Senior Leaders in Operational Energy from Military, Government, and Industry to Convene in Alexandria, VA

Defense Strategies Institute will lead discussions on operational energy at their 3rd Military Mobile Power Summit that will bring together stakeholders across Military, Government, Academic, and Industry in a “Town Hall” forum at The Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA. The focus for the Summit will be on “Enhancing Military Capability through Operational Energy."

Alexandria, VA, December 04, 2014 --(PR.com)-- DSI’s upcoming Summit recognizes that in a field such as mobile power, where there are multiple agents acting in tandem, it is extremely important that all involved are working towards a cohesive and holistic approach.

The Summit will bring together a variety of stakeholders across the mobile power community in order to provide a non-partisan, full spectrum set of discussions on a diversity of topics including:

- Advanced fuel cell and battery systems for ground, air & space applications
- Performance metrics and measurements development
- Portable energy harvesting
- Biofuels and advanced “drop in” fuels
- Optimization of microgrids
- Energy integration in data-to-decision: Intelligent power management
- R&D in waste-to-energy conversions for FOBs
- Tactical renewable energy programs
- Streamlined acquisition & commercial item procurement

“While the field has seen an immense amount of technological advancements, especially in alternative and renewable energy sources, we believe that truly great advancements are on the horizon and this is why our Senior Partners decided to lend our expertise towards creating a forum that can bring together stakeholders across the continuum of the community,” Ms. Monica Mckenzie, Senior Partner from DSI stated.

A look at the agenda reveals a diversity of senior level speakers including:

Army:
• Mr. Richard G. Kidd, IV, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Energy
and Sustainability, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations, Energy & Environment
• Mr. William Moore, SES, Deputy Commanding General, CASCOM
• Ms. Claudia J. Quigley, Director, Expeditionary Basing and Collective Protection Directorate [EB&CP], U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center [NSRDEC], Executive Secretary, JOCOTAS (pending travel)
• LTC David Hibner, USA, Commander, 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power), USACE

Navy:
• RADM Kevin R. Slates, USN, Director, CNO Energy & Environmental Readiness Division, OPNAV N45
• CAPT James C. Goudreau, USN, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations, Energy & Environment (office confirmed)
• Ms. Sharon Beermann-Curtin, Program Officer, Power and Energy and Science Technology Lead, Code 33, ONR

Marine Corps:
• Col James Caley, USMC, Director, USMC Expeditionary Energy Office

Air Force:
• Mr. C. Douglas Ebersole, SES, Director, Aerospace Systems Directorate, AFRL

DoD:
• Mr. Troy Warshel, Director of Current Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs
• Col David B. Chisenhall Jr., USAF, Chief, Engineering Division, Logistics Directorate (J4), Joint Staff

Federal:
• Dr. Ryan Umstattd, Senior Commercialization Advisor, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Energy (ARPA-E)
• Mr. Stephen Gorin, Director, DoD Energy Programs, National Renewable Energy Laboratory , NREL
• Dr. Ned Stetson, PM, Hydrogen Storage, Fuel Cells Technologies Office, DOE

The forum is open to the public, however seating is limited.

Anyone interested in participating in the Summit can go to Defense Strategies Institute's website at www.dsigroup.org for more information or contact Lisa Madison at lmadison@dsigroup.org, 1-917-435-1266

Members of the Military and Government are invited to attend complimentary. Limited seating available for industry.
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