Defense TechConnect

NOVEMBER 19-21, 2025  |  NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2025


12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Registration (12:00pm-6:00pm)


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2025


7:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Registration (7:00am-6:00pm)


8:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson A 

Defense TechConnect, Resilience Week, and SBIR/STTR Keynotes

Presentation of Colors and National Anthem
US Air Force Band and US Space Force Color Guard
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jennifer Rocha, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Matt Willis (invited), Director of Army Innovation Programs, U.S. Army
DoW Energy Leadership Fireside Chat with James Caley, Director, Operational Energy, Department of the Navy, U.S. Navy
Resilience Week Keynote
Office of Innovation and Investment, U.S. Small Business Administration

10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Coffee Break


10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: LEAN Power Initiative

LEAN Power engages industry and academia to advance innovation, leverage emerging technologies, and enhance Operational Energy technology and installation Energy infrastructure. Learn more about LEAN, how to join the newest Consortia, and future funding opportunities for your organization.

Moderator: EMC2 and LEAN Power Initiative, ATI
NSWC Crane, U.S. Navy
Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy

10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Securing the Edge: Innovating Perimeter Defense for Modern Threats, presented by 3B Protection

Dominic Dillon, CEO & President, 3B Protection
Thomas Styner (U.S. Army, Retired), International/Business Development Foreign Military Sales, Styner Consulting LLC

10:30 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Medical Innovations Panel


10:30 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Operationalizing Resilience through Scenario Planning and Engagement


10:30 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Emerging Trends and Best Practices in Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Leveraging DHS, DOE Laboratories, and Industry Expertise

Ollie Gagnon, Executive Director, INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory
Zach Tudor, Associate Laboratory Director, National & Homeland Security, Idaho National Laboratory
Ryan Donaghy, Deputy Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security (Acting) and Assistant Director for Stakeholder Engagement (Acting), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: SBIR 101

Learn the basics about the SBIR/STTR Program


11:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Agency Reverse Pitches


11:30 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Biotech and Health Security I

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Camille Stebbins, Deputy Director, BD&C, ATI
John David, CTO, BryceTech
Kathy Zolman, MTEC Director of Program Operations, ATI
Nina Archie, Program Innovation Management, U.S. Department of State
Innovators
11:42 AM
11:49 AM
11:56 AM
Peptide drug discovery for any target, Alcamena Stem Cell Therapeutics, LLC, Maryland

11:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Materials and Manufacturing I

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Dalia Yablon (Session Chair and Review Panelist), Founder, SurfaceChar and Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World, SurfaceChar and TechConnect World
Bart Romanowicz, Senior Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Martha Dixon, Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman
Raytheon
Innovators
11:35 AM
extremeEDGE Servers with NANO, BMC, Simply NUC inc, Texas
11:42 AM
Scalable Self-Assembling Nanocomposite Coatings, Materium Technologies Inc., New Jersey
11:49 AM
STRIDE: Structural Damping Insight for Design Excellence, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado
11:56 AM
Soil Stabilization via Biomineralization, BioSqueeze, Inc., Montana
12:03 PM
xCell Deployable Additive Manufacturing, Firestorm Labs, California

11:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Energy and Resilience Innovation Spotlights I

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Michael Mazzocco (Session Chair and Review Panelist), President & CEO, Alytic, in support of U.S. Navy
Jim Caley, Director, Operational Energy, U.S. Navy
Earl Armstrong, Tech Advisor, Naval Operational Energy Office, U.S. Navy
Cayle Bradley, Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E
Eric Griesenbrock (invited), Principal Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Future Force Energy and Power Office, U.S. Air Force
Innovators
11:42 AM
11:49 AM
Safe and affordable sodium ion batteries, Coulomb Technology, Tennessee

11:30 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Energy Resilient Communities


11:30 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: From Gaps to Gains: Leveraging Multi-Assessment Cyber Risk Platforms to Drive Policy, Resource Allocation, and Workforce Development

Ollie Gagnon, Executive Director, INL Resilience Optimization Center, Idaho National Laboratory
Tim Klett, Department Manager, Infrastructure Resilience Analysis, Idaho National Laboratory
Ernie Ferraresso, Director, Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF

12:15 PM
 

Lunch (on own)


1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


1:30 PM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Biotech & Health Security II

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Camille Stebbins, Deputy Director, BD&C, ATI
John David, CTO, BryceTech
Kathy Zolman, MTEC Director of Program Operations, ATI
Nina Archie, Program Innovation Management, U.S. Department of State
Innovators
1:42 PM
NuGBALL, JGW Group, Virginia

1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Materials and Manufacturing II

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Dalia Yablon (Session Chair and Review Panelist), Founder, SurfaceChar and Technical Program Chair, TechConnect World, SurfaceChar and TechConnect World
Bart Romanowicz, Senior Advisor, TechConnect Division, ATI
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Martha Dixon, Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman
TBA, Raytheon
Ryan Hatcher, CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor
Innovators
1:35 PM
1:56 PM
Gas-phase PFAS Destruction Catalyst, Guild Associates, Inc., Ohio

1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Energy and Resilience Innovation Spotlights II

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Jim Caley, Director, Operational Energy, U.S. Navy
Earl Armstrong, Tech Advisor, Naval Operational Energy Office, U.S. Navy
Cayle Bradley, Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E
Michael Mazzocco, President & CEO, Alytic, in support of U.S. Navy
Innovators
1:56 PM
Rapidly Deployable Microgrids, Critical Loop, Inc., California

1:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Dynamic Defense: System Analysis and Vulnerability Management for Industrial Control Systems

Keaton Sadoski, Cybersecurity Researcher, Sandia National Labs
Shuan Long, Section Chief, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Norman Speicher, Program Manager, Computer Scientist, DHS S&T
Eileen Rubin, Program Manager, DHS S&T

1:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: CIE's Impact to Automation Design


1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


2:00 PM
Prince George BC 

Defense TechConnect, Fall SBIR/STTR, Resilience Week, and Fall Smart Cities Expo Opens


2:00 PM
Prince George BC 

SBIR/STTR: Agency Tabletops

Visit with over 20 SBIR/STTR Federal Agencies to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses and universities


2:30 PM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Session Sponsored by Raytheon


2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Advanced Electronics

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Craig Owens (Session Chair and Review Panelist), Corporate Program Manager, SBIR, Lockheed Martin
Ryan Hatcher, President and CEO, Phoenix Semiconductor
Justin Rubin, Senior Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Tim Fowler, DTIC/IAC Field Science & Technology Advisor, U.S. Strategic Command
Innovators
2:35 PM
2:56 PM
ALTAIR-X Autonomous Field Companion, The Acme Space LLC, Wyoming
3:10 PM

2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Energy and Resilience Innovation Spotlights III

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Kevin Mish, Senior Program Manager, Abbott On Call
Mike Mazzocco, President and CEO, Alytic, in support of U.S. Navy
Eric Griesenbrock (invited), Principal Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Future Force Energy and Power Office, U.S. Air Force
Cayle Bradley, Technology-to-Market Advisor, ARPA-E
Innovators

2:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Critical Connections: Ensuring Secure and Resilient Communications

Brannan Villee, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Research Strategic Program Manager, Office of Mission and Capability Support, Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
Robert Dew, Senior Emergency Communications Technologist Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Brad Moran, PNT Principal, MITRE

2:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Cyber Resilience Office for Control Systems (CROCS) – advancing OT Cyber, not the comfy rubber shoes!!!


2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


3:30 PM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Space Technologies

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Joseph Epstein, Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology, Lockheed Martin
Joanne Wong, General Partner, REDDS Capital
Thomas Gillespie (invited), Partner and Head of the Alliance Fund, Geodesic Capital
Yvonne Gamble, CEO, San Pete Financial Group
Innovators
3:35 PM
Inexpensive, High Performance, Commercial OPIR, Orbital Sentry, District of Columbia
3:49 PM
Laelaps, Kall Morris Inc (KMI), Michigan

3:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Critical Minerals, Critical Challenges: Innovation in Domestic Mineral Production

The path to realizing domestic mineral production at scale faces several challenges, requiring collaboration, technological innovation, and market integration. We bring together leading voices from academia, industry, federal agencies, and venture capital to explore the different drivers and opportunities for accelerating the path to America’s mineral independence and technological edge.


3:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: Ask Me Anything: LEAN Power Initiative

This is your chance to ask the architects and supporters of the new LEAN Power Initiative.


3:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Critical Minerals Security: Strengthening Digital Infrastructure Resilience through Sustainable Supply Chains


3:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Grid Resilience and Extreme Weather: Is the Threat Real or Overstated? Are we truly prepared?


4:00 PM
Prince George BC 

SBIR/STTR: Agency Tabletops Reception

Visit with over 20 SBIR/STTR Federal Agencies to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses and universities


4:00 PM
Prince George BC 

4:00 PM
Prince George BC 

Defense TechConnect, Fall SBIR/STTR, Resilience Week, and Fall Smart Cities Expo and Reception


THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2025


8:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Registration (7:00am-6:00pm)


8:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson A 

Defense TechConnect, SBIR/STTR, and Drone Dominance Symposium Keynotes

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jennifer Rocha, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Drone Dominance Symposium Keynote, DoW
NREL EPIC Pitch Award Overview, NREL
SBIR/STTR Policy Panel

10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Coffee Break


10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Drone Dominance Symposium


10:30 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Data/AI/Cyber Panel


10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: EPIC 2025, an NREL Prize Challenge


10:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


10:30 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Cyber Risk Standards Mashup: NERC-CIP and Cyber Security Model Certification (CMMC)


10:30 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Next Generation Microgrids: Not your Grandparents Microgrid

Michael Ropp, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
George Navarro, Director of Mission Critical Solutions, MC Dean
Bob Harwig, Senior Manager, Grid Enablement, S&C Electric

11:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: Drone Dominance Symposium


11:30 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Data/AI/Cyber I

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Daryl Haegley, Director, Cyberspace Mission Assurance and Deterrence, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Joanne Wong, General Partner, REDDS Capital
Innovators
11:42 AM
11:56 AM
Secure Software Supply Chain, Obscurity Labs, Virginia

11:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: Operational Bases Energy Session, Sponsored by Sourcewell


11:30 AM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


11:30 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Collaborative Panel: Managing Infrastructure Interdependencies and Regional Resilience with a Watershed-focused Approach

Alysha Helmrich, Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Georgia
Negin Shamsi, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia
Davis Loose, Data Scientist and Researcher, Univeristy of Virginia

11:30 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Holistic Resilience Modeling to Support the Mission

This session will discuss models and methods developed at Sandia and currently being expanded to provide holistic resilience modeling and analysis, covering both infrastructure and spatial interdependencies. This work focuses not simply on “keeping the lights on,” but on ensuring successful mission execution, accounting for water, transportation, and communications interdependencies with electric power. We consider local operation of the campus but also its myriad external dependencies, enhancing the understanding of the impact of failures beyond the campus. These methodologies are currently being applied to military applications, supporting defense mission assurance by considering military installations and their supporting communities. Defense missions can be highly complex, with several dependencies beyond electric power at a single building. Put simply, effectiveness depends on the entire ecosystem that supports them. This work also has been and continues to be applied to support territorial resilience investments, especially in areas prone to threats including hurricanes and wildfires. In these areas, interdependencies including critical services availability and evacuation options influence the effectiveness of microgrids supporting business parks, schools, and medical services. Discussion and Q&A will focus on historic implementations of these efforts (Puerto Rico, USVI, New Orleans, California, etc.) including lessons learned and remaining gaps identified. Additionally, forward-looking discussion will address how we will implement these efforts at military installations in our ongoing work.


