Speakers
Co-Chairs
Dr. Mark Lewis
President & CEO Purdue Applied Research Institute
Dr. 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 Speakers
VADM Johnny Wolfe, Jr.
Director, Navy Strategic Systems Programs USN
Dr. James Weber
Principal Director for Hypersonics Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Modernization) (OUSD(R&E))
Dr. Victoria Coleman
Chief Scientist U.S. Air Force
Dr. Gregory A. Ruderman
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 DefenseSpeakers
Geoff Adams
Senior Mission Architect, Missile Defense L3 Harris Space & Airborne Systems
Dr. Michael Brown
Principle Scientist High Speed Division AFRL Aerospace Systems
Dr. Gillian Bussey
Special Assistant to the USAF Chief Scientist USAF
Dr. Graham Candler
McKnight Presidential Chair Aerospace Engineer & Mechanics University of MN
Ben Caplan
Engineering Fellow Raytheon Technologies
Dr. Brandon Chynoweth
Research Assistant Professor Purdue University
Anthony Clarke
Deputy Director - Missile Systems Moog Space and Defense Group
Masao Dahlgren
Fellow, Missile Defense Project Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. 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 Systems
Edwardo Freeman, PE
Chief, Agile Weapons Division, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, AFLCMC|EBX
Roberto 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 Arizona
Dr. Tom Karako
Senior Fellow International Security Program Director, Missile Defense Project Center for Strategic & International Studies
Dennis Helmich
Director of Integrated Military Systems Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Serhat Hosder
James A. Drallmeier Centennial Professor of Aerospace Engineering Missouri S&T
Marty Hunt
Vice President, Hypersonics Systems Leidos Dynetics
Dr. Joseph Jewell
John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics College of Engineering Purdue University
Dr. Luca Maddalena
CEO Hy-SET (Hypersonic Science Engineering and Technology)
Bogusz Madej
NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence Section, Defence Investment Division, (NATO IAMD) NATO HQ
Paul Mann
Program Executive, Sea Based Weapons, Director, Aegis BMD (PD-452) Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
Dr. Eric Marineau
Program Officer, Hypersonics, Aerothermodynamics, High Speed Propulsion and Materials Office of Naval Research (ONR)
David McFarland
Director, Missile Defense Solutions Northrop Grumman
Dr. Richard “Jeff” McMullan
Chief Engineer Eglin, AFB AFWERX
Chris Mills
Deputy Director, Army Hypersonic Project Office (AHPO) Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office
Adam Naramore
Vice President of Strategic Growth Programs Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems, Inc.
Noam Oz
Deputy Director, Product Development NavalX
Skyler Shuford
Chief Technology Officer Hermeus
CDR 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 Crane
Dr. Joshua Stults
Senior Director Advanced Programs Stratolaunch
Lt Col Nathan Terrazone, USSF
USSF, Space Systems Command, Space Sensing Resilient, Materiel Leader, Resilient Missile Warning Epoch 1 United States Space Force
Lieutenant General, (USA-ret) Neil Thurgood
Senior Vice President Anduril
Uday 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)
Dr. Valerio Viti
Principal Engineer Aerospace and Defense Team Manager Ansys
Dr. Amber Walker
Launch and On-orbit Servicing Space Program, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Leslie Weller
Research Engineer PrincipalEmerging Operations Technologies, Corporate Operations
Materials & Process Technologies, Hypersonics Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations
