2020 AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exposition. The 2020 AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exposition returns to Huntsville, Alabama from March 17-19, 2020 at the Von Braun Center.
**NOTE: All participants/speakers/times are subject to change. All events are in the Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, unless otherwise identified.
MONDAY, 16 MARCH 2020
1300 -- 1700 REGISTRATION (South Hall Foyer)
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TUESDAY, 17 MARCH 2020
0700 -- 1730 REGISTRATION (South Hall Foyer)
0700 -- 0800 COFFEE SERVICE
0800 -- 0805 PRESENTATION OF COLORS
0805 -- 0810 SYMPOSIUM ADMINISTRATION, SAFETY, SECURITY
• Alex Brody Director, Meetings, AUSA
0810 -- 0815 INTRODUCTION/WELCOME
• GEN Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, AUSA
0815 -- 0900 KEYNOTE SPEAKER GEN
• James C. McConville Chief of Staff of the United States Army
0900 -- 0920 SPEAKER
• HON E. Casey Wardynski, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
0920 -- 1045 People First (PANEL DISCUSSION 1)
• Moderator: LTG Howard B. Bromberg, United States Army Retired, Former Deputy Chief of
Staff, G-1
• Panelists: MG John R. Evans, Commanding General, United States Army Cadet Command; Dr. Todd A. Fore, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs); Ms. Carol G. Burton, Director, United States Army Civilian Human Resources Agency, BG Thomas J. "TJ" Edwards, Director, Officer Personnel Management Directorate, United States Army Human Resources Command; Mr. Ronald W. Pontius, Deputy to the Commanding General, United States Army Cyber Command
0930 -- 1530 xTechSearch 3 Proof-of-Concept Demonstrations (North Hall 3)
0930 -- 1600 xTechSearch 4 Presentations (North Hall 2)
1000 -- 1730 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN -- East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall
1000 -- 1030 Refreshment Break
1015 -- 1500 Army Civilian Career Presentations (South Hall, U.S. Army Booth 717)
1150 -- 1720 Warriors Corner Presentations (South Hall, U.S. Army Booth 717)
1045 -- 1215 Foundational Approach to Deliver Highly Trained, Cohesive Units that Win (PANEL DISCUSSION 2)
• Panel Moderator: LTG John M. "Mick" Bednarek, United States Army Retired
• Panel Chair: GEN Michael X. Garrett, Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command
• Panelists: SMA Michael A. Grinston, 16th Sergeant Major of the Army; CSM Joseph C. "Curt" Cornelison, Command Sergeant Major, United States Army Forces Command; CPT Kristen M. Griest, Team Leader, 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade
1100 -- 1330 Lunch on own. Concessions available in the Arena.
1215 -- 1230 xTechSearch Accelerator Presentation
1215 -- 1330 Senior Leader Industry Engagements -- East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall
1330 -- 1340 SPEAKER
• GEN John M. Murray, Commanding General, United States Army Futures Command
1340 -- 1515 Building the Future Force: The Electrification of the Brigade (PANEL DISCUSSION 3)
• Panel Moderator: LTG David D. Halverson, United States Army Retired, President and CEO, Cypress International former Commanding General, United States Army Installation Management Command
• Panel Chair: LTG Eric J. Wesley, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Futures Command, Director, Futures and Concepts Center, United States Army Futures Command
• Panel Members: GEN William S. "Scott" Wallace, United States Army Retired; Mr. Jeff Waksman, Program Manager, Strategic Capabilities, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Mr. James Y. Khoury, Senior Manager, Global Hybrid Battery Engineering, General Motors
1515 -- 1525 TECH TEN PRESENTATION -- TBD
1515 -- 1545 Refreshment Break Sponsored by Noblis
1530 -- 1730 Senior Leader Industry Engagements -- East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall
1630 -- 1730 OPENING RECEPTION (East and South Halls) Sponsored by Perspecta
1700 Young Professionals Event at Below the Radar Brewhouse, Sponsored by the Redstone Huntsville Chapter of AUSA
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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2020
0700 -- 1700 REGISTRATION (South Hall Foyer)
0700 -- 0800 COFFEE SERVICE Sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation
0800 -- 0810 OPENING REMARKS
• GEN Carter F. Ham, United States Army Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, AUSA
0810 -- 0820 SPEAKER
• GEN John M. Murray, Commanding General, United States Army Futures Command
0820-0945 Army Modernization Enterprise S&T: Making the Connection from Science, to Concept, to Acquisition for the Soldier (PANEL DISCUSSION 4)
• Panel Moderator: Mr. Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Deputy Editor, Breaking Defense
• Panel Members:, Dr. Phillip Perconti, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)
• COL Len Rosanoff, Director, Army Applications Lab, United States Army Futures Command
• MG Richard C. Staats, Commanding General, 75th Innovation Command, Industry Partner -- Successful Collaboration - TBD
0930 -- 1530 xTechSearch 3.0 Proof-of-Concept Demonstrations (North Hall 3)
0930 -- 1600 xTechSearch 4.0 Presentations (North Hall 2)
0945 -- 1000 PRESENTATION OF THE 2019 ARMY ATHLETES AND COACH OF THE YEAR
• LTG Guy C. Swan, United States Army Retired, Vice President, Education, AUSA
• Peter Murphy, Jr., United States Army Retired
1000 -- 1030 REFRESHMENT BREAK (East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall) Sponsored by DynCorp International
1000 -- 1700 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN (East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall)
1000 -- 1705 Warriors Corner Presentations (South Hall U.S. Army Booth 717)
1000 -- 1330 Senior Leader Engagements -- East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall
1040 -- 1500 Army Civilian Career Presentations -- (South Hall U.S. Army Booth 717)
1100 -- 1330 LUNCH on own. Concessions available in the Arena.
1330 -- 1340 TECH TEN PRESENTATION -- TBD
1340 -- 1350 SPEAKER
• GEN Gustave F. Perna, Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command
1350 -- 1510 Mobilization and Deployment Surge Operations (PANEL DISCUSSION 5)
• Panel Moderator: MG James E. Rogers, United States Army Retired, Vice President, Army Programs Integration, Government Affairs for Lockheed Martin
• Panel Chair: LTG Douglas M. Gabram, Commander, United States Army Installation Management Command
• Panel Members: LTG Leopoldo A. "Lee" Quintas, Jr., Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Forces Command, MG Steven A. Shapiro, Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment Command
• Mr. Michael Flanagan, Army Client Relationship Executive, LMI
1500 -- 1530 REFRESHMENT BREAK (East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall), Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software
1500 -- 1700 Senior Leader Industry Engagements (East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall)
1730 -- 2100 ROCKET CITY BASH (Ticketed Event) (Space & Rocket Center), Sponsored by the Redstone Huntsville Chapter of AUSA
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THURSDAY, 19 MARCH 2020
0700 -- 1200 REGISTRATION (South Hall Foyer)
0700 -- 0800 COFFEE SERVICE Sponsored by Lockheed Martin Corporation
0800 -- 0810 OPENING REMARKS
• GEN Carter F. Ham, United States Army Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, AUSA
0810 -- 0850 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
• TBD
0850 -- 0900 TECH TEN PRESENTATION -- TBD
0900 -- 1200 EXHIBIT HALLS OPEN (East Hall, Outdoors, and South Hall)
0900 -- 0910 SPEAKER
• GEN Paul E. Funk II, Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
0910 -- 1030 Enhancing Training through Technology (PANEL DISCUSSION 6)
• Panel Moderator: LTG Sean B. MacFarland, United States Army Retired, Senior Fellow, Association of the United States Army
• Panelist -- TBD
0900 -- 1030 ROTC/FUTURE SOLDIERS PANEL (North Hall)
• Panelists: COL John Olshefski, United States Army Retired, Vice President for Customer Care at Huntsville Utilities; COL William "Bill" Bigelow, United States Army Retired, Chief, Defense Communications at Aerojet Rocketdyne; COL Mike Izzo, Alabama National Guard and Captain in the Huntsville Police Department; LTC Nicole Davis, Strategic Planner/Senior Staff Officer (G3), United States Army Materiel Command; Anthony Dowdell, Company Commander/North Alabama Recruiting Operations, Yorktown Systems Group
1030 -- 1045 ANNOUNCMENT OF XTECHSEARCH WINNERS/FINALISTS
• HON Bruce D. Jette, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)
1045-1050 SPEAKER
• LTG Bruce T. Crawford, United States Army Chief Information Officer/G6
1050-1215 Accelerating Network and Data Delivery (PANEL DISCUSSION 7)
• Panel Moderator: Mr. Lincoln Hudson, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Panel Members:BG David Hodne, Commandant, United States Army Infantry School, and Director, Future Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team; Mr. Nand M. Mulchandani, Chief, Technology Officer, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Mr. Paul B. Puckett III, Director, Enterprise Cloud Management Office (ECMO), Office of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6; Mr. Timothy A. Van Name, United States Army Special Forces Command
1225 -- 1230 CLOSING REMARKS
• GEN Carter F. Ham, United States Army Retired, President and Chief Executive Officer, AUSA
1200 -- 1330 Lunch on own. Concessions available in Arena.
