7:30 AM - Meeting Rooms 102-103

Check in/Registration

7:30 AM - Grand Ballroom

Breakfast

8:00 AM - Lounge

Engineering Collaboration Center

Sponsored by Weber State University

8:00 AM - 1st & 2nd Floor

Exhibits

9:00 AM - Grand Ballrooom

Opening Keynote

• Weber County Welcome
• DoD Acquisition Panel
• Utah Future Forward: From Imagination to Realization

Commissioner Sharon Bolos

Mr. David J. "DJ" Stark

Ms. Lisa C. Stoker

Mr. Mark Strawn

Ms. Liesel Limburg

Mr. Jordan Hill

Ms. Denise Fletcher Call

Mr. Paul Damron

10:45 AM - 1st & 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms

Breakout Sessions

10:45 AM - Executive Room 100

It Takes an Ecosystem: The Regional University as Convener

Session Description: Sustaining the Air Force fleet takes more than technical capability—it takes coordination across the entire ecosystem. Engaging your regional university plays a critical convening role, connecting military, industry, engineers, and researchers to work through real sustainment challenges and accelerate practical solutions for DoW support efforts.

Mr. James Taylor

Ms. Denise Fletcher Call

10:45 AM - Meeting Room 101

Market Intelligence and Opportunities in Defense and National Security

Will present the info that organizations need to know about the current geopolitical environment and how they can support U.S. DoW warfighter and federal interagency requirements for innovation, technology, commodities, and services.

Brig Gen. (Ret.) Max J. Stitzer

10:45 AM - Meeting Room 201

Decision Advantage: Readiness, Speed, and Deterrence “What got us to where we are today, will not get us to where we need to be tomorrow.”

This breakout seminar explores how mission Readiness is built through disciplined program execution and resilient supply chain management, increasingly enabled by modern AI tools that improve transparency, risk sensing, and corrective action. The talk frames Speed as the core of decision advantage—accelerating the cycle from data to insight to action faster than uncertainty and adversary behavior can evolve. It then connects Strategic Deterrence to decision advantage in the context of the ICBM leg of the nuclear triad, where reliability, credibility, and rapid decision support are essential to global strategic stability. Ultimately, the session emphasizes how providing national leadership—including the President—with timely, trusted decision advantage underpins deterrence, confidence, and effective control in the highest consequence missions.

Mr. Jason T. Yeates

11:45 AM - 1st & 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms

Breakout Sessions

11:45 AM - Executive Room 100

One Mission, Multiple Partners: Military, Municipal, and Private Sector Coordination

This panel brings together leaders from the Military Installation Development Authority, Hill Air Force Base, the Miller Advanced Research Solutions Center (MARS), and the project’s Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) development team to discuss the vision and progress of the EUL initiative. Panelists will share insights on how the project advances Hill Air Force Base’s mission while helping expand the region’s defense, research, and innovation ecosystem. Attendees will gain a clearer understanding of opportunities for suppliers, manufacturers, and technology partners to collaborate with and support the installation’s evolving operational and technological needs.

Mr. Brett Christensen

Ms. Nicole Cottle

Mr. Taylor Woodbury

Dr. Ben Garcia

11:45 AM - Meeting Room 101

Hidden Workforce Assets: What Your University Can Do for You

Universities offer untapped workforce solutions beyond degrees. This breakout highlights customized training, non-credit pathways, and agile course options that help employers close skills gaps and build a workforce that truly fits.

Dr. James Hedges

Dr. Beth Rhoades

11:45 AM - Meeting Room 201

Inland Spacepower: Leveraging Utah's Legacy for National Resilience

Utah has a deep historical role in U.S. space efforts through solid rocket propulsion, space instrumentation and re-entry/recovery testing at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR). The state is actively advancing an inland spaceport to address national needs for resilient launch capacity amid coastal congestion. This growth offers significant economic value, DoD opportunities for testing and industrial-base resilience. This session explores the history and future of this effort as we realize Utah’s potential as an inland spacepower hub over the next 50 years.

Mr. Jim Sutton

12:30 PM - Grand Ballroom

Closing Lunch Keynote

• Brig General G. Hall Sebren Jr.

Brig General G. Hall Sebren, Jr.