L) (Confirmed) & Gideon Meretz, Director, Defense Cooperation, Embassy of Israel (Confirmed)

0800-0805 Introductions of the Moderators
0805-0835 Keynote: A View from Israel
• MGEN Ehud Shani (Schonwetter). Director General, MOD, Israel (Confirmed)
0835-0905 Keynote: Program Acquisition and Strategic Sourcing
• Stuart Hazlett , Deputy Director, Program Acquisition & Strategic Sourcing, Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy, OUSD(AT&L) (Confirmed)
0905-0930 Keynote - Affording Defense Capability: Shortening the Development Cycle
• Dr. David A. Honey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research (DASD(R)) (Confirmed)
0930-0945 BREAK
0945-1030

Targeted Investments in Critical Technology
• Dr. Christoph Ebell, Counselor, Office of Science & Technology, Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC (Confirmed)
• COL. Nicolas Hué, Defense Cooperation Attache, Embassy of France, Washington, DC (Confirmed)
• Dr. Yeoh Lean Weng, Counselor, Head, Def. Tech. Office (USA), Embassy of Singapore, Washington, DC (Confirmed)

1030-1100 Foreign Military Sales Initiatives
• VADM, William E. Landay III, USN, Director, DSCA (Confirmed)
1100-1135 Reinvigorating Defense Investment
• Brett Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy, OUSD(AT&L), DoD (Confirmed)
1135-1145 Globalization and Coalition Warfare: How Do We Make Progress?
• Hon. Jeffrey P. Bialos, Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP (Confirmed)
1200-1330 Lunch: Earthquakes in the Defense Environment
• General Robert Magnus, USMC (Ret.)
1350-1520 Industry Initiatives for Dollar Efficiencies Roundtable
• Lars Bjerde, Executive VP, Head Strategy & Business Development, SAAB North America Inc. (Confirmed)
• Susan L. Coté, Corporate VP, Contracts and Pricing, Northrop Grumman (Confirmed)
• MG Dennis Moran, USA (Ret.), VP Government Business Development, Harris Corporation (Confirmed)

Moderator: Remy Nathan, Asst. VP, International Affairs, AIA (Confirmed)
1520-1530 BREAK
1530-1700 Progressing Export and Technology Security Controls for Coalition Interoperability
• Anthony A. Aldwell, Deputy Director, DTSA (Confirmed)
• Beth M. McCormick, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Def.Trade & Reg'l Security, U.S. Department of State (Confirmed)
• Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, US Department of Commerce (Confirmed)
• Gibson G. LeBoeuf, VP Washington Relations, Raytheon (Confirmed)
• Gideon E. Meretz, Director Defense Cooperation, Embassy of Israel, Washington, DC (Confirmed)
• Steve Williams, Corporate Director, Europe and Eurasia, Lockheed Martin Corporation (Confirmed)
Moderator: Ron Genemans, Attache Defense Cooperation, Embassy of the Netherlands (Confirmed)

Paying for Defense
• Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), Member, Senate Committee on Appropriations (Confirmed)
1700-1930 Defense & Service Attache Reception

Updated: 9/2/11 All speakers have been invited. Those confirmed are marked with (Confirmed)