NDIA - 18th Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference

This conference continues to serve as the premier venue for Defense and Industry Expeditionary Warfare Leaders to assemble each year and discuss the issues and challenges facing the forces of today and tomorrow. 

The objectives of the 18th Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference will be to provide:

• An opportunity for the services to present clear statements of their requirements and intent to industry, service laboratories and other interested parties
• An opportunity for frank dialogue between the military services, industry, and other Attendees
• An atmosphere of trust and cooperation that exists between the military services and industry

Confirmed Addresses for this event are as follows (in order of presentation times):

• Lunch Keynote speaker has been confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN.
• Admiral William E. Gortney, USN, Commander, U.S. Fleet  Forces
• Major General William C. Hix, USA, Deputy Director/ Chief of Staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• Major General James N. Post, III, USAF, Director of Operations, A-3, Headquarters Air Combat Command;
• Major General John W. Nicholson, Jr., USA, Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division
• Vice Admiral Robert C. Parker, USCG, Commander, Atlantic Area Commander, Defense Force East, U.S. Coast Guard
• Mr. Ashley G. Johnson, SES, Department Head (Acting), Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare & Combating Terrorism Department, Office of Naval Research
• Dr. Craig Woolsey, Associate Professor & Assistant Department Head for Graduate Studies, Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Mr. Stuart Whitehead, SES, Deputy Director, C2 Integration, J-6 Staff
• Major General K. Frank McKenzie, Jr., USMC, Director, Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, QDR Integration Group (QIG)
• Rear Admiral Scott Jerabek, USN, Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command
• The Honorable Robert Work, Chief Executive Officer, Center for a New American Security
• Rear Admiral Frank A. Morneau, USN, Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
• Mr. Carl R. Siel, Jr., Executive Director, PEO LCS
• Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
• Major General Robert S. “Whaler” Walsh, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare, OPNAV N95 and four USN Branch Heads.

For a full agenda, and a list of all invited speakers, please visit the event website and go to "Agenda": http://www.ndia.org/meetings/4700/Pages/default.aspx