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Today in DOD

Today in DOD for Dec. 3, 2020

Dec. 2, 2020
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Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton, director, Defense Information Systems Agency (9 a.m. EST); and Acting Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Enterprise Danielle Metz (1 p.m. EST), speak at the virtual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) TechNetCyber 2020 event. Register at afcea.org.

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael J.K. Kratsios provides virtual keynote remarks at 9:30 a.m. EST on "The Bilateral Agreement for the Advancement of Research and Technology" at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce's 31st annual Greek Economic Summit. Register at amcham.gr.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord moderates a panel discussion on modernization and acquisition with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Stacy A. Cummings; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Joan Johnson; Lt. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, military deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, at 11:30 a.m. EST at the National Training and Simulation Association's 2020 Virtual Interservice, Industry, Training, Simulation, and Education Conference. Register at viitsec.org.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. Lord speaks at a Hudson Institute video event (Competing with Great Powers at the "Speed of Relevance") premiering at noon on hudson.org.

Dr. Stacey Dixon, deputy director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and Anne Neuberger, director, Cybersecurity Directorate, National Security Agency, join a panel discussion ("Driving Innovation Inside Government") at 12:45 p.m. EST at the virtual 2020 Aspen Cyber Summit. Register at aspencybersummit.org.

Navy Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Brett Vaughan, Office of Naval Research (1:35 p.m. EST); and Air Force Deputy Chief Information Officer Lauren Knausenberger (2:05 p.m. EST), speak at an Artificial Intelligence at the Edge online event. Register at govexec.com.