Conference Day Two: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

8:00 Registration And Coffee

8:30 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

8:35 Keynote: Future Perspective Of Seapower & Expeditionary Forces

Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Chairman
Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces

9:15 Keynote: Marine Corps Plans & Requirements

  • Marine input to the Naval Transformation Roadmap
  • How the Navy & Marine Corp are working in tandem to deal with tomorrow’s threats

BGen Walter L. Miller, Jr., USMC
Director
Capabilities Development Directorate Marine Corps Combat Development Command

10:00 Networking Break

10:30 Next Gen Power: Next Generation Integrated Power System For Next Generation Weapons And Sensors

  • Future vision and technology development roadmap
  • Producing affordable power solutions for future combatants CAPT Lynn Petersen, USN, Deputy Director, Electric Ships Office, PMS-320

CAPT David Kiel, USN
Program Manager, Surface Directed Energy Programs
NAVSEA

11:15 NSWC Crane’s Leadership Role In Future Requirements

  • Relevant solutions for warfighters
  • Harnessing the power of technology

CAPT Charles LaSota, USN
Commander
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane

12:00 Luncheon

1:15 Next Generation Materials

  • Overview of gaps in current systems
  • Some solutions, some needs
  • Increasing equipment lifecycles through improved materials

E. Dail Thomas
Ship Structure & Materials Division
Naval Systems Engineering Directorate

2:00 Assessing Costs: Congressional Budget Office Perspective

  • Assessing the costs of the Navy’s 2010 Shipbuilding Plan
  • Alternatives for a smaller force
  • Implications for the capabilities of the fleet

Dr. Eric Labs
Senior Analyst for Naval Weapons & Forces
Congressional Budget Office

2:45 Networking Break

3:15 Future Energy Sources: Power/Energy For Future Navy Needs

  • Enhancing fuel energy density
  • Indefinite energy harvesting from the littorals
  • High efficiency solar cells for UAVs, UUVs and space platforms
  • Power electronics & superconductors for all electric ships

Dr. Bhakta B. Rath
Associate Director of Research, Head
Materials Science & Component Technology Directorate, Naval Research Laboratory

4:00 Quadrennial Defense Review Update

  • QDR challenges and implications for the Navy battle force
  • Analyzing the Navy’s plan and looking at alternative pathways

Todd Harrison
Fellow, Defense Budget Studies
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

4:45 End Of Main Conference

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