1230 -- 1400 ROTC LUNCHEON (Ticketed Event) -- North Hall
• MG John R. Evans, Commanding General, United States Army Cadet Command
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WARRIORS CORNER SCHEDULE
All sessions are in South Hall, United States Army Booth 717
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TUESDAY, 17 MARCH 2020
1150-1220 Integrated Personnel and Pay System -- Army (IPPS-A): Modernizing Army HR and Pay
• COL Gregory Johnson, Chief, Functional Management Division; LTC Boyd Bingham, Chief, Release Three
1230-1300 Army Talent Alignment Process (ATAP)
• LTC Rob Gable, Army Talent Management Task Force
1310-1340 Modernizing Civilian Talent Management in Pursuit of Army Innovation
• Mr. Michael Arnold, CDD, Army Talent Management Task Force; Ms. Kate Kelley, AFC, Chief Human Capital Officer; Mr. John Willison, CCDC, DCG, CP-16 Functional Chief Representative
1530-1600 Capability Set 23: March to Program Design Review
• MG Pete Gallagher, Network Cross Functional Team; MG Dave Bassett, PEO Command, Control and Communications -- Tactical (C3T); Mr. Mike Monteleone, C5ISR Center
1610-1640 Information Warfare: The Force of Influence and the Influence of Force
• COL Rory Crooks, Director of Concepts, Futures and Concepts Center
1650-1720 Pitch and Catch of Deploying Units
• MG Steven Shapiro, CG, Army Sustainment Center
• COL Matt Hamilton, Commander, 406th Army Field Support Brigade
• LTC Matthew Price, Commander, Army Field Support Battalion-Germany
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WARRIORS CORNER SCHEDULE
All sessions are in South Hall, United States Army Booth 717
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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2020
1000-1030 Delivering On-Demand Sensor to Shooter Warfighting Capability
• Mr. William B. Nelson, Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing Cross Functional Director; BG John Rafferty, Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team; BG Robert Collins, PEO IEW&S; COL Douglas Matty, Artificial Intelligence Task Force
1040-1110 Ready Army Civilian Initiative
• Ms. Lisha Adams, Army Materiel Command, Executive Deputy to the Commanding General
1120-1150 Live Training Modernization
• BG Stephen Michael, Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms Center-Training
• COL Michael Parsons, Combined Arms Center-Training, Army Training Support Center
1200-1230 ESB -- Enhanced: Projecting the Network in support of Multi-domain Operations
• BG Chris Eubank, CCoE DCG Signal & Commandant, US Army Signal School
• COL Matt Foulk, Commander, 35th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade
1240-1310 Delivering Hypersonics and Directed Energy to Soldiers
• LTG L. Neil Thurgood, Director, Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)
1320-1350 FMS Execution - Better Supporting Our International Partners
• MG Jeffrey Drushal, Commanding General, US Army Security Assistance Command
1515-1545 Leader Development through CTC Modernization
• BG Stephen Michael, Deputy Commanding General, Combined Arms Center-Training (CAC-T)
• COL William Rieper, Director, Combined Arms Center-Training, Combat Training Center Directorate
• COL Baltazar, Deputy Army Capability Manager, Opposition Force, Combined Arms Center-Training,
National Simulation Center
1555-1625 Autonomous Capability Development -- Leaders/Follower and link to MDO 2.0
• BG Jered Helwig, Chief of Transportation
• Mr. Donald Overton, Operations Chief, Logistics & Materiel Readiness Directorate
1635-1705 Category Management and Contract Management at Installation Level to Drive Readiness
• BG Christine Beeler, Commanding General, Mission and Installation Contracting Command
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ARMY xTechSearch PROGRAM
xTechSearch 3.0 Proof of Concept Demonstrations -- Sessions are in North Hall 3, except where noted
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TUESDAY, 17 MARCH 2020
0930-1000 Welcome Remarks and Judge Panel Introductions in North Hall 2
• HON Bruce Jette, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)
1000-1010 xTechSearch 3.0 competitors move to North Hall 3
1010-1030 Anti-Rotational Technologies
• SALUS Stabilizing Aerial Loads Utility System, Aeromedical Evacuation
1055-1115 GhostWave
• Counter UAS Clandestine Perimeter Monitoring with RF Noise Radar, Air and Missile Defense; Soldier Lethality
1140-1200 TexPower
• Next Generation Lithium Ion Batteries for Portable Military Applications, Power and Energy; Battery Technology
1300-1330 Keynote: Mr. Thomas Webber, SES, Director, Technical Center, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
1330-1350 Cayuga Biotech
• Nanostasis™ IV Therapy to Treat Battlefield Hemorrhage, Medical Technologies
1420-1440 ElectroNucleics
• Point-of-Care Pathogen Detection in Minutes, Medical Technologies
1505-1525 XOnano Smartfoam
• The Next Step in Injury Prevention: Field-Capable GRF Measurement Systems, Medical Technologies, Soldier Lethality
