The deputy secretary provides remarks at 8:20 a.m. EDT at the National Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition at the JW Marriott, Washington, D.C. Other senior officials speaking at this event include Navy Adm. John C. Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (9:30 a.m. EDT); Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment Christopher Lowman (1:30 p.m. EDT); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Director Dr. Stefanie Tompkins (3 p.m. EDT); and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante (3:45 p.m. EDT).