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ARMY SUSTAINMENT Ready Today, Prepared for Tomorrow: Readiness and Modernization for Sustaining the Future Fight AUSA’S ILW HOT TOPICS ARMY SUSTAINMENT Ready Today, Prepared for Tomorrow: Readiness and Modernization for Sustaining the Future Fight FINAL AGENDA 4 MAY 2018 Virginia State University Multi-Purpose Center Petersburg, VA ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY The Association of the United States Army Institute of Land Warfare Hot Topic Army Sustainment A Professional Development Forum Ready Today, Prepared for Tomorrow: Readiness and Modernization for Sustaining the Future Fight Virginia State University Multi-Purpose Center Petersburg, VA NOTE: All participants/speakers are on an invited basis only and subject to change 0700 – 1300 REGISTRATION 0700 – 0800 COFFEE SERVICE 0800 – 0805 SYMPOSIUM ADMINISTRATION, SAFETY, SECURITY Michael M. Scanlan Senior Director, Meetings Directorate Association of the United States Army 0805 – 0810 INTRODUCTION LTG Guy C. Swan United States Army Retired Vice President, Education Association of the United States Army 0810 – 0825 OPENING REMARKS LTG Aundre F. Piggee Deputy Chief of Staff United States Army, G-4 0825 - 0855 PRESENTATION Todd Richmond, Ph.D. Director of Advanced Prototype Development University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies 0855 – 1025 PANEL DISCUSSION Maximizing Readiness with Today’s Technology Panel Moderator: LTG Raymond V. Mason United States Army Retired Director Army Emergency Relief Panel Members: MG Cedric T. Wins Commanding General United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command 1 30 April 2018 MG Paul C. Hurley Commanding General United States Army Combined Arms Support Command Sustainment Center of Excellence and Fort Lee BG(P) Rodney Fogg Commandant United States Army Quartermaster School Lewis Shepherd Senior Director, National Technology Strategy VMWare Inc. Jennifer Chronis General Manager, DoD Amazon Web Services 1025 - 1035 REFRESHMENT BREAK 1035 - 1205 PANEL DISCUSSION Building Capacity for a Ready Army Panel Moderator: William F. Moore Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff United States Army, G-4 Panel Members: LTG Paul A. Ostrowski Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) Director of the Army Acquisition Corps MG James M. Richardson Special Advisor for Program Integration Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army COL David Robinson Army Service Lead Defense Innovation Unit Experimental Mark “Jake” Jacobsohn Senior Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton Richard Martukanitz, Ph.D. Director, Center for Innovative Materials Processing Through Direct Digital Deposition Head, Laser Processing Division Applied Research Laboratory Penn State University 2 30 April 2018 1205 CLOSING REMARKS LTG Guy C. Swan United States Army Retired Vice President, Education Association of the United States Army 1215 DEPARTURE The Association of the United States Army would like to thank our 2018 Army Sustainment Hot Topic Sponsor: 3 30 April 2018 LTG GUY C. SWAN III, USA RET. VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan III currently serves as an AUSA Vice President. During more than 35 years of active service he commanded at every level through Army Service Component Command. A career armor/cavalry officer, his general officer assignments included Commanding General, United States Army North/Fifth Army; Commanding General, United States Army Military District of Washington and Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region; Commanding General, 7th Army Training Command, United States Army Europe/Seventh Army; Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, Multi-National Force-Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom; Director of Operations, United States Northern Command; and Chief of Army Legislative Liaison. General Swan's other key assignments included Commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; Assistant Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy for the Joint Staff; and Deputy Operations Officer for the 1st Armored Division during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. A 1976 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, General Swan holds a Master of Military Art and Science degree from the United States Army's School of Advanced Military Studies. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and was a National Security Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. General Swan is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group, and the FEMA National Advisory Council. He is also a Certified Emergency Manager(CEM) and a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), board certified in security management. General Swan is married to the former Melanie Taylor Curry of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They have two children: Ryan, a US Army lieutenant, and Melissa, a college junior. Lieutenant General Aundre F. Piggee U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 Lieutenant General Aundre F. Piggee assumed duties as the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 on 23 September 2016. He oversees policies and procedures used by all Army Logisticians throughout the world. Prior to joining the Army staff he served as the Director of Logistics and Engineering, United States Central Command, MacDill AFB, FL. Lieutenant General Piggee is a Native of Stamps, Arkansas. He commissioned into the United States Army in 1981 from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology. He has a Master of Science Degree in Material Acquisition Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Military Strategy from the Army War College. Lieutenant General Piggee also received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Doctor of Laws from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. His military education includes the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, the Ordnance Officer Advance Course, Combined Arms Staff Services School, the Logistics Executive Development Course, the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. His most significant assignments include: Director of Logistics and Engineering, United States Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida; Commanding General, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Assistant Chief of Staff, J4 and Combined Forces Command, C4, United States Forces Korea, Seoul, South Korea; and Executive Officer to the Vice Chief of Staff, Army, the Pentagon. Lieutenant General Piggee’s other notable assignments include: Commander, 15th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Support Operation Division, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, 8th U.S. Army, Seoul, South Korea; Commander, Division Rear and Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; Commander, 15th Forward Support Battalion and 1st Cavalry Division, G4, Fort Hood, Texas. Lieutenant General Piggee’s awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (2 OLC), Legion of Merit (2 OLC), the Bronze Star, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal (3 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), the Army Achievement Medal (3 OLC). He is authorized to wear the Department of Defense and Army Staff Identification Badges. Lieutenant General Piggee is married to the former Kassi Marie Gideon of Killeen, Texas. He has one daughter, Alexis. Todd Richmond Director of Advanced Prototype Development Institute for Creative Technologies By day, Todd Richmond is the director of advanced prototypes at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). By night he is a musician, visual artist, and conceptual troublemaker. In a previous life Richmond was a chemistry professor at The Claremont Colleges where early in his faculty career he incorporated multimedia and web technologies into his teaching and research. That work led him to evolve from his specific focus on chemistry to instead pursue a broader understanding of technology and content as managing director of the USC Annenberg Center for Communication (a new media research center). In 2006 Richmond moved to ICT and currently leads the advanced prototype group. He works in a variety of areas: emerging disruptive technologies and their implications/applications for training, learning, and operations; future environments for communication and collaboration; immersive technologies; interactive education; visualization and analytics. He works closely with the USC School of Cinematic Arts, has studied with Grammy- winning bassist Victor Wooten, and performs regularly with a number of different ensembles. Richmond earned a B.A. in chemistry from the University of San Diego and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Caltech, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in protein engineering at U.C. San Francisco. Biography: Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins serves as commanding general of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. RDECOM has the mission to provide innovative research, development and engineering to produce capabilities that provide decisive overmatch to the Army against the complexities of the current and future operating environments in support of the Joint Warfighter and the Nation. Wins graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned in the Field Artillery in July 1985. He is a graduate of the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College, and the National War College. He holds a master's degree in management from the
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