8:00am – 8:30am Registration Opens

Main Level, Roger and Francine Jean Student Center, Saint Anselm College

8:30am – 9:00am Opening Remarks

Melucci Theater, Roger and Francine Jean Student Center

9:00am – 9:45am Keynote Address

• Lieutenant General Philip A. Garrant, Commander, Space Systems Command

9:45am – 10:25am Presentations by Defense Service Organizations

These presentations will be an 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
• AFWERX – Aneel Alvares, Military Deputy Director, AFWERX

10:25am – 10:55am Coffee Break 

10:55am – 11:35am Presentations by Defense Service Organizations

These presentations will be an overview of the organization, what technology needs they have, and how businesses can utilize their services.

• DARPAConnect – Ms. Sana Hoda Sood, Communications, DARPAConnect
• DEVCOM – Mr. Jeffrey Pacuska, Program Manager- OUSD R&E ManTech, US Army DEVCOM Soldier Center

11:35am – 12:20pm Investing in National Security

• Jeremy Hitchcock, Co-Founder/Managing Partner, New North Ventures
• Laura Rippy, Managing Partner, Alumni Ventures
• Chip Walter, Managing Director, Marlinspike Partners
• Sherman Williams, Managing Partner, AIN Ventures
• Adam “AJ” Jarnagin, CEO & Founding Partner, Expansia

12:20pm – 1:20pm Lunch

1:20pm – 2:05pm Panel discussion with Defense Service Organizations

• Army Applications Lab – Barry Tishgart, Entrepreneur in Residence, Army Futures Command
• AFWERX – Aneel Alvares, Military Deputy Director, AFWERX
• DARPAConnect – Ms. Sana Hoda Sood, Communications, DARPAConnect
• DEVCOM – Mr. Jeffrey Pacuska, Program Manager- OUSD R&E ManTech, US Army DEVCOM Soldier Center

2:05pm – 2:55pm Tech Showcase

• Double D Design, LLC
• Lase-X
• Phoenix Tailings
• Safi Biotherapeutics
• Signal Processing Technologies
• URSA Inc.

2:55pm – 3:15pm Coffee Break 

3:15pm – 3:55pm Regional Ecosystem Panel

• Steve Fortier, Administrator of Rural Economic Development, NH Dept of Business & Economic Affairs
• Jay Kahn, Mayor of City of Keene, NH
• John Solomonides, President/CEO, Soldier Systems D-MIL, LLC
• Samrad Bukovcan, Director of Global Business Development, Moore Nanotechnology Systems
• Dr. Jim Kraly, Associate Dean of Academic Program Innovation, Keene State College

3:55pm – 4:35pm National Security Workforce and Ecosystem Development

• Jeromy Grimmett, CEO, Calhar Industries
• Jennifer MacDonald, MD, Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
• Butch Locke, Strategic Operations Director, BAE Systems, Inc.
• Jonathan Mason, Corporate Community and Continuing Education Coordinator, Nashua Community College
• Jeff Lapak, Director, UNH InterOperability Lab

4:35pm – 6:30pm Cocktail Reception