All Times Listed Are in Eastern Daylight Time (EST). Program is Subject to Change.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2023
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2023
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
Defense TechConnect Innovation Keynotes: DOD Leadership, Resilience Week, and SBIR/STTR
US Armed Forces Color Guard, "The President's Own" US Marine Band Vocalist, U.S. Department of Defense
Jennifer Rocha, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Anthony Di Stasio, Director of the Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate (MCEIP), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S)
Lisa Sanders, Director of Science and Technology, Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Operations Command
David Mussington, Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
SBIR/STTR Keynote - Accelerating Innovation through America’s Seed Fund
Erick Page-Littleford, Acting Director and Program Manager, Office of Innovation and Investment, U.S. Small Business Administration
Matthew Willis, Director, Office of Army Prize Competitions & Army Applied SBIR Program, U.S. Army
Ben Schrag, SBIR/STTR Program Director and Policy Liaison, Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee and Networking Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom C
Defense Business Accelerator (DBX) Microelectronics Challenge
The Challenge, in a major initiative to innovate how the Department of Defense spurs commercial technology development, will open doors for industrial base growth and stimulate private investment. It will accelerate solution development and improve longevity of suppliers. Following an open solicitation for submissions, finalists will pitch to a panel of industry, government, and investment experts.
Joe Sopcisak, Technical Integration Officer, Manufacturing, Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP)
Chris Toffales, President, CTC Aero
Josh Conway, SVP of Science and Technology, America's Frontier Fund
Monica Gilbert, Director, Microelectronics Engineering, ES Microelectronics, BAE Systems
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
DOD Operational Energy: Increasing Future Capabilities and Reducing Risks
The Department defines operational energy as the energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations. This panel of experts will address ODASD(OE) focus areas: innovation and funding, future force requirements, wargaming/modeling/simulation, and warfighter support.
Earl Armstrong, Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy
James Caley, Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy
Reginald Thomas, Branch Head, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), U.S. Marine Corps
Lesley Wilhelm, Action Officer, Wargaming, DASN, RDT&E, U.S. Navy
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
DTC Energy Innovation Spotlights Session: Energy 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.
James Caley, Director of Operational Energy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, U.S. Navy
Daphne Fuentevilla, Chemical Engineer and Power System Specialist, U.S. Navy
Jason Hay, Director of Technology, BryceTech
Stephen Bates, Senior Program Manager, ATI
Paul Roege, Senior Energy Advisor, U.S. Army Materiel Command
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) More Situational Awareness in Control Systems (MOSAICS)i 2.0/CyberSHIELD Industry Outreach
This session kicks off the first Industry Outreach for the next phase of the cyber defensive capability for industrial control systems. During the RDER MOSAICS 2.0/CyberSHIELD, new mature technology (e.g., Operational Technology Software Defined Networking (OT/SDN) will be integrated and tested for operational readiness across new sectors (e.g., power utility and water) to integrate into the MOSAICS framework. The MOSAICS capabilities will be matured and operationalized for the Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Warfare Mission Readiness and Resilience.
Carlos Muñoz (SES), Assistant Commander CIO NAVFAC SYSCOM, U.S. Navy
Richard Scalco, NIWC Senior Cyber Engineer & MOSAICS CyberSHIELD Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center
Harley Parkes, Asymmetric Operations Sector (AOS) Cyber Operations, Capabilities Development Group, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Ross Roley, CTR, Battelle Energy Consultant to INDOPACOM, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Jacob Morris, Director Cyber and Engineering, NAVFAC
Sheena Cassell, NAVFAC HQ CISO/Cybersecurity Director, NAVFAC
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR 101, SBIR Journey - Basics
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B
SBIR Agency Reverse Pitches
Jamie Aziz, SBIR/STTR Data and Records Management Lead, DHS
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
Space Innovation Challenge and $50K Prize
Achieve more in space! Finalists will pitch their solutions to an audience of technology integrators, funders, federal government, and corporate partners who will award $50,000 to five winners. Challenge organizers have specifically allocated one of the five prizes for an HBCU or MSI-based company or technology.
Chris Mather, Discovery and Engagement Senior Consultant, APEX
Shahir Gerges, Director of Business Strategy, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin
Shaun Peiffer, Commercial Innovation Manager, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL)
Craig Owens, Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Jonathan Hampton, Supplier Innovation Lead, Raytheon
Alf Carroll, Technology Teaming Lead, Engineering Technology, RTX-Raytheon
Mounir Alafrangy, Commercial Innovation Manager and Technology Lead, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL)
10:40 AM
Gil Travish, ViBo Health
10:48 AM
Armin Rad, Encapsulate, Inc.
10:56 AM
Ayman Hamdallah, CIV Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
11:04 AM
Lee Wilson, Radiant Space Systems, Inc.
