Event Agenda
8:00 AM
On-Site Attendee Registration
Location: Ballroom Pre-function
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Charles F. Sills
President & CEO
American Defense Alliance
9:10 AM
Congressional Keynote Address
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Congressman Michael Waltz (6th District, Florida)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Readiness and Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Subcommittee on Intelligence and Operations, and Task Force on Critical Supply Chain, House Armed Services Committee; and Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
9:45 AM
Artificial Intelligence — Impact on Defense Acquisition
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Amir Bagherpour, PhD
Managing Director and Analytics & Visualization Lead for Data & AI
Accenture Federal Services
10:15 AM
How To Do Business With The Primes I
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Mark Correll, P.E.
Vice President, Federal Strategy Director
HDR, Inc. (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure)
10:45 AM
Defense Department Keynote Address
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Honorable John P. ("Sean") Coffey
General Counsel
Department of the Navy
11:20 AM
Defense Dept. Small Business Programs
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Kimberly Diane Buehler
Director, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
U.S. Army, Department of Defense
Arveice Washington
Director, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
Office of the Secretary of the Navy
Scott Kiser
Director, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
12:15 PM
Ukraine — Report from the Front — and the Military Support Effort
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Dr. Iryna Andrukh
Ukraine Program Director
Progress Humanity (Formerly Colonel in the Ukraine Army and Recipient of 4 Ukraine Presidential Medals of Honor)
12:45 PM
Lunch Networking Break
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
1:30 PM
Defense Budget Analysis & Highlights
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Mark Cancian
Senior Advisor, International Security Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
2:00 PM
Transatlantic Defense Partnerships to Strengthen Industrial Resilience
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
His Royal Highness, Brigadier General Prince Joachim, Prince of Denmark
Danish Military Industry Attaché
Royal Embassy of Denmark
2:30 PM
Defense Department 'Innovation Hubs' — Champions for Innovative Small Business
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Brian Liesveld
Chief Executive Officer
DEFENSEWERX
3:00 PM
Army Corps of Engineers — Acquisition Plans & Upcoming Projects
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
David Morrow
Acting Director, Military Programs
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3:30 PM
Strategies for Accessing Major GWACs (Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts)
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Patricia Waddell
Director, Office of IT Services
Information Technology Category (ITC), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
4:00 PM
Military Base-Community Partnership Programs
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Dave Leinberger
Acting Director, Army Partnerships
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9 (Installations)
4:30 PM
NAVFAC Opportunities Briefing
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Bianca Henderson
Director, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC)
5:00 PM
How To Do Business With The Primes II
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
David Canada
Director, Global Supplier Diversity
Boeing Defense Space & Security
5:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Location: National Press Club Ballroom
Charles F. Sills
President & CEO
American Defense Alliance
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
VIP Networking Reception
Location: Fourth Estate Meeting Room
Invitation Only: VIP Attendees, Exhibitors, Sponsors, Speakers, and invited guests