DITAC 2018 - DEFENSE INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATION CHALLENGES

Name: Defense Innovation Technology Acceleration Challenges - Fall 2018
Start: 2018-10-23
End: 2018-20-25
Location: Tampa Convention Center

Join global innovation, business and military leadership as they deliver innovation to our national defense.

INNOVATION • RESILIENCE • READINESS

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Call for Innovations
Due June 29

Call for Panels
Due June 8

Call for Posters
Due June 8

Call for Exhbitors

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas
Commander USSOCOM

Major General Edward Dorman
Director, J4 Logistics & Engrg, USCENTCOM

James 'Hondo' Geurts
Acquisition Executive, USSOCOM

Lisa Sanders
Director of Science & Technology for Special Operations Forces, USSOCOM

John Williams
Director of Innovation & Technology, SBA

Tyler Bennett
Deputy for Acquisition, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency

Susan Nichols
Program Director Small Business Programs Office, DARPA

Gen. Michael Dana
Dep. Commandant, Installations & Logistics, US Marine Corp

Ross Roley
Energy Innovation Office Lead, U.S. Pacific Command, USPACOM

Ricardo Arias
ASD(R&E) Senior Advisor, USAFRICOM

Victor Sorrentino
Deputy Director Operational Energy-DASN, US Navy

Karen Moore
Operational Energy Manager, US Army Central, USARCENT

Brett Scharringhausen
Dept. Chief, S&T Division, USCENTCOM

Major General Dean Milner
Commander, 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Army, Canada

Colonel Brian Magnuson
Director, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), US Marine Corps

Nicole Fox
Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager, US Army Research Office

TECHNOLOGY TARGETS

Simulation, Training & Readiness
VR, AR, MR & 360
Medical, Health & Biotech
Human-Machine Interfaces
Wearables & Embedded Devices
Sensors, IoT, Data Sharing

AI, Big Data, Analytics
Cyber Security & Resilience
Critical Infrastructure
Energy, Efficiency, Grid
Mobility & Transportation
Mega/Smart Cities, Urban Warfare

Trusted Electronics/Communications
Drones, Autonomous/Morphing Systems
Space Technologies
Nanotech, Advanced Materials
3D Printing, Advanced Manufacturing
Logistics & Supply Chain

PROGRAM OFFICES, COMPONENTS & PROSPECTORS

DoD

Army

Navy

Air Force

SOCOM

DHS

CBD

DTRA

DLA

ASD(R&E)

USAFRICOM, U.S. Africa Command
USCENTCOM, U.S. Central Command
USNORTHCOM, U.S. Northern Command
USSOCOM, U.S. Special Operations Command
USSOCOM, Office of the Undersecretary for Science & Technology
USSOCOM, SBIR Program
USSTRATCOM, U.S. Strategic Command
USPACOM, U.S. Pacific Command
USPACOM Science & Technology Office
USPACOM, Joint Innovation & Experimentation Division
AIR FORCE, Office of the Asst. Sec., Installations, Environment & Energy
AIR FORCE, SBIR/STTR Program
ARMY Corps of Engineers, NetZero Capital Investment
ARMY, Army Medical Material Agency
ARMY, Army Medical Research & Material Command
ARMY Aeromedical Research Laboratory
ARMY, Office of the Asst. Sec. of the Army, Installations, Energy & Environment
ARMY, SBIR Program
ARMY, The Army Cyber Institute at West Point
ARMY, Army Cyber Command
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Dept. of Homeland Security, SBIR Program
DOD Office of Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering
DOD Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx)
DOD, Chemical & Biological Defense, SBIR Program
DOD, DARPA SBIR Program
DOD, Defense Logistics Agency, SBIR Program
DOD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, SBIR Program
DOD, Information Analysis Centers
DOD, Missle Defense Agency, SBIR/STTR Program
DOD, Office of Small Business
National Aviation Intelligence Integration Office (NAI2-O)
NASA
National Institutes of Health

NAVY, NAVAIR
NAVY, Office of Naval Research, SBIR/STTR Program
NAVY, Office of the Asst. Sec. of the Navy, Energy, Installations & Environment
Naval Postgraduate School
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
NAVY, NAVSEA 05T2 - Energy Division
SBA, Office of Innovation & Investment
U.S. Army Research Office
U.S. Marine Corps, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O)
U.S. Air Force Academy
U.S. Air Force Research Lab
U.S. Air Force, Office of Transformational Innovation
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Naval War College
Deloitte
Raytheon
Boeing
General Electric
Honeywell
Lockheed Martin
DOW Core R&D
Idaho National Laboratory
Rolls Royce
SAP
Sandia National Laboratories
Texas A&M University
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arizona State University
Aerospace
University of South Florida
Florida High Tech Corridor
LSU Transitional Technologies & Cyber Research Center

2017 SPONSORS & PARTNERS

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Innovation Partners

Supporting Organizations