TACOM LCMC Advance Planning Briefing for Industry - Oct 26-28

Last Updated: October 26, 2011

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TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) 2011 APBI Agenda

Theme: Supporting the Warfighter - Transformation, Declining Budgets and the Drawdown

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Check-in and "Ice Breaker" Reception
Grand Ball Room Foyer

Thursday, October 27, 2011

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Check-in & Continental Breakfast
Grand Ball Room Foyer

8:00 A.M. - 8:15 A.M.

General Session: Grand Ballroom
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ms. Leslie Wilson-Smith
APBI Co-Chairperson
Logistics Manager, Competition Management Office
TACOM LCMC

Singing of the National Anthem

Dr. Wayne Rudolph Davidson
Logistics Management Specialist
PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS)

Introduction of
TACOM LCMC
Deputy to the Commander

Ms LaRuth Shepherd
TACOM LCMC
Competition Advocate/Ombudsperson

8:15 A.M. - 8:45 A.M.

TACOM LCMC Address

Mr. Michael Viggato
TACOM LCMC
Deputy to the Commander
(No charts available)

8:45 A.M. - 8:50 A.M.

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Mr. Michael Viggato
TACOM LCMC
Deputy to the Commander

8:50 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Keynote Speaker

General Ann E. Dunwoody
Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command
(No charts available)

9:30 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.

Networking Break

9:45 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

Contracting Address

Mr. Martin Green
Acting Executive Director, Army Contracting Command - Warren

10:30 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

Technology Address

COL Charles P. Dease
Military Deputy
Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center
(TARDEC)

11:15 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Logistics Address

Mr. Brian Butler (SES)
Executive Director, Integrated Logistics
Support Center (ILSC), TACOM LCMC

12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Lunch

Great Lakes Center

Breakout Topics:

The balance of the afternoon will be devoted to breakout activities. Breakout topics will be in one-hour sessions. If there is only one topic listed for the breakout room, that topic will be presented three consecutive times in one-hour blocks. If there is more than one topic listed for the breakout room, the topics will be presented in the order they are listed. Listed below are the times and descriptions for each of the breakout topics.

1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M.	Breakout Session One
2:30 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.	Networking Break
2:45 P.M. - 3:45 P.M.	Breakout Session Two
3:45 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.	Networking Break
4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.	Breakout Session Three

Room One: Dearborn
Status of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Drawdown and Outlook on Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Retrograde

Briefer:

Mr. Michael Bracket, Director, Responsible Reset Task Force (R2TF), TACOM Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC)

Room Two: Desoto B
Industrial Base Management: Declining Budgets and Industrial Base Impacts

Briefer:

Mr. Jeff Bohun, Director, Industrial Base Operations, TACOM Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC)

Room Three: Springwells
Contracting: Implementing Dr. Ashton Carter's Better Buying Power Initiatives
Part A: PEO / PM
Part B: CONTRACTING

Briefer(s):

Mr. Arthur Siirila, Director of Contracting Combat Support
Mr. Kenneth Bousquet, Acting, Director of Contracting, Combat & Armaments
Mr. Gregory Sill, Procurement & Production Officer, PEO CS & CSS

Room Four: Pierce Arrow
Understanding Incentive Contracts and why we use them

Briefer(s):

Mr. Patrick Watkins, Policy Team, Army Contracting Command - Warren (ACC-WRN)

Room Five: Stearns Knight
What's new in service contracts?

Briefers:

Ms. Renee Collica, C, Service Contracting Team, Army Contracting Command -Warren (ACC-WRN)
Ms. Terri Vaillancourt, Contracting Officer R&D, Integrated Acquisition Team, Army Contracting Command-Warren (ACC-WRN)

Room Six: Stanley Steamer
Do's & Don'ts of Proposals and an Explanation of the Proposal Evaluation Process

Briefer:

Mr. Robert Spitzbarth, Acquisition Assistance Group, Army Contracting Command -Warren

Room Seven: Desoto A
Direct Sales Contracting Basics

Briefer:

Ms Teresa Bonds, Direct Sales Contracts Specials, Anniston Army Depot

Room Eight: Rolls Royce
Dual-Use Technology Ideas

Briefer:

Mr. Peter DiSante, Manager of the TARDEC Cooperative Research & Development Agreement Program, National Automotive Center

Room Nine: Bugatti Royale
Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS)

Briefer:

Mr. Randal Gaereminck, Associate Director, TARDEC Integrated Industrial and Sustainment Engineering

Room Ten: Bistro on the Second Level
Session I: Tips on Doing Business with TACOM from the Office of Small Business Programs

Briefers:

Mr. Ron Fiorani, Small Business Specialists, Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC)
Ms. Silvia Owens, Small Business Specialists, Office of Small Business Programs, U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC)

Session II & III Doing Business with TACOM in an Electronic Environment

Briefers:

Mr. Marvin Ballinger, Chief, Ecommerce & Knowledge Management Team, Army Contracting Command - Warren (ACC-WRN)
Ms. Gretchen Perry, Contract Specialist, Small Arms Team, Army Contracting Command - Warren (ACC-Warren)

5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Networking Reception
Grand Ball Room Foyer

Friday, October 28, 2011

7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

Check-in & Continental Breakfast
Grand Ball Room Foyer

General Session: Grand Ballroom

8:00 A.M. - 8:05 A.M.

Opening Remarks

Ms. Leslie Wilson-Smith
APBI Co-Chairperson
Logistics Manager, Competition Management Office
TACOM LCMC

8:05 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Panel: Program Executive Office,
Combat Support & Combat Service Support

Moderator:

Mr. Kevin Fahey (SES)
Program Executive Officer, Combat Support & Combat Service Support
  COL Robert Eric Fletcher, Project Manager, Force Projection
  Mr. Dennis Mazurek, Deputy Project Manager, Joint Combat Support Systems
  Mr. Carl D. Owens, Project Manager, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP)
  COL David Bassett, Project Manager, Tactical Vehicles
  Mr. Daniel L. Lorentz, Director, Deployment Product Support Integration Directorate (PSID), ILSC

9:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.

Networking Break

10:00 A.M. - 11:30A.M.

Panel: Program Executive Office,
Ground Combat Systems

Moderator:

Mr. Scott J. Davis (SES)
Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat Systems
  Mr. Mike Cannon, Senior Vice President, Ground Combat Systems (GDLs)
  Mr. David Dodd, Program Manager, Stryker Brigade Combat Team
  Mr. Adam Zarfoss, Director, Fire Support Programs, BAE Systems
  LtCol. Dave Thompson, JPO Robotics Overview
  LTC (USMC) David Thompson Program Manager, Robotics Systems JPO.
  Mr. Jerry Figueroa, Ground Combat Support Readiness & Sustainment (R&S), ILSC
LtCol. Thompson's UGS Roadmap

11:30 A.M. - 11:45 A.M.

Closing Remarks: Adjournment

Foyer Displays
1. Ombudsperson/Competition Management Office
2. Office of Small Business Programs
3. Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC)

Industrial Base Operations (IBO) - ILSC
SAMO

4. JMTC
5. Red River Army Depot
6. Anniston Army Depot
7. Sierra Army Depot
8. Watervliet Arsenal
9. Letterkenny Army Depot
10. LCMC / TARDEC / PEO

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