"Achieving Excellence in a
Changing Acquisition Environment"
April 13, 2010
Updated: April 8, 2010
(Bldg 226, Scott Hall)
All speakers invited unless noted otherwise.
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0630-0730
EDT |
Industry Display Set-up |
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0715-0815
EDT |
Registration and Continental Breakfast and Annual Association
Business Meeting |
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0815-0825
EDT |
Opening Comments and Recognition of Corporate Sponsors
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0825-0845
EDT |
Welcome – Mr. Frank Anderson -
DAU President |
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0845-0945
EDT |
Keynote –
The Honorable Frank Kendall III, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense,
Acquisition, Technology & Logistics |
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0945-1000
EDT |
Break & Visit Exhibits |
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1000-1115
EDT |
Acquisition Executive Panel
Moderator: The Honorable Frank Kendall III, Principal Deputy USD
(AT&L)
Panelists: Honorable Malcolm R.
O'Neill, ASAALT, Dept of Army
Mr. James E. Thomsen, Deputy ASN (RDA), Dept of
Navy (Navy & Marine Corps)
TBD, Dept of Air Force |
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1115-1230
EDT |
Industry Panel
Moderator: Mr. Stan Soloway,
Professional Services Council (Accepted)
Panelists: Ms. Anne Reed, CEO, Acquisition
Solutions, Inc (Accepted)
Mr. Neil Albert, CEO MCR
(Accepted)
Mr. Bob Rosenkranz, Executive
VP , Dyncorp International (Accepted)
Mr. David Drabkin,
Director of Acquisition Policy for
Northrop Grumman
(Accepted)
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1230-1330
EDT |
Lunch & Visit Exhibits |
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1330-1445 EDT |
Congressional Perspectives
on Acquisition Reform
Moderator: Mr. Jon Etherton, Etherton
& Associates
(Accepted)
Panelists: Mr. Andrew Hunter, HASC
Staff Member
(Accepted)
Mr. Peter Levine, SASC Staff Member
(Accepted)
Ms. Molly Wilkinson, Senate Homeland
Security/Governmental
Affairs Staff Member
(Accepted) |
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1445-1500 EDT |
Break &
Visit Exhibits |
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1500-1615 EDT |
New
Acquisition Initiatives and Implementation Panel
Moderator: Mr. Dave Ahern, Director,
Portfolio Systems Acquisition
(Accepted)
DDR&E- Mr. Nicholas M. Torelli, JR,
Deputy Director, Systems Engineering/Mission
Assurance (A)
CAPE- Mr. Ronald Wilson, Senior Operations
Research Analyst OSD/CAPE
(Accepted)
DASD C3ISR & IT Acquisition- Mr. Tim Harp
(Accepted) |
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1615-1620
EDT |
Break & Move to
Breakout Sessions |
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1620-1730
EDT |
Functional Area Human
Capital Strategic Planning (each session 1 hour)
Breakout Session 1: Contracting (CON)
Mr. Shay Assad, Performing the Duties of ASD(A)
"Update on CON Initiatives and the
CON Career Field"
Breakout Session 2: Business
Mr. Phil Rodgers, Deputy Director, Acquisition
Resources & Analysis, USD(AT&L)
"Business Initiatives and the Business Career
Field"
Breakout Session 3: Program Management/Acquisition
(PM/ACQ)
Ms. Jane Rathbun, Portfolio Systems Acquisition,
USD(AT&L)
"PM/ACQ Initiatives and the PM/ACQ
Career Field"
Breakout Session 4:
Systems Planning, Research, Development & Engineering
(SPRDE)
Mr. Nicholas Torelli,
Deputy Director, DDR&E/Systems Engineering/Mission
Assurance
Dr. Donald Gelosh, Deputy Director, Workforce
Development, DDR&E/Systems
Engineering/Mission Assurance
"Systems
Engineering Initiatives and the SPRDE Career Field"
Breakout
Session 5: Logistics (LOG)
Mr. Basil F. Gray, III
"Implementation of DoD Weapon System
Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment"
Breakout Session 6: DAUAA
Research Paper Award Winners
First Place: Dr. Mike Kotzian
"Acquisition Leadership: An Opportunity Lost For
Acquisition Excellence"
Second Place: William "Bill" Kobren, C.P.L.
"The Product Support Manager: Enabling
Life Cycle Management Success."
Third Place: Dr. Roy L. Wood, PhD
"How Well are Program Managers Really Doing?"
Breakout Session 7:Best Practices on Cost
Estimating
Mr. Brian J. Flynn, Special Asst to DASN(C&E),
OASN (FM&C), NCCA
"Department of the Navy Cost Estimating
Standard and Implications DoD-wide"
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1745-2050
EDT |
Officers Club – Banquet and DAU Hall of Fame
Dinner Speaker- Major General John Phillips, USAF (Ret) |
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