Main Conference Day 1

1000 Registration and Morning Networking

1045 Chairperson Opening Remarks

Major General (Ret.) William Hix, Managing Director, Next Horizon Partners, LLC

Former Director of Strategy, Plans & Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 HQ, US Army

1115 Event Keynote Remarks: Developing GCV Operational Doctrine to Enable Continued Army Mission Success

General Paul E. Funk Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

1145 Keynote Remarks: Accelerating NGCV CFT Modernization Efforts: Current Lines of Efforts & Updates The demands of a modern battlefield, from sensing and processing data, to moving around in different types of physical terrains and domains, the Army has forged a new way of thinking about ground vehicles. The Next-Generation Combat Vehicle CFT aims to push vehicle development into the future of the Service’s needs, and this session will highlight some of these ongoing efforts.

BG Richard Coffman, FGCV CFT DIRECTOR, Army Futures Command

1215 Networking Break and Demo Drive

1245 Strategic Overview of Resourcing Efforts and Impact on Advancement of Ground Combat Vehicle Fleets

Lieutenant General James F. Pasquarette Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, United States Army

1315 Advancing Army Ground Combat Vehicle Warfighting Concepts and Modernization Efforts

- Efforts to assess Army ground combat vehicle warfighting capabilities and concepts

- Necessary next steps to improve ground combat vehicle effectiveness

- Challenges associated with defining warfighting concepts for unidentified future areas of operation 

Colonel Christopher Barnwell, Chief, Field Experimentation Division, Joint Modernization Command, U.S. Army

1400 Chairperson Closing Remarks

Major General (Ret.) William Hix, Managing Director, Next Horizon Partners, LLC

Former Director of Strategy, Plans & Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 HQ, US Army