AUSA ANNUAL MEETING AND EXPOSITION SCHEDULE-AT-A-GLANCE 9 – 11 October 2017 Building Readiness: America’s Army from the Great War to Multi-Domain Battle A Profession Development Forum (please note all presentors are on an invited basis only and subject to change) FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER 0800–1700 AUSA Registration West Registration Area SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 0800–1700 AUSA Registration and Ticket Pickup West Registration Area SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 0800–1800 AUSA Registration and Ticket Pickup East and West Registration Area 1300–1700 Chapter Presidents Training Marriott Marquis 1900–2200 Chapter Presidents Reception and Dinner Marquis Ballroom -Salons 1 - 5 Marriott Marquis Host and Keynote Speaker: GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army, Retired President and CEO Association of the United States Army Presentation of Chapter Awards MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER THEME: LETHALITY 0630–0830 The Sergeant Major of the Army Battle Challenge Room 152 A and Exhibit Hall C 0700–1900 AUSA Registration Open Convention Center East and West Registration 0700–1900 AUSA Ticket Pickup Open Convention Center West Registration 0730–0900 National Guard/Army Reserve Breakfast Room 146 A, B, and C (ticket/ID badge required) Host: LTG Jack Stultz United States Army, Retired Council of Trustees AUSA Presentation of Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. Readiness Awards 1st Battalion 116th Infantry Virginia Army National Guard Commander: LTC Christopher Samulski CSM: Irving N. Reed, Jr. 900th Quartermaster Company U.S. Army Reserve El Paso, TX Commander: Captain Carlos Almanza SFC: Emiliano Nevarez Presentation of Chapter Awards Speaker: GEN Robert B. Abrams Commanding General United States Army Forces Command 0730–0900 AUSA Family Readiness Networking Breakfast * Room 201 (By invitation only – ticket/ID badge required) 0900–1700 Exhibits Open Halls A, B, C, D and E 0930–1115 Opening Ceremony Ballroom Prelude 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Fife & Drum Corps The United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own Presiding: GEN Carter F. Ham United States Army, Retired President and CEO AUSA INVOCATION: Chaplain (COL) Terry Austin Military District of Washington United States Army Keynote Speaker: The Honorable James N. Mattis Secretary of Defense United States Department of Defense National Award Presentations General Creighton W. Abrams Medal GEN Eric Shinseki United States Army Retired Major General Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Medal Catherine Roache Lieutenant General Raymond S. McLain Medal MG Gus R. Hargett, Jr. United States Army Retired Major General James Earl Rudder Medal MG Marcia M. Anderson United States Army Retired Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge Medal SGM Todd B. Hunter United States Army Retired John W. Dixon Award Dennis Muilenburg The Joseph P. Cribbins Award Margaret A. Barrett-Tyree The AUSA Volunteer Family of the Year SFC Eryn Seidl and Family United States Army Retired The AUSA National Service Award Patriot Guard Riders Presentation of Chapter and Division/Command Awards 1230–1430 SMA Awards Luncheon * Room 146 ABC (CSMs, GOs, NCOs, and Soldiers of the Year – ticket/ID badge required) Host: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army MASTER OF CEREMONIES: SMA Kenneth O. Preston United States Army, Retired Director Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier Programs AUSA Speaker: GEN James C. McConville Vice Chief of Staff United States Army Patriotic Program The United States Army Chorus 1230–1430 Corporate Member Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 1-5 Marriott Marquis (Ticket/ID badge required) HOST: MG Patricia P. Hickerson United States Army, Retired Council of Trustees AUSA SPEAKER: GEN David G. Perkins Commanding General United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Presentation of Chapter Awards Patiotic Program The United States Army Brass Quintet 1230–1430 ROTC Luncheon * Marquis Ballroom -Salon 6-10 Marriott Marquis (Ticket/ID badge required) Host: LTG Raymond V. Mason United States Army, Retired Speaker: GEN Gustave F. Perna Commanding General United States Army Materiel Command Presentation of ROTC Awards Patriotic Program Down Range 1300–1730 AUSA Author’s Forum Room 145 A Moderators: LTG Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. United States Army, Retired AUSA Senior Fellow LTG Richard Trefry United States Army, Retired AUSA ILW Senior Fellow Author’s Discussion: Maj. Gen. Jacob Even, IDF Retired (Author), Simcha B. Maoz, IDF Retired (Author) Maj. Gen. Jacob Even, IDF Retired, (Presentor) • At the Decisive Point in the Sinai: Generalship in the Yom Kippur War Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017) Richard Harrison, Ph.D., (Editor) • The