Defense Innovation Days 2017
Defense Innovation Days 2017
28 – 30 August 2017 Marriott – Newport Rhode Island
www.defenseinnovationdays.com
SAVE THE DATE: DEFENSE INNOVATION DAYS 2018 – 27 – 29 August 2018
VIDEOS and PRESENTATIONS Keynote Speaker – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (RI), Ranking Member Senate Armed Services Committee Innovation from the Cybersecurity Perspective – VADM Michael Gilday, Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet Congressional Perspective – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Keynote Speaker – Wes Bush, President and CEO, Northrop Grumman Panel on Industry Innovation Needs Wes Kremer, President, Integrated Defense Systems, Raytheon Cheryl Sneed, CEO, Bannaker Industries Joe Marino, CEO, Rite-Solutions Keynote Speaker – U.S. Congressman Jim Langevin (RI) Keynote Speaker – Don McCormack, Executive Director, Naval Surface and Undersea Warfare Centers – McCormack Brief Innovation from the Undersea Technology Perspective Frank Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Unmanned Systems – Kelly Brief RDML James Pitts, Commander, Undersea Warfighting Development Center Keynote Speaker – Dr. James Bellingham, Director, Center for Marine Robotics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ___ Technology Initiatives for the Warfighter – William Bray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Bray Brief Keynote Speaker – Col. Michael McGinley, East Coast Military Lead, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) – DIUx BriefTHANK YOU TO OUR PLATINUM SPONSORS!!
RAYTHEON (4th Year!)
GENERAL DYNAMICS (2nd Year!) 
Silver Sponsor:
Northrop Grumman
Bronze Sponsors:
Dell 
Evans Capacitor Company 
iXblue 
Mercury Systems
NAVATEK LTD 
PURVIS Systems 
Progeny Systems 
Rite Solutions 
SAIC 
Defense Innovation Days 2017 Exhibitors
Composite Alliance of Rhode Island
McLaughlin Research Corporation
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport