TechAmerica Foundation Defense Strategic Planning Forum

8th Annual Defense Strategic Planning Forum

February 28, 2013
8:00 am - Noon
The University Club | Washington, DC

This highly popular panel of defense industry strategists will offer their views on the latest DoD budget request and the major challenges facing the industry in the future.  There will be ample opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.

Topics will include:

• How should the defense industry approach business as it faces a down-turn?
• What market segments hold the best opportunities for the defense industry?
• How will the international market position of U.S. defense companies change?
• Will the current downturn cause a shift in the competitive nature of the defense business?
• What are the implications for the health of defense companies who supply defense primes?

Prime Panel DiscussionModerator: Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors

• Doug Belair, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Planning, BAE Systems, Inc.
• Tom Davis, Vice President, Strategic Planning, General Dynamics Corporation
• Travis Sullivan, Vice President, Strategy & Business Capture, Boeing Defense, Space & Security 
• Glenn Weissinger, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
• Additional panelists to be announced

Mid-tier Panel DiscussionModerator:Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors

• Curtis Brunson, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, L-3 
• John Shephard, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy & Corporate Development Officer, Exelis, Inc. 
• David Speiser, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, SAIC
• Additional panelists to be announced

 Register today! http://www.techamericafoundation.org/dspf 

The opinions expressed by the Forum's panelists are solely those of the panelists and do not necessarily represent the views of their respective employers. No audience questions will be entertained regarding any specific corporation's strategic plans or future actions.  All remarks and statements at the Forum will be for non-attribution.

THIS EVENT IS CLOSED TO PRESS