Main Conference Day 2: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

9:00 Chairperson's Opening Remarks

9:15 Keynote: GSA: Serving As A Force Multiplier To Warfighters

• Working with the DoD
• Rapid response capability
• Providing non-tactical IT solutions, goods and services

Joseph A. Neurauter
Director
Office of Acquisition Integrity
General Services Administration

10:05 Special Forces On The Frontline

• What Soldiers need in Afghanistan
• Weapons and systems requirements
• Technology for the terrain

Henry J. Muller, Jr.
Director, SES
Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate

10:55 Flexible Display Technology

• New capabilities in flexible display technology
• Increasing Soldier efficiency
• Future direction of warrior display technology

Keith Aliberti, Ph.D.,
Chief
Optics & Photonics Integration Branch US Army Research Laboratory Sensors and Electron Devices

1:20 Supporting Individual Soldier Capabilities

• ARDEC overview
• Current and future technologies
• Providing small arms support

COL Karl S. Flynn
Director, Enterprise & Systems Integration Center
ARDEC

2:10 The Impact Of Technology & Services On Soldiers On The Battlefield

• Army Sustainment Command vision
• The first 30 days: providing additional support and services
• What to remember when engineering new products

CSM Stephen D. Blake
Command Sergeant Major
Army Sustainment Command

3:00 Soldier Domain Perspective: Past, Present & Future

• Soldier domain: current focus and what Army S&T is doing
• Approach to Soldier load and arising needs in the field
• Future Soldier initiative 20XX: the next level

Dr. Marilyn Freeman
Director, Natick Soldier Research
Development and Engineering Center