Iasi-Kishinev Operation: The Red Army's Summer Offensive Into the Balkans Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2017) • The Budapest Operation: An Operational-Strategic Study Publisher: Helion and Company (June 12, 2017) • The Battle of Kursk: The Red Army’s Defensive Operations and Counter-Offensive, July-August 1943 Publisher: Helion and Company (August 19, 2016) Brian Laslie, Ph.D. (Author) • Architect of Airpower: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (October 6, 2017) COL Pesach Malovany, IDF Retired (Author) • Wars of Modern Babylon: A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (July 4, 2017) MG David Zabecki, USA Retired (Author) • Lossberg's War: The World War I Memoirs of a German Chief of Staff Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (September 5, 2017) Brig. Gen. Dani Asher, IDF Retired (Editor) • Inside Israel’s Northern Command: The Yom Kippur War on the Syrian Border Publisher: University Press of Kentucky (February 8, 2016) Robert S. Allen (Author), Capt John Nelson Rickard, CAF (Editor) • Forward with Patton: The World War II Diary of Colonel Robert S. Allen Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky (August 4, 2017) 1330–1500 United States Army Women’s Foundation Panel Room 209 BC Keynote Speaker: MG Mari K. Eder United States Army, Retired Panel Presentation: Extraordinary Soldiers: Their Experiences, Challenges, Successes Moderator: CSM Donna A. Brock United States Army Retired Senior Enlisted Advisor 43rd Surgeon General United States Army Panelists: BG Cindy R. Jebb 14th Dean of the Academic Board United States Military Academy, West Point CW5 Phyllis J. Wilson Senior Army Leadership Instructor United States Army Warrant Officer Career College Fort Rucker CSM Billie Jo Boersma Command Sergeant Major United States Army Garrison Fort Belvoir SSG Elizabeth Marks World Class Athlete Program Fort Carson 2016 Paralympic Gold and Bronze Medalist 2016 Invictus Games (4) Gold Medals 2016 ESPY Pat Tillman Award Recipient 1330–1500 Digital Learning Session Room 204 ABC Social Media and the Future of Leader Development Panelists: COL Jim Greer United States Army, Retired CPT Doug Meyer Creator Hay in the Barn Leader Rebecca Johnson, Ph.D. Marine Corps University MAJ Joe Byerly Editor and Creator From the Green Notebook 1400–1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Army Modernization – A Life Cycle Approach to Lethality Room 202B Lead Speaker: Steffanie B. Easter Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology 1400–1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Ready Now Room 151 AB Lead Speaker: GEN Robert B. Abrams Commanding General United States Army Forces Command Panelists: Robert L. Wilkie (Invited) Lawyer Senior Advisor to United States Senator Thom Tillis MG Joseph M. Martin Commanding General 1st Infantry Division MG Joseph F. Jarrard Adjutant General State of Georgia Colonel Christopher R. Norrie Chief, Operations Group, National Training Center and former Commander 3/4 Infantry Division, the rotational ABCT to Europe 1400–1600 ILW Contemporary Military Forum Future Multi-Domain Threats within the Operational Environment Room 147 AB Panelists: Jeffrey Mankoff Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program Center for Strategic & International Studies Ken Gause Director, International Affairs Group CNA Corporation Mehdi Khalaji Libitzky Family Fellow The Washington Institute Peter Brookes Senior Fellow, National Security Affairs Heritage Foundation Vera Zakem Director, Strategy, Marketing, and Partnerships/Project Director (CSS) CNA Corporation 1400–1600 Military Retiree and Veteran Update Seminar Room 140A 1400–1630 AUSA Military Family Forum I Warrior and Family Wellness: It Takes a Team Room 207 AB Opening Remarks: Patty Barron Director of Family Readiness Association of the United States Army Lead Speaker: LTG Nadja Y. West (Invited) Commanding General United States Army Medical Command The Surgeon General, United States Army Soldier and Family Wellness Panel Moderator: Josie Beets Senior Advisor for the Chief Financial Officers Council and President’s Management Council Office of Executive Councils Past President, Military Spouse JD Network Panelists: Marianne Campano Military Caregivers - Heart of Recovery Initiative Office of The Surgeon General, Army Chaplain (COL) Joseph H. Melvin Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplain Rachel O'Hern Executive Director Returning Heroes Home Inc LTC Amy Beth P. Moore United States Army Retired Army Survivor Advisory Working Group Closing Speaker Vice Adimral Raquel C. Bono (Invited) Director, Defense Health Agency Medical Corps, United States Navy 1400–1700 Reserve Component Committee Meeting Room 209 A 1500–1630 CSM ARNG/CSM USAR Breakout Session Room 150 AB Speakers: SMA Daniel A. Dailey Sergeant Major of the Army CSM Christopher S. Kepner Command Sergeant Major Army National Guard CSM Ted L. Copeland