The Warm-Up Band

From November 2021 – through August 2022 the Chapter will host a mini-series of topics and presenters to lay the groundwork for their presentation at the Main Event – The ITEA Annual T&E Symposium. These presentations will be a glimpse into what to expect when you attend the Symposium in September. 

PREVIOUS PRESENTERS

November 30th
Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: How to Test the Trust Worthiness & Human System Integration?

Facilitator: Daniel Porter (IDA)
Presenters: Dr. Sandra Hobson, OSD-DOT&E PTDO PDD; Dr. Laura Freeman, Director of the Hume Center for National Security and Technology’s Intelligent Systems Lab, VA Tech; Dr. Jane Pinelis, Chief, Test and Evaluation, DoD Joint Artificial Intelligence Center; Rory Quinn, Branch Head, Adaptive Threat Force Branch, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (NSIN Venture Community)

December 14th
Topic: Accelerating T&E for Hypersonics
Facilitator: Chris Short, Booz Allen Hamilton
Presenters:

Shawn Kennedy, Executing Agent, TRMC T&E/S&T Program – Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology (AIST)  Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC)    Laura Crowley, DeputyExecuting Agent, TRMC T&E/S&T Program – Advanced Instrumentation Systems Technology (AIST)  Test Technology Area (TTA), Naval Undersea Warfare Center  Lt Gen. Chris Bogdon, USAF (Ret) Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Brooke Pyne, Director, S2MARTS, NSTXL     Martin Swany, Indiana University/IN3 (NSIN Venture Community)

January 25th
Topic: Digital Twin in Test & Evaluation

Facilitator: Jeremy Werner, PhD, OSD-DOT&E Science Advisor   Sankaran Mahadevan, PhD, Vanderbilt University (National Security Innovation (NSIN) Partner)   William Nichols, Booz Allen Hamilton

Jim Leathrum, PhD, Associate Professor and Chief Departmental Advisor in the Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering, Old Dominion University – VMASC   Ade Britton,Lead Solution Architect, Global T&E Campaign, QinetiQ

February 22nd
Topic: Space Technology

Facilitator: COL Sacha N. Tomlinson, United States Space Force, STARCOM Test Enterprise Division Chief      James Reilly, PhD, Booz Allen Hamilton, Senior Executive Advisor for the Global Defense Group (former NASA Astronaut)   Brad Appel Chief Engineer, Urse Major

Swami Iyer, President of Aerospace Systems, Virgin Galactic       Daniel Millman, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, Stratolaunch   Alex Dunn,(Invited) Redwire Space

March 31st
Topic: Challenges in Cyber T&E

Facilitator: Alex Hoover, Deputy Director for Cybersecurity Office of Systems Engineering Capability Development Support, Department of Homeland Security   Robin Poston, PhD, System Testing Excellence Program, University of Memphis     Roberta Faux, Director of Innovation at Lorica Cybersecurity

James Wells, Director of Test and Evaluation for the Department of Homeland Security     Garfield Jones, PhD Associate Chief of Strategic Technology, U.S. Department of Homeland Security     Daniel Charlebois, PhD  Communications Interoperability Portfolio Manager, Centre for Security Sciences, Department of National Defence, Canada

For a complete list of ALL upcoming webinars, workshops, & conferences visit our Event Calendar.