The Kitsap Economic Development Alliance in partnership with the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition will co-host the Pacific Northwest Defense Symposium on July 22–23 at the Kitsap Conference Center, Bremerton Harborside. Guy Stitt, AMI International is set to emcee the event and Rear Admiral Symonds will be the breakfast keynote speaker.
The symposium begins on July 22 with a business connections reception from 5–7 p.m. Sponsorships and booth opportunities are available. For more information or to register visit www.nwdefense.com.
Breakout sessions on July 23 and a sampling of regional and presenters include:
- MILCON: Northwest Opportunities: Capt Gregory Harshberger, exec officer, NAVFAC NW (invited) and Col Miroslav Kurka, deputy commander, NW District, US Army Corps of Engineers.
- R&D funding: Rick Shindell, Zyn.com and Summer Jones, SpaWar.
- Lunch keynote: Charles H. Thompson, managing director of Edgeview Partners will be talking about the challenges of realigned defense spending to the defense, aerospace and Homeland Security industry.
- Unmanned robotics: Bill Coccum, Applied Physics and Tim Norgar, Boeing.
- Meeting defense workforce needs: Hosted by Hire America’s Heroes.
- Policy — Changes or status quo?: RDML Joe Carnevale, Ball Janik, LLP and Marie Cardell, Boeing (VA.).
- Small Business and defense supply chain — Roadmap to success: Janet Tapp, EJB and Mary Jo Juarez, Naval Base Kitsap.
