2025 Sponsors
Thanks to the following companies for supporting the 2025 conference.
| Tuesday, June 3 | |
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| 8:00am | Registration Opens |
| 10:00 am | Training Sessions |
| 10:00 am | |
| 10:45am | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00 am | Training Sessions |
| 11:00 am | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch (On Your Own) |
| 1:00pm | General Session |
| 1:00pm | Master of Ceremony Welcome |
| 1:15pm | Posting of the Colors & National Anthem |
| 1:30pm | VIP Guest RemarksMr. Michael Morford, Knudsen Institute |
| 1:45pm | Global Trends Shaping National SecurityMr. Robert Moran, Brunswick Group |
| 2:15pm | Perspectives on the DIB: Yesterday & TodayDr. Arthur Herman, Author of Freedom's Forge & Director at the Hudson Institute (invited) |
| 2:45pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:00pm | General Session |
| 3:00pm | How NIST MEP Supports Surge NeedsDr. Jyoti Malhotra, Director, NIST Hollings MEP Program |
| 3:30pm | PANEL – Small Business Engagement
Moderator: Mr. Kenny Williams, PHENX Products |
| 4:15pm | The Surge Working Group: A DoD InitiativeMr. Brench Boden, AFRL Materials & Manufacturing Directorate |
| 5:00pm | Welcome Reception – Opening of Exhibits (closes at 7pm) |
| Wednesday, June 4 | |
| 8:00am | Registration Opens |
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast & Networking in the Exhibit Hall |
| 9:00am | General Session |
| 9:00am | Master of Ceremony – Morning Welcome |
| 9:15am | Keynote AddressDr. Vic Ramdass, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (invited) |
| 10:00am | PANEL – How Policy can Facilitate the Surge
State & Federal Policy Efforts |
| 10:45am | PANEL – AUKUS & the Indo-Pacific Theater
The Driving Force for Surge Preparedness |
| 11:30am | Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall |
| 12:45pm | General Session |
| 12:45pm | PANEL – Workforce Readiness for Advanced Manufacturing |
| 1:30pm | DLA & JDMTP: ManTech SolutionsMr. David Koch, JDMTP Chair & Director of Enterprise R&D, DLA |
| 2:00pm | Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 2:30pm | General Session |
| 2:30pm | PANEL – Highlight on Microelectronics Challenges Discussing a major NDIS issue |
| 3:15pm | PANEL – Surging New Supply Chains How the Emergance of UAS Strains Supply Chains |
| 4:00pm | End of Day |
| Thursday, June 5 | |
| 8:00am | Registration Opens |
| 8:00am |
Continental Breakfast & Networking in the Exhibit Hall |
| 9:00am | General Session |
| 9:00am | Master of Ceremony – Morning Welcome |
| 9:15am | PANEL – CMMC 2.0Moderator: Brig Gen (Ret) Rob Lyman |
| 10:00am | PANEL – Surging New Supply Chains ASME Y14.46, MBE, & MILSTD3100 Changes |
| 10:45am | PANEL: TBD |
| 11:30am | Group Luncheon |
| 11:45am | General Session |
| 11:45am | Welcome Announcements |
| 12:00pm | Sustainment Technologies Office BriefingDr. Greg Hudas, OUSD(R&D) |
| 12:30pm | Keynote Address Capt(Ret) Sam Tangredi, Ph.D., US Naval War College & Author of "AI at War" (invited) |
| 1:00pm | Closing RemarksMr. Michael Morford, Knudsen Institute |
| 1:15pm | Conference Adjourns |
Thanks to the following companies for supporting the 2025 conference.
