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6th ANNUAL WEST COAST AEROSPACE FORUM, Dec 1-3, 2020, virtual, 11:00 am-2:00 pm ET each day
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The Aerospace Corporation, RAND Project Air Force, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, and the MITRE Corporation will hold the 6th Annual West Coast Aerospace Forum virtually this year because of the pandemic.
It will take place December 1-3, 2020 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm ET (8:00-11:00 am Pacific).
More information is on the event’s website. The agenda is:
Tuesday, December 1
- 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 11:00 a.m. Eastern
- The Future Shape of Strategy, World Order and Competition
- 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern
- The Defense Budget Outlook
Wednesday, December 2
- 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 11:00 a.m. Eastern
- The Changing National Security Space Landscape
- 10:00 a.m. Pacific / 1:00 p.m. Eastern
- Actualizing Joint All Domain Command and Control: The Way Ahead
Thursday, December 3
- 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 11:00 a.m. Eastern
- Maintaining Advantage Under Uncertainty in the Next NDS
Speakers as of November 24 are:
Brig Gen David Abba, Director of the F-35 Integration Office, Headquarters United States Air Force
Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF (Ret.), Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Dr. Tim Grayson, director of the Strategic Technology Office, DARPA
The Honorable Bob Hale, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and current Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security
Mr. Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow and Director of Defense Budget Analysis and the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. Ted Harshberger, Vice President and Director, RAND Project AIR FORCE
Lt Gen Clinton Hinote, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Mr. Peter Levine, former Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense and current Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analysis
Ms. Elaine McCusker, former Acting Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and current Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Jamie Morin, Vice President of Defense Systems Operations and Executive Director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation
Ms. Heather Penney, Senior Resident Fellow at the Mitchell Institute
General John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force
Mr. James Swartout, Executive Director, Center for Technology & National Security at the MITRE Corporation
Dr. Paula Thornhill, Associate Director of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS and Associate Professor of the Practice
Lt Gen Jack Weinstein, USAF (Ret.), Professor of the Practice of International Security at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies