WEST 2018 Event Coverage
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WEST 2018 Keynote and Panel Session Videos
Near-Peer Competition is Back: Are We Ready Now and Into the Future?
Tuesday: February 6th, 2018
Morning Keynote - 8:30am - 9:30am
The Hon. Patrick M. Shanahan Deputy Secretary of Defense
Morning Panel Discussion - 10:15am - 11:30am
"What Are the Major Naval Warfare Communities Doing Differently to Adjust to the Increasing Near-Peer Threats?"
VADM Doug Crowder, USN (Ret.) Chairman, Olmsted Foundation (Moderator)
VADM DeWolfe H. Miller III, USN Commander, Naval Air Forces and Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
VADM Joseph E. Tofalo, USN Commander, Naval Submarine Forces and Submarine Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Commander, Allied Submarine Command
MajGen Eric M. Smith, USMC Commanding General, 1 Marine Division
VADM Jan Tighe, USN Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2N6)
VADM Richard A. Brown, USN Commander, Naval Surface Forces, and Naval Surface Force
Luncheon Keynote - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
ADM Scott H. Swift, USN Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Afternoon Panel Discussion - 2:30pm - 3:45pm
"How Do We Leverage the Network to Build Maritime Power?"
LtGen Robert M. Shea, USMC (Ret.) President and CEO, AFCEA International (Moderator)
RADM Kevin Lunday, USCG Assistant Commandant, C4&IT and Commander, US Coast Guard Cyber Command
Dr. Kelly Fletcher Acting Department of Navy Chief Information Officer
Mr. Kenneth W. Bible Deputy Director, C4 / Deputy CIO, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
VADM Matthew J. Kohler, USN Commander, Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR)
Enlisted Superior Performers - February 6th
Click here for list of all featured ESP recipients.
Wednesday: February 7th, 2018
Morning Keynote - 8:30am - 9:30am
LtGen Robert S. Walsh, USMC Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration
Morning Panel - 10:15am - 11:30am
"How Can We Dominate the ‘Gray Zone’ Between War and Peace?"
Dr. Kathleen Hicks Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies (Moderator)
The Hon. Nina Hachigian former Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2014-2017)
VADM John D. Alexander, USN Commander, U.S. THIRD Fleet
MajGen Mark R. Wise, USMC Commanding General, Third Marine Aircraft Wing
RADM Tim Szymanski, USN Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command
VADM Fred M. Midgette, USCG Commander, Pacific Area, Commander Coast Guard Defense Force West
VADM Michael M. Gilday, USN Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command and Commander, TENTH Fleet
Luncheon Keynote - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
VADM Jan Tighe, USN Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare (N2N6)
Afternoon Panel - 2:30pm - 3:45pm
"Near-Peer Competition - What Are We Doing Differently to Acquire and Sustain Systems?"
RADM Nevin P. Carr, USN (Ret.) Vice President and Navy Strategic Account Executive, Leidos and former Chief of Naval Research and Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements (2008-2012) (Moderator)
BGen Joseph Shrader, USMC Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command
VADM John D. Alexander, USN Commander, U.S. THIRD Fleet
RADM Christian "Boris" Becker, USN Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
RDML Anthony "Jack" Vogt, USCG Assistant Commandant for Response Policy, U.S. Coast Guard
VADM Paul A. Grosklags, USN Commander, Naval Air Systems Command
VADM Thomas J. Moore, USN Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
Enlisted Superior Performers - February 7th
Click here for list of all featured ESP recipients.
Thursday: February 8th, 2018
Morning Keynote - 8:30am - 9:30am
The Hon. James F. Geurts Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition
Morning Panel - 10:15am - 11:30am
"Hyperwar - How Do We Develop and Field the Technology to Win?"
CAPT David Adams, USN (Ret.) Program Manager - Western Pacific Oceaneering (Moderator)
Amir Husain Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SparkCognition, Inc.
August Cole Writer in Residence/Senior Fellow, Avascent/Atlantic Council
CAPT Sean Heritage, USN Navy and IT Portfolio Lead, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx)
Luncheon Town Hall - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
ADM James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (2009-2013) (Moderator)
ADM John M. Richardson, USN Chief of Naval Operations
ADM Paul F. Zukunft, USCG Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
Gen Robert B. Neller, USMC Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
Enlisted Superior Performers - February 8th
Click here for list of all featured ESP recipients.