11:12 AM
Brandon Rigby, Texas Woman's University
11:20 AM
Bosco Lai, Little Place Labs, Inc.
11:46 AM
Nikhil Balasubramanian, OrbitAID Aerospace
11:54 AM
Weidong Zhou, Semergytech, Inc.
12:02 PM
Ghonhee Lee, Katalyst Space Technologies, LLC
12:10 PM
Taylor Waddell, University of California Berkeley
12:18 PM
Craig Bailey, Novum Nano
12:26 PM
Lee Rosen, ThinkOrbital, Inc.
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: Understanding the Climate, Cyber, and Physical Threat & Vulnerability for Infrastructure Systems
Our critical infrastructure systems are becoming more complex and, in many cases, more essential for meeting our basic needs. With this comes the potential for growing vulnerabilities due to both the evolving nature of threats and our increased dependence on these systems. In this session, we highlight some of these evolving threats related to climate change (and climate-induced extreme weather), cyber threats, and the roles that humans can play in compounding or mitigating such threats.
Andrea Staid, Senior Technical Leader, Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group, Electric Power Research Institute
Laura Fischer, Senior Technical Leader, Electric Power Research Institute
Corey Fallon, Cognitive Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sohom Datta, Senior Power Systems Research Engineer, Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
David Wells, Senior Technical Communications Program Manager, DOE Office of Electricity
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: Community Benefits Plans and Metrics: Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote Areas
The Department of Energy Energy Improvements in Rural and Remote Areas (ERA) program is a new program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that provides funding for infrastructure projects that improve energy efficiency, resilience, and affordability in rural and remote communities. Applications are competitive and require strong Community Benefits Plans (CBPs) in order to win funding. Topics in this session include lessons learned from 2023 ERA applicants, a discussion of how to capture energy and environmental equity and justice metrics in applications, and Technical assistance and resources available for helping future ERA applicants to create meaningful and actionable CBPs.
Abraham Ellis, Senior Manager, Renewable Energy and Industrial Decarbonization, Sandia National Laboratories
Nathan Wiltse, Economist and Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Andrea Mammoli, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Jill Capotosto, Energy Justice Liaison, Department of Energy, DOE Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Defense TechConnect and Resilience Week Lunch (on own)
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit Lunch (on own)
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
SBIR Agency Differences - Matching Your Project to a Topic
Moderator:
Nancy Kamei, Program Development Specialist, US Small Business Administration
Ben Schrag, SBIR/STTR Program Director and Policy Liaison, Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
Dusty Lang, Director, SBIR/STTR, US Department of Homeland Security
Christina Barnhill, Associate Director, SBIR/STTR Program, OUSD (R&E), U.S. Department of Defense
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom C
Defense Business Accelerator (DBX) Microelectronics Challenge & Awards
The Challenge, in a major initiative to innovate how the Department of Defense spurs commercial technology development, will open doors for industrial base growth and stimulate private investment. It will accelerate solution development and improve longevity of suppliers. Following an open solicitation for submissions, finalists will pitch to a panel of industry, government, and investment experts.
Joe Sopcisak, Technical Integration Officer, Manufacturing, Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP)
Chris Toffales, President, CTC Aero
Josh Conway, SVP of Science and Technology, America's Frontier Fund
Monica Gilbert, Director, Microelectronics Engineering, ES Microelectronics, BAE Systems
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Energy II
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Reginald Thomas, Branch Head, Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O), U.S. Marine Corps
Paul Roege, Senior Energy Advisor, U.S. Army Materiel Command
Madara Jayatilake, Engineer, NSWC Carderock Division
Stephen Bates, Senior Program Manager, ATI
Tim Fowler, (IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
MOSAICS 2.0 and CyberSHIELD Industry Day Service Perspectives/Roadmap
This is the second session to brief the RDER MOSAICS 2.0/CyberSHIELD. The MOSAICS capabilities will be matured and operationalized for the Department of Defense (DOD) Cyber Warfare Mission Readiness and Resilience. Service Leadership will share each Service Cyber Strategy. Moderated Q&A with Service Leadership to close the session.
Daryl Haegley, Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air Force
Carlos Muñoz (SES), Assistant Commander CIO NAVFAC SYSCOM, U.S. Navy
Douglas Babb (SES), Director, Information and Technology, DCS-G9, U.S. Army
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
Space Innovation Challenge and $50K Prize
Achieve more in space! Finalists will pitch their solutions to an audience of technology integrators, funders, federal government, and corporate partners who will award $50,000 to five winners. Challenge organizers have specifically allocated one of the five prizes for an HBCU or MSI-based company or technology.
