U.S. Small Business Administration's Defense Industrial Base Series: Inaugural Drone Summit
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is charged with identifying and supporting the productive capacity of America's small businesses. Because small manufacturers play an outsized role in critical supply chains, SBA is launching a Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Series, beginning with an inaugural Drone Summit.
The Summit will convene investors, drone manufacturers and suppliers, interagency principals, and Congressional leadership to accelerate the buildout of the domestic drone and counter-drone industrial base.
We are proud announce the support of our co-sponsors; the Small Business Investor Alliance (SBIA), Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA), Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Station DC.
See Agenda Below:
8:30a - Registration and Coffee
9:00a - An Update on The Investing in All of America Act from Administrator Loeffler with remarks from Sen. Roger Marshall.
9:15a - USG Drone Dominance and the Organic Industrial Base: Dr. Sebastian Gorka – Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism, NSC; Travis Metz - Dep Dir. And COO of DIU; Jon Strzelec - HQ-AMC Advanced Manufacturing Lead for sUAS. Moderated by Ben Grayson – Deputy Chief, U.S. Small Business Administration
9:50a - Technology, Supply Chain, and Intersection with Manned Flight: Gen. Ed Daly - Fmr. Commanding General of U.S. Army Material Command; Maj. Gen. Kevin “Fumez” Huyck – Fmr. Director of Operations for Headquarters – US Norther Command and COO, Red6; Col. Craig Anders – SVP, Aevex Aerospace. Moderated by Alex Lemond – Founder and President, Rochefort Asset Management
10:20a - Networking Break and Tradeshow Walkthrough
10:35a - Building America's Drone Supply Chain: James Mismash – Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Growth and Director, Office of Small Business Programs; Allan Evans – CEO, Unusual Machines; Ryan Gury – Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, PDW. Moderated by Alex Laska – AUVSI Director of Government Affairs, Air
11:10a - Financing Drone Production: Aligning Capital with Warfighter Needs: Thomas Kimsey – Associate Administrator, SBA Office of Capital Access; James Shanahan – Sr. Managing Director, DoW Office of Strategic Capital; Trevor Burns – Managing Director for Security and Resilience Initiative, JPM. Moderated by Brett Palmer – President, Small Business Investor Alliance
11:45a - Capital, Technology, and the Future of the Defense Industrial Base: Adm. Kelly Loeffler; Emil Michael - Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and Department of War CTO; Kyle Bass – Founder and Co-Chief, Rochefort Asset Management. Moderated by Josh Carter – Associate Administrator, SBA Office of Investment & Innovation
12:25p - Lunch and Networking Break
1:15p - Securing the Skies: A Conversation with the Chairman of the FCC: Chmn. Brendan Carr – Chairman of FCC and Lisa Ellman – CEO, Commercial Drone Alliance
1:45p-3:30p - Networking Reception