DAY ONE – Wednesday, 2 August 2023

Dayton Convention Center- CUI Unclassified (US Citizenship and DD2345 Required)

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM --  Registration Desk Open- Jr Ballroom

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall Open- Exhibit Hall B

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM -- Continental Breakfast- Exhibit Hall B

General Session- Exhibit Hall A

8:00 AM -- Welcome/National Anthem/WDI Overview

Mr. Bob Sherwood, WDI Chair, Ball Aerospace

8:15 AM -- DDC and Dayton Defense, Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Mr. Jeff Hoagland, President & CEO, Dayton Development Coalition

8:30 AM -- Keynote

Brigadier General Scott Cain, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory

9:30 AM -- Keynote: AFRL Budget Overview

Mr. Timothy Sakulich, Executive Director, AFRL

10:15 AM -- Comfort Break/ Networking- Exhibit Hall B

General Session- Exhibit Hall A

10:45 AM -- Joint AFRL/LCMC Panel: Technology Transition

• Moderator: Dr. Matt O'Malley, SAF AQR
  
• Ms. Baldwin, SAF AQR
• Dr. Janet Wolfson, SAF SQT
• Mr. Ristich, AFRL RS
• Mr. Leak, AFLCMC AQ-AZ
• Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey, C3BM PEO

11:45 AM -- Lunch/ Networking- Exhibit Hall B

Move to Session Tracks

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM -

Parallel Session Tracks- Government, Industry and Academia Dialogue- Third Floor

*Indicates the session is being continued in the second afternoon session.

**Indicates the session is being repeated in the second afternoon session.

TD One on One Meetings- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI - Second Floor

AFRL Leadership Meet and Greets- limited availability, prescheduled. all attendees must be registered for WDI - Third Floor, VIP Lounge

2:30 PM -- Comfort Break/ Networking- Exhibit Hall B

Move to Session Tracks

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM-

Parallel Session Tracks- Government, Industry and Academia Dialogue- Third Floor

**Indicates the session is being repeated from the first session.

TD One on One Meetings- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI.

AFRL Leadership Meet and Greets- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI. 

Third Floor, VIP Lounge

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM -- Networking Reception (Refreshments Provided, Cash Bar)- Exhibit Hall B

-End Day One-

DAY TWO – Thursday, 3 August 2023

Dayton Convention Center- CUI Unclassified (US Citizenship and DD2345 Required)

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- Registration Desk Open- Jr Ballroom

7:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- Exhibit Hall Open- Exhibit Hall B

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM -- Continental Breakfast- Exhibit Hall B

General Session- Exhibit Hall A

8:00 AM -- Welcome Day 2

Mr. Bob Sherwood, WDI Chair

8:15 AM -- Keynote

Mr. Andrew Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Aquisition, Technology and Logistics

9:00 AM -- Keynote

Dr. Tim Bunning, AFRL Chief Technology Officer 

10:00 AM -- Comfort Break/ Networking- Exhibit Hall B

Move to Session Tracks

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM-

Parallel Session Tracks- Government, Industry and Academia Dialogue- Third Floor

*Indicates the session is being continued in the afternoon session.

**Indicates the session is being repeated in the afternoon session.

TD One on One Meetings- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI - Second Floor

AFRL Leadership Meet and Greets- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI - Third Floor

12:00 PM -- Lunch- Exhibit Hall B

General Session- Exhibit Hall A

1:15 PM --Keynote: One Lab Two Services, Delivering Cutting Edge Space Capability

Dr. Andy Williams, AFRL Deputy Technology Executive Officer for Space

2:15 PM -- AFRL Leadership Panel:  Better Together, Transitioning Technology to the Warfighter

• Moderator: Mr. Bob Sherwood, WDI Chairperson
  
• Brig Gen Scott Cain, AFRL/CC
• Mr. Tim Sakulich, AFRL/CA
• Dr. Tim Bunning,  AFRL CTO
• Dr. Andy Williams, AFRL Dep TEO Space
• Ms. Alexis Bonnell, AFRL CIO

3:00 PM -- Comfort Break/ Networking- Exhibit Hall B

Move to Session Tracks

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM-

Parallel Session Tracks- Government, Industry and Academia Dialogue- Third Floor

*Indicates the session is being continued from the morning session.

**Indicates the session is a repeat of the morning session.

TD One on One Meetings- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI.

AFRL Leadership Meet and Greets- limited availability, all attendees must be registered for WDI.

-End Day Two- Adjourn Dayton Convention Center

DAY THREE – Friday, 4 August 2023

Classified Session- Offsite Location 

7:00 AM- Check-in/ Security Badging Opens

8:00 AM- Welcome, Security and Rules of Engagement

8:15 AM- Intelligence Brief

9:45 AM- Comfort Break and New Attendee Check-in

10:00 AM- AFRL/RW - Threats to Munitions Superiority 

11:30 PM- Lunch

NOTE:

Life Cycle Industry Days begins at the Dayton Convention Center at 1pm on 31 July. LCID kicks off with a classified session the morning of 31 July.

Exhibit Hall at Dayton Convention Center will be open to attendees of Wright Dialogue with Industry on Monday, 31 July and Tuesday, 1 August.