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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18580.

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Workshop Agenda

SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2013
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C.

Questions for Speakers

1.   What is prototyping? In what areas/phases is prototyping best applied (innovation, maturation, risk reduction, workforce, others or all)?

2.   Why is prototyping important? Has its importance and value changed over time? Will its importance and value increase or decrease in the future and why?

3.   What characteristics are important to an effective an efficient prototyping program (resources applied, processes used, stability, others or all)? What partnerships or programs might you recommend to the government to adopt for an effective and efficient prototyping program, based on best practices in academia, industry or other parts of the government?

 
September 24, 2013
 
0730 Welcome and Introductions with Breakfast Available
 
0830 Vision for the Workshop
Gen Lester Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Workshop Committee Chair
 
0930 Congressional Perspectives
Robie Samanta Roy, Professional Staff Member, SASC
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18580.
 
 
1030 Break
 
1045 White House Perspectives
Patricia Falcone, Associate Director, National Security and International
Affairs, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Reed Skaggs, Assistant Director, Defense Programs, National Security and International Affairs, Office of Science and Technology Policy
 
1145 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1215 OSD Perspectives
Earl Wyatt (SES), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rapid Fielding
 
1315 NASA Perspectives
Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, NASA HQ
 
1415 Break
 
1430 Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Perspectives
Jim Shields, President
 
1530 General Dynamics Perspectives
Sonya Sepahban, Senior Vice President for Land Systems
 
1630 Workshop Feedback to Day 1 Presentations
All
 
1700 Adjourn
 
September 25, 2013
 
0730 Welcome and Introductions with Breakfast Available
Gen Lester Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Workshop Committee Chair
 
0800 Workshop Feedback to Day 1 Presentations (continued)
All
 
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18580.
0900 Lockheed Martin Perspectives
Brian Hershberger, Senior Aeronautical Engineer, Advanced Development Programs
 
1000 Break
 
1015 Boeing Perspectives
Daryl Pelc, Vice President for Engineering, Phantom Works
 
1115 Emeritus Perspectives
Robert Whalen, International Systems, LLC
 
1215 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1300 MIT Lincoln Laboratory Perspectives
Eric Evans, Director
 
1400 Break
 
1415 Workshop Feedback to Day 2 Presentations
All
 
1700 Adjourn
 
September 26, 2013
 
0730 Welcome and Introductions with Breakfast Available
Gen Lester Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Workshop Committee Chair
 
0830 National Defense University Perspectives
Linton Wells, Director, Center for Technology and National Security Policy
 
0930 Georgia Tech Research Institute Perspectives
William Melvin, Director of Research, Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory
 
1030 Break
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18580.
1045 Institute for Defense Analyses Perspectives
Richard Van Atta
 
1145 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1245 General Discussion with Participants to Include Next Steps
Gen Lester Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Workshop Committee Chair
Earl Wyatt (SES), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Rapid Fielding
David Walker (SES), Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering
 
1500 Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment to Enhance Air Force and Department of Defense Prototyping for the New Defense Strategy: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18580.
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