Speakers
Co-Chairs
Dr. Mark Lewis
President & CEO Purdue Applied Research InstituteDr. Rodney Bowersox
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Chief Research Officer, College of Engineering Deputy Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Holder, Ford I Professorship in Aerospace Engineering University Regents Professor at Texas A&M UniversityKeynote Speaker
Dr. James Weber
Principal Director for Hypersonics Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Modernization) (OUSD(R&E))Speakers
Geoff Adams
Senior Mission Architect, Missile Defense L3 Harris Space & Airborne SystemsJT Craft
Project Manager Long Range Hypersonic Weapons Integration Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)Dr. Michael Brown
Principle Scientist High Speed Division AFRL Aerospace SystemsDr. Graham Candler
McKnight Presidential Chair Aerospace Engineer & Mechanics University of MNBen Caplan
Engineering Fellow Raytheon TechnologiesDr. Victoria Coleman
Chief Scientist U.S. Air ForceDr. Brandon Chynoweth
Research Assistant Professor Purdue UniversityDr. Dan DeLaurentis
Vice President for Discovery Park District Institutes Professor Aeronautics and Astronautics Senior Research Fellow Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue (KITDP)Steven Dunn
Senior Fellow, Chief Scientist, Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Hypersonic Systems Lockheed Martin Space SystemsRoberto Furfaro, PhD
Professor Deputy Director Space4 Center, Director of UA Space Systems Engineering Laboratory Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of ArizonaDr. Tom Karako
Senior Fellow International Security Program Director, Missile Defense Project Center for Strategic & International Studies Director, Missile Defense Project, Center for Strategic & International StudiesDennis Helmich
Director of Integrated Military Systems Sandia National LaboratoriesDr. Serhat Hosder
James A. Drallmeier Centennial Professor of Aerospace Engineering Missouri S&TMarty Hunt
Vice President, Hypersonics Systems Leidos DyneticsDr. Joseph Jewell
John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics College of Engineering Purdue UniversityDr. Luca Maddalena
CEO Hy-SET (Hypersonic Science Engineering and Technology)Dr. Eric Marineau
Program Officer, Hypersonics, Aerothermodynamics, High Speed Propulsion and Materials Office of Naval Research (ONR)David McFarland
Director, Missile Defense Solutions Northrop GrummanWilliam “Mac” McHenry ll
Senior Advisor to the Director Office of Secretary of Defense Director, Defense Engagement Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)Dr. Richard “Jeff” McMullan
Chief Engineer Eglin, AFB AFWERXAdam Naramore
Vice President of Strategic Growth Programs Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems, Inc.Gregory A. Ruderman, Ph.D
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Senior Military Systems Evaluator for Survivability and Lethality Rotary Wing, Integrated Fires, Directed Energy Systems Strategic Portfolio Action Officer for Hypersonics Office of the Secretary of DefenseSkyler Shuford
Chief Technology Officer HermeusCDR Rosemarie Spuhler, USN
Capabilities Development Branch Chief Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization (JIAMDO)Dr. Lori M. Stiglitz
Workforce Development Lead Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Field Activity NSWC CraneDr. Joshua Stults
Senior Director Advanced Programs StratolaunchLieutenant General, (USA-ret) Neil Thurgood
Senior Vice President AndurilUday Vaidya, PhD
Governor's Chair, Advanced Composites Manufacturing Chief Technology Officer IACMI-The Composites Institute, Director Fibers & Composites Manufacturing Facility Manufacturing Demonstration Facility University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)John “JV” Venable
Senior Research Fellow for Defense Policy Center for National Defense Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy The Heritage FoundationDr. Valerio Viti
Principal Engineer Aerospace and Defense Team Manager AnsysLeslie Weller
Research Engineer PrincipalEmerging Operations Technologies, Corporate Operations
Materials & Process Technologies, Hypersonics Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations