Speakers
Government
Dr. Yvette S. Weber, SES
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science Technology and Engineering
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) (AT&L)
LTG Neil Thurgood, USA
Director, Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), USA Rapid Capabilities Office
Dr. Gillian Bussey
Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (JHTO)
Dr. Victoria Coleman
Chief Scientist
United States Air Force
U.S. Department of Defense
Michael White
Principal Director for Hypersonics (PD, H)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering/Modernization
U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Lori Stiglitz
JHTO Workforce Development Lead
Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)
Naval Sea Systems Command
Robert Taylor
SES, J8 Director, Capability and Resource Integration
U.S. Strategic Command
Lt Col Jeffrey Komives
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Research & Engineering, OUSD(R&E), DDRE(M) PD, Hypersonics
USAF
CDR Rob Birchenough
Joint Innovation & Experimentation Division
USN
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM J81)
Dr. Eric Marineau
Program Officer, Hypersonics, Aerothermodynamics, High Speed Propulsion and Materials
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
Aviation Force Protection, Integrated Defense Department
Jon Ludwigson
Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Dennis Helmich
Director of Integrated Military Systems
Sandia National Laboratories
Lt Col Gary Goff, USSF
Materiel Leader, Strategic Payloads
Space Systems Command, Development Corps
U.S. Space Force
Industry
Dr. Kevin Bowcutt
Principle Senior Technical Fellow & Chief Scientist
Hypersonics – Boeing
Dr. Rodney Bowersox
Director, Texas A&M National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory
Texas A&M University
Dr. Tom Karako
Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Missile Defense Project
Center for Strategic & International Studies
John “JV” Venable
USAF-(Ret)
Senior Research Fellow for Defense Policy, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy
The Heritage Foundation
Rex Jordan
SVP Indo-Pacific Global Enterprise Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton
Paul Wloszek
Director, Spectral Sensors & Missile Warning Program Manager
L3Harris Space & Airborne Systems
Dr. Erica Corral
Associate Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Materials Science and Engineering, High Temperature Ceramics, Manufacturing & Integration Laboratory
University of AZ
Dr. Luca Maddalena
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept
The University of Texas at Arlington,
Dir., of the Aerodynamics Research Center, UT Arlington
Dr. Kelly Stephani
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Center for Hypersonics & Entry Systems Studies, (CHESS)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Graham Candler
Mcknight Presidential Chair, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
University of Mn
Dr. Steven Schneider
Professor, School of School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aerospace Sciences Lab, Lead Hypersonics SME.
Purdue University
Eric Scherff
Vice President
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Dr. Chris Combs
Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor
Aerodynamics, Mechanical Engineering Department
The University of Texas at San Antonio
CAPT David M. McFarland
(USN-ret), Senior Director, Programs
Integrated Defense Solutions
BAE Systems, Inc., Intelligence & Security
Dr. Jeffery Dickeson
Technical Director, Advanced Hypersonic Weapons
Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Timothy P. Wadhams
Sr. Research Scientist, VP
CUBRC Aerosciences Sector
Dr. Valerio Viti
Aerospace and Defense Team Lead
Ansys
Christopher Gettinger
Director, Advanced Propulsion and Systems
Northrop Grumman, Weapon Systems
Scott Speet
Senior Program Director
Spirit Defense
