Networking Breakfast

This session will discuss the latest priorities for the NNSA Leadership including, workforce recruitment and retention, ongoing challenges in infrastructure while building for future needs and requirements, monitoring pit production in accordance with DoD needs including the changing security landscape and maximizing NNSA capabilities for other challenges, such as using strengths in nonproliferation to assist the development of nuclear energy and thereby fight climate change, as well as developing new capabilities to meet new needs, such as in pandemic prevention and biology and exascale computing. 

Jill HrubyUnder Secretary for Nuclear Security, U.S. Department of Energy and AdministratorNational Nuclear Security Administration DJ JohnsonVice PresidentHoneywell Federal SolutionsModerator

Ensuring the ongoing modernization of the U.S. nuclear deterrent is critical to maintaining its credibility through the lens of our enemies and our global allies. In this session, we will hear from both the U.S. Senate Ranking Member and the U.S. House of Representatives Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Committees on Armed Services on U.S. strategic nuclear deterrence and its ongoing modernization, including the land, sea and air-based legs of the triad, nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) and the National Nuclear Security Administration, and related topics on hypersonics, missile defense and space.

Deb FischerUnited States SenatorState of Nebraska Doug LambornUnited States CongressmanColorado 5th District L. David CheringtonCo-Founder and Managing DirectorAdvanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence CenterModerator Jeffrey CraterCo-founder and Managing DirectorAdvanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence CenterModerator

Networking Break

The directors of the Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories will discuss how they are working to ensure an adaptive, responsive and resilient nuclear security enterprise in today’s geopolitical climate. The directors will also discuss how the national laboratories are tackling a number of challenges, including:

• Meeting the NNSA’s call for major actions to improve performance and remove obstacles.
• Addressing supply chain issues and inflation impacts.
• Recruiting, developing and maintaining a diverse next-generation workforce. 
• Continuing to capitalize existing infrastructure and move forward with key capital projects. 
• Ensuring effective cyber security.
• Integrating work with the various production sites and NNSA headquarters.

Kimberly S. Budil, PhDDirectorLawrence Livermore National Laboratory Thomas Mason, PhDDirectorLos Alamos National Laboratory James Peery, PhDLaboratories DirectorSandia National Laboratories John LongeneckerChief Executive OfficerLongenecker & AssociatesModerator

Stay tuned for a short video detailing Model Performance’s work with our national labs, and stop by their display for more information.

Networking Lunch

A conversation about creating and engaging diverse talents in today’s environment.  We will explore current and future programs that are engaging diversity in order to meet mission needs. You will hear from the president’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Advisory Council Chairman on progress to promote and encourage agencies to utilize the HBCU workforce on a national scale.  

Michael HesterChief Executive OfficerMinority Serving Institution Research and Development Consortium Marcus LeaDeputy Associate Administrator for Management and BudgetNational Nuclear Security Administration Terrence MosleySenior Advisor for Diversity and STEMOffice of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy/DOE Rob Smith, PhD.Vice President, Diversity, Equity & InclusionAmentum Brenda Brown DillardVice President, Strategic PartnershipsMinority Serving Institution Research and Development ConsortiumModerator

Following release of the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, ASD Rosenblum will highlight how the NWC is considering today’s dynamic security environment, the future threat, and a constrained enterprise when making strategic trades and choices among its priorities. As the NWC Staff Director, ASD Rosenblum will discuss the integrated approach the NWC is taking to ensure a balanced, flexible nuclear stockpile capable of addressing uncertainty, pacing the threat, and maintaining effectiveness.

Deborah RosenblumAssistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense ProgramsDepartment of Defense Christopher Yeaw, PhDAssociate Executive Director, Strategic Deterrence & Nuclear ProgramsNational Strategic Research Institute at the University of NebraskaModerator

Networking Break

While a few major line-item projects usually get the most attention, just as important are the wide range of construction projects designed to modernize and upgrade the nuclear weapons enterprise. This panel will focus on the work being done to build the facilities necessary to support the next generation of stockpile stewards and their work to meet military requirements for a safe, secure and reliable systems.

Sal BeltranDeputy Principal Associate Director for ProjectsLawrence Livermore National Laboratory Thomas BratvoldSenior Director, Los Alamos Plutonium Pit Production ProjectLos Alamos National Laboratory Dennis CarrPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Michael RobinsonVice President, Project ManagementConsolidated Nuclear Security, LLC Kenneth SheelyActing Associate Administrator, Office of Infrastructure, NA-90National Nuclear Security Administration Dena VolovarPresidentBechtel National Inc.Moderator

The NNSA plans to produce at least 30 pits annually at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2026 and at least 50 pits annually at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C., sometime next decade. This session will discuss current expectations and progress for pit production schedules

Marvin Adams, PhDDeputy Administrator for Defense ProgramsNational Nuclear Security Administration Mark DavisAssoc. Laboratory Director for Weapons Production Chief Operating OfficerLos Alamos National Laboratory Stuart MacVeanPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Cheryl D. CabbilSenior Vice President Operations, Nuclear & EnvironmentAmentumModerator

Please join us for an evening in celebration of Valentine’s Day and National Heart Awareness Month. The reception will feature specialty “red cocktails”, beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres and will take place in the exhibit hall.

