SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE (please note all presentors are on an invited basis only and subject to change) SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 1300 1700 Chapter Presidents Training 1900 2200 Chapter Presidents Reception and Dinner Marquis Ballroom -Salons 1-5 Host and Keynote GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President and CEO Association of the United States Army MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 0630 0830 The Sergeant Major of the Army Battle Challenge Room 152 AB and Exhibit Hall C 0730 0900 National Guard/Army Reserve Breakfast Room 146 ABC Keynote GEN Robert B. Abrams United States Army Forces Command 0730 0900 AUSA Family Readiness Networking Breakfast * Room 201 0900 1700 Exhibits Open: Halls A, B, C, D and E 0930 1115 Opening Ceremony Ballroom Keynote Gen James N. Mattis United States Marine Corps Retired United States Secretary of Defense 1230 1430 SMA Awards Luncheon * Room 146 ABC GEN James C. McConville Vice Chief of Staff United States Army 1230 1430 Corporate Member Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 1-5
Keynote GEN David G. Perkins United States Army Training and Doctrine Command 1230 1430 ROTC Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 6-10 GEN Gustave F. Perna United States Army Materiel Command 1300 1730 AUSA Author s Forum Room 145 A Moderators: LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. United States Army Retired AUSA Senior Fellow LTG Richard Trefry United States Army Retired AUSA ILW Senior Fellow Author s Discussion: Maj. Gen. Jacob Even, IDF Retired, Simcha B. Maoz, IDF Retired At the Decisive Point in the Sinai: Generalship in the Yom Kippur War Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017) Richard Harrison, Ph.D., Editor The Budapest Operation: An Operational-Strategic Study Publisher: Helion and Company (June 12, 2017) The Battle of Kursk: The Red Army s Defensive Operations and Counter-Offensive, July-August 1943 Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2016) The Iasi-Kishinev Operation: The Red Army's Summer Offensive Into the Balkans Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2017) Brian Laslie, Ph.D. Architect of Airpower: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (October 6, 2017) COL Pesach Malovany, IDF Retired Wars of Modern Babylon: A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (July 4, 2017) MG David Zabecki, USA Retired Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017) Chief of Staff, Vol. 1: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, Napoleonic Wars to World War I Publisher: Naval Institute Press (November 15, 2013) Chief of Staff, Vol. 2: The Principal Officers Behind History's Great Commanders, World War II to Korea and Vietnam Publisher: Naval Institute Press (November 15, 2013) Brig. Gen. Dani Asher, IDF Retired (Editor) Inside Israel s Northern Command: The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (February 8, 2016)
Robert S. Allen (Author), Capt John Nelson Rickard, CAF (Editor) Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (August 4, 2017) 1330 1500 United States Army Women s Foundation Panel Room 209 BC 1330 1500 Digital Learning Session Room 204 ABC 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Ready Now Room 151 AB GEN Robert B. Abrams United States Army Forces Command 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Multi-Domain Threats in the Future Operational Environment Room 147 AB 1400 1630 AUSA Military Family Forum I Warrior and Family Wellness: It Takes a Team Room 207 AB Opening Remarks: Patty Barron Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army LTG Nadja Y. West (Invited) United States Army Medical Command The Surgeon General, United States Army Soldier and Family Wellness Panel Josie Beets Senior Advisor for the Chief Financial Officers Council and President s Management Council Office of Executive Councils Past President, Military Spouse JD Network Marianne Campano Military Caregivers - Heart of Recovery Initiative Office of The Surgeon General, Army Chaplain Joseph H. Melvin Colonel, United States Army Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplain Rachel O'Hern Executive Director RETURNING HEROES HOME INC
