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MINWARA Spring 2005 Regional Conference

AGENDA

Monday, 23 May

1000-1600 Golf Tournament, Bay Point Meadows Course
1400 Registration opens at Bay Point Marriott Hotel
1800-1900 Pre-Banquet Reception-Bay Point Marriott Hotel
1900-2100 Banquet-Guest Speaker: Admiral Vern Clark, USN (Chief of Naval Operations)  Speech Unavailable

Tuesday, 24 May

0700 Welcome/Theme Setting-RADM John Pearson, USN(Ret), President, Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA)
0710 Welcome Remarks-Mr. Kirk Dye, Technical Operations Manager, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Panama City (NSWC-PC)
0720 Welcome/Reiteration of Theme-MGEN Gordon Nash, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division (OPNAV N75)
0730 Mine Warfare Historical Perspective-Dr. Scott Truver, Anteon Corporation and RDML Rick Williams III, USN (Ret), Faculty Chair of Mine Warfare, Naval Postgraduate School
0815 Keynote Speaker-VADM Terry Etnyre, USN, Commander, Naval Surface Forces (COMNAVSURFFOR)
0900 Break
0930 Sea Base Concept and Mine Warfare Implications-MGEN Gordon Nash, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, OPNAV Staff (OPNAV N75)
1015 Mine Warfare Vision/Requirements for Expeditionary Strike Forces and the Sea Base-MGEN Gordon Nash, USMC (OPNAV N75) and Staff
1130 Buffet Lunch-Guest Speakers available
1245 USMC Mine Warfare Requirements for Power Projection and the Sea Base-BGEN Robert Neller, USMC, Headquarters Director of Operations Division, PP&O
1330 COMINEWARCOM Mine Warfare Concept of Operations - RDML Deborah Loewer, USN, Commander Mine Warfare Command
1415 NAVOCEANO Environmental Support Vision for Mine Warfare - RDML Tim McGee, USN, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC)
1500 Break
1530 Acquisition Programs Status/Issues-RDML Bill Landay, USN, Program Executive Officer, Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW) and staff (including MIW Mission Package Status/Issues)
US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Enabling Access

 Wednesday, 25 May

0700 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program Status/Issues-RADM Charlie Hamilton, USN, Program Executive Officer-Ships (PEO (S))
0745 Dedicated MCM Force Issues: Modernization/Future Force Structure - RDML Deborah Loewer, USN, Commander, Mine Warfare Command (COMINEWARCOM)
0830 Submarine Forces Missions and Roles in Mine Warfare, CAPT John Richardson, USN, Commander, Submarine Development, Squadron 12 (COMSUBDEVRON)
0915 Break
0945 Transforming Mine Warfare - RDML Paul Ryan, USN (Ret), Whitney, Bradley, and Brown, Inc. (Former Commander, Mine Warfare Command)
1030 Industry Panel - Perspectives and Recommendations
Moderator:  RADM Chuck Horne, USN (Ret)
Panel Members:
Mr. Ron Blue, Lockheed-Martin
Mr. Ben Teno, Raytheon
Mr. Ward Shaklee, Northrup-Grumman*
Mr. Bill Arnold, EDO
Mr. Bill Key, L-3
1200 Lunch
1300 Status/Issues for Assault Breaching System Technologies - Mr. Brian Almquist, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
1345 Reflections on a Career in Naval Mine Warfare - Dr. Dave Skinner, Littoral Warfare Systems Product Area Director, NSWC
1430 Break
1500 Future Mining in Sea Shield for the Sea Base - Requirements - CAPT Terry Miller, USN, OPNAV N752
Technologies - Mr. Dave Everhart, Naval Surface Warfare Center-Panama City (NSWC-PC)
1545 Former Mine Warfare Commanders Panel - Perspectives and Recommendations
Moderator:  RADM John Pearson, USN (Ret)
Panel Members:
RADM Chuck Horne, USN (Ret)
RADM Bill Mathis, USN (Ret)
RADM John Pearson, USN (Ret)
RADM Paul Ryan, USN (Ret)
1745 NSWC-PC Open House-Shrimp Boil

 Thursday, 26 May

0800 Unmanned Vehicles in Future Mine Warfare, Dr. Ace Summey, NSWC-PC
0845 Sea Shield/Mine Warfare Sea Trial Lessons Learned and Future Trials - RADM Jack Hines, USNR, Deputy Commander, Third Fleet
0930 Status of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Development for MCM Employment-CAPT Paul Ims, USN, Program Manager, PMS-403
1015 Break
1045 Very Shallow Water MCM Concept/Status-CDR Jon Wood, USN, CO, Naval Special Clearance Team One (NSCT-1)
1130 Conference Wrapup - RADM John Pearson, USN (Ret), President, Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA)
1200 Adjourn. No-host lunch for post conference discussions

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Monterey CA 93940
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