Defense Innovation Days 2021
30 August to 31 August 2021
Virtual Event
Click here: Defense Innovation Days 2021 – Synopsis of Presentations
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Raytheon Technologies 
General Dynamics 
Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium
Silver Sponsors
Northrop Grumman 
Teledyne Marine 
Bronze Sponsor
National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology
Agenda:
Day 1 – Monday, 30 August 2021
10:00 – 11:30 –A National Conversation on Defense
Senator Jack Reed, Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee
Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro
Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman
11:30 – 1:00 – A National Conversation on Climate and Defense
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Mr. Joseph Bryan, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Senior Climate Advisor)
Mr. Richard Kidd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense for Energy and Environment
Day 2 – Tuesday, 31 August 2021
10:00 – 11:30 – A National Conversation on Cybersecurity and Defense
Congressman Jim Langevin, Chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems
Mr. Chris Inglis, U.S. National Cyber Director
11:30 – 1:00 – A National Conversation on Foreign Affairs and Defense
Congressman David Cicilline, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Thomas Donilon, Former US National Security Advisor
Walter Berbrick, DLP, Director of Arctic Studies, Naval War College
Defense Innovation Days brings together companies who are developing cutting edge innovations with policymakers who are helping steer the nation’s defense strategy. We give policymakers an opportunity to speak to those companies, big and small, and give the companies insight into future acquisition opportunities.
The event facilitates a forum where defense policymakers and business leaders can engage with and learn from one another.