Symposium Presentations

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Monday, April 18: Presymposium Workshop The Ins and Outs of Working with NCMS

Tuesday, April 19:

8:00 - 8:15 Welcome – Richard Pearson, President and CEO, NCMS

8:15 - 9:45 Introduction to the Co-sponsoring Organizations

• 8:15 Office of the Secretary of Defense, Maintenance Policy, Programs, Resources, and Material Readiness - Greg Kilchenstein
• 8:35 National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and the CTMA program – Chuck Ryan
• 8:55 DoD Sustainment and Readiness Subpanel – David See
• 9:15 Joint Technology Exchange Group – Steve Siens
• 9:30 National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) – Mark Huston

9:45 - 10:00 am Break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm Plenary Speakers

• 10:00 VADM Phillip Balisle – Commander, Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA)
• 10:30 Mr. John Over - US Air Force, Director of Engineering, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
• 11:00 LTCOL Jerry Thayer - 62nd Airlift Wing , McChord AFB
• 11:30 Frank Doerner, Director, Advanced Structures and Manufacturing Technology, Boeing Phantom Works

12:00 – 1:30 pm Buffet Lunch and Networking

1:30 – 4:30 pm Technical Sessions

• Track 1 – Metals (chair - Upendra Patel, U.S. Army, Picatinny Arsenal)
• Track 2 – Lightweight Structures (chair – Greg Woods, Office of Naval Research)
• Track 3 – Electronics (chair – Dan Gearing, Defense Logistics Agency)
• Track 4 – Business Practices; Testing (chair – Al Wavering, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

5:00 – 8:00 pm Evening Reception and Tabletop Displays.

Wednesday, April 20

7:00 – 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 12:00 pm Technical Sessions

• Track 1 – Metals (chair - Upendra Patel, U.S. Army, Picatinny Arsenal)
• Track 2 – Lightweight Structures (chair – Greg Woods, Office of Naval Research)
• Track 3 – Electronics (chair – Dan Gearing, Defense Logistics Agency)
• Track 4 – Business Practices; Testing (chair – Al Wavering, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

12:00 – 1:30 pm Group Luncheon (speaker – David Pauling, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy, Programs, Resources, and Material Readiness)

1:30 – 3:30 pm New Project Ideas Workshops

• Track 1 – Metals (NCMS facilitator – Steve Hale)
• Track 2 – Lightweight Structures (NCMS facilitator – Connie Philips)
• Track 3 – Electronics (NCMS facilitator – Lee Patch)
• Track 4 – Business Practices; Testing (NCMS facilitator – Mike Gnam)

3:30 – 3:45 pm Break

3:45 – 4:30 pm Reports from the Workshops

4:30 pm Next Steps and Concluding Remarks