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The Eighteenth Conference on International Defense Cooperation


ComDef Program

Conference Co-Chairs

Robert Bruce
Director, Armaments Cooperation Atlantic, OUSD (AT&L) International Cooperation

MGEN Jan Blom
Defense Attache, Embassy of Norway

Coalitions and Partners

0800-0805

Welcome and Introduction of the Co-Chairs

0805-0820

Office of Force Transformation Status Report

Terry Pudas, Deputy Director Force Transformation, OSD

0820-0850

Command Overview

VADM Phillip M. Balisle, USN, Commander, NAVSEA
VADM Tim LaFleur, USN, Commander, Naval Forces Pacific

0850-0905

JSF Update

Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

0905-0915

BREAK

0915-0945

Coalition Building ( Round Table)

COL Istvan Gyenes, Defense Attache, Embassy of Hungary
Prof. Adrian Kendry
, Senior Defense Economist, NATO, Brussels
BGEN Jan Petras, Defense Attache, Embassy of the Czech Republic
Moderator: A. Vance Renfroe, President, Minuteman Institute for Nat’l Def. Studies (MINDS)

0945-1045

International Security Assistance (Round Table)

COL Dan Bulpit, Defense Cooperation Attache, Embassy of Canada
CAPT (ITN) Nunzio Iacomino, Asst. Def. & Defense Cooperation Attache, Embassy of Italy
Richard Millies, Deputy Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Moderator: Robert Bruce, Director, Armaments Cooperation Atlantic, OUSD (AT&L)International Cooperation

1045-1050

BREAK

1050-1200

Transformational Programs for C4I

Dr. J. David Martin, Deputy for Strategic Relations, Missile Defense Agency
David Stafford, Vice President, Business Development, Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems
Moderator: Dr. Joseph N. Mait , Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, NDU

1230-1400

Luncheon – International Defense Cooperation – The Bottom Line

LTGEN Robert Magnus, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, HQ USMC
Moderator: Vago Muradian, Editor, Defense News

1400-1500

Transformational Naval Platforms

RADM J.M. Cohen, USN, Chief of Naval Research, ONR
Mary E. Lacey, Technical Director, Naval Surface Warfare Center
RADM Kevin Taylor, RAN, Director General, Maritime, Land and Industry Capability, Department of Defence, Australia
Moderator: Richard E. Metrey, President, Maritime Technology Alliance

1500-1600

Global Industrial Assets for Defense Transformation ( Round Table)

Tom Darcy, Vice President, Defense and Security Systems, EADS North America
Aaron B. Fuller, III, Vice President and General Manager, CSC
Tom Gerhardsen, President, Kongsberg Defence
Walter P. Havenstein, President, Information & Electronic Warfare Systems, BAE SYSTEMS
Moderator: Joel L. Johnson, VP International, AIA

1600-1700

Technology Transfer – Viewing the End of the Road

Lisa Bronson, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Tech. Security Policy & Counterproliferation), DoD
Alan Chvotkin, Esq., Senior Vice President & Counsel, Professional Services Council
Moderator: John Roos, Editor, Armed Forces Journal

1645-1730

View from the Hill

Congressman Joe Wilson, (R-SC), House Armed Services Committee
Introduction: Vann D. Hipp, Chairman and CEO, American Defense International, Inc.

1730-1900

Defense Attaches' Reception

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