Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit & Expo

Accelerating Innovation for the Nation

Connecting agency, military and industry leadership with the world's best innovations. Don't miss one of the most well-attended defense conferences of the year!

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2023 Confirmed Speakers Include:

Lisa Sanders
Director, Science & Technology, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Christina Barnhill
MDA SBIR/STTR Program Operations Manager, Missile Defense Agency (MDA)

James (Jim) Caley (Col., USMC, Ret.)
Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy

Ross Roley
Energy Innovation, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)

Tim Fowler
(IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM

Jennifer Rocha
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect, ATI Division

Edward Diehl
Commercialization Officer, Office of Research & Technical Applications / Medical Technology Transfer, U.S. Army Medical Research & Development Command

Conrad Clyburn
CEO, MedForeSight

Paul Staszak
BDS Technology Strategy SBIR/STTR Focal, Boeing

Craig Owens
Corporate & Aeronautics Program Mgr, Small Business Innovation Research - SBIR, Lockheed Martin

Erick Page-Littleford
Program Analyst, Office of Investment & Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration

Nancy Kamei
Program Director, SBIR Development Center National Cancer Institute

Dusty Lang
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Dave Rios
DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC

Jennifer Shieh
Chief Scientist & Program Manager, Office of Innovation & Technology and Investment & Innovation , U.S. Small Business Administration

Robert Smith
Director, SBIR/STTR, U.S. Navy

Reginald Thomas
Deputy Director, Branch Head, Logistics Combat Element (LCE) Division, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), U.S. Marine Corps

Justin Welch
Systems Engineer, Energy and Grid System Integration group, Idaho National Laboratory

"TechConnect's Innovation Summits are one of a very small number of "must attend" events on the defense calendar."

Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

"What a great show this year. Thank you for letting us be a part of it and we are already volunteering for next year in DC. Technologies we find at this event will have an impact on War fighters and Civilians."

Discovery & Integration of Science & Technology (J4), USCENTCOM

"We appreciate Tech Connect and its access to non-traditional and unusual technologies."

DASNE, Department of Navy, US Navy

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Accelerating Innovation for the Nation

2023 Confirmed Speakers Include:

Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

Discovery & Integration of Science & Technology (J4), USCENTCOM

DASNE, Department of Navy, US Navy

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Sustainment, US Department of Defense