Future Ground Combat Vehicles Conference 2019 | IQPC | 3 December 2019 | Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI 48374, USA

IDGA is excited to announce the return of our Robotics and Autonomous Systems Summit. This is the only event of its kind in the United States. There is no other Robotic and Autonomous Systems event that is strictly military and government focused. IDGA will bring together leaders from across all sectors of the government, as well as leading industry experts, to talk challenges, upcoming strategies, and collaboration initiatives for Robotic and Autonomous Systems. Our summit will highlight the upcoming strategies for maintaining over match capabilities and implementing new technologies which will ultimately give our military better protection, better situational awareness, and make our forces more resilient. Join us to find out more about this innovative topic.

Topics of discussion will include:
• Improving RAS Autonomous Capabilities
• Increasing Situational Awareness
• Advances in Artificial Intelligence
• Maximizing RAS Management
• Strengthening Human-Autonomous System Interaction
• Cyber Protection for RAS Systems
• Funding and Procurement of RAS Technology

2019 Speakers

Major General (R) William Hix
Managing Partner, Next Horizon Partners, LLC

Zia Durrani
Head of Military Liaison & Senior Program Director, Institute for Defense & Government Advancement

Jeffrey White
Principal Deputy to the ASA (ALT), US Army

Major General Gary M. Brito
Commanding General, Maneuver Center of Excellence, U.S. Army

Major General Joel K. Tyler
Commanding General, U.S. Army Test & Evaluation Command

Colonel Warren Sponsler
Deputy Director, NGCV CFT, Army Futures Command

Colonel Scott Taylor
Division Chief G-8, Department of the Army

Mr. Douglas Bryce
Program Executive Officer, Joint Program Executive Office Chemical and Biological Defense

Colonel Mike McGuire
Director, Combat Developments, US Army SOCOM

Colonel Christopher Barnwell
Chief, Field Experimentation Division, Joint Modernization Command, U.S. Army

Captain Larry Baca
Modeling and Simulation Officer, Maneuver Battle Lab, MCOE U.S. Army

Colonel (R) Frederick Gellert
Professor of Resource Management, U.S. Army War College

Mark Mazzara
Robotics Interoperability Lead | Project Manager Force Projection, U.S. Army Program Executive Office, Combat Support & Combat Service Support

Dwayne Hynes
Policy Analyst and Acquisition-Intelligence Staff Officer DCS, G-2 (DAMI-FIT), U.S. Army

John Kuenzli
Federal and Army Account Solutions, IBM

Jamie Boulet
Manager of Business Development, American Panel Corporation

Scott Ferguson
Global Product Manager, SAFT

Eric Geoffroy
Director, Collins Aerospace

Jitendra Kumar
Battery Scientist & Team Leader, University of Dayton Research Institute

2019 Sponsors

• Collins Aerospace
• American Panel Corporation