12:15 PM
 

Lunch (on own)


1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: Operational Bases Innovation Spotlights

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Robb Reid, Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell
Earl Armstrong, Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy
U.S. Army

1:30 PM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Data/AI/Cyber II

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Daryl Haegley, Director, Cyberspace Mission Assurance and Deterrence, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Innovators
1:35 PM
Phen.AI, CheckMate: AI-Powered Security Appliances for Autonomous Cyber Defense., Canfield Consulting Group, LLC. d/b/a Canfield CyberDefense Group, Maryland
1:49 PM
Watcher, FrontLine Cyber Solutions, Idaho

1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: $50K Drone Dominance Innovation Challenge I


1:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


1:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Operationalizing Resilient AI/ML Models: Out of the Lab and Into Production

Alex Jenkins, Senior AI Solutions Engineer, Aveva
Patience Yockey, Operational Technology Cybersecurity, Idaho National Laboratory
Jeremy Jones, Critical Infrastructure Analyst, Idaho National Laboratory
Juliana Ocampo Giraldo, Project Manager, Idaho National Laboratory

1:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Making the Intangible Tangible—using games and activities to illustrate concepts in the energy space

Energy concepts can be abstract and complex and are characterized by interdependencies and tradeoffs. Whether it’s understanding how labs can work on solutions across different program areas, how agencies can better understand the suite of different energy solutions, helping community organizations understand the steps of energy planning, or inspiring the next generation; we need impactful ways to communicate energy topics. This session will introduce serious games and hands-on activities currently used by Sandia National Laboratories in the energy space and illustrate how abstracted realities can be game changers for learning complex topics. Researchers will talk about three unique applications in this space—1) DECIDE: Decision-making for Effective Choices of Integrated Distributed Energy, an educational and analytical game for teaching and studying community-based energy planning; 2) Two Boots, a tabletop event based on the February 2020 outages in Texas to understand national laboratory capabilities and applications; and 3) E-VOLT: Energy-Volunteering Outreach Leadership Team, a program used with students at labs and museums with hands-on, engaging demonstrations of complex energy systems. Presenters will share the goals of each of the games/activities, the target audience, how it was developed, and key takeaways. Session attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a sample activity from each program for a hands-on experience.

Amanda Wachtel, Social & Experimental Psychologist, Sandia National Laboratories
Brooke Garcia, Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Mika Armenta, Social & Experimental Psychologist, Sandia National Laboratories
Rachid Darbali-Zamora, Principle Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

2:00 PM
Prince George BC 

Defense TechConnect, SBIR/STTR Agency Tabletops, and Smart Cities Connect Expo Hall Opens


2:00 PM
Prince George BC 

SBIR/STTR: Agency Tabletops

Visit with over 20 SBIR/STTR Federal Agencies to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses and universities


2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson D 

Defense TechConnect: $50K Drone Dominance Innovation Challenge II and Winners Announcement


2:30 PM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Innovation Spotlights: Data/AI/Cyber III

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Daryl Haegley, Director, Cyberspace Mission Assurance and Deterrence, Office of the Secretary of Defense
2:35 PM
REI’s Agentic AI-enabled Data Orchestrator (RAADO)
REI Systems
2:42 PM
Automated Risk Evaluation System (ARES)
SimVentions
2:49 PM
CerVaLens: Mobile Defender Against AI Deception
CerVa, LLC
2:56 PM
Laser Shield Anti-Drone (LSAD) System
Fonon Technologies
3:03 PM
Device Inspection System
Ingenix Technologies, Inc.
3:10 PM
RTI TruFlight™
RTI International
3:17 PM
Synthetic Scenes
Silotech Group

2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect: EPIC 2025, NREL Prize Challenge Announcement


2:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson B 

SBIR/STTR: Session


2:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Ensuring Safety and Resilience in Grid-Scale Energy Storage Systems


2:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Can Resilience be the driver for the Nuclear Renaissance

The drive for a reliable and secure energy future increasingly highlights the importance of resilient infrastructure. Both the Department of Defense and data center operators underscore the critical need for reliable energy solutions. While nuclear energy, particularly through Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), offers a promising path, the significant cost of SMRs remains a barrier. This abstract explores the central question of whether the imperative for resilience and reliability will ultimately justify the substantial investment in SMR technology to achieve a more sustainable and secure energy landscape.


