2021 Agenda

Tuesday, Oct 5, 2021

 

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Welcome/Opening

  • U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan, Ohio 13th District

  • U.S. Congressman Michael Turner, Ohio 10th District

  • Governor Mike DeWine, State of Ohio

10:30 - 11:00 AM

Keynote: Ohio’s A&D Strategy and Ecosystem
Col (ret) Joe Zeis, Aerospace and Defense Advisor, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Ohio’s Military and Federal Economic Impact
(Media Q&A immediately following)

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:15 PM

State of National Defense Panel
Moderator: U.S. Congressman Michael Turner, Ohio 10th District

  • Lt Gen Shaun Morris, Commander, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

  • Hon Kari Bingen, Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security; Nonresident Sr Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

  • Lt Gen (ret) JT Thompson, Former Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, U.S. Space Force

  • Gen (ret) T. Michael “Buzz” Moseley, 18th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force

2:15 - 2:45 PM

Break

2:45 - 3:15 pM

Installations Keynote
Ms Jennifer Miller, Acting Assistant Secretary of the USAF for Energy, Installations and Environment

3:15 - 4:00 pM

Ohio’s Federal and State Properties Panel
Moderator: U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson, Ohio 8th District

  • Hank Kennedy, Plant Director, Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, Lima, General Dynamics

  • Maj Gen James R. Camp, Ohio Assistant Adjutant General for Air

  • Brig Gen (ret) David Stringer, Director, Armstrong Test Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center

4:00 - 4:30 PM

Workforce Keynote
Lt Governor Jon Husted, State of Ohio

4:30 PM

Closing Comments

 

Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021

 

8:45 - 9:15 AM

Opening Remarks

  • Col (ret) Joe Zeis, Aerospace and Defense Advisor, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

  • Representative Adam Holmes, State of Ohio House of Representatives, 97th District

  • Dr. Carlos Grodsinsky, Chief Operating Officer, ZIN Technologies, Chair, Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Council

  • Glenn Richardson, Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace, JobsOhio

9:15 - 9:45 aM

Keynote
Scott Thompson, Global Aerospace and Defense Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers

9:45 - 10:30 aM

Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN) Panel Moderator: Matt Bush, OFRN Program Director, Parallax Advanced Research

  • Eric Kline, Safran, USA

  • Dr. Kelly Cohen, Interim Department Head, Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair at the Department of Aerospace Engineering Mechanics, University of Cincinnati

  • Maj Gen (ret) Mark Bartman, Founder, 9G Consulting LLC, Program Executive for OFRN and APEX, The Ohio State University

  • Brian McJilton, Director, AFRL Small Business

  • Mary Lobo, Director, Technology Incubation and Innovation Office, NASA Glenn Research Center

  • Dr. Rick Arnold, Director, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton

10:30 - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 - 11:30 AM

Industry Panel - Supply Chain
Moderator: Dr. John Sankovic, President and CEO, Ohio Aerospace Institute

  • Chris Johnson, Senior Manager, Strategic Deterrence Systems, Missile and Weapon Systems, Global Sales and Marketing, Boeing

  • Christine Andrews, Hybrid Electric Systems Leader, GE Aviation

  • Mark Dapore, Engineering Fellow and Chief Technologist, L3Harris

11:30 - 12:00 PM

Aerospace Company Keynote
Dr. Janet Kavandi, President, Sierra Space

12:00 - 12:20 PM

UAV/AAM State Strategy
Fred Judson, Director, Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center, Ohio Department of Transportation/DriveOhio

12:30 Pm

Closing Comments