LTC Amy Beth P. Moore United States Army Reserves Retired Army Survivor Advisory Working Group Closing Speaker Vice Adimral Raquel C. Bono (Invited) Director, Defense Health Agency Medical Corps, United States Navy 1400 1600 Military Retiree and Veteran Update Seminar Room 140A 1400 1700 Reserve Component Committee Meeting Room 209 A 1500 1630 CSM ARNG/CSM USAR Breakout Session Room 150 AB 1500 1800 Army Civilian Advisory Committee Room 203 AB 1500 1800 Young Professionals Advisory Committee Room 145 B 1515 1645 Digital Learning Session Room 204 ABC 1730 1830 International Military Reception* 1830 2015 President s Reception* Honoring: The Secretary of the Army The Chief of Staff, United States Army The Sergeant Major of the Army TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 0730 0830 Warrant Officers Breakfast* Room 209 ABC 0800 0900 International Military Networking Breakfast* Room 202 A MG Stephen E. Farmen United States Army Security Assistance Command 0800 1100 Retiree and Veterans Affairs Committee Meeting Room 140A 0800 1100 Chapter Presidents and Delegates Workshop Room 150 AB 0800 1100 The Sergeant Major of the Army s Professional Development Forum Room 152 AB SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army
0830 0930 Congressional Staffers Breakfast* Room 146 ABC Speakers: Secretary of the Army GEN Mark A. Milley Chief of Staff United States Army 0830 1700 Small Business Seminar Room 201 0900 1100 Warrant Officers Professional Development Forum Room 202 B 0900 1200 AUSA Military Family Forum II Soldier & Family Readiness: Identifying Needs & Leveling Expectations Room 207 AB R.E.A.L. Training Overview Heather Leiby School Liaison Transition Specialist HQ IMCOM G9 United States Army Assessing Soldier and Family Needs Dr. Carra S. Sims (invited) Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist The RAND Corporation Strengthening Soldier and Family Readiness Panel SGM Rodney J. Rhoades Senior Enlisted Advisor United States Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management CSM Michael Grinston Command Sergeant Major United States Army Forces Command CSM David S. Davenport Sr. Command Sergeant Major United States Army Training and Doctrine Command CSM Sheryl Lyon Command Sergeant Major United States Army Europe CSM Christopher Kepner Senior Enlisted Advisor Chief National Guard Bureau CSM Ted L. Copeland Command Sergeant Major United States Army Reserve Center 0900 1700 Exhibits Open: Halls A, B, C, D and E
1000 1130 Chief, United States Army Reserve Seminar Room 145 AB LTG Charles D. Luckey Chief, Army Reserve United States Army Reserve Command 1000 1200 ILW Contemporary Military Forum (Homeland Defense) Defense Partnerships and Security of North America Room 151 AB LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan United States Army North/Fifth United States Army Panelist: LTG Reynold N. Hoover Deputy Commander United States Northern Command LTG Stephen Bowes Commander Canadian Joint Operations Command Canadian Armed Forces 1000 1200 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Multi-Domain Battle: Converging Cross-Domain Solutions Room 147 AB GEN David G. Perkins United States Army Training and Doctrine Command 1230 1430 Dwight David Eisenhower Luncheon* Ballroom GEN Mark A. Milley Chief of Staff United States Army 1300 1600 Small Business Matchmaking Room 202 A 1400 1600 Military Retirement Planning Seminar Room 140 A 1500 1630 AUSA Military Family Forum III A Town Hall with the Army s Senior Leaders Room 207 AB LTG Gwen Bingham Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management
Panelist: Secretary of the Army (Pending) GEN Mark A. Milley (Invited) Chief of Staff United States Army SMA Daniel A. Dailey (Invited) Sergeant Major of the Army Special Recognition: Army Survivors Advisory Working Group AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year Closing Remarks: Patty Barron Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army 1430 1530 Foreign Military Sales: Building Readiness Through Partner Capacity Room 202 B Speakers: LTG Charles W. Hooper Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency MG Stephen E. Farmen United States Army Security Assistance Command Ms. Ann Cataldo Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports & Cooperation 1500 1630 Director, Army National Guard Seminar Room 145 AB LTG Timothy J. Kadavy Director, Army National Guard National Guard Bureau 1500 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: United States Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session I Unity of Effort for Border Security Room 204 AB Opening Remarks: LTG Jeffrey S. Buchanan United States Army North/Fifth United States Army Eric OIson Wilson Center Richard Booth Dircetor Domains Awareness Division United States Department of Homeland Security
Chief Robert Boatright Director Border Patrol Special Coordinator Center United States Border Patrol BG Patrick Hamilton Director of Joint Staff Texas Army National Guard BG Laura Yeager Joint Task Force North United States Northern Command 1500 1700 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Year of Execution: Achieving Deterrence in Europe Through Land Power Dominance Room 151 AB LTG Frederick B. Hodges United States Army Europe and Seventh Army Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams NATO Allied Land Command Maj. Gen. Jaroslaw Mika General Commander Polish Armed Services Lt. Gen. Leo Beulen Royal Netherlands Army Maj. Gen. Karl Engelbrektson Chief of Staff Swedish Army COL Kathleen Turner Public Affairs Director United States Army Europe 1500 1700 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Modernization Room 147 AB Steffanie Easter Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) 1500 1700 Chapter Operations Committee Meeting Room 208 B 1645 1700 Guard and Reserve Reception Room 150 B 1930 2200 AUSA Concert featuring Mark Wills and the United States Army Band Downrange Ballroom B
WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 0700 0930 AUSA Region Breakfast Meetings 0800 0915 Senior Executive Service Meeting Rooms Shaw and LeDroit Park 0900 1700 IGNITE D.C Room 207 AB 0900 1600 Small Business Seminar Room 201 0900 1700 Exhibits Open: Halls A, B, C, D and E 0900 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Material Readiness for the Future Force Room 151 AB Lisha Adams Executive Deputy to the United States Army Materiel Command MG Cedric T. Wins United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Christopher Lowman Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) MG John A. George Director, Force Development Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 8 MG James M. Richardson Special Advisor for Program Integration Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Army 0900 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Building Readiness Manning, Training and Equipping Room 147 AB SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army 0930 1100 AUSA ILW Paper Presentations Room 150 B LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. United States Army Retired AUSA Senior Fellow
0930 1130 Army Civilian Forum Army Civilians: Professionals Enabling Readiness Independence Ballroom Salon A-D 0930 1300 Outstanding Soldiers Tour of Arlington National Cemetery and Washington, D.C. 1000 1100 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session II Unity of Effort in Protecting the Force Room 204 AB Opening Remarks and MG David P.Glaser Provost Marshal General/ United States Army Criminal Investigation Command Kurt Reuther Director Regional Intelligence United States Department of Homeland Security Douglas Raymond Assistant Chief of Staff United States Army North G2 Emmitt (Skip) Sigmon Senior Advisor Office of the Director of INTERPOL Washington United States Department of Justice Michael Trapp Deputy Provost Marshal United States Army North 1000 1200 Military Retirement Planning Seminar Room 140 A 1130 1230 Sustaining Member Reception* Room 145 AB 1200 1400 Army Civilian Luncheon* Marquis Ballroom Salon 5 Keynote TBD 1230 1330 Sustaining Member Luncheon* Room 146 ABC 1300 1600 Small Business Matchmaking Room 202 A
1400 1500 ILW Contemporary Military Forum: Department of Homeland Security Breakout Session III Unity of Effort in Disaster Preparedness & Response Room 204 AB Opening Remarks and COL Scott Heintzelman United States Army North (Fifth Army) Defense Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region II MG Richard J. Gallant United States Coast Guard Joint Task Force Civil Support United States Northern Command BG Timothy J. Labarge United States Air Force Chief of Staff New York Air National Guard COL Bret Van Camp United States Army North (Fifth Army) Defense Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region III Tito Hernandez Federal Coordinating Officer Federal Emergency Management Agency 1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum A New Kind of Force for a New Fighting Domain: Cyber Talent Management Room 151 AB LTG Paul M. Nakasone United States Army Cyber Command MG John B. Morrison, Jr. Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon BG Stephen J. Hager United States Army Reserves Deputy Operations 335 th Signal Command (Theater) Guy Filippelli Founder and Chief Executive Officer RedOwl Herb Lin Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution Stanford University Chris Lynch Leader, Defense Digital Service
1400 1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Special Operations Value to the Nation Room 147 AB LTG Kenneth E. Tovo United States Army Special Operations Command AMB Geoffrey R. Pyatt United States Ambassador Hellenic Republic United States Embassy Athens, Greece MG Kurt L. Sonntag United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School BG David P. Komar Director, Requirements Integration Directorate Army Capabilities Integration Center United States Army Training and Doctrine Command COL Bethany C. Aragon Commander 4th Military Information Support Group (Airborne) LTC Thomas Craig Commander 1 st Battalion 5 th Special Forces Group (Airborne) 1830 2130 George Catlett Marshall Memorial Reception and Dinner* Ballroom Recipient: Gary Sinise Actor, Director, Musician and Humanitarian Founder, Gary Sinise Foundation (All information as of August 28, 2017 and subject to change) *Ticket or invitation required.