| Tuesday, April 5 Agenda | Wednesday, April 6 Agenda | Thursday, April 7 Agenda |
Agenda: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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| 8:00-9:20AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKERSTom Burbage, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Joint Strike Fighter Program, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Topic: Manufacturing Technologies for the 21st Century – The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Mike Vander Wel, Manufacturing Domain Leader, Enterprise Technology Strategy Office, The Boeing Company Topic: Developing Manufacturing Technology - Pulling Boeing’s Productivity Lever |
| 9:20-10:20AM | Panel Discussion Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing – Challenges and Innovations Panelists: Lance Bryant Michael D. Packer Mike Vander Wel |
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Advanced Composite Manufacturing
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Human Factors in Quality
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Forming of Light Metal Alloys for Aircraft Applications
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| 11:30-1:00PM | Group Luncheon: David Wickwire, Vice President, Production Operations, Operations & Program Management, Lockheed Martin CorporationTopic: The Business of Aerospace and Defense |
| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Composite Machining
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Quality & Producibility
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Digital Data Capture & Transfer
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Advanced Material Removal
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Advances in Inspection
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Digital Systems for Advanced Manufacturing
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Agenda: Wednesday, April 6, 2011
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| 8:00-9:00AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Steve M. Linder, Director, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy Department of Defense Topic: OSD ManTech - Fostering Innovation in Manufacturing |
| 9:00-10:15AM | Panel Discussion Supply Chain Initiatives – Driving Innovation thru the Supply Chain Panelists Robert Fiorentini Kellie Johnson Lisa Kohl |
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Advanced Drilling Techniques
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Welding of Titanium Materials for Aerospace Structure
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Lean Implementation for the Supply Chain
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| 11:30-1:00PM | Visit the AeroDef Exposition & Lunch at Leisure ![]() |
| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Precision Machining
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Assembly Information Projection & Future Factory Layout
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Supply Chain Regulations - Legal & Environmental
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Advanced Manufacturing/Fabrication Processes
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Advanced Assembly Technology Development & Management
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Machining & Forming of Light Materials for the Aerospace Industry
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| 4:00-5:30PM | AeroDef Manufacturing Conference Reception |
Agenda: Thursday, April 7, 2011
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| 8:00-10:15AM | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Douglas Comstock, Director for Partnership, Innovation and Commercial Space, Office of the Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarterse Topic: NASA's Technology Program & Partnerships in Manufacturing James K. Sutter, PhD Senior Scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center Topic: NASA’s Composite Manufacturing Roadmap for Heavy Lift Launch Vehicles |
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Advanced Machining Concepts
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Advanced Composite Materials
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| 10:30-11:30AM | Session: Finishing & Coating Applications for the F35
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| 11:30-1:00PM | Visit the AeroDef Exposition & Lunch at Leisure ![]() |
| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Digital Factory
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Composite Applications
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| 1:00-2:30PM | Session: Aerospace Measurement, Inspection & Analysis I
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Advanced Tooling & Modeling Concepts
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Out-of-Autoclave Composite Processes
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| 2:45-4:15PM | Session: Aerospace Measurement, Inspection & Analysis II
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