Monday, August 6

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Registration

6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Alumni Meeting

Tuesday, August 7

6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Registration

6:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Conference Opening

8:45 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

The Honorable Anthony J. Tether, Director, DARPA [PDF]

The Honorable Anthony J. Tether, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is responsible for the management of the Agency’s high-payoff, innovative research and development projects.

9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Defense Sciences Office (DSO) Presentations

•  Dr. Brett Giroir

Ideas Begin Here

•  Dr. Mitchell Zakin

The Next Revolution in Materials

•  Dr. Benjamin Mann

DSO Mathematics: The Heart and Soul of the Far Side

•  Mr. Daniel Kaufman

Simulation Without Programmers

•  Dr. Michael Callahan

Inner Armor

•  Ms. Barbara McQuiston

The Ultimate Q

11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

The Honorable Michael W. Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force

The Honorable Michael W. Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force, is responsible for the affairs of the U.S. Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping, and provision of the welfare of its nearly 370,000 men and women on active duty, 180,000 members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, 160,000 civilians, and their families.

11:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m

DARPATech Film I

11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) Presentations

•  Dr. John Zolper

To the Limits, and Beyond:
The Future of Component Technology

•  Dr. Michael Fritze

Ultra-Low Power Digital Electronics

•  Dr. Jagdeep Shah

Communication: Next Frontier

•  Dr. Amit Lal

Micro and Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems: Technology Engineering Metamorphosis

•  Dr. Dennis Healy

Mathematical Toolkit for the 21st Century Quantum Mechanic

•  Dr. Mark Rosker

Monolithic Radio Frequency Array and the Coming Revolution of Convergence

•  Dr. Dean Collins

TRUST, but Verify

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Lieutenant General James F. Amos, Commanding General,
Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration

Lieutenant General James F. Amos, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration, is responsible for developing fully integrated Marine Corps warfighting capabilities, including doctrine, organization, training and education, materiel, leadership, personnel, and facilities, to enable the Marine Corps to field combat-ready forces.

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Break

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Doing Business with DARPA

- How to Obtain Funding from DARPA for Research Projects

- How DARPA Helps Transition Technology to an Acquisition Program

- Employment Opportunities as a DARPA Program Manager

Speakers:

•  Dr. Robert Leheny

Deputy Director, DARPA

•  Mr. Mark Bennington

Director, Contracts Management Office (CMO)

•  Mr. Chris Earl

Special Assistant for Technology Transition

•  Ms. Mary Vander Linden

Director, Human Resources (HR)

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Exhibit Reception

Wednesday, August 8

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

DARPATech Film II

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

The Honorable Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy

The Honorable Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy, oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment, and facilities and the formulation and implementation of naval policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense.

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) Presentations

•  Dr. Charlie Holland

Decision Dominance

•  Dr. Chuck Morefield

Extreme Computing

•  Dr. Dan Oblinger

Learning/Reasoning

•  Dr. Joseph Olive

Language Translation

•  Dr. Sean O’Brien

Computational Social Science

•  Dr. Charlie Holland

The Way Forward

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Tactical Technology Office (TTO) Presentations

•  Mr. Stephen Welby

Technology Limited Only By Imagination

•  Dr. Thomas Bussing

IMAGINE: Getting There Fast

•  Mr. Daniel Newman

IMAGINE: Operate without Restrictions

•  Dr. Wade Pulliam

IMAGINE: Operate with Persistence

•  Mr. Donald Woodbury

IMAGINE: Delivering Precision Effects

•  Mr. Stephen Welby

Share Your Imagination with Us

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense
(live video teleconference)

The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense, is responsible for supporting and furthering the mission of the Department of Defense, which is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of the United States.

12:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

DARPATech Film III

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Virtual Space Office (VSO) Presentations

•  Dr. Steven Walker

DARPA Space Vision

•  Dr. Owen Brown

Access Infrastructure

•  Mr. Roger Hall

Space Situational Awareness

•  Lt Col Fred Kennedy,
   USAF

Protection

•  Mr. Tim Clark

Global is Local

•  Dr. Brian Pierce

Outmaneuvering Surprise in Space

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Awards Reception (open to all attendees)

7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Awards Banquet (ticketed event)

Thursday, August 9

7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Registration

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Introduction of General Wallace by The Honorable Pete Geren

(live video teleconference)

The Honorable Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the U.S. Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management.

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

General William S. Wallace, Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

General William S. Wallace, Commander, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is responsible for recruiting, training, and educating the Army’s Soldiers; developing its leaders; supporting training in units; developing doctrine; establishing standards; and building the future Army.

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Strategic Technology Office (STO) - The Warfighter Presentations

•  Dr. David Honey

The New Strategic Environment

•  Dr. Peter Haaland

Chemical Mapping of Urban Environments

•  Dr. Joseph Durek

Transparent Walls and Dirt

•  Dr. Jennifer Ricklin

Seeing Through the Haze

•  Dr. Deepak Varshneya

Empowering the Guy on the Ground

•  Ms. Khine Latt

Maritime Challenges

•  Dr. Douglas Kirkpatrick

Energy as a Tactical Asset

•  Dr. Larry Stotts

Supporting the Future Strategic Warrior

10:45 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.

Urban Challenge Announcement

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Strategic Technology Office (STO) – Networks Presentations

•  Dr. David Honey

Sharpening Networks into Usable Weapons

•  Dr. Timothy Gibson

DARPA Moving & Storage: We Do the Heavy Lifting

•  Dr. Larry Stotts

Bridging the Gap Between Strategic/Operational Warfare and Tactical Warfare

•  Mr. Preston Marshall

Tactical Networking:
It's More Than Just Command and Control

•  LTC Michael VanPutte,
   USA

Clean Slate—Enabling a Secure Global Information Grid

•  Dr. Brian Pierce

STO’s Networks and Warfighter Technologies Enable the Strategic Spear

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

•  DARPATech Film I-III 

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Information Exploitation Office (IXO) – Presentations

•  Dr. Robert Tenney

Find the Bad Guys, Bad Places, Bad Things

•  Dr. Todd Hughes

The Mapping Revolution

•  Dr. Brian Leininger

Exploiting Sensor Data

•  Dr. Kendra Moore

Patterns, Patterns, Everywhere . . .

•  Dr. Mark Davis

Space to the Trenches