2008 ASC Star picture 26th Army Science Conference2008 ASC Star picture
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Agenda

 



MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2008
10:00 AM

Conference Opening and Administrative Instructions
10:10 AM

Video Presentation (view video online)
10:15 AM

Introduction of Master of Ceremonies, Dr. John A. Parmentola, Director of Research and Laboratory Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology (view video online)
10:30 AM

Welcome Address: Mr. Dean G. Popps, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) and Army Acquisition Executive (pre-recorded video) (view video online)
10:45 AM Keynote Address: The Honorable Nelson M. Ford, Under Secretary of the Army (view video online)
11:15 AM

Keynote Address: General William S. Wallace, Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) - Army S&T Focus: Empowering Soldiers (view video online)
11:45 AM Keynote Address: BG(P) Kevin Leonard, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) - The AMC FAST Program (view video online) (view presentation)
12:30 PM

Lunch: Guest Speaker - Professor Phil Sutton, Director General for Research and Technology Strategy, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence - Disruptive Science and Technology – Taking the Battle to the Enemy (view video online) (view presentation)
2:00 PM Dr. Thomas H. Killion, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology/Chief Scientist, U.S. Army - Harnessing Disruptive S&T for the Soldier (view video online) (view presentation)
2:30 PM Topical Panel: Technology and the Warfighter
  • CSM Hector G. Marin, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD (view video online) (view presentation)
  • CSM Jeffrey J. Mellinger, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, VA (view video online) (view presentation)
  • CSM Philip F. Johndrow, U.S. Army Combat Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, KS (view video online) (view presentation)
  • CSM James E. Diggs, Headquarters, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, Washington, DC (view video online) (view presentation)
  • CSM Robert A. Moore, U.S. Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA (view video online) (view presentation)
  • 4:30 PM Break / Army Science and Technology Showcase opens for the day
    4:45 PM Dr. Ray Kurzweil, Founder & CEO, Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. - The Impact of Accelerating Information Technology on War and Peace (view video online) (view presentation)
    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Welcome Reception/Opening of the Science & Technology Showcase

     

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