Chris Mather, Discovery and Engagement Senior Consultant, APEX
Shahir Gerges, Director of Business Strategy, Orbital Reef, Blue Origin
Shaun Peiffer, Commercial Innovation Manager, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL)
Craig Owens, Small Business Innovation Research Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Jonathan Hampton, Supplier Innovation Lead, Raytheon
Alf Carroll, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Black Belt, Raytheon
Mounir Alafrangy, Commercial Innovation Manager and Technology Lead, International Space Station National Laboratory (ISSNL)
1:31 PM
Louis Ross, MEI Micro, Inc.
1:39 PM
Amber Imai-Hong, Mahina Aerospace, LLC
1:47 PM
Tal Azoulay, Space Products and Innovation, Inc.
1:55 PM
Mari Anne Snow, Eascra Biotech
2:03 PM
Kaylon Paterson, Paterson Aerospace Systems Corp
2:36 PM
Tom George, SaraniaSat, Inc.
2:44 PM
Sujeesh Krishnan, Kinnami Software Corporation
2:52 PM
Sarah Goubet, WaterShed Monitoring Europe
3:00 PM
Trevor Sorenson, Interstel Technologies, Inc.
3:08 PM
Jing Song, Genesis Codes
3:16 PM - 3:30 PM
Judges Deliberation and Awards Announcement
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
MOSA Round 2 Innovation Challenge
Twenty-first century air mobility requires 21st century technology. Attend the Challenge and watch innovators pitch next-generation communications, computing, and operations technology to an expert review panel of military, industry, and investment leadership.
Chair: Emma Mooney, Outreach and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Resilience Week: Training and Exercises to Strengthen Infrastructure Resilience
Preparation through training and exercises are the lifeblood of infrastructure resilience. By regularly training and performing exercises, we can identify and mitigate risks, improve coordination and communication, and test our response plans. This gives us the best chance of weathering any threat, natural or man-made. This session will explore: training using virtual and augmented realities, at scale training and exercises, resources available to help, and bridging response efforts between local and regional response units.
Kolton Heaps, Digital Twin Visualization Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
Brock Long, Executive Chairman, Hagerty Consulting
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Resilience Week: Nuclear Infrastructure Siting: Tribal Perspectives
The siting of nuclear infrastructure, such as power plants and waste disposal sites, has a significant impact on the communities in which it is located. This session will explore the perspectives of tribal nations on nuclear infrastructure siting. It will discuss the historical and cultural factors that influence tribal views on nuclear energy, as well as the specific concerns that tribal nations have about the siting of nuclear facilities.
Dawn Davis, Water & Power Systems Postdoctoral Research Associate and as the Environmental Justice Specialist, Idaho National Laboratory
Tansey Moore, Policy Specialist, National Conference of State Legislatures
Ron Johnson, Tribal Council Elected Member, Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group
Sherry Stout, Laboratory Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
DTC and Resilience Week Break
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Expo Hall Opens
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion, Defense TechConnect Demos and Drinks, and DARPA Disruptors Showcase Opens
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
SBIR Conducting a Phase I
Leave with an understanding of what needs to be done during Phase I to comply with grants/contracts and to put your organization in the best position for Phase II.
Matt Willis, Director, Office of Army Prize Competitions & Army Applied SBIR Program, Army
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
SBIR Finding Help - Getting Started
This panel will highlight the various types of help and support available for SBIR applicants.
Keishla Tirado, Director, Center for Innovation and Technology, Puerto Rico SBDC
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
MOSA Round 2 Innovation Challenge
Twenty-first century air mobility requires 21st century technology. Attend the Challenge and watch innovators pitch next-generation communications, computing, and operations technology to an expert review panel of military, industry, and investment leadership.
Chair: Emma Mooney, Outreach and Program Manager, Advanced Technology International
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Cybersecurity
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Chair: Ross Roley, Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Opening Remarks:
Bill Aubin, VP of Federal Sales, Nozomi Networks
Daryl Haegley, Technical Director, Control Systems Cyber Resiliency, U.S. Air Force
Richard Scalco, NIWC Senior Cyber Engineer & MOSAICS CyberSHIELD Technical Manager, Naval Information Warfare Center
Harley Parkes, Asymmetric Operations Sector (AOS) Cyber Operations, Capabilities Development Group, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Sharon Myers, Operations Lead, Business Development & Strategy, Boeing
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: UAVs, Drones, Robotics, and Space
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Tim Fowler, (IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC
David Scott, Senior Commercialization Manager, TechLink
Rollie Dohrn, NG Fellow, Integrated Technology Strategy and Future Concepts Lead (Defense Systems), Northrop Grumman
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Resilience Week: Policy-Driven Resilience Enhancements of Critical Electric Infrastructure
This session is focused on federal, state, and local policymakers' role in guiding resilience enhancements of critical electric infrastructure. Policymakers play an essential role in understanding the threat landscape and encouraging utilities and government facilities to develop strategies and goals, weigh investment options, and prioritize resilience cost-effectively and equitably. Many decision-makers do not understand where to start, what process to follow, or how to build a business case for action. This session will discuss the latest research on resilience enhancements of critical electric infrastructure and best practices for implementing and valuing these enhancements. The session will also allow participants to learn about the tools and resources available to help them assess and address the risks to critical electric infrastructure from climate change and other hazards.
