SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Huntsville Space and Missile Defense Conference: Great Speakers, Exhibits and More
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2007
- 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-070718-009
- Archive Date
- 10/16/2007
- Description
- HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The 10th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition will take place Aug. 13-16 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala. The theme for this years event is Celebrating 50 Years in Space and Missile Defense. The Space and Missile Defense Conference is widely attended by professionals and individuals from throughout the United States and our allies around the world. Event sponsors include the National Defense Industrial Association, Tennessee Valley Chapter; A ir Space and Missile Defense Association; and the Air Defense Artillery Association, Huntsville Chapter. Conference highlights include presentations from internationally recognized experts in the areas of global ballistic missile defense systems development and operation, as well as integration, synchronization and capability development to meet new threats. The conference also will include a training and technology track focused on emerging technologies. Sessions will also cover space support to the warfighter, homeland defense and the integration of cruise missile defense. Confirmed speakers include Gen. James E. Cartwright, commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander, Air Force Space Command; Lt. Gen. Henry A. Trey Obering III, director, Missile Defense Agency; Lt. Gen. Kevin T. Campbell, commanding general, U.S. Army Space and M issile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command; Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command; retired Lt. Gen. Ed Anderson, former vice commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command; retired Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, first director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Stafford, former astronaut; and many more. There will be exhibit displays throughout the entire Von Braun Center and daily attractions in each hall, including celebrity authors, the Liberty Bike, and displayed for the first time in a public forum the Liberty Guitar. The conference will also ha ve a technology trek, a scavenger hunt and a theater projection of the Armys video game. Many 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 Web site 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 a t (256) 955-3889 or giselle.bodin@smdc.army.mil.
- Web Link
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U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
(http://www. smdc.army.mil)
- Record
- SN01345814-W 20070720/070718222252 (fbodaily.com)
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