Fall Fed Supernova Schedule
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Date
CDT
Location
Schedule
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Overview and Welcome Message
David Grover
NGA, Lead Innovation Outreach Officer
NGA Keynote: Technology Focus Areas and Industry Engagement
Phil Chudoba
NGA, Associate Director for Capabilities
AFWERX: Fireside Chat on Innovation and Acquisitions: What Partnering Means for the Air Force
Maj Gen Cameron Holt
USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting
NGA Industry Engagement Pipeline Process
Rick Myllenbeck
NGA, Industry Engagement Advisor
AFWERX and SpaceWERX Overview
Col Nathan P. Diller
AFWERX, Director
Lt Col Rock McMillan
SpaceWERX, Director
NGA Small Business Initiatives
Dale Rainey
NGA, Director, Office of Small Business Programs
AFWERX Spark: Empowering Innovation at the Operational Edge
Maj. Steven Lauver
AFWERX, Spark Division Chief
NGA Accelerator
Christine Woodard
NGA, STL Ecosystem Engagement Lead
AFWERX AFVentures: Incentivizing Private Capital Investment in National Security Interests
Maj Jason Rathje
AFWERX, AFVentures Division Chief
AFWERX Return on Investments & Upcoming Opportunities
Maj Jason Rathje
AFWERX, AFVentures Division Chief
DIU Artificial Intelligence: Innovation at the Speed of Trust
Jared Dunnmon (TBD)
DIU, Technical Director, AI & Machine Learning Portfolio
AFWERX Prime: Emerging Commercial Markets
Darshan Divakaran
AFWERX, Senior Operations Research Analyst
James Bieryla
AFWERX, Prime Division Chief
Lt Col Rock McMillan
SpaceWERX, Director
DIU Scaling Success: Building The Future We Were Promised
MG Tracy Norris (TBD)
Texas National Guard, Adjutant General
Evan Loomis (TBD)
ICON, Co-Founder
Tom Foldesi (TBD)
DIU, Director of Commercial Products and Partnerships
AFWERX Prime: Corridors to Advance Air Mobility
Darshan Divakaran
AFWERX, Senior Operations Research Analyst
Ted Lehr
City of Austin, Data Architect
Adrian Doko
AUVSI, Lone Star, President
Lt Col Martin Salinas
AFWERX, COO
Glenn Hamer
TX Association of Business, President and CEO
Rob Lowe
FAA, Regional Administrator
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
NSIN Overview and Welcome Message
Matt Merhigi (TBD)
NSIN, Director of Operations
NSIN Bridging the Civilian-Military Gap: An Open Discussion on Partnership
James M. Inhofe (TBD)
Senate, Oklahoma
Jim Banks (TBD)
Indiana, Congressman
Katherine Banks (TBD)
Texas A&M, President
NavalX Agility: Responding to the Changing Environment
RADM Lorin Selby
ONR, Chief of Naval Research
NSIN National Service: How NSIN Creates Opportunities for Service
Dr. Jennifer Robinson (TBD)
NSIN, Technology and National Security Fellow
NavalX: The Cost of Not Pivoting
Heather Jo Richman
Defense Investor Network, Founder
Lizbeth Mellon (TBD)
DoD, Director
CAPT Colin Supko
Office of Secretary of Defense
NSIN Lightning Talk: Collaboration Portfolio
Dr. Gregory Bernard (TBD)
NSIN, Collaboration Portfolio Director
NavalX Lightning Talk: Tech Bridge Overview
Whitney Tallarico
NavalX, National Tech Bridge Director
AAL Army Contracting Challenges & The State of Government Contracting
Anne Laurent
NCMA, Director, Professional Practice and Innovation
NavalX: Energizing Future Generations
Dr. Richard Carlin (TBD)
Office of Naval Research, Department Head
Gwen Holdmann (TBD)
ACEP, Director
Dawn Lippert (TBD)
Elemental Excelerator, CEO
Rick Rocheleau (TBD)
HNEI, Director
AAL Ask Me Anything
Art Trevethan
AAL, Champion of Industry Opportunities
Brance Hudzietz
AAL, Entrepreneur in Residence
AAL Tech for Tomorrow's Battlefield
BG Stephanie Ahern
AFC, Director of Concepts
Brian Halloran
AAL, Director of Solution Innovation
NavalX Panel: Public-Private Partnerships, A Human Network to Support Unmanned Systems
Jesse Gipe (TBD)
NSIN, Pacific-South Regional Director
NSIN Lightning Talk: Acceleration Portfolio Overview
Scott Aughenbaugh (TBD)
NSIN, Transition Cell Director
Abigail Desjardins (TBD)
NSIN, Deputy Acceleration Portfolio Director