Juliet Homer, Chief Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Max Beller, Climate Adaption Advisor, San Diego Gas & Electric
Ethan Epstein, Resilience Program Manager, Federal Energy Management Program
Crystall Merlino, Director for Resilience, Energy, and Sustainability Management, Department of Homeland Security
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Resilience Week: Building Equity and Justice into Resilience Planning
Resilience planning is the process of developing strategies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. Historically marginalized and disadvantaged communities often receive the least investment in resilience planning efforts. With historic investments in resilience planning for these communities from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other federal funding priorities, it is vital that communities and their advisors are able to hold equity and justice as first principles in resilience planning in order to secure real dollars for infrastructure investment. Topics this session will cover include: R&D challenges around quantifying equitable resilience outcomes, how to include principles like equity in resilience planning efforts, and a discussion of sourcing the definition of resilience directly from communities (i.e., effective community engagement).
Samantha Ruiz, Chief of Staff, Department of Energy, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
Eliza Hotchkiss, Senior Resilience Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Brian McAdoo, Disaster Researcher and Head of the PlanetLab, Duke University
Dayne Broderson, Computer and Information Research Scientist and Program Manager, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Isa Ferrall-Wolf, Research, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Defense Innovation, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, ATI Consortia, Resilience Week, DARPA Disruptors, and Smart Cities Expo & Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
SBIR/STTR Pavilion Agency Meet and Greet, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Defense Innovation Poster Session and Reception, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Corporate and Consortia Speed Dating
No appointment needed! Meet more than 20 F1000 and ATI Consortia to learn about funding, membership and partnership opportunities in this fast-paced, speed dating format (5 minute meetings).
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2023
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom A
TechConnect Innovation Keynotes: DOD and Industry Leadership
Jennifer Rocha, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Mike Stebbins, Vice President of the Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, ATI
State of DOD Innovation and Capital: Fireside Chat. Since the first Defense TechConnect in 2013, there has been a historic surge in the number of support programs and vehicles for non-traditional innovators to address national security challenges. How has this nexus changed DoD innovation and capital landscape? What can we expect in the next ten years? This leadership keynote panel will discuss their experiences, impact, and ideas on defense innovation today and in the future.
Moderator:
Jennifer Rocha, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, TechConnect Division, ATI
Christina Barnhill, Associate Director, SBIR/STTR Program, OUSD (R&E), U.S. Department of Defense
Colonel Wes Spurlock, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Strategic Capital, U.S. Department of Defense
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Coffee and Networking Break
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Climate Change Impacts for the Defense Establishment: Impacts of Sea-Level Rise
A discussion with experts on how the rise in sea level rise and coastal flooding risk, which are becoming more common globally, will affect vital military infrastructure, training, and testing, and what policies and measures can help mitigate these threats.
Thomas Wahl, Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Biotech and Medical I
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Opening Remarks:
Mike Stebbins, Vice President of the Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, ATI
Mike Stebbins, Vice President of the Medical & Threat Countermeasures Division, ATI
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B and C
SBIR: Agency Differences - Focus on Evaluation
Focus on Evaluation: Learn key insights on the criteria used to evaluate SBIR/STTR proposals.
Candace Wright, SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B and C
SBIR: Transitioning to Phase II
Learn about the key steps and success factors for moving from Phase I to Phase II
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge
The 2023 NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge is an exciting initiative where entrepreneurial spirit meets space and climate innovation. Finalists will pitch their lunar payload or climate science solutions to a panel of NASA scientists and venture capitalists for an award of up to $85,000 each. The pitch event will be augmented by exciting panel discussions on lunar payloads and climate science.
Mike Seablom, Earth Science Division, NASA
Sudhir Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Nano OPS, Inc.
Zachary Pirtle, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Kevin Somervill, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
Florence Tan, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Ian McCubbin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
10:56 AM
SpaceDucks open-source climate sensor platform, SpaceDucks
11:07 AM
iCOSMOS-Swarm for Climate Science Data Generation, Interstel Technologies
11:18 AM
PRISM: Personal RealTime Insight from Spatial Maps, Pegasus Intelligence and Space
11:29 AM
Automated Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, GeoLabe
11:40 AM
Cislune Lunar Fuel Refinery and Exporter, Cislune
11:51 AM
Deployable Vapor Transport Pipe Demonstrator, BlnkSpace
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: Operationalizing Resilience Frameworks: Watershed Resilience for Low-Capacity Communities
Part 1. The White House Subcommittee on Resilience Science and Technology (SRST) has developed a Grand Pathways Framework for community resilience capacity building. USACE is building a watershed resilience framework that draws from previous efforts and prioritizes application in low-capacity communities. This session will define watershed resilience from a systems perspective and discuss potential applications for building community resilience. Part 2. All-hazard disruptions and cascading effects on interdependent critical infrastructure in a region can have a significant impact on jurisdictions and US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects in the impacted region. The Disaster Resilience 3.0 Pilot (DSR3P) is a pilot project that was initiated in January 2023 to develop replicable processes that can be used by USACE, universities, non-profits, and jurisdictions to identify regional critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and potential disruptions. The project is also working to assist jurisdictions to understand and self-identify vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure and inform the community on resilience.
Igor Linkov, Risk and Decision Science Focus Area Lead, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Frank Randon, Disaster Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
David Alexander, Senior Science Advisor, Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology
Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: National Level Unity of Effort: Protecting the Heart of our Critical Infrastructure
Part 1. John Garstka, a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), is the Director for Cyber Warfare within the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapons Portfolio Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment will kick the session off with a discussion about Cyber as a Warfighting Domain and protecting our DoD systems from cyber threats. Topics will include evaluating, improving, and enforcing a culture of cybersecurity warfighting and accountability for cybersecurity and cyberspace operations. Part 2. This session will explore the lessons learned from protecting our national security systems from cyber threats. Topics will include the latest cyber threats, the challenges of protecting national security systems, and the latest strategies for mitigating cyber risks.
John Garstka, Director of Cyber, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment OUSD(A&S)
Joshua Reiter, Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor (PCA), Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of the Navy
Michael Sulmeyer, Principal Cyber Advisor, Principal Cyber Advisor, Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff
Wanda Jones-Heath, Principal Cyber Advisor, Principal Cyber Advisor, Department of the Air Force
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Future-Proofing Government & Employee Privacy: Trends and Strategies
During this expert panel discussion, panel members will examine the current landscape of privacy and data protection within government institutions, as well as the unprecedented challenges that data privacy and security have faced in recent years. The panel will engage in a comprehensive discussion focused on the core issue of privacy violation and explore the profound implications of adopting a zero-trust approach in maintaining privacy for both government entities and end-users.
Gurpreet Bhatia, Principal Director for Cybersecurity, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Department of Defense (DOD)
11:30 AM - 12:05 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Advanced Materials for Renewables and Resiliency
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Martha Symko-Davies, Laboratory Program Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Maria Posada, Energy REACTS Portfolio Director, Energy KPP and Policy, U.S. Navy
Thomas Wahl, Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida
Tony Long, Blue Labs/SPARK Innovation Lead (Aeronautics Systems), Northrop Grumman
11:42 AM
Massbox,
Exum Instruments, Colorado
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Defense TechConnect Lunch (on own)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Resilience Week Lunch (on own)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit Lunch (on own)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B and C
SBIR: Phase III
Learn the keys to a successful SBIR/STTR journey and Phase III success
Nicole Fox, Applied SBIR Autonomy Transition Broker Team Lead, Army
1:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom D
NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge & Awards
The 2023 NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge is an exciting initiative where entrepreneurial spirit meets space and climate innovation. Finalists will pitch their lunar payload or climate science solutions to a panel of NASA scientists and venture capitalists for an award of up to $85,000 each. The pitch event will be augmented by exciting panel discussions on lunar payloads and climate science.
Mike Seablom, Earth Science Division, NASA
Sudhir Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Nano OPS, Inc.
