The Association of the United States Army Institute of Land Warfare LANPAC Symposium and Exposition A Professional Development Forum
22 – 24 May 2018 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii
"The Future of Land Force Integration: Multilateral Approaches Across the Indo-Pacific"
Note: All Speakers are identified and invited and are subject to change.
Monday, 21 May 2018
1300 – 1700 REGISTRATION – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
0700 – 1600 REGISTRATION – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0800 – 1615 GENERAL SESSION – Kauai Ballroom
0800 – 0805 SYMPOSIUM ADMINISTRATION, SAFETY, SECURITY Michael M. Scanlan Senior Director, Meetings Directorate Association of the United States Army
0805 – 0810 Hawaiian Blessing Kahu Ramsay Taum
0810 – 0815 INTRODUCTION GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
0815 – 0845 PRESENTATION “The Army in the Pacific” GEN Robert B. Brown Commanding General United States Army Pacific
0845 – 1000 PANEL DISCUSSION #1 “Assessing Shared Regional Security Challenges and Opportunities”
Panel Chair: MG Ronald P. Clark Commanding General 25th Infantry Division
1 5.21.2018 Panel Moderator: COL Jason A. Chung United States Army Pacific, G2
Panel Members: LTG In-Bum Chun Republic of Korea (ROK) Army Retired Visiting Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies The Brookings Institution
Dr. Alfred L. Oehlers Professor Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Vic S. Angoco Senior Vice President, Pacific Matson Navigation Company
Dr. Bruce W. Bennett Senior Defense Analyst RAND Corporation
0930 – 1600 EXHIBIT HALL OPEN – Maui/Molokai/Lanai Ballrooms
1000 – 1030 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Hall
1030 – 1115 KEYNOTE SPEAKER GEN Stephen J. Townsend Commanding General United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
1115 – 1230 PANEL DISCUSSION #2 “Perspective of Land Forces in Combined Joint Operations”
Panel Chair: LTG Gary J. Volesky Commanding General I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Panel Moderator: Brig. Gen. Michel-Henri St-Louis (Canada) Deputy Commanding General, Operations I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Panel Members: GEN Byung Joo Kim Republic of Korea Army Deputy Commander Combined Forces Command
MG Hiroaki Nakamura Vice Commanding General Training, Evaluation, Research & Development Command Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force 2 5.21.2018 RADM Victorino G. Mercado Director, Maritime Operations United States Pacific Fleet
MAJGEN Roger Noble Australian Army Deputy Commanding General - North United States Army Pacific
Maj Gen Russell L. Mack Deputy Commander Pacific Air Forces
1230 – 1430 AFTERNOON RECEPTION IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
1430 – 1440 AUSA TECH TEN “Expeditionary Command Post Communications Today and in the Future” Hank Perkins Director of Operations Perkins Technical Services, Inc.
1440 – 1600 PANEL DISCUSSION #3 “Exporting Global Partnership through Enlisted Development/Professionalism”
Panel Chair: CSM Benjamin Jones Command Sergeant Major United States Army Pacific
Panel Moderator: SMA Kenneth O. Preston United States Army Retired Vice President, Noncommissioned Officer & Soldier Programs Association of the United States Army
Panel Members: CSM Robert C. Foesch State Command Senior Enlisted Leader Army National Guard, Oregon
WO1 Andrew Boykett Land Command Sergeant Major HQ Joint Forces, New Zealand
WO1 David Lehr Regimental Sergeant Major 1st Division and the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters Australian Army
WO Susumu Takahashi Sergeant Major of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force
3 5.21.2018 SgtMaj Anthony A. Spadaro Senior Enlisted Leader United States Pacific Command
1600 – 1615 GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
0700 – 1630 REGISTRATION – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0800 – 1545 GENERAL SESSION – Kauai Ballroom
0800 – 0805 INTRODUCTION GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
0805 – 0845 KEYNOTE SPEAKER GEN Gustave F. Perna Commanding General United States Army Materiel Command
0845 – 1000 PANEL DISCUSSION #4 “Non-Kinetic Power Projection”
Panel Chair: LTG James H. Dickinson Commanding General United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/ Army Forces Strategic Command
Panel Moderator: LTG Anthony G. Crutchfield United States Army Retired Vice President, Army Systems Defense, Space and Security Government Operations The Boeing Company
Panel Members: BG Thomas L. James Deputy Commander Joint Functional Component Command – Space United States Strategic Command
Ronald W. Pontius Deputy to the Commanding General United States Army Cyber Command 4 5.21.2018 COL Charles N. Eassa United States Army Retired Senior Research Associate Georgia Institute of Technology
0930 – 1630 EXHIBIT HALL OPEN – Maui/Molokai/Lanai Ballrooms
1000 – 1030 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Hall
1030 – 1040 AUSA TECH TEN Rafael Torres Jr. President Systematic Inc.
