Defense Innovation Days
Network with Policy/Industry Leaders.
Videos of Sessions – click on speaker name
Opening Remarks – Senator Jack Reed (RI), Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)
Climate and Resiliency Innovation – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), Chair, Senate Budget Committee
Keynote Speaker – The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy
Keynote Speaker – Mr. Nickolas Guertin, Director, DoD Operational Test and Evaluation
Keynote Speaker – Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Foreign Challenges – China –Dr. Andrew Erickson, Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute
Driving the Navy’s RDT&E Enterprise – Dr. Brett Seidle, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test, and Engineering
Task Force 59 – Unmanned and Artificial Intelligence Integration – Captain Colin Corridan, Commodore, Task Force 59
Keynote Speaker – Congressman Seth Magaziner (RI), House Committee on Homeland Security; Rear Admiral John Mauger, Commander, First Coast Guard District, US Coast Guard
Keynote Speaker – Ms. Marie Bussiere, Acting Technical Director, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport
Keynote Speaker – Brigadier General David C. Trybula, Deputy Commanding General, Combat Capabilities Development Command/Senior Commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center
Keynote Speaker – Dr. William LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
SENEDIA, the alliance for defense tech, talent, and innovation, will hold Defense Innovation Days 2023, a three-day national convening bringing together national security experts and policymakers with defense industry leaders developing innovative technology and the next-generation workforce. This will be the ninth annual convening.
Save the Date
10th Annual Defense Innovation Days
26-28 August 2024
More information to come.
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