2021 Agenda

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

 

8:45 - 9:30 AM

Welcome/Opening
Elaine Bryant, Dayton Development Coalition and JobsOhio

JobsOhio Opening Comments
J.P. Nauseef, President and CEO, JobsOhio

Gov Mike DeWine

Federal and State Delegation
Introductions: J.P. Nauseef, President and CEO, JobsOhio

  • Senator Sherrod Brown

  • Senator Rob Portman

  • Representative Tim Ryan

  • Representative Michael R. Turner

  • Representative Anthony E. Gonzalez

  • State Senator Matt Dolan

  • State Representative Adam Holmes

Partner Remarks
Mr. Bill Koehler, CEO, Team NEO

9:30 - 9:50 AM

NASA Keynote
Introduction: Dr. John M. Sankovic, President and CEO, Ohio Aerospace Institute

Mr. Steve Jurczyk, NASA Associate Administrator

9:50 - 10:10 AM

National Space Council Update
Gen (ret) Lester Lyles

10:10 - 10:30 AM

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Keynote
Dr. Troy E. Meink, Principal Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office

10:30 - 10:35 AM

Break

$10:35 - 11:05 AM

Military and Federal Perspectives Panel
Moderator: Gen (ret) William Shelton, former Commander, USAF Space Command

  • Col Mo Calabrese, Commander, National Air and Space Intelligence Center

  • Col Kimberly Fitzgerald, Wing Commander, 178th Wing

  • Dr. Marla Pérez-Davis, Director of NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center

  • Dr. Kelly Hammett, AFRL Deputy Technical Executive Officer for Space Science and Technology

11:05 - 11:20 AM

Space Workforce Presentation
Mr. Dan Dumbacher, Executive Director, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

11:20 - 11:40 AM

Fireside Chat
Mr. Chirag Parikh, Senior Director, Azure Space at Microsoft
Mr. Larry Connor, Managing Partner, The Connor Group

11:40 - 11:55 AM

Ohio’s Integrated Space Strategy
Introduction: Mr. Glenn Richardson, Managing Director, JobsOhio

Col (ret) Joe Zeis, Senior Advisor for Aerospace and Defense, Office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine

11:55 - 12:45 PM

Lunch Break

12:45 - 12:50 PM

Welcome Back

12:50 - 1:10 PM

Fireside Chat
Col (ret) Douglas “Wheels” Wheelock, NASA Astronaut
Col (ret) Gregory L. Bowman, Vice President, Corporate Development & Chief Innovation Officer, Siemens Government Technologies (SGT), Inc.

1:10 - 1:25 PM

SpaceWERX Update
Lt Col Walter “Rock” McMillan, Director, SpaceWERX

1:25 - 1:45 PM

Status Briefing of Strategic Space Industry
Introduction: BG Joy Curriera, Commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School at National Defense University

Col Nathan Mooney II, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Moderator: Dr. Brandon “B.T.” Cesul, Technical Fellow & Principal Space Engineer, KBR, Inc.

  • Mr. Mark Dapore, Chief Technologist, L3 Harris Technologies

  • Mr. George Satornino, Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Lobo

  • Dr. Carlos Grodsinsky, Chief Operating Officer, ZIN Technologies; Chairman, Ohio Aerospace & Aviation Council

  • Mr. Arnie Streland, Corporate Lead Executive, Northrop Grumman Corporation

2:15 - 2:35 PM

Space Intelligence Brief

Maj Gen Leah Lauderback, Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, U.S. Space Force

2:35 - 2:40 PM

Break

2:40 - 3:00 Pm

Battelle Keynote
Mr. Lewis “Lou” Von Thaer, President and CEO, Battelle

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Academic Panel
Moderator: Mr. Dennis Andersh, President and CEO, Parallax Advanced Research, Ohio Federal Research Network Lead

  • Col Elvert Gardner, Assistant Professor and Space Force Service Chair, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School - National Defense University

  • Dr. John Horack, Professor and Neil Armstrong Chair, Senior Associate Dean of Engineering, The Ohio State University

  • Mr. Charles R. Doarn, Research Professor, Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, MPH Program Director, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Special Assistant to the NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer

  • Dr. Yong X. Tao, Betty L. Gordon Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University

  • Dr. Randy J. Ellingson, Professor of Physics, Ohio's Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, The University of Toledo

3:30 - 4:00 PM

Space Force Fireside Chat
Lt Gen John Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
Representative Michael R. Turner

4:00 PM

Closing Remarks/Adjourn