Main Summit Day One: Tuesday, November 18, 2008

8:15 Chairperson’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

8:25 Marine Corps LAV: The Combat Multiplier Through 2025 (Keynote)

• Current and future LAV capabilities
• Industry opportunities for LAVs
• The Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) Update

Colonel Michael Micucci, USMC
LAV Program Manager
TACOM, Marine Corps Systems Command

9:05 MRAP: Two Years Later and Beyond (MRAP Focus)

• Results and observations of MRAP vehicles in theater
• Current requirements and challenges
• Future plans and goals for the MRAP

David K. Hansen
Deputy Program Manager
Joint MRAP Vehicle Program

10:35 Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) Modernization Efforts (Keynote)

• History, mission and organization of the SANG
• SANG Modernization Program
• Future PM-SANG initiatives

Stephen Howard
Acting Director, PM-SANG Washington Field Office
U.S. Army Security Assistance Command

11:15 Improving the Internal Environment within Light Armored Vehicles

• Rugged cooling solutions
• Protection of electronic systems
• Best practices on survivability and counter-measures

Kevin Semeniuk
Director – Vehicle Cooling Solutions
Allen Vanguard

1:15 Marine Corps' Ground Combat And Tactical Vehicle Strategy For The Next 10 Years (Tactical Vehicles Focus)

• Maintaining an expeditionary fleet of vehicles
• Expectations for an effective modernization strategy
• Balancing protection, payload, and performance in the fleet

Chris Yunker
Mob/C-Mobility Section, Fires & Maneuver Integration Division
Marine Corps Combat Development Command

1:55 Technical Case Study: Vehicle Battery Maintenance

• Battery life cycle maintenance explained
• Controlling battery failure
• Understanding sulfation buildup

Mark Witt
Vice President
PulseTech

Roy Johnson
Field Support Representative
PulseTech

2:40 Active Protection System In Asymmetric Conflict (International Perspective)

• Demonstrating effective protection of light vehicles and heavy armored vehicles, from small rocket propelled grenades, antitank missiles
• Using a fixed radar sensor, mounted on the protected platform, to detect potential threats
• Identifying and calculating the threat

Lieutenant Colonel Maxi Blum (R)
Israeli Defense Forces

4:15 Autonomic Logistics Supporting Tactical Combat Vehicles (Tactical Vehicles Focus)

• Autonomic logistics operational concept
• Example implementations
• Operational case study findings and benefits

Eddie C. Crow Jr.
Head, Systems Operations & Automation Division, Applied Research Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University

4:55 Clemson University – International Center For Automotive Research

Lightweight Vehicle Manufacturing and Systems Integration

• Integrated Vehicle Education and Research
• Lightweight Design and Manufacturing
• Systems Integration Methods and Applications

Thomas R. Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and BMW Chair of Manufacturing Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University and Director of the Campbell Graduate Engineering Center CU-International Center
Automotive Research