We encourage you to make travel arrangements in order to participate both days. This symposium is an opportunity to interact with colleagues from all services and engage in dialogue on current Acquisition issues in a collaborative setting.
Program Details are Subject to Change
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
| 1:00pm – 9:00pm | Hotel Check-in, Presenters & Participants Arrive |
| 4:00pm – 7:00pm | Symposium Pre-Registration and Managers Social for Embassy Suites guests |
| 6:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner on your own |
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
| 6:00am – 8:00am | Registration - Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am – 9:15am | Welcome & Keynote Address |
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Dr. Keith F. Snider, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
Daniel T. Oliver, VADM, USN (ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School Keynote: The Honorable Sue C. Payton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | Break |
| 9:30am – 11:00am | Panel 1 - Plenary - Maintaining Competition in Defense Acquisition |
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Chair: Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Director, Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, University of Maryland, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics
Discussants: Dr. James I. Finley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology) Mr. Louis A. Kratz, Vice President and Managing Director, Focused Logistics, Lockheed Martin Corporation Mr. Kenneth E. Miller, Special Assistant for Acquisition Governance & Transparency to the Secretary of the Air Force |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | Break |
| 11:15am – 12:45pm |
Panel 2 - Acquisition Portfolio Management
Chair: Dr. Nancy Spruill, Director, Acquisition Resources & Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) GAO Best Practices: Portfolio Management Michael P. Sullivan, Director, Portfolio Management Best Practices for the DoD, R&D and Acquisition Communities Robert Edson, Principal Analyst and Technical Manager, Innovation Analysis Division and Nicole Long, Associate Analyst, ANSER GAP Analysis: Rethinking the Conceptual Foundations Gary O. Langford, Lecturer, Dr. Thomas V. Huynh, Associate Professor, Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer and Dr. Ira A. Lewis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School |
Panel 3 - Implications of Defense Industry Consolidation
Chair: Mr. William C. Greenwalt, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Discussant: Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, Naval Market Dominance, Efficiency, Innovation , and Globalization: A Case Study of the Tanker Competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS Dr. Nayantara Hensel, Assistant Professor, Naval The Changing Shape of the Defense Industry and Implications for Defense Acquisitions and Policy Dr. Victoria A. Greenfield, |
Panel 4 - Spiral Development in Major Defense Acquisition Programs
Chair: Rear Admiral Michael S. Frick, USN, Vice Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
Discussant: T. Craig Smith, Head, Engagement Systems Department, NSWC Dahlgren Division Using Spiral Development to Reduce Acquisition Cycle Times Dr. William Lucyshyn, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, Modeling the Integration of Open Systems and Evolutionary Acquisition in DoD Programs Dr. David Ford, Associate Professor, |
| 12:45pm – 1:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm – 3:15pm |
Panel 5 - Technology Maturity Considerations in Defense Acquisition
Chair: Dr. Michael F. McGrath, Vice President, Systems and Operations Analysis, Analytic Services, Inc. Discussant: Dr. James Snider, The Costs and Risks of Maturing Technologies, Traditionally vs. Evolutionary Approaches Dr. William B. Rouse, Executive Director, Tennenbaum Institute and Dr. Michael J. Pennock, Research Fellow, Tennenbaum Institute, Enterprise Transformation, Georgia Institute of Technology System Maturity Indices for Decision Support in the Defense Acquisition Process Dr. Brian J. Sauser, Assistant Professor and Dr. Jose E. Ramirez-Marquez, Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology |
Panel 6 - Developments in Support of Open Architecture & Service Oriented Architecture Initiatives
Chair: Mr. William P. Bray, Program Manager for Integrated Combat Systems, Office of the Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, US Navy
AEGIS Platforms: The Potential Impact of Open Architecture in Sustaining Engineering Dr. Thomas J. Housel, Professor, Naval Which Unchanged Components to Retest after a Technology Upgrade Dr. Valdis A. Berzins, Professor, Naval |
Panel 7 - Considerations for Controlling Lifecycle Costs
Chair: John Birkler, Research Leader, Acquisition, Defense Production, and Technology Base Issues, RAND Corporation Discussant: CAPT Mike Moran, USN, Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance Aircraft, P-8A Poseidon Program Manager Case Study and Analysis of an Organic and Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) Hybrid Maintenance Model for the Lifecycle of the P-8 Poseidon J. Scott Hedrick, United States Navy, Shane Tallant, United States Navy and Mike Martin, United States Navy, Graduate Students, Naval Postgraduate School Stryker Suitability Challenges in a Complex Threat Environment Dr. Don McKeon and Dr. Paul Alfieri, |
