Aerospace & Defense Programs Conference Agenda
Last updated: April 18, 2013
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DAY ONE - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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8:30 am |
Welcome |
8:40 am |
Budget Update/Better Business 2.0 Between Better Buying Power and changes to FAR12 contracting, QDR and budget planning -- what are the overall objectives and how can the Defense enterprise inject speed, smart buying, and innovation into a system that seems to grow more complex at every turn? |
9:30 am |
Break |
9:45 am |
The Innovation Challenge While budgets reshape and draw down, the challenge is establishing what is most needed to keep technology moving across the space and defense sector. In this session we’ll hear what the future could and should look, what’s helping and just as important – what is not. |
10:30 am |
Break |
10:45 am |
So How Real Is It An A&D Programs Conference tradition, we’ll call upon some of the top analysts who follow our industry to get their take on the reality versus the hype. |
12:00 pm |
Lunch |
1:15 pm |
Industrial Base – Will It Survive? This in-depth look examines where the pain is highest, where the balance of commercial/defense is offsetting loss, and where loss of unique capabilities threatens future plans. Will commercial companies continue to take risk with government agencies? We’ll also look at where opportunity is taking hold – the all new, the big, and the bold. |
1:45 pm |
Small Companies To Watch Technologies and processes from small companies stretch across multiple industries. Here are some of those that Aviation Week identified in a recent research effort, and we’ll work to see how many can weather the aerospace and defense storm. |
2:15 pm |
Break |
2:30 pm |
Navigating through Sequestration No challenge has been greater for government contractors than dealing with budget uncertainties and the prospect of massive change in contracts and requirements. Many companies “baked in” plans to deal with the worst-case scenario, while those with more flexibility had alternative plans in place. In this session we’ll hear how organizations of varying size dealt with and still are dealing with critical budget changes.
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4:00 pm |
End of Day One |
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DAY TWO - Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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8:30 am |
Welcome |
8:40 am |
Program Leadership – Future State |
9:15 am |
Getting it Right: Apply Speed and Agility to Change Course Panelists to be chosen from 2013 Program Excellence nominations and announced September 1st. |
10:30 am |
Break |
11:00 am |
Program Review: Manned Flight |
12:00 pm |
Program Review: Cyber Security |
12:30 pm |
Lunch |
1:30 pm |
Program Review: Space Exploration |
2:00 pm |
Program Review: Unmanned Flight |
2:30 pm |
Engineering the Future Findings of the Aviation Week/ICF I survey on engineering capability and capacity |
2:30 pm |
Break |
2:45 pm |
Resolving the System Integration Tempest Panelists will be selected from the 2013 Program Excellence Nominations and will be announced September 1st. |
3:45 pm |
The Talent Crunch Advisory Board members will provide an overview of Aviation Week’s Workforce Study – the talent, challenges, and issues we face in meeting program requirements. |
4:15 pm |
They are Our Future A group of young professionals will share what they believe to be the challenges, the successes, and the concerns of the future. |
5:00 pm |
End of Conference |
6:00 pm |
Program Excellence Reception (separate registration required) |
7:00 pm |
Program Excellence Banquet (separate registration required) |
9:00 pm |
End of Event |

