Defense Innovation Days
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Defense Innovation Days 2022
SENEDIA, the alliance for defense tech, talent, and innovation, held Defense Innovation Days 2022, 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 was the eighth annual convening.
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Day 1 – Monday, 29 August 2022
Opening Reception – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (RI), Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC); Secretary of the Air Force Frank KendallDay 2 – Tuesday, 30 August 2022
- Climate and Resiliency Innovation – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Mr. Joseph Bryan, DoD Chief Sustainability Officer
- Cybersecurity Innovation – 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 PrioritiesMr. 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
- 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
- Lunch – Keynote Speaker – Mr. Jimmy Smith, Department of the Navy, Director of Small Business Programs
- 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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