SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Huntsville to Host 9th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Deputy Commander, ATTN SMDC-CM-AP, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801
- ZIP Code
- 35807-3801
- Solicitation Number
- USA-SNOTE-060613-006
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2006
- Description
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Mark your calendars now! The 9th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition will take place Aug. 14-17 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala. The theme for this years event is 'Global Missions&Meeting the Chal lenge.' Special features of this years conference include presentations in the areas of global ballistic missile defense system development and operation, emerging technologies, and integration of cruise missile defense. Confirmed speakers for the event include G en. James E. Cartwright, commander of U.S. Strategic Command; Lt. Gen. Henry Trey Obering III, director of the Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. Larry J. Dodgen, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command ; Maj. Gen. David C. Ralston, commander of Fort Sill; Maj. Gen. Douglas Burnett, the adjutant general for the Florida National Guard; and Dr. George Friedman, chairman of Strategic Forecasting. Other invited speakers include Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, di rector of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service; Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Mr. Stephen Hadley, assistant to the president, national security advisor; Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander, U.S. Nor thern Command; and Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, director, Defense Intelligence Agency. The Honorable Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, has also been invited as a special guest. The previously successful Small Business Innovation Research Conference and Exhibition will also be held in conjunction with this years conference. There will be special attractions in each hall of the VBC this year as well. These attractions will be of i nterest to many different subsets of the general public, such as the celebrity book signings by Billy Waugh, author of 'Hunting the Jackal' and Col. Ola 'Lee' Mize, Medal of Honor recipient, among many others. There will be a Global Technology Lectures se ssion covering topics such as systems engineering and management of technology. The Cold War Museum will bring displays. The worlds most valuable and historic chopper, The Liberty Bike, will be on display along with artifacts from the Statue of Liberty an d Ellis Island. All of these attractions, along with the viewing of all exhibits, are free and open to the general public. Media must register to attend. To do so, please visit the conference website at www.smdconf.org. All foreign press are required to provide passport information and valid U.S. press credentials. For additional information, please contact Giselle Bodin at (2 56) 955-3889 or giselle.bodin@smdc.army.mil or John Cummings at (256) 955-1641 or john.cummings@smdc.army.mil.
- Web Link
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www.smdc.army.mil
(http://www.smdc.army.mil)
- Record
- SN01068806-W 20060615/060613221240 (fbodaily.com)
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