Co-moderators  Matthew Warren, Director, International Armaments Cooperation, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) (Confirmed) & MG. Bengt A. Svensson, Defense Attaché, Embassy of Sweden (Confirmed)

0800-0810

Introduction of Moderators

0810-0855

Defense Innovation

• Hon. Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology & Logistics, DoD  (Confirmed)

0855-0920

International Perspective

• Ambassador Björn Lyrvall, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States (Confirmed)
• Göran Mårtensson, National Armaments Director, Sweden (Confirmed)

0920-1035

International Engagement and Partnerships

• VADM Joseph W. Rixey, USN, Director, DSCA (Confirmed)
• MG. Stephen E. Farmen, USA, Commanding General, United States Army Security Assistance Command (Confirmed)
• Heidi Grant, DUSD, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force (Confirmed)
• RADM. James J. Shannon, USN, DASN(IP)/Director, Navy International Programs Office (Confirmed)

Moderator: Frank Cevasco, President, Cevasco International, LLC (Confirmed)

1035-1045

BREAK

1045-1130

A Conversation about Defense Budgets, Innovation and Future Enablers

• Niklas Alm, Director Strategy / Deputy Secretary General, Swedish Security and Defence Industry Association (Confirmed)
• Todd Harrison, Director of Defense Budget Analysis and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Confirmed)
• John Luddy, Vice President, National Security Policy, Aerospace Industries Association (Confirmed)

Moderator:  Vago Muradian, Editor, Defense & Aerospace Report (Confirmed)

1130-1220

Future Innovative Technology Programs

• Earl Wyatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Emerging Capability & Prototyping (Confirmed)
• Jan-Olof Lind, Director General, FOI, Sweden (Confirmed)
• Jan Drobik, Minister-Counsellor Defence, Science & Technology, Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC (Confirmed)
• Moderator: Richard L. Rumpf, Rumpf Associates International (Confirmed)

1230-1400

Lunch: Future Operating Environment

• BGEN. Michael Claesson, Deputy Director Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, Sweden (Confirmed)
• Dr. Julianne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Strategy and Statecraft Program, Center for a New American Security (Confirmed)

1400-1445

Cybersecurity: Managing Your Risk in Global Supply Chains   

• Rob Gold, SES, Director of the Engineering Enterprise, Office of DASD(SE) (ODASD(SE)), AT&L / SE, on "HwA & SwA in DoD" (Confirmed)
• Vicki Michetti, Director, Defense Industrial Base (DIB CS) Program in the Deputy DoD CIO (CS), on "DIB Cyber Incident Reporting" (Confirmed)
• Robert Metzger, Rogers Joseph-O'Donnell, PC, "Using Acquisition Measures to Improve Cyber and Supply Chain Security" (Confirmed)

Moderator: Don Davidson, Deputy Director, Cybersecurity (CS) Implementation and CS/Acquisition Integration (and Division Chief for CS Lifecycle Risk Mgt), DoD-CIO (CS) (Confirmed)

1455-1555

Export Reform – Legacy and Next Steps

• Craig Healy, Director, Export Enforcement Coordination Center “E2C2” (Confirmed)
• Michael R. Laychak, Deputy Director DTSA (Confirmed)
• Brian H. Nilsson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade Controls (Confirmed)
• Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration (Confirmed)

Moderator: Gary Stanley, President, Global Legal Services, P.C.  (Confirmed)

1555-1700

Global Industrial Partnerships for Innovation

• Michael Andersson, President and CEO, Saab North America Inc. (Confirmed)
• Erwin Bieber, President, Platforms & Services sector, BAE Systems (Confirmed)
• David M. Van Buren, Corporate Senior VP, Business Strategy, L-3 Communications Corporation (Confirmed)
• Thomas A. Vecchiolla, President, Raytheon International, Inc. (Confirmed)
• Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel, Vice President, International Government Affairs, Lockheed Martin International. (Confirmed)

Moderator: Steve Grundman, M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges, Atlantic Council (Confirmed)

1715-1900

Conference Reception 

The organizers reserve the right to change the program based on speaker availability and world events