2020 Confirmed Speakers Include:

Honorable Ellen Lord
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment

Gen. Stephen Wilson, USAF
Vice Chief of Staff
United States Air Force

VADM Jon Hill, USN
Director
Missile Defense Agency

Michael White
Assistant Director, Hypersonics
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

Bob Strider, SES
Deputy Director, Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office
Deputy, Army Hypersonic Project Office

Dr. Yvette Weber, SES
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering

Robert Thomas, SES
Deputy Director of Resource and Capability Integration
United States Strategic Command

Why You Should Attend This Symposium:

This educational symposium will bring together senior DoD officials, military leaders, academia, and solution providers to explore emerging concepts and capabilities in hypersonic weapons and systems in both offensive and defensive measures. The Hypersonic market is predicted to have sales of over $5 billion by the mid-2020s and is the main priority of development for the Pentagon according to Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin. Hypersonic technology has the potential to be a ground-breaking technology that changes the way future wars are fought and the balance of global power.

DSI’s 2020 DoD Hypersonic Capabilities Symposium will emphasize the continued need to develop American hypersonic technologies and leverage these technologies to achieve U.S. National Security goals. Hypersonic Missiles and Glide Vehicles have the potential to be game-changing weapons that could cause the US to rethink its posture and strategy across the globe. The 2020 Hypersonics Symposium will facilitate discussions to accelerate the acquisition of hypersonic platforms that will provide the United States the capabilities to maintain the balance of global power.

This symposium will feature senior-level discussions that emphasize the critical need for the rapid acquisition and development of hypersonic capabilities across all services. This program will allow for open and honest dialogue to solve the nation’s most difficult technical and strategic challenges.

The 2020 DoD Hypersonic Capabilities Symposium provides opportunities including exhibit space, round table discussions, product demonstrations, and networking receptions.

2021 Early Confirmed Speakers:

VADM Jon Hill, USN, Director, Missile Defense Agency

Christopher C. O’Donnell, SES, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition

Michael White, SES, Assistant Director, Hypersonics, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering

Maj. Gen. Kevin A. Huyck, USAF, Director of Operations, U.S. Northern Command

Bob Strider, SES, Deputy Director, Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office Deputy, Army Hypersonic Project Office

CAPT Gregory Zettler, USN, Conventional Prompt Strike Program Manager, Strategic Systems Programs

Dr. Gillian Bussey, Director, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office

Why You Should Attend This Symposium:

This educational Symposium will bring together senior DoD officials, military leaders, academia, and solution providers to explore emerging concepts and capabilities in hypersonic weapons and systems in across the joint force. With China and Russia continuing to increase their funding and development of hypersonic capabilities the U.S. must continue to improve its own competencies and regain the spot it once held at the forefront of hypersonic technology.  

DSI’s 2021 DoD Hypersonic Capabilities Symposium will discuss the pressing for the need to progress hypersonic advancements throughout the DoD. As America’s competitors across the globe continue to expand their regional and global aspirations. 

This symposium will feature senior level discussions that emphasize the critical need for the rapid acquisition and development of hypersonic capabilities across all services. This program will allow for open and honest dialogue to solve the nation’s most difficult technical and strategic challenges.  

Aerospace Engineer, Branch Head Sensor Systems, Business Development Missile Systems, Business Development for Advanced Weapons, Chief Engineer, Chief Scientist, Chief Systems Engineer, Chief Test Pilot, Chief Advanced Technology Development, Dir. of Missile and Space Programs, Director of Hypersonic Programs, Director of Strategy for Space, Director of National Security Programs, Director Defense Sales & Business Development, Director Hypersonic Strategy, Director Strategic Programs, Director Tactical Systems and Emerging Programs, Division Manager Air and Missile Defense, Electronics Engineer, Extended Range Weapon Program Manager, Future Systems Analyst, Hypersonic Architect, Hypersonic Thrust Lead, Lead Collaborative R&D, Manager Govt and Defense Strategy, Manager Technology Partnerships, Manager Vehicles Technology Development, Materials Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Military Analyst, President/CEO, Professor of Aeronautics, R&T Chief Engineer, Research Scientist, Science Advisor, Senior Scientist, Senior Systems Engineer, Senior VP Engineering, SME Space Systems, Sr. Director - Missile Market Area, Strategic Planner, System Director, System Engineer, Technology Development Manager, VP Engineering, VP Defense, VP Advanced Programs & Technology, and more!

Aerospace Engineer, Applications Engineer, Assistant Director, BD Manager, Branch Head - Sensor Systems, Business Development - Missile Systems, Business Development for Advanced High-Speed Weapons Directorate, CEO, Chief Engineer/Principal, Chief Scientist/Vice President, Chief Systems Engineer, Chief Test Pilot, Chief Advanced Technology Development, Chief, Bomber, Nuclear, and S&T Programs, Corporate Director of Technology, Defense Fellow, Dir. of Technical Operations Missile and Space Programs, Director of Hypersonic Programs, Director of Strategy for Space, Director of the National Security Programs, Director, Defense Sales & Business Development, Government Business Development, Director, Hypersonic Strategy & Business Development, Director Strategic Programs, Director Tactical Systems and Emerging Programs, Division Manager - Air and Missile Defense Operations, Electronics Engineer, Extended Range Weapon Program Manager, Future Systems Analyst, Hypersonic Architect, Hypersonic Thrust Lead, Lead - Collaborative R&D, Manager - Govt and Defense Strategy, Manager-Technology Partnerships, Manager - Vehicles Technology Development, Materials Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Military Analyst, OPIR Program Director, Ops Officer, President/CEO, Professor of Aeronautics, Project Engineering Manager, R&T Chief Engineer, Research Scientist, Sales Manager, Science Advisor, Senior Intelligence Officer, Senior Scientist, Senior Systems Engineer, Senior VP Engineering, SME Space Systems, Sr. Director - Missile Market Area, Strategic Planner, Strategy & Resource Manager, System Director, System Engineer, Technology Development Manager, Vice President Engineering, Vice President Defense, VP Advanced Programs & Technology, and more!

• Gain Education & Insight: Gain Education & Insight: Walk away with knowledge gained from our senior level speakers on some of the complex challenges facing the hypersonics community.

• Build Partnerships: The agenda is designed to allow for ample networking opportunities and the ability to engage in constructive dialogue among all in attendance.

• Influence: Help foster ideas! Share your own insight and knowledge during our interactive sessions. All attendees are encouraged to address our speaker faculty and each other with their questions, comments or ideas.

- DSI’s Symposium directly supports DoD, IC, DHS, and Government priorities by providing a conduit for officials to efficiently reach audiences outside of their respective offices that directly impact their department's mission success, at no charge to the government, and in an efficient expenditure of time.

- DSI’s Symposium will provide a forum to address and improve internal and external initiatives, meet with and hear from partner organizations, disseminate vital capability requirements to industry, increase visibility within the larger community, and generally support their mission.

- The Symposium is open and complimentary to all DoD and Federal employees and is considered an educational and training forum.

*Symposium is CLOSED TO PRESS / NO RECORDINGS*