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American Aerospace & Defense Summit 2022 - Program (684.7 KiB)
december 7, 2022
* JOIN US FOR THE PRE-EVENT HAPPY HOUR on december 6, 2022 FROM 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
7:00 am – 7:55 am MST
Delegate Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:10 am MST
Chair's Welcome and Opening Remarks
Supply Chain
Gerry Janicki
VP, Strategy
Meggitt Defense Systems
Manufacturing & Engineering
Paul Koether
Director, Joint All Domain Operations
Lockheed Martin
Quality
Joanne Rapuano
Senior Counsel, Global Trade and Compliance
Safran USA
8:10 am – 8:45 am MST
Opening Keynote
LTG David Bassett
Director
Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
Empowering Tactical Modernization Across the Defense Industry
- Discussing current strategies and objectives at the DCMA
- Providing acquisition insight supporting affordability and readiness
- Meeting performance requirements at the right cost and time
- Supporting the Army’s tactical network through critical modernization techniques
- Case study: How the Mentor-Protégé Program enables both small and large businesses fill unique niches and develop technical capabilities
available: Slides | Video
8:45 am – 9:20 am MST
Plenary
Amanda Simpson
VP, Research and Technology
Airbus Americas
Pivoting Post Pandemic: How Efficiency and Sustainability Can Rebuild Air Travel
- Bringing a focus back on sustainability: discussing the latest trends and innovations we’re leveraging
- Analyzing the benefits of strategic partnerships and how they foster innovation
- How hydrogen-fuelled engines can become the future of fuel
- Case study: How sustainable and efficient jets can become the future of air travel in a post-pandemic world
available: Slides | Video
9:20 am – 9:55 am MST
Plenary
Tim White
Aerospace and Defense Industry Principal
Interos
DOD AND THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE: MITIGATING RISK AND DELIVERING RESILIENCY IN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAINS
- Reviewing DoD initiatives for the advancement of domestic suppliers
- How these initiatives will influence the entire supply chain
- Establishing competitive advantage on the battlefield and within organizations that serve the warfighter by building trustworthy supply chain networks
- Current policy changes and their impacts
- Discussing the respective roles of government and industry in establishing resilient supply chains
available: Slides | Video
10:00 am – 11:40 am MST
Refreshments, Networking, and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings
11:45 am – 12:20 pm MST
Sessions
Supply Chain
Greg McDavid
VP, Strategic Sourcing
Honeywell Aerospace
Empowering our Supply Chain and Capitalizing on the Return of Air Travel
- What does it mean to maintain a resilient supply chain?
- Building on a backlog and preparing for the future of travel
- Motivating our supply chain to achieve excellence
- Engaging with suppliers to mitigate business environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, improve sustainable product performance and reduce inefficiencies in our operations
available: Slides | Video
Manufacturing & Engineering
Paul Koether
Director, Joint All Domain Operations
Lockheed Martin
Using AI to Maximize Safety, Performance, and Situational Awareness
- Analyzing the current state of AI in the industry
- Detailing a roadmap on deploying AI successfully
- Discussing how aerospace and defense companies can leverage the capabilities of AI
- Case Study: How Lockheed Martin is working to advance trusted technologies, with examples from the Lockheed Martin Space portfolio
available: Slides | Video
Quality
Marisela Reyes
VP, Total Quality, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
The Boeing Company
Driving Quality Excellence and Adopting Standardized Best Practices Across the Organization
- Discussing driving quality excellence and adopting best standardized practices across the organization
- Highlighting effective supplier quality strategy elements, as well as fundamentals that must be in place, to realistically reduce risk, increase cost savings, and improve supplier quality
- Using lean manufacturing and value streams that lead to opportunities to cut costs and increase efficiency
- Case study: How Boeing is using the One Boeing Production System to foster a culture of quality and excellence
available: Slides | Video
12:25 pm – 1:00 pm MST
Workshops
Supply Chain
Tim Romley
Solution Engineer
iBASEt
The Hidden Costs of Paper: How are They Crippling Modern Manufacturing?
