Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit & Expo

2021 SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

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

John Williams
Director of Innovation, Office of Innovation and Technology, U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Investment and Innovation

Tom Gillespie
Managing Partner, In-Q-Tel

Major General David Maxwell
Vice Director for Logistics, J4, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense

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

Ross Roley
Energy Innovation Office Lead, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)

Colonel Gina Adam
Commander, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity

Kawakahi Amina
Logistics Science and Technology Lead, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)

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

Susan Celis
Deputy SBIR/STTR Program Manager, OUSD, (R-E) Small Business and Technology Partnerships, U.S. Department of Defense

Harley Parkes
Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense Program Lead, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

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

Becky Aistrup
Managing Partner, BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

Isabella Casillas Guzman
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Roberto Guerrero
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Operational Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force-IE&E, US Air Force

Major Steve Lauver
Division Chief, AFWERX

George Ka'iliwai, III
Director, Resources and Assessment (J8), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)

Colonel Jay Wisham
Director, Army Applications Lab

Makini Byron
Director of External Technology, Linde

Harry Dreany
Artificial Intelligence Development Lead, U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab

Anne Fischer
Program Manager, DARPA

Sharon Myers
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Focal, Boeing

Lawrence Pleis
Chief, Logistics Programs & Assessments Division (CCJ4), U.S. Central Command

Charles Paul
Vice President Technology, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

G. Nagesh Rao
Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce

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

Kevin McGrath
Strategic Initiatives Manager, Mission Systems Global Supply Chain (GSC), Northrop Grumman

Michael Wu
Principal, Converge Strategies

Christine Galib
Senior Director, Programs, The Ion

Jerry Hollister
Principal Consultant, BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting

Loucas Tsakalakos
Senior Engineering Manager, Space & Sensors Division, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

"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. A technology we found at this event will have an impact on War fighters and Civilians."

USCENTCOM

"It was an absolute pleasure to work with TechConnect and we look forward to working with you again soon."

SOFWERX

"We are already looking forward to our participation next year."

US Air Force Space Command

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US Air Force Space Command

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