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm |
Panel 8 - Advances in Acquisition Project Management
Chair: Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr., Discussant: Christopher A. Miller, Program Executive Officer Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C41) Capabilities Focused Acquisition Process Dr. Daniel DeLaurentis, Assistant Professor, |
Panel 9 - Implementing Open Architecture and Software Strategies in DoD
Chair: Reuben S. Pitts III, Head, Warfare Systems, NSWC Dahlgren Division SHARE Repository Framework: Component Specification and Ontology Jean Johnson, Research Assistant and Curt Blais, Research Associate, Naval A Semantic Based Search Engine for Open Architecture Requirements Documents Dr. Craig H. Martell, Associate Professor, Naval Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software within the US Dr. Walt Scacchi, Senior Research Scientist and Dr. Thomas Alspaugh, Assistant Professor, |
Panel 10 - Collaborative Product Life Cycle Management & 3-D Visualization Tools: Implications for the SHIPMAIN Process
Chair: Lorna B. Estep, Deputy Director for Supply, Directorate of Logistics Sustainment, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command Discussant: Michael Schwind, Vice President, Maritime Solutions Sector, Siemens, Product Lifecycle Management Software The Potential Impact of Collaborative and Three-dimensional Imaging Technology on SHIPMAIN Fleet Modernization Plan Dr. Thomas J. Housel, Professor, Naval The Use of Collaborative and Three Dimensional Imaging Technology to Achieve Increased Value and Efficiency in the SHIPMAIN Cost Estimation Process LCDR Dave Cornelius, USN, NAVSUP NMCI Program Manager, Naval Supply Information Systems Activity, Mechanicsburg, PA |
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Monterey Social - Student Research Poster Show |
| 6:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner on your own |
Thursday, May 15, 2008
| 7:00am – 8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00am – 9:15am | Acquisition Chair Remarks & Keynote |
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James B. Greene, Jr., RADM, USN (ret.), Acquisition Chair
Keynote: General Bruce Carlson, United States Air Force, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | Break |
| 9:30am – 11:00am | Panel 11 - Plenary Panel Academic Research on Contracting |
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Chair: Dr. Steve Kelman, Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Discussants: Dr. Matthew Potoski, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University Dr. G. Frederick Thompson, Professor of Public Management and Policy, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University Dr. Andrew B. Whitford, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public & International Affairs, The University of Georgia |
| 11:00am – 11:15am | Break |
| 11:15am – 12:45pm |
Panel 12 - Budgeting and Acquisition Reform
Chair: The Honorable Douglas A. Brook, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller Discussants: Rear Admiral Charles H. Goddard, Program Executive Officer, Ships
Philip J. Candreva, Senior Lecturer of Budgeting, Naval |
Panel 13 Perspectives on COTS Implementation
Chair: Stan Z. Soloway, President, Professional Service Council Discussant: CAPT Dave Ruehlin, Deputy Commander for Logistics, Port Hueneme Division, Naval Commercial-Off-the-Self (COTS); Doing It Right Dr. William Lucyshyn, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, Commercial-Off-the-Self (COTS): Impact to Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RM&A) from an In Service Engineering Perspective Robert Howard, Systems Engineering and T&E Division Supportability Manager, Land Attack Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division |
Panel 14 Issues in Cost Estimating for US Naval Shipbuilding
Chair: Christopher S. Deegan, Division Director, Cost Engineering and Industrial Analysis Division, Naval Sea Systems Command Submarine Cost Analysis LT Ben Grant, Graduate Student, Naval Dynamic Cost Risk Assessment for Controlling the Cost of Naval Vessels Dr. Edouard Kujawski, Associate Professor, Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor and Jeff Kline, CAPT USN (ret), Senior Lecturer, Operations Research Department, Program Director, Maritime Defense and Security Research Program, Naval Postgraduate School Using the Steel Vessel Material-cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk Edward G. Keating, Senior Economist, Robert Murphy, Researcher, John F. Schank, Senior Operations Research Analyst and John Birkler, Research Leader, Acquisition, Defense Production, and Technology Base Issues, RAND Corporation |
| 12:45pm – 1:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm – 3:15pm |
Panel 15 Key Issues in Defence Acquisition for the UK - Issues for other Nations?
