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Defense Innovation Days 2022
SAVE THE DATE: DEFENSE INNOVATION DAYS 2023 -
28-30 August 2023 - Marriott Newport, RI
Sponsorship opportunities and Registration will open in January 2023.
SENEDIA, the alliance for defense tech, talent, and innovation, closed Defense Innovation Days 2022, a three-day national convening that brought together national security experts and policymakers with defense industry leaders developing innovative solutions for the U.S. military and its next-generation workforce. This was the eighth annual convening and served as a celebration of SENEDIA’s 20th anniversary year.
Videos from Defense Innovation Days 2022
Day 1 – Monday, 29 August 2022
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (RI), Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC)
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall
Day 2 – Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Climate and Resiliency Innovation
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
Mr. Joseph Bryan, DoD Chief Sustainability Officer
Congressman Jim Langevin (RI)
Ms. Stacy Bostjanick, Department of Defense Chief of Implementation and Policy, Deputy
CIO
Mr. Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency
Lunch – Keynote Speaker
Ms. Deborah Rosenblum, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy (PTDO)
Department of Defense Summit – Building the Shipbuilding Workforce to Meet National
Security and Supply Chain Priorities
Ms. Celeste Drake, WH National Economic Council Deputy Director for Labor Economy
Mr. Manny Lamarre, U.S. Department of Labor, Senior Advisor, Employment and Training Administration
Navy Shipbuilding Workforce Imperatives/Initiatives
RADM Scott Pappano,
Navy Program Executive Officer, Strategic Submarines
Ms. Adele Ratcliff, Director, DoD Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program
Mr. Shawn Coyne, General Dynamics Electric Boat, VP Human Resources
Mr. Ray Steen, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, VP Human Resources
Day 3 – Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Keynote Speaker
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro
Keynote Speaker
RADM Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research
Test and Evaluation Innovation Initiatives
Mr. Nickolas Guertin, Department of Defense Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Mr. Jimmy Smith, Department of the Navy, Director of Small Business Programs
Presentations from Defense Innovation Days 2022
Navy Shipbuilding Workforce Imperatives/Initiatives
Ms. Adele Ratcliff, Director, DoD Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program
Mr. Shawn Coyne, General Dynamics Electric Boat, VP Human Resources
Mr. Ray Steen, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, VP Human Resources
Keynote Speaker
RADM Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Jimmy Smith, Department of the Navy, Director of Small Business Programs
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