OCTOBER 18-20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC
OCTOBER 18-20, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC
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Monday October 18 | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | |
Tuesday October 19 | ||
| 8:30 | Keynotes - Defense, Innovation, Resilience | |
| 9:40 | SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: How NSF, DOE, and SBA are Supporting the Transition of your R&D | |
| 1:30 | RISE Resilient Infrastructure & Secure Energy - Member Meeting | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session I | |
Wednesday October 20 | ||
| 9:00 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Program | |
| 9:20 | MOSAICS Keynote | |
| 9:35 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Panel: DoD Speed of Innovation for Contested and Congested Environments | |
| 10:00 | Special DEFENSEWERX Funding Announcement | |
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session II | |
Program | ||
Monday October 18 | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect Innovation Showcase Reception (4:00 - 6:00) | Expo Hall AB |
Tuesday October 19 | ||
| 8:30 | Keynotes - Defense, Innovation, Resilience | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 8:40 | Defense TechConnect and Operational Energy & Logistics (OE&L) MajGen. Maxwell, U.S. Department of Defense, US | |
| 8:55 | Defense TechConnect L. Sanders, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), US | |
| 9:15 | Resilient Infrastructure + Secure Energy (RISE) Consortium™ M. Wu, RISE Consortium, US | |
| Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy, and Environment P. Farnan, U.S. Army, US | ||
| Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Energy Division B. Richardson, DIU, US | ||
| 9:40 | SBIR/STTR Keynote Panel: How NSF, DOE, and SBA are Supporting the Transition of your R&D | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: John Williams, SBA, US | ||
| U.S. SBA B. DeVries, U.S. Small Business Administration, US | ||
| National Science Foundation G. Narcho, National Science Foundation (NSF), US | ||
| 1:30 | RISE Resilient Infrastructure & Secure Energy - Member Meeting | Woodrow Wilson D |
| Session chair: Michael Wu, RISE Consortium, US | ||
| C. Van Metre, CEO ATI, US | ||
| M. Wu, ExDir RISE Consortium, US | ||
| S. Bennett, Air Force Office of Energy Assurance, US | ||
| RA. Darling, Director of Operational Energy Innovation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, US | ||
| B. Richardson, Director of the Advanced Energy and Materials (AE&M) Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit, US | ||
| K. Bilek, Govmates, US | ||
| S. Alexander, Govmates, US | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session I | Expo Hall AB |
Wednesday October 20 | ||
| 9:00 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Program | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 9:05 | DOD Senior Climate Advisor to the SECDEF J. Bryan, U.S. Department of Defense, US | |
| 9:20 | MOSAICS Keynote | Woodrow Wilson A |
| 9:20 | More Situational Awareness for Industrial Control Systems (MOSAICS) JCTD G. Ka'iliwai III, U.S. Indo Pacific Command, US | |
| 9:35 | Defense TechConnect Keynote Panel: DoD Speed of Innovation for Contested and Congested Environments | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Jennifer Rocha, TechConnect, US | ||
| 10:00 | Special DEFENSEWERX Funding Announcement | Woodrow Wilson A |
| Session chair: Brad Chedister, DEFENSEWERX, US | ||
| SOCOM/SOFWERX L. Sanders, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), US | ||
| AFWERX S. Lauver, AFWERX, US | ||
| DEFENSEWERX B. Chedister, DEFENSEWERX, US | ||
| Army Futures Command B. Halloran, Army Applications Lab, US | ||
| 4:00 | TechConnect, Defense & Smart Cities Innovation Expo & Networking Reception (4:00 - 6:00) - Poster Session II | Expo Hall AB |
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