3:30 PM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Securing the Grid: Holistic Cybersecurity Strategies for Solar and other Grid Connected Resources

Jag Vempati, Research Scientist, Cybersecurity, Siemens
Zhihua Qu, Data Analytics Senior Associate, University of Centeral Florida

3:30 PM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Unleashing the Grid: Energy Dominance for National Defense

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) missions depend on the electric grid, and this dependency will only increase in the future. Providing reliable and resilient power in remote locations is, in particular, challenging. Achieving energy dominance for national defense requires having the resources needed to execute critical missions regardless of adverse conditions. In this moderated panel, DHS officials and electric cooperative industry representatives will discuss how they're meeting the challenge of providing resilient and secure power to the Coast Guard in one of its most isolated locations - Kodiak, AK.

Tom Calvert-Rosenberger, Director, Converge Strategies
Lauren Khair, Senior Director of Energy Research and Resilience, NRECA
Kate Espinosa, Researcher, Energy Security and Resilience, NREL
Sam Alvord, Chief, Office of Energy Management, U.S. Coast Guard

4:00 PM
Prince George BC 

Defense TechConnect, SBIR/STTR, Resilience Week, and Fall Smart Cities Connect Expo and Reception


4:00 PM
Prince George BC 

SBIR/STTR: Agency Tabletops Reception

Visit with over 20 SBIR/STTR Federal Agencies to discuss funding opportunities for small businesses and universities


4:15 PM
Prince George BC 

Resilience Week Posters and Reception


FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2025


7:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Lobby 

Registration (7:00am-12:00pm)


8:30 AM
 

Defense TechConnect: DOD Cybersecurity Compliance for Contractors (additional registration fee)

Participants in the Workshop will leave with an understanding of the requirements and knowledge of and access to tools that they can use to meet the obligations to protect the DoD information they will either receive or generate as part of the SBIR process.


9:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights: Materials and Manufacturing Innovation Spotlights

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.

Review Panelists
Emma Mooney, Project and Outreach Manager, TechConnect Division, ATI
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC, in support of U.S. Central Command
Martha Dixon, Small Business Liaison Officer (SBLO), Northrop Grumman
TBA, Raytheon
Innovators
9:05 PM
Large scale metal part manufacturing system
Additive space technology Inc., dba Solideon
9:12 PM
Simultaneous Extraction and Fabrication of Thin Film Lithium Metal Anodes From Domestic Raw Materials.
Alpha-En Corporation
9:19 AM
Laser Ablation Refining for Critical Materials
AstroForge, Inc
9:26 AM
Electrochemical Mineral Processing
BlueShift

9:00 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Energy-Water Nexus


9:15 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Buzzword Soup: Using Zero-Trust to Secure Critical Infrastructure with and from AI-driven Technologies

Marissa Morales-Rodriguez, Founder and Technology Security Strategist, STEMPRISE
Keith Rose, Chief Executive Officer, Operant Networks
Daryl Haegley, Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air & Space Force

9:15 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Distributed Energy and Grid Systems Integration

This session highlights the best accepted papers from the IEEE, featuring significant research and innovative solutions. The event brought together experts from around the nation to discuss the latest advancements in technology and engineering.


10:00 AM
Baltimore 5 

Defense TechConnect: Nuclear Power


10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson C 

Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights

The Defense TechConnect(DTC) Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.


10:15 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Integrated Energy Infrastructure Planning under Extreme Weather Uncertainties

Kyle Skolfield, Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory
Nicole Jackson, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratory
Francisco Ralston Fonseca, Energy Research Analyst, EPRI

10:15 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: Cyber Resilience for Critical Functions - IEEE Papers

This session highlights the best accepted papers from the IEEE, featuring significant research and innovative solutions. The event brought together experts from around the nation to discuss the latest advancements in technology and engineering.

Damilola Popoola, PhD-Research Assistant, IA State
Vivek Kumar Singh, Urban Energy Modeller/Climate, NREL

11:15 AM
Baltimore 1-2 

Resilience Week: Lighting Talks


11:15 AM
Baltimore 3-4 

Resilience Week: IEEE Papers

This session highlights the best accepted papers from the IEEE, featuring significant research and innovative solutions. The event brought together experts from around the nation to discuss the latest advancements in technology and engineering.


12:15 PM
 

End of Conference

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