Main Conference Day 1
8:00 am - 8:50 am Registration & Morning Networking
8:50 am - 9:00 am Chairperson's Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:45 am Ensuring Efficient USTRANSCOM Operations and Seamless Interface via Logistics Modernization
Major General Kotulich, Chief of Staff of U.S. Transportation Command will provide a senior-level look into the efforts to modernize USTRANCOM Logistics practices in order to provide a more efficient and streamlined means to project and sustain military power globally.
Major General Deborah L. Kotulich
Chief of Staff of U.S. Transportation CommandScott Air Force Base, Illinois
9:45 am - 10:30 am Logistics in Support of Modernization and Readiness Objectives
As the United States continues its transitions to multi domain operations, the role technology places in pushing readiness and modernization becomes central to success. An overview will be presented on how technology and doctrinal practices focusing on increasing the flexibility and efficiency of sustainment to further enable an agile, expeditionary, and responsive Military.
• Organizational changes enabling readiness
• How the Army is building capabilities around modern technology
• Industry advancements necessary in contributing to Army agility and responsiveness
10:30 am - 11:15 am Networking Break and Demo Drive
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Advancing Aerospace Applications of Advanced Manufacturing
AFRL will provide an Air Force perspective of how Additive Manufacturing fits into current sustainment and the future of the warfighter. This perspective will provide a summary of current effort implementing those AM technologies which are highly developed, as well as ongoing research into emerging AM technologies.
· Examining technical and cultural hurdles which exist holding the technology back from widespread adoption.
· The road-map for technology adoption in the Aerospace domain.
Adam Hicks
Additive Manufacturing SME/MAMLS Deputy Program ManagerAir Force Research Laboratory, United States Air Force
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Research and Technology at the DoD: Innovating for the Future
In order to maintain the Department of Defense’s strategic edge as we enter an era of great power competition, it is necessary that we continue to innovate for future fights. This talk will discuss the future direction of research and development within the Department.
Dr. JihFen Lei
Deputy Director, Research, Technology and LaboratoriesOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm Networking Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm Leveraging Efficient Additive Manufacturing Practices to Bolster USSOCOM and DoD Reach
Moderator:
Michael Guinn Advanced Manufacturing Lead USSOCOM
Speakers:
Joe Veranese Business Systems Manager America Makes
Michael Schall Business Systems Manager America Makes
Catrina Murphy DLA IT AM Program Manager Defense Logistics Agency
Victoria Navazio DLA IT Deputy Portfolio Manager Defense Logistics Agency
Michael Guinn Advanced Manufacturing Lead USSOCOM
Speakers:
Joe Veranese Business Systems Manager America Makes
Michael Schall Business Systems Manager America Makes
Catrina Murphy DLA IT AM Program Manager Defense Logistics Agency
Victoria Navazio DLA IT Deputy Portfolio Manager Defense Logistics Agency
This panel discussion, led by USSOCOM’s Advanced Manufacturing Lead and OSD's Joint Additive Manufacturing Model EXchange (JAMMEX) Co-Chair, Michael Guinn, will provide an overview of the efforts to leverage additive manufacturing practices that promote greater agility across the Department of Defense pertaining to the upcoming JAMMEX capability.
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Increased Readiness with Artificial Intelligence
AI-powered solutions and tools are revolutionizing sustainment operations, refining inventory management techniques and leaving behind the preventative maintenance paradigm. Machine learning (ML)-based tools can incorporate far more sophisticated data sets and generate predictions tailored to each problem's data set, resulting in far more accurate predictions. This enables optimal stocking levels for required replacement parts. When combined with ML-based predictive analytics, the benefits of this technology to readiness are profound.
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Afternoon Networking Break and Demo Drive
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for the Advancement of Global Logistics
Whether logistic systems are designed around the sustainment of a Warfighter, or the execution of business services, the core objective is the same; ensuring end customer fulfillment. This session will examine how economic success, like Military success, is built upon innovative and efficient logistics.
· Strategies and innovations that have enabled efficiency in operations.
· Logistic planning, design, and maximizing worker efficiency.
· Leveraging analytics, data, automation, and material management to increase the speed at which supply chains operate.
Francesco Pontrandolfo
AI/ML Technical Business Development, Worldwide Public SectorAmazon Web Services