1040 – 1200 PANEL DISCUSSION #5 “Multi-Domain Operations in Megacities”
Panel Chair/Moderator: LTG James N. Dubik United States Army Retired Senior Fellow, Institute of Land Warfare, AUSA
Panel Members: MAJGEN Paul McLachlan Commander 1st Division Australian Army
Dr. Russell W. Glenn Director, Plans and Policy, G-2 United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
LTG Michael A. Bills Commanding General, Eighth Army Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Command
1200 – 1400 AFTERNOON RECEPTION IN THE EXHIBIT HALL
1400 – 1410 AUSA TECH TEN Robert Haag Vice President of Sales and Marketing Crystal Group
1410 – 1530 PANEL DISCUSSION #6 “Sustainment of the Force in a Contested Environment”
Panel Chair: MG Susan A. Davidson Commanding General 8th Theater Sustainment Command
Panel Moderator: COL Roy W. Speaks Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 8th Theater Sustainment Command 5 5.21.2018 Panel Members: CAPT Timothy L. Daniels Commander Defense Logistics Agency Pacific
BG Martin F. Klein Commanding General Deployment Support Command Deputy Commander for Mobillization Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
RDML John T. Palmer Director, Logistics, Fleet Supply and Ordnance United States Pacific Fleet
COL Peter J. Koch Chief of Plans and Exercises United States Pacific Command
1530 – 1545 GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
Thursday, 24 May 2018
0700 – 1200 REGISTRATION – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE – Kauai Ballroom Foyer
0800 – 1145 GENERAL SESSION – Kauai Ballroom
0800 – 0805 INTRODUCTION GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President Association of the United States Army
0805 – 0930 PANEL DISCUSSION #7 “Developing Regional Leaders for a Complex World”
Panel Chair: MG James J. Mingus Director Mission Command Center of Excellence
Panel Moderator: BG Peter Palmer United States Army Retired Strategic Advisor Cerego
6 5.21.2018 Panel Members: BRIG John Boswell Land Component Commander New Zealand Army
BG Suzanne P. Vares-Lum Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Plans and Policy United States Pacific Command
MG Wilson A. Shoffner, Jr. Commanding General United States Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill
COL Robert M. Ryan Commander 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
0930 – 1200 EXHIBIT HALL OPEN – Maui/Molokai/Lanai Ballrooms
0930 – 1000 REFRESHMENT BREAK – Exhibit Hall
1000 – 1130 PANEL DISCUSSION #8 “Multilateral Approach to Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief”
Panel Chair: BG Christopher W. Stockel Commanding General 351st Civil Affairs Command
Panel Moderator: LTC James Rivenbark Civil Affairs Planner United States Army Pacific
Panel Members: Dr. John R. Wood Director, Pacific Outreach United States Pacific Command (J9)
BG Thomas J. Tickner Commanding General Pacific Ocean Division United States Army Corps of Engineers
Joseph D. Martin, SES Director, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Department of Defense
LtGen Purna Chandra Thapa Chief of General Staff Nepalese Army
7 5.21.2018 BG Suzanne P. Vares-Lum Mobilization Assistant to Director of Strategic Plans and Policy United States Pacific Command
1130 – 1145 WRAP UP COMMENTS GEN Robert B. Brown Commanding General United States Army Pacific Command
1145 – 1200 CLOSING REMARKS GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army Retired President, Association of the United States Army
FORUMS – Oahu/Waialua Rooms
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
1000 – 1200 Army War College Multi-Domain Battle Study A Review of the Army War College Multi-Domain Battle Study.