Zachary Pirtle, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Kevin Somervill, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA
Ian McCubbin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
1:03 PM
Visual Position and Navigation for Space Missions, Skyline Nav AI
1:14 PM
Lunar Anti-Dust Microgrid Payload, Front Range Team
1:25 PM
Lunar Home Maker, GrowMars
1:36 PM
GrowMars, Daniel Tompkins
1:47 PM
Ringside Seats, Space Initiatives Inc
2:55 PM
Panel II: Climate Science
3:40 PM
Break and Panelists Deliberation
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Biotech and Medical II
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Nathan Sanders, Director of Public Health, BryceTech
David Scott, Senior Commercialization Manager, TechLink
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Mobility and Transportation
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Dave Rios, DTIC-IAC Field Advisor, USCENTCOM, Cloud Lake Technology, LLC
Tim Fowler, (IAC) Field S&T Advisor, USSTRATCOM / NORAD-NORTHCOM
Earl Armstrong, Naval Operational Energy Office, Tech Advisor, U.S. Navy
Paul Roege, Senior Energy Advisor, U.S. Army Materiel Command
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Resilience Week: Calling All Engineers : Gov’t and Private Sector Need Your Skills to Harden Critical Infrastructure Assets
Executive Order 14008 directed all Federal agencies and departments to conduct physical climate risk vulnerability assessments on their key assets. Similarly, FERC has ordered NERC to engage investor-owned electric utilities in evaluating the preparedness of their electricity assets, and the SEC is laying the groundwork that will require similar reporting from all publicly traded companies in the United States. Once the risks are illuminated, every type of organization will look to engineering companies to swing into action. Engineering, procurement and construction companies, otherwise known as EPCs, and other engineering and construction firms, are on the front lines of the climate resilience battle. They know better than anyone the impacts climate change-induced stressors are putting on their clients’ assets, and because of that, are best positioned to recommend and often implement candidate resilience and adaptation options. This session will introduce critical infrastructure mini-case studies from the US Department of Energy as well as private sector and reveal the role of engineering in providing practical solutions to some incredibly daunting challenges, vulnerabilities and potential disruptions.
Andy Bochman, Senior Grid Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory
David Parsons, Program Manager, DOE Grid Deployment Office
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Resilience Week: Architectures Architectures Architectures: Paths to Better Security and Resilience
This session will discuss four different architecture efforts to improve ICS/OT security and resilience, supported by industry and the federal government. The goal is to highlight what these architectures do (and don’t do) to accelerate improvements in the security and resilience of critical infrastructure and to understand how these architectures are evolving and are being applied to ICS/OT-intense critical systems.
Greg Shannon, Chief Cybersecurity Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory
Les Call, Zero Trust PfMO Deputy Director, DoD CIO Zero Trust PfMO
Art Bornschein, Architecture & Engineering DCIO, Cybersecurity, DoD
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
R&D Capital Summit - Sponsored by ATI
Capital is the lifeblood of the US economy. The small business lending market in the US is estimated at $1.4 trillion with thousands of organizations relying upon outside capital for funding operations. However, for many innovators in our ecosystem, their time is spent building and developing mission critical technologies, not financial models. As the nation’s leader in R&D collaboration management, Advanced Technology International (ATI) is facilitating a series of discussions featuring financial institutions and investors on the role of capital and financial tools for the emerging R&D community. Join us as we get back to basics, providing a foundational overview of capital structure and financial products that are most useful to small businesses in the R&D community.
1:35 PM
The Color of Money: Sharon Heaton, CEO, sbLiftOff
Matt Stavish, Senior Vice President, Republic Capital Access
3:00 PM
Preparing for a Capital Raise Panel
Stephanie Alexander, Partner, govmates
Sharon Heaton, CEO, sbLiftOff
Ricky White, Director, Cherry Bekaert Advisory
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
DARPA Disruptors Private Meeting
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Artificial Intelligence-based Solutions for CyberBioSecurity Challenges
Securing the bioeconomy from cyberattacks is of vital national importance. This panel will explore some of the challenges in this area with a focus on how AI tools might help to alleviate cyberbiosecurity concerns at the intersection of biosecurity, cybersecurity, and biotechnology. We will also discuss how to join and support the nascent interdisciplinary community forming around this topic.
Matt Klusas (Moderator), Principal, Amazon
Erica Briscoe, Program Manager, DARPA Information Innovation Office (I2O)
Saman Zonouz, Associate Professor, Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy
Kemper Talley, Senior Scientist, Raytheon BBN
Gene Godbold, Senior Scientist, Signature Science LLC
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
DTC Break
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Expo Hall Opens
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
SBIR/STTR Agency Pavilion, Defense TechConnect Demos and Drinks, and DARPA Disruptors Showcase Opens
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B and C
SBIR: DoD - Ask Me Anything - Reverse Pitches and Conversation with DoD SBIR Program Managers
Nicole Fox, Applied SBIR Autonomy Transition Broker Team Lead, Army
Robert Smith, Director, SBIR/STTR and Special Programs, Navy
Candace Wright, SBIR/STTR Program Lead, MDA
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Priorities, Challenges and Opportunities of the CHIPS Act the Defense/National Security Community
The CHIPS and Science act, signed in August of 2022, aims to increase the capacity and resiliency of the domestic semiconductor industrial base. This panel of experts will discuss the priorities for the defense/national security community with respect to the semiconductor technology, supply chain, and resilience.
