8:30 a.m.

Welcome

• Greg Hamilton, President, Aviation Week

8:35 a.m.

Strategy & Forecast
Preparation for the Quadrennial Defense Review
Sponsored by Deloitte

Every four years the Dept. of Defense turns to industry, subject matter experts and its own leadership to develop an assessment of threats to national security and the structure needed to respond. In this session we’ll hear about some of the initial thinking and concerns that will play a role in developing the future defense posture.

9:15 a.m.

Strategy & Forecast
The Sequester: How Real Is It?
Sponsored by Deloitte

A year ago three of the industry's leading analysts debated whether a sequester would occur and how it would affect the industry. It's a year later. And they're back to review what did happen and projections for the coming 18 months.

• Moderator: Tom Captain, Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
• Speakers:
• Byron Callan, Director, Capital Alpha Partners
• Pierre Chao, Managing Director/Co-Founder, Renaissance Strategic Advisors
• Steven Grundman, George Lund Fellow, Atlantic Council
• The Honorable Kenneth J. Krieg, former Undersecretary of Defense/AT&L and Founder, Samford Global

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Strategy & Forecast
Production Forecast & Analysis
Sponsored by Deloitte

Aviation Week will provide its annual forecast, providing production values for the coming five years, as well as an analysis of forecast and government budget volatility.

• Speakers:
• Michael Bruno, Aviation Week Sr. Policy Editor
• Graham Warwick, Aviation Week Managing Editor-Technology
• Jim Mathews, Exec. Dir., Aviation Week Intelligence Network

11:45 a.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Supply Chain
Navigating through Sequestration

No challenge has been greater for government contractors than dealing with budget uncertainties and the prospect of massive changes to contracts and requirements for the future. Many companies "baked in" plans to deal with the worst-case scenarios, 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 and the impact to the enterprise value chain.

• Speakers:
• Dan Collins, COO, United Launch Alliance
• Phil Dunford, COO, Boeing Military Aircraft
• Robert Haag, VP/GM Communication and Navigation Products, Rockwell Collins
• Mike Madsen, President, Honeywell Defense & Space

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Supply Chain
Industrial Base

Since 2009 Aviation Week has worked with industry leaders to assess and report on the health of the industrial base. In this session we'll look at performance up and down the supply chain to unearth where unique capabilities are threatened and where they are building.

3:30 p.m.

Supply Chain
Small Companies to Watch

Technologies and processes from small companies are the foundation of innovation in every industry. Aviation Week has identified some of the unique and emerging players that will play a role in the space and defense programs of the future.

4:00 p.m.

Day Ends

8:30 a.m.

Welcome

• Katie Taplett, Publisher Defense, Space & Security, Aviation Week

8:45 a.m.

Program Performance
Getting It Right: Applying Speed, Agility

Panelists will be Program Excellence nominees selected for Best Practice honors through demonstration of using agility and speed to change course while keeping program performance on track.

Speakers will be selected as part of the Program Excellence Awards evaluation process and announced September 1, 2013.

10:00 a.m.

Program Performance
Program Challenge: Priorities Requirements for the Future

One of the industry's leading experts will share perspective about threats, requirements and priorities as we move toward the next era in American defense.

• Moderator:
• Graham Warwick, Aviation Week Managing Editor-Technology
• Speaker:
• General Charles “Chuck” Wald, Director Deloitte Services LP and Leader, Deloitte DoD Practice, Federal Govt. Services.

10:30 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.

Program Performance
Program Challenge: Future of Manned & Unmanned Flight

As the F-35 Lightening moves into production and service and the Tanker takes off, what are the prospects for manned flight and what will be required for this next generation of strike, fight, and flight. At the same time there's more to the UAV challenge than determining the type of medal going to its pilots. As current assets mature and the need for more flexibility, capability and surveillance grows, these new programs will require innovation, speed, flexibility and increased cost efficiency.

11:45 a.m.

Program Performance
Program Challenge: Cyber Security/ Non-Traditional Threats

Cyber security isn't a new division of your company; it's a capability to be baked in to every program, project and service. It’s one of many non-traditional threats under the microscope as industry works with defense and security leaders to define a roadmap to technologies and capabilities needed for the future.

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Program Performance
Program Challenge: Space

We celebrate exploration and pioneering spirit, as an industry and as a people. With the money and pressure placed on today's space programs, what are the program issues and best bets for the future? We'll look at status of current efforts, and at the priorities for the future.

2:45 p.m.

Innovation/Engineering
Innovating the Future

Our panel of engineering leaders will share insights on the challenge of establishing what is most needed to keep technology moving across the space and defense sectors. We'll include some facts about engineering practices -- from in sourcing/outsourcing decisions to the people skills that will deliver.

3:30 p.m.

Innovation/Engineering
Taming the System Tempest

Panelists will be selected from our 2013 Program Excellence nominations for their best practices in addressing system integration. We'll announce the honorees Sept. 1.

4:15 p.m.

Innovation/Engineering
They Are Our Future

In addition to an overview of the findings of the 2013 Aviation Week Workforce Study -- including high-demand engineering skill requirements, hiring, impact of the sequester, and retirements -- this session will feature a panel of engineers under age 35. They'll put a face to the data gathered as part of the 2013 Young Professionals Study.

6:30 p.m.

Program Excellence Awards Reception

7:00 p.m.