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Panel 16 Public Procurement: Environment, Limitations and Innovations
Chair: Dr. James T. Simpson, Dean,
Steve Schooner, J.D. Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Co-Director of the
Government Procurement Law Program, Daniel I. Gordon, J.D.,
Professorial Lecturer in Law and Jessica L. Clark, J.D., Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Research and
Writing The The Limits of Competition in Federal
Contracting Gerald S. Koenig, Attorney-at-Law Innovations in Defense Acquisition
Auctions: Lessons Learned and Alternative Mechanism Designs Dr. Peter Coughlan, Associate Professor, Dr. William
Gates, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Dr. Jennifer Lamping, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado |
Panel 17 Cost Estimating Initiatives in Defense Acquisition
Chair: Dr. Daniel A. Nussbaum, Visiting Professor, NPS, former Director, Discussant: Fred Hartman, Research Staff, Institute for Defense Analyses, Studies and A Non-simulation Based Method for Inducing Pearson's Correlation between Input Random Variables Eric R. Druker, Operations Research Analyst, Richard L. Coleman, Director, Cost and Price Analysis Center of Excellence, Peter J. Braxton, Director of Training and Joel B. Hughes, Northrop Grumman Application of Transaction Cost Economics to Capabilities-Based Acquisition: Exploring Single Service vs. Joint Service Programs and Single Systems vs. System-of-Systems Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor, John Dillard, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Dr. Mary Maureen Brown, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte and Robert M. Flowe, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology), Software Engineering and Systems Assurance, Transactions Cost Economics and Cost Estimation Methodology Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, John T. Dillard, Senior Lecturer and Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School |
| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:30pm – 5:00pm |
Panel 18 International Perspectives on Acquisition
Chair: John F. Schank, Senior Operations Research Analyst, RAND Corporation Echo’s Across the Pond: Understanding EU-US Defense Industrial Relationships Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, , Senior Lecturer, Dr. Ira Lewis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Dr. Bernard Udis, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado (Boulder) Australian Naval Procurement Cycles: Lessons for Other Small Countries Dr. Stefan Markowski, Associate Professor, Defense Acquisition Policy and the Defense Industrial Base Reinforcement Strategy--Enhancing the International Competitiveness Analysis of Korean National Defense Industry Dr. Dae Ok Lee, Principal Researcher, Head of Administration Management Division, Agency for Defense Development in |
Panel 19 Exploring the Boundaries of Outsourcing
Chair: Lenn Vincent, RADM USN (ret.), Industry Chair, Contracting Out the Government Procurement Functions: An Analysis Dr. David V. Lamm, Associate Professor Emeritus and E. Cory Yoder, Lecturer, Naval The Design Agent Phenomenon: A Post Acquisition Reform Cost-Benefit Analysis Kathlyn H. Loudin, Cost & Affordability Group, Naval The Evolving Private Military Sector: A Survey Dr. Nicholas Dew, Assistant Professor, and LT |
Panel 20 Issues in Supply Chain Management
Chair: Lieutenant Colonel Timothy S. Reed, USAF, Commander, 325th Contracting Squadron, Tyndall AFB FL Managing the Services Supply Chain in the DoD: An Empirical Study of Current Management Practices Dr. Aruna Apte, Assistant Professor, Dr. Uday Apte, Professor and Dr. Rene Rendon, Senior Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School Joint Robotics Program Paul Varian, Project Manager, Robotics Joint Project and Joel Brown, The Economic Impact of Open Architecture in the Life-Cycle of Reusable Assets Dr. Geraldo Ferrer, Associate Professor, Naval |
| 5:00pm – 6:30pm | Closing Social |