Matthew Nicholls, VP of Research Government Programs, IBM
David Bishop, Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering Director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center, Boston University
Adam Knapp, JUMP Program Manager, Semiconductor Research Corporation
George Orji, Senior Advisor for Packaging, CHIPS office, NIST
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: AI/Data/Cyber/Software I
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Chair: Ross Roley, Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Ross Roley, Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Michael Schweitzer, Senior Business and Technology Strategist / Advisor to the Technical Director, Falconwood, Inc. / Navy
Martha Symko-Davies, Laboratory Program Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: Electronics and Microsystems
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Matthew Nicholls, VP of Research Government Programs, IBM
David Bishop, Head of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering Director of the CELL-MET Engineering Research Center, Boston University
Adam Knapp, JUMP Program Manager, Semiconductor Research Corporation
Joe Epstein, Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlight: AI/Data/Cyber/Software II
Chair: Ross Roley, Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Ross Roley, Cyber Innovation Lead, Battelle in Support of U.S. Indo Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)
Michael Schweitzer, Senior Business and Technology Strategist / Advisor to the Technical Director, Falconwood, Inc. / Navy
Martha Symko-Davies, Laboratory Program Director, Energy Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Paul Feinberg, External Technology Lab Lead (Mission Systems), Northrop Grumman
Danish Saleem, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer and Team lead, National Renewable Energy Lab
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom B and C
SBIR/STTR: Working With Defense Primes
Alf Carroll, Technology Teaming Lead, Engineering Technology, RTX-Raytheon Engineering Tech Strategy & Innovation
Craig Owens, Systems Engineer, Principal; Corporate SBIR Program Manager, The Boeing Company
Terrell Reid, Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs Manager, Northrop Group
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Resilience Week: Lighting Talks: Understanding Critical Infrastructure Systems and Interdependencies
Are you interested in learning more about critical infrastructure systems and interdependencies? Do you want to hear from experts in the field? Do you want to network with other professionals? If so, then you should attend the Understanding Critical Infrastructure Systems and Interdependencies - Lighting Talks! This event will feature short presentations by experts on a variety of topics related to critical infrastructure systems and their interdependencies. You will learn about the different types of critical infrastructure, the threats they face, and the strategies for protecting them. You will also have the opportunity to network with other professionals who are interested in critical infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your own ideas, and build relationships.
Ryan Donaghy, Associate Director for Planning and Innovation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Tianqiao Zhao, Renewable Energy Group, Interdisciplinary Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Madison Haley, Graduate Research Assistant, Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems, UNC Chapel Hill
Marissa Brown, Management and Program Analyst, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Resilience Week: RISE Consortium: Catalyzing Climate Resilience with the DoD Community
Join RISE Executive Director, Michael Wu, for a moderated panel discussion with senior leaders from the Department of Defense who are responsible for designing and implementing climate resilience policy across the Services. Attendees will hear first-hand from DoD climate and energy leaders about the latest energy and climate resilience initiatives, as well as opportunities for collaboration.
Michael Wu, Executive Director, Converge Strategies
Deborah Loomis, Senior Advisor for Climate Change to the Secretary of the Navy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)
Will Rogers, Senior Climate Advisor, US Army
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Bunker Labs Roundtable: Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship and Service
A distigushed panel of veteran-owned small businesses supported by Bunker Labs will share their stories of entrepreneurship and growth. Audience Q&A is encouraged.
Chair: Gary Odum, President/Founder, BG LionStar Group
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Defense Innovation, SBIR/STTR Pavilion, ATI Consortia, Resilience Week, DARPA Disruptors, and Smart Cities Expo & Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
SBIR/STTR Pavilion Agency Meet and Greet, Expo Hall
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Prince George's Exhibit Hall AB
Resilience Week Networking Reception and Poster Sessions, Expo Hall
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2023
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Registration Desk Hours
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
DOD Cybersecurity Compliance for Contractors (additional fee required)
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.
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
A Conversation About Critical Minerals
Join us for a moderated conversation with experts from the mining industry, academia, Department of Energy National Laboratory, and senior technology officials from DoD on supply chain risks and opportunities of critical minerals. Attendees will learn about the evolving global situation, threats to U.S. military missions, and strategic interests related to critical minerals and the innovations that rely on them to strengthen national security.
Saskia Duyvesteyn, Chief Advisor Research and Development, Rio Tinto
Adam Simon, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
Scott McCall, Deputy Magnet Thrust Lead for the Critical Materials Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jonathan Doyle, Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office, DARPA
Danielle Miller, Director of Policy, Analysis, and Transition, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Resilience
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Resilience Week: Innovative Distributed Energy Resources Applications for Extreme Weather Events
Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity, resulting in outsized impacts on the electric grid. Distributed energy resources (DERs) are a critical tool for strengthening energy resilience in this volatile operating environment due to their flexibility and wide-ranging applications. This session will explore how innovative DER technologies are being deployed to improve disaster response capabilities and decrease outage time during extreme weather events. Attendees will hear from both DER technology solution providers and community end-users responsible for implementing these innovative tools.
Hannah Burroughs, Secure Renewables and Storage Integration Area Lead, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
C.P. Smith, Executive Director, Cooperativa Hidroeléctrica de la Montaña
Joe Zhou, Director of Research and Innovation, Slipstream
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Resilience Week: Cyber Resilience for Operational Technology: A Pitch Event
This pitch event will showcase the latest innovations in cyber resilience for operational technology (OT). OT systems are critical to the operation of our nation's critical infrastructure, and they are increasingly under attack from cyber adversaries. This event will provide a platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share their ideas on how to improve the cyber resilience of OT systems. The event will consist of a series of short pitches (5-7 minutes each) followed by a Q&A session. The pitches will be judged by a panel of experts, and the winner will be announced at the end of the event. The winner will be published in a peer-reviewed journal, The Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy. Judges: Benjamin Blakely -Argonne National Laboratory, Nate Evans - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vivek Singh - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Aleksandra Scalco -Naval Information Warfare Center
Benjamin Blakely, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
Cecilia Klauber, Power Systems Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Defense TechConnect Innovations and Spotlight: NobleReach Emerge
The Defense TechConnect Innovation Spotlights are designed to accelerate private-sector and defense-sourced technology solutions aligned with warfighter and national security problem-sets.
Chair: Jonathan Jakischa, Senior Manager: Open Innovation Programs – TechConnect Ventures, TechConnect, ATI Division
Nathan Sanders, Director of Public Health, BryceTech
Joe Epstein, Space Strategic Partnerships Lead for Engineering and Technology ( E&T), Lockheed Martin
Collin McNally, Senior Manager, BGS Technology & Innovation, Boeing BDS - Defense, Space & Security
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Resilience Week: Strategies for Distributed Energy Resources Operations and Grid Integration
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are most effective when their operations are fully optimized and integrated with the electric grid. This session will review strategies for operating DERs that maximize their resilience potential by integrating them with the electric grid. Attendees will learn about specific strategies for DER operation and integration, including DER dispatch control and protection.
Elaine Ulrich, Senior Advisor for the Preparedness, Policy and Risk Analysis, DOE Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response
David Terry, President, National Association of State Energy Officials
Ulrich Muenz, Principal Key Expert Advanced Control and Optimization, Siemens Technology
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Department of Entrepreneurs: How DOE Is Investing to Make the United States a Clean Energy Superpower
Turning a great idea into a thriving business is hard, especially in the competitive and dynamic cleantech sector. Gaining access to capital, hiring and retaining talent, and building business systems and processes are just a few of the innumerable challenges facing entrepreneurs. Luckily, there’s a network of incubators and accelerators dedicated to advancing clean and sustainable technologies on their paths to market. Learn from experts, leaders, and entrepreneurs who are making a difference in the clean energy transformation and how you can plug in.
Christian Vandervort, Technology-to-Market Advisor, Department of Energy, ARPA-E
Jatin Khanna, Outreach and Business Development, Department of Energy, Loan Programs Office
Chris Saldana, Director, Department of Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: Scaling Vehicle-to-Grid Technology: Use Cases for Community Resilience
In this panel discussion, WRI, BGE, and Highland will dive further into how electric school buses (ESBs) fleets can help to stabilize utilities’ grids in both the summer and winter, as well as illustrate the complexities of depot electrification and the required coordination needed to keep the grids balanced. Together, Sue Gander, WRI Director of Electric School Bus Initiative, Sam duPont, BGE Principal Business Program Manager of Transportation Electrification and Amy McGuire, Highland Director of Market Development will explain why ESBs are an ideal resource for community resilience amid a volatile climate and will share key results that underscore ESBs’ efficacy as grid resources, as well as their potential to scale vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle-to-community (V2C), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) opportunities in the future.
Emma Stewart, Chief Power Grid Scientist and Research Strategist, Idaho National Laboratory
Amy McGuire, Director of Market Development, Highland Electric Fleets
Sue Gander, Director of Electric School Bus Initiative, World Resources Institue
Sam DuPont, Principal Business Program Manager, Transportation Electrification, Baltimore Gas & Electric
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Resilience Week: From Lab to Launch: National Laboratories and Commercializing R&D
National Laboratories are playing an increasingly important role in the commercialization of new energy technologies, with world class facilities and expertise. Technologies coming from the National Laboratories have proven fundamental to the clean energy transition, and National Laboratories are collaborating with private sector innovators like never before. Learn how you can get involved from laboratory leaders and private sector partners.
Jon Cook, Senior Commercialization Manager, Idaho National Laboratory
Kate Moore, Head of Strategic Partnerships, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dan Miller, Director, Innovation Crossroads, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
12:00 PM
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