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NENSC Committee Co-Chairs
Tom Fournier, Owner, OrgNxt LLC
Scott Merrick, Founder & Principal, Darby Field Advisors
8:30am – 9:00am Registration Opens
Main Level, Roger and Francine Jean Student Center, Saint Anselm College
9:00am – 9:45am Keynote Address
Lieutenant General Philip A. Garrant, Commander, Space Systems Command
Melucci Theater, Roger and Francine Jean Student Center
9:45am – 10:15am To be announced
10:15am – 10:40am Coffee Break
10:40am – 12:00pm Presentations by Defense Service Organizations
These presentations will provide a 20 minute overview of the organization, what technology needs they have, and how businesses can utilize their services.
- Army Applications Lab – Barry Tishgart, Entrepreneur in Residence, Army Futures Command
Description
AAL is an innovation organization. We help ensure that Army Futures Command consistently delivers the best technology in the world to Army units, we find the best ways to do that, and we capture and report best innovation practices to support their adoption across the enterprise.We energize the commercial innovation base to solve Army problems. We don’t simply release solicitations and wait for companies to reply. We actively work in every section of the Lab to make the Army a business partner of preference for the best innovators and technologists in the world. In so doing, we expand the base of viable companies willing and ready to work with the DoD.
- AFWERX – Aneel Alvares, Military Deputy Director, AFWERX
Description
As the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force (DAF) and powered by the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX cultivates and transitions impactful emerging technologies to deter and win wars. AFWERX brings cutting edge American ingenuity from small businesses and start-ups to address the most pressing challenges of the DAF. The four core arms of AFWERX – AFVentures, Spark, Prime and SpaceWERX – serve to expand the defense industrial base for advanced technologies, empower Airmen and Guardian talent, and drive faster technology transition to operational capability.
- DEVCOM – Speaker to be announced.
12:00pm – 12:45pm Panel discussion with Defense Service Organizations
12:45pm – 1:45pm Lunch
1:45pm – 2:15pm Startup Showcase
Hear 5-minutes pitches from 5 early stage startups in the Northeast
Interested businesses can apply here.
2:15pm – 2:45pm Tech Showcase
Hear 5-minutes pitches from 5 established businesses in the Northeast
Interested businesses can apply here.
2:45pm – 3:05pm Coffee Break
3:05pm – 3:40pm Presentation to be announced
3:40pm – 4:30pm Higher Education Research and Resources for Businesses
4:30pm – 6:30pm Cocktail Reception
Event Space, Top Floor, Roger and Francine Jean Student Center