Please join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defenseprogram for the hybrid public launch of the Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption’s Final Report on Tuesday, January 16, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET at the Atlantic Council headquarters (1030 15th Street, 12th Floor, NW, Washington, DC 20005) and via Zoom. Following the conclusion of the event, there will be a public networking hour hosted at the Atlantic Council.
This event will launch the Commission’s final report which expands on the recommendations of the interim report released in April, and adds eight vignettes which examine cases of innovation success in the defense enterprise.
The event will feature remarks by Commission Co-chairs, former Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper and former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James as well as a panel with the report authors and Commissioners. The event will also honor the recipient of the Atlantic Council’s 2023 Award for Defense Innovation, which is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and dedication to advancing the Department of Defense’s ability to innovate by overcoming challenges of adopting cutting-edge technology from commercial and defense industries.
This final report advances ten policy recommendations and includes eight cases of success to demonstrate how the Department of Defense and Congress can increase the speed at which technological innovation can be transformed into capabilities in the hands of US warfighters.
Report introduction by
The Hon. Mark T. Esper
27th Secretary of Defense;
Board Director and Co-Chair of the Commission, Atlantic Council
The Hon. Deborah Lee James
23rd Secretary of the Air Force;
Board Director and Co-Chair of the Commission, Atlantic Council
Report author panel featuring
Matthew MacGregor
Acquisition Subject Matter Expert, MITRE
Fellow
Whitney McNamara
Forward DefenseScowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Defense IndustryDefense Policy
Pete Modigliani
Vice President, National Security and Technology, Beacon Global Strategies
Moderated by
Fellow
Stephen Rodriguez
Forward DefenseScowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Defense PolicyDefense Technologies
Commissioner panel featuring
9th Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
Senior Advisor, Insight Partners
Moderated by
Staff
Clementine G. Starling
Forward DefenseScowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Welcome remarks by
Staff