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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2020
0930-1000 Welcome Remarks and Judge Panel Introductions in North Hall 2
• Mr. Larry Larimer, SES, Director, Futures Integration Directorate, Futures and Concepts Center, Army Futures Command
1000-1010 xTechSearch 3.0 competitors move to North Hall 3
1010-1030 SIGINT Systems
• Compact Sensor for HF Signal Collection and DF, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
1055-1115 Syncopated Engineering
• Mocking Bird RF Decoy, Electronic Warfare; Command, Control, and Communications
1140-1200 TRX Systems
• Dismount GPS-Denied and NAVWAR Threat Detection, Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing
1300-1330 Keynote: DoD Trusted Capital Program
• Mr. Dave Stapleton, SES (invited), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Office of Industrial Policy
1300-1330 LiquidPiston
• LiquidPiston High Efficiency Auxiliary Power LEAP Unit, Power and Energy
1415-1435 Knight Technical Solutions, Fixed Displacement Turbine FDT, Power and Energy
1500-1520 Merciless Motors
• Merciless Motors -- New & Improved Electric Motor Technology, Power and Energy
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ARMY xTechSearch PROGRAM
xTechSearch 4.0 Innovators Corner Agenda -- Sessions are in North Hall 2
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TUESDAY, 17 MARCH 2020
0930-1000 Welcome Remarks and Judge Panel Introductions
• HON Bruce Jette, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology)
1000-1020 GeneCapture, Rapid Portable Infection Detection, Medical
1035-1055 KeriCure, Deployable Wound Care Products Mitigating Infection, Medical
1110-1130 NeuroFlow, Soldier Psychological Wellbeing, Medical
1140-1200 Vita Inclinata Tech, Next Generation Autonomous Hoist Rescue Stabilization Systems, Aeromedical Evacuation
1210-1230 Inductive Ventures, Magnetic Braking and Electric Taxi for Helicopters, Future Vertical Lift; Engineering
1300-1330 Keynote Speaker -- Mr. Thomas Webber, SES, Director, Technical Center, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
1330-1350 Bounce Imaging, Bounce Recce 360 -- Thermal Integration, Situational Awareness
1405-1425 Battle Sight Tech, NightFall, Tracking and Locating
1440-1500 Lynq Tech, Lynq Smart Compass: Personnel and Asset Locator, Tracking and Locating
1510-1530 Geopipe, AI-Built Real-World Synthetic Environments, Synthetic Training Environment; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
1540-1600 Passenger, Inc., MEMS Deep Immersion XR Glasses, Synthetic Training Environment
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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2020
0930-1000 Welcome Remarks by Mr. Larry Larimer, SES
• Director, Futures Integration Directorate, Futures and Concepts Center, Army Futures Command
1000-1020 nLab (AKA NanoSystems Laboratory
• Diamond-Based Electronics for Next Generation Military Systems, Advanced Electronics
1035-1055 LumiShield
• Lumidize: Non-toxic Metal Pretreatments for Paint Adhesion and Corrosion Resistance, Protection; Sustainment
1110-1130 FLITE Material Sciences
• Self-Protecting Surfaces, Protection; Sustainment
1140-1200 Multiscale Systems
• Protect the Protectors with Lighter and Stronger MetaCORE Materials, Protection; Engineering
1210-1230 DroneShield
• Airborne UAS Detection: RF Spectrum Learning Recognition, Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems
1300-1330 Keynote: DoD Trusted Capital Program
• Mr. Dave Stapleton, SES (invited), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Office of Industrial Policy
1330-1350 Novaa
• Next Generation SATCOM, Command, Control, and Communications
1405-1425 IoT/AI
• Edge as a Service -- Radio+Analytics for soldiers and things, Command, Control, and Communications
1440-1500 FastVDO
• Auto-VNIIRS by AI, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
1510-1530 Primal Space Systems
• Transforming 3D Reconnaissance Data into Geospatial Intelligence, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Navigation
1540-1600 MEI Micro
• Tactical/Navigation Grade MEMs IMU Technology Platform, Position, Navigation, and Timing
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ARMY CIVILIAN CAREER PROGRAMS
All sessions are in South Hall, U.S. Army Booth 717
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TUESDAY, 17 MARCH 2020
1015-1045 Civilian Career Program
• CP 16 Engineering (Non-construction)
• Mr. John S. Willison
1050-1140 Civilian Career Program
• CP 14 -- Contracting
• Mr. Stuart A. Hazlett
1400-1500 Civilian Career Program
• CP 13 -- Supply, Mr. William Moore
• CP 17 -- Material Maintenance
• CP 24 -- Transportation
WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2020
1040-1110 Ready Army Civilian
• Ms. Lisha Adams
1400-1500 Civilian Career Program
• CP 34 -- Information Technology
• Dr. Julie Cruz
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