This reception is your chance to have fun, create new connections, and visit with old friends! There is no need to register for this event as it is sponsored by our friends at Fluor. 

Networking Breakfast

This session will discuss how the new Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs and the members of the Stockpile Stewardship Program are fulfilling the Administration’s priorities and maintaining the safety, security and reliability of the Nation’s strategic deterrent. This session will also feature engaged perspectives from Industry focusing on the information technology and cybersecurity.  These are integral Classified Computing frameworks critical to maintaining safety, security, and reliability as well as support to advancing the mission.

Marvin Adams, PhDDeputy Administrator for Defense ProgramsNational Nuclear Security Administration Amy GillilandPresidentGeneral Dynamics Information Technology

Join this session to hear the latest updates from the leaders responsible for our national laboratory weapons programs.  They lead scientific, engineering, and other technical efforts that are the foundation to the safety, security, and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear deterrent.  The session will provide an opportunity to hear an unclassified update on their respective weapons programs; challenges of design and maintenance projects that address system modifications, alternations, life extension, and stewardship; and the impacts and implications of recapitalization, schedule compression with mission expansion, and enhanced mission delivery initiatives.

Laura McGillDeputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology OfficerSandia National Laboratories Bradley Wallin, PhDDeputy Director Strategic DeterrenceLawrence Livermore National Laboratory Robert Webster, PhDDeputy Director, WeaponsLos Alamos National Laboratory Brian D’AndreaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerTechSource, Inc.Moderator

Networking Break

This session will feature engaged discussion among the contractor heads at key NNSA sites responsible for stockpile stewardship and national security. In a time of record budgets, these leaders will discuss a number of priorities and challenges, including the progress of NNSA’s warhead modernization efforts; the status of increased plutonium pit production; instilling a culture of disciplined nuclear operations as the workforce evolves and new workers come in; ensuring strong safety performance; continued infrastructure modernization; addressing supply chain challenges and recruiting and maintaining the next-generation of workers in today’s workforce environment. 

Garrett HarencakPresident and CEOMission Support and Test Services, LLC Stuart MacVeanPresident and Chief Executive OfficerSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Richard Tighe, PhDPresident and CEOConsolidated Nuclear Security, LLC Eric WollermanPresidentHoneywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies Christine GellesChief Operating OfficerLongenecker & AssociatesModerator

Networking Luncheon

The 2022 NPR highlights the deteriorating security environment, noting that by the 2030s the United States, for the first time, will face two major nuclear powers as strategic competitors and potential adversaries: Russia and China. This session will discuss implementation strategies for optimal results.

Richard JohnsonDeputy Asst Secretary of Defense for Nuclear/Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction PolicyDepartment of Defense Cindy LerstenDirector, Office of Policy and Strategic PlanningNational Nuclear Security Administration Drew WalterDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear MattersDepartment of Defense Mark ArnoneExecutive Engagement National Security, Energy ProgramsAmazon Web ServicesModerator

This session will discuss the ongoing policies to protect the nation from nuclear threats, build stronger international partnerships and bring new ideas and technologies to the global nonproliferation initiatives.

Corey HindersteinDeputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear NonproliferationNational Nuclear Security Administration Jay TildenDirector, Office of Intelligence and CounterintelligenceNational Nuclear Security Administration Pranay VaddiSpecial Assistant to President & Senior Director for Arms Control, Disarmament, and NonproliferationWhite House National Security Council Greg MeyerSenior Vice President Nuclear and Civil SolutionsFluorModerator

Networking Break

U.S. Air Force and Navy leaders directing the modernization of the backbone of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrent will review the status and requirements for modernizing the air, land and sea-based leg of the strategic nuclear triad.  We’ll learn more about modernizing the air-based leg of the triad, including the B-21 bomber, upgrades to B-52s and the role of F-35s plus the Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) missile, the land-based leg with Sentinel and new ICBMs, and the sea-based leg with the Columbia Class submarine and its associated Trident II D5 missiles.

Brigadier General Ty NeumanDirector, Concepts and Strategy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Air Force FuturesU.S. Air Force Rear Admiral Scott PappanoProgram Executive Officer, Strategic SubmarinesU.S. Navy L. David CheringtonCo-Founder and Managing DirectorAdvanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence CenterModerator Jeffrey CraterCo-founder and Managing DirectorAdvanced Nuclear Weapons Alliance Deterrence CenterModerator