- Makes every worker more productive and connected, from one corner of your factory to the other
- Provides Shopfloor Technicians access to quick, easy, and mistake-proof work instructions
- Provides Plant Managers with better visibility to their operations
- Helps Executives improve profits
available: Slides | Video
Manufacturing & Engineering
Sean Francoz
Director, Product Management
Virtek Vision
CREATING EFFICIENCIES AND FLEXIBILITY IN MANUFACTURING WITH LASER TECHNOLOGY
- Meeting accuracy and precision requirements needed in complex manufacturing
- Creating flexible workcell configurations with mobile workstations
- Increasing efficiency and productivity without sacrificing quality
- Making manufacturing processes more accessible and easy to understand
- The power of vision and laser-based solutions create efficiencies to bridge the skills gap
available: Slides | Video
Quality
Raj Shankar
VP, Digital Transformation and GTM
Salesforce
David Gruenberg
Lead Solution Engineer, Aerospace and Defense
Salesforce
HARMONIZING BUSINESS AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS FOR BETTER COLLABORATION AND STRONGER CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
- Delivering connected sales and service capabilities with greater revenue, profitability, and improved productivity
- Deploying a digital value chain across the value lifecycle to increase agility and resilience
- Create a connected ecosystem with suppliers and partners to manage supplier performance and risk
available: Slides | Video
1:05 pm – 2:05 pm MST
Lunch & Learn Roundtable Discussions and Open Seating Lunch
Benefit from additional learning by joining a moderated roundtable discussion on pressing issues in the industry. Registration is required, and attendance for moderated roundtables on Day 1 is limited to attendees and speakers. Choose from:
Mahesh Vinayagam
CEO
qBotica
UTILIZING AUTOMATION AS A SERVICE THAT ENABLES AND EMPOWERS YOUR FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, ORDER PROCESSING, AND SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESSES
Keith Yeater
Vice President
Competitive Business Solutions
Blending E-Learning with In-Person Training Designed for Today’s Ever Changing Work Environment
Robert Warren Bean
Director, Business Development
Kubotek3D
Supply Chain Synchronization of Critical Product Definition Data
Jeff Evernham
VP, Product Strategy
Sinequa
How The Search Cloud Can Connect Your Organization
Jeffrey Garrett
Value Advisory Director, SAP Intelligent Spend and Business Network
SAP Ariba
Supply Chain Resilience: Is Supply Chain Driving to Results or Driving You Crazy?
Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein
President and Founder
Elementum 3D
3D Printing Aerospace Grade Alloys
Mandy Galaxia
Customer Success Manager
Covalent Networks
ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Paul Fontaine
Director, Operations
The Productivity Team
Asset management and TLCM Tool life cycle management
2:10 pm – 2:45 pm MST
Plenary
Andrew Boyle
Business Consultant
Kinaxis
Revolutionizing Your Supply Chain And Delivering Agility
- Evolving past siloed planning techniques to foster great collaboration
- Achieve end-to-end visibility to respond quickly to disruptions and plan with agility
- Manage complexity of BOMs and adapt to shifting demand and limited supply to best deliver on-time, in full
- Streamlining processes with automation to better allocate resources to focus on emerging challenges
available: Slides | Video
2:50 pm – 3:25 pm MST
Sessions
Supply Chain
Alan Young
CPO and VP, Fabrication
Spirit AeroSystems
Current Strategies Improving Supply Chain Performance, Operations, and Logistics
- How have we dealt with the supply constraints in a time of demand and backlogs?
- Further developing key strategies and tools that are building more sustainable operations and logistics
- Working with external partners and suppliers to continuously push material and product innovation
- Exploring key technologies, digital tools, and supply chain integration systems that are continuously optimizing day-to-day logistics
- How has the COVID-19 pandemic altered traditional supply chain practices, and what are some key takeaways to building stronger processes for the future?
available: Slides | Video
Manufacturing & Engineering
Matt Magaña
VP, Space Systems
Raytheon Technologies
Shooting for the Stars: Developing an Accessible Space Environment
- Developing strategies to make space more accessible and affordable
- Analyzing and leveraging data from Earth and space to stay agile and disruptive in a fast changing industry
- Preparing for and protecting major LEO (Low Earth Orbit) constellations
- Case Study: Discussing how Raytheon is partnering with non-traditional companies to integrate the best commercial software into existing defense systems
available: Slides | Video
Quality
John Schneider
VP, Space Operations
Aerojet Rocketdyne
Transforming Quality Culture while enabling Lean development
- How Aerojet Rocketdyne instills a culture of continuous improvement
- Adapting Advanced Product Quality Planning to transform Aerojet Rocketdyne
- Addressing the impact of common cause variation in a low volume / mixed model business
- Unifying and updating processes to stay agile in a fast changing environment
- Case Study: How adapting APQP has yielded results for Aerojet Rocketdyne
available: Slides | Video
3:30 pm – 4:50 pm MST
Happy Hour, Networking and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Meetings
4:55 pm – 5:30 pm MST
Plenary
Jeff Evernham
VP, Product Strategy
Sinequa
Analyzing The Proven Benefits Of An Informed Organization
- How cloud computing connects data and content meaningfully
- Empowering workers to find relevant information and insights quickly, easily, and consistently
- Why a complete and coherent enterprise search platform is more than the sum of its parts
available: Slides
5:35 pm – 6:10 pm MST
Closing Keynote
Randa Milliron
CEO and Co-Founder
Interorbital SystemsRoderick Milliron
CTO and Co-Founder
Interorbital Systems
The Future of Defense: Looking at How Small Satellites and Launchers Can Shift the Industry
- Manufacturing small, cost effective rockets that can be launched from anywhere
- How Interorbital’s launch vehicles allow for agile responses to threats
- Discussing our methodology for designing rockets and looking at the future of launches
- Case Study: How Interorbital Systems’ is working to launch small satellite constellations to be more resilient and cost effective in space
available: Slides | Video
6:10 pm – 6:15 pm MST
Chair's closing remarks
Supply Chain
Gerry Janicki
VP, Strategy
Meggitt Defense Systems
Manufacturing & Engineering
Paul Koether
Director, Joint All Domain Operations
Lockheed Martin
Quality
Joanne Rapuano
Senior Counsel, Global Trade and Compliance
Safran USA
6:15 pm – 7:15 pm MST
Networking drinks reception
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