Main Summit Day 1: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
7:15 Registration & Coffee
8:15 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
8:30 The Tactical Vehicle Strategy
- Long-term objectives and strategies
- Army modernization
- The next three years for vehicles
Colonel David Bassett,USA
TACOM, Program Manager
Tactical Vehicles
9:15 Strategy And Procurement Planning For Vehicles
- New Army modernization
- ThefFuture of the MRAP
- Afghanistan reallocation
Brigadier General Thomas Spoehr, USA
Director, Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff
G-8
10:00 Networking Break
10:45 USMC Vehicle Program Update : MTVR/LVSR
- USMC vehicles
- Vehicle ventures in logistics
- Current initiatives and future opportunities
Thomas H. Miller
Program Manager - MTVR/LVSR, PEO
Land Systems (USMC)
11:30 Advanced Vehicle Lighting
- Advancements in forward/360 degree lighting
- New break through in exterior vehicle lighting
Eric Thorstensen
Director
Grote Industries
12:15 Vehicle Doors And Electronics To Increase
Survivability
TriMark
12:30 Lunch Sponsored By:
1:30 Achieving Sustainment Considerations Within
The Acquisition Process
- Role of a sustainment liaison within acquisition programs
- Logistics challenges and practical experiences
- Operational perspectives of the relationship between LOGCOM and PEO-LS
Glenda Paige
LOGCOM Liaison Officer, PEO-Land Systems
Marine Corps Systems Command
2:30Army Materiel Command Keynote: Tactical Vehicle Initiatives, Challenges, and Future Plans
Major General Kevin Leonard, USA
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5
US Army Materiel Command
3:15 Networking Break
4:00 Radical Innovation & Sparking New Ideas
- Increasing the scope and vision of the "Innovation Field"
- Immersion in the Customer's Environment
- Ideation is an ongoing process, not a discrete event
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Dr. Charles Bruzzone
3M Advanced Technology Program Manager - Navy
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Michael Hansberry
3M Advanced Technology Program Manager - Army
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4:45 The Maneuver Center Of Excellence
- Ground combat program
- Tactical vehicle infantry training
- Future armor needs for ground combat vehicles
Ted Maciuba
Chief of Mounted Requirements (Acting)
US Army Armor Center, Ft Knox
5:15 Rapid Support And Fielding Of Tactical Vehicles
- Integrated logistics support
- Expectations for modernizing the fleet
Frank Apicella
Technical Director, Army Evaluation Center (ATEC)
5:45 Closing Remarks & Cocktail Reception Sponsored by
6:45 End Of Main Summit Day One
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