6th Annual Defense Strategic Planning Forum

The 6th Annual Defense Strategic Planning Forum will be hosted by TechAmerica Foundation at The University Club on February 24, 2011. The highly popular panel of defense industry strategists offered their views on the latest DoD budget request and the major challenges facing the industry in the future.

Topics

What does the defense industry see as the Administration’s defense priorities going forward?
Is the state of the economy and the national debt situation going to impact future defense spending more than the threat?
What will be the impact of the Gates’ initiative to achieve $100 billion in savings/efficiencies?
What is the role of strategic planning going forward?
In addition, there will be ample opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.

Agenda

8:00 a.m.		Meet and Greet – Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.		Welcome Phil Bond, Chairman, TechAmerica Foundation
8:35 a.m.		“The Role of Strategic Planning” James A. Wrightson, Jr., Vice President, Strategic Planning, Corporate Engineering and Technology, Lockheed Martin Corporation
8:45 a.m.		“Setting the Stage” Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
9:00 a.m.		“The Future of the Defense Industry” - Panel Discussion
		Moderator: Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors Bill Bonadio, Vice President, Strategic Development, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Larry Edelman, Vice President Strategy & Operations, Northrop Grumman Information Systems Glenn Weissinger, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (Invitations have been extended to additional panelists from other firms and will be announced upon acceptance.) There will be ample opportunity for questions from the audience.
11:30 a.m.		Adjourn

The opinions expressed by the Forum’s panelists are solely those of the panelists and do not necessarily represent the views of their respective employers. No audience questions will be entertained regarding any specific corporation’s strategic plans or future actions. All remarks and statements at the Forum will be for non-attribution. No press will be in attendance.