Nathan P. Freier, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, United States Army War College Albert Lord, Associate Professor of National Security Studies, United States Army War College COL Yutaka Okada, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, United States Army War College Student 1330 – 1530 Industry Provides an update on the MDTF Pilot Program and opportunities for industry to participate and Campaign of Learning.
Panel Chair: COL Bruce Vitor, Director of Strategy and Innovation Division, United States Army Pacific Panel Members: COL Christopher Wendland, Commander, 17th Field Artillery Brigade COL Eric Little, Director of Space Support Element, United States Army Pacific COL Michael Crawford, Fire Support Coordinator, United States Army Pacific COL Jason Chung, United States Army Pacific, G2 LTC Karlis A. Krievins, United States Army Pacific, G3 Aviation COL Daniel Williamson, United States Army Pacific, G4 COL Dean Burbridge, United States Army Pacific, IO COL James Turinetti, United States Army Pacific, G6 COL Paul E. Alessio, United States Army Pacific, ASA ALT LNO
8 5.21.2018
The Financial Readiness Forum will take place at the Nehelani Conference Center on Schofield Barracks.
0900 – 1100 Financial Readiness: Your Money, Your Future Provides a summary of the Blended Retirement System and share best practices on twenty-first-century economic strategies.
Opening Remarks: CSM Brian A. Hester, Command Sergeant Major, 25th Infantry Division Presenters: Patricia M. Barron, Director, Family Readiness, Association of the United States Army Janice Crawley, Personal Financial Readiness Specialist, United States Army Pacific, G1 Joseph Montanaro, USAA Educational Foundation Speaker (Managing Army Member Finances), Military Spouse Advisory Network Speaker 1330 – 1530 Financial Readiness: Your Money, Your Future Same agenda as above
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
0900 – 1100 Employing Social Media Identifies and promotes discussion on the role of social media: Army communication strategies and planning at all levels including Multi- National operations; compare how soldiers and leaders employ and leverage SM; identify and leverage positive and negative SM opportunities and identify SM best practices.
Panel Chair: LTC Christine Nelson-Chung, Public Affairs Officer, United States Army Pacific Panel Members: Tiffany Miller, Acting Director for Digital Engagement and Strategy; U.S. Department of Defense; Office of the Secretary of Defense
Chokechai Vayavanand, Liaison to Pacific Command; Defense Media Activity Forward Center- Pacific
Aimee Fujisawa, Social Media Team Lead; U.S. Department of Defense; Office of the Secretary of Defense (Defense Media Activity)
Jacqueline McGinnis, Chief Plans and Exercises; U.S. Army Pacific
0900 – 1600 Financial Readiness: Your Money, Your Future Questions about the Blended Retirement System or twenty-first century strategies? Ask the experts in the Wai’anae Room.
9 5.21.2018 1300 - 1600 The Soldier Advantage: Thriving in Ambiguity and Chaos Explores the "how" of operationalizing Human Dimension programs and systems that will optimize the human platform in order to build Soldiers, leaders and teams that can thrive on the complex, ambiguous and chaotic battlefields of the future.
Forum Chairs: Mr. Dan Wilson and Mr. Trey Johnson, Mission Training Complex, Strategy and Innovation Division
Thought Provokers: GEN Robert Brown, USARPAC CG COL Robert Ryan, 25ID, 3BCT Commander CPT Jeff Hubler, 25ID, B CO 2-35 IN CDR SFC Wesley Averkamp, 25ID, B CO, 2-35 IN PSG SSG Joshua Roque, 25ID, B CO, 2-35 PSG BG Pete Palmer, USA Retired, Strategic Advisor, Cerego Jannette Naone, Owner, Naone Group Consulting Ryan McAlinden, Director for Modeling, Simulation & Training Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) US Army University Affiliated Research Center
Thursday, 24 May 2018
The Financial Readiness Forum will take place at the Nehelani Conference Center on Schofield Barracks.
0900 – 1100 Financial Readiness: Your Money, Your Future Provides a summary of the Blended Retirement System and share best practices on twenty-first-century economic strategies.
Presenters: Patricia Barron, Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army Janice Crawley, Personal Financial Readiness Specialist United States Army Pacific, G1
Joseph Montanaro, USAA Educational Foundation Speaker (Managing Army Member Finances), Military Spouse Advisory Network Speaker
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