18th APEX – Proposed Agenda as of 17 March 2004

Day 1: Sunday, 21 March / Day 2: Monday, 22 March / Day 3: Tuesday, 23 March / Day 4: Wednesday, 24 March / Day 5: Thursday, 25 March / Day 6: Friday, 26 March / Day 7: Saturday, 27 March
Program Introduction / Pentagon and COOP Briefings / Leading People / Leading Transformation Efforts / Acquisition and Comptroller Priorities / Promoting Domestic Security / The Leadership and Management Equation
1600 – 1700
APEX Overview and Discussion of Expectations
Leslye McDade-Morrison, WHS
Michael Parmentier
1700 – 1900
Dinner: Program Overview
Mark Munson, WHS
Michael Parmentier
1900 – 2100
Themed Personal Development: Networking
Sam Raines / 0800 – 0930
Pentagon Breakfast
USD (Policy), Douglas Feith; USD (AT&L) Michael Wynne; DUSD (Intelligence) Letitia Long; Principal DUSD (Personnel & Readiness) Charles Abell; DUSD (Comptroller) Larry Lanzillota; Lt. Gen. Norton A. Schwartz (J-3); Major General Ronald L. Burgess, USA, (J2) Brigadier General Maria C. Owens, USAF, (J-1)
1000 – 1100
Services Briefing
ADM Michael Mullen, USN, VCNO; LTG Brown, USAF, AVCS; LTG Joseph Yakovac Jr., USA, Military Deputy for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; BG Robert Neller; USMC, Director, Operations Division
1100 – 1200
Joint Chiefs of Staff
VADM Timothy Keating, USN; RADM Nancy Brown (J6); BG John J. Catton (J7); BG Kenneth W. Hunzeker (J8)
1230 – 1400
Lunch: NSPS & SEA
Brad Bunn, Executive Director NSPS; Dr. Ioffredo, SEA Board of Directors; WHS Representatives
1400 – 1700
COOP Relocation
Donna Reuss
1800 – 1930
Dinner: COOP
COL Raymond Horoho
1930 – 2230
Themed Personal Development: Technology
Rick Blunt / 0700 – 0830
Breakfast: Debrief
Michael Parmentier
Maureen Ray
0900 – 1000
Mentoring
Annette Hurley
Dan Nussbaum
1015 – 1115
Human Capital Strategic Planning
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), Charles S. Abell
1130 – 1300
Lunch: White House Briefing
Jake Simmons, former Director of the WHMO
1315 – 1415
Legislative Liaison
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs), Jeanine Esperne
1430 – 1530
Press/Public Affairs
Eric Ruff, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
1530 – 1730
Interactive Exercise
Ted Warner
1800 – 1930
Dinner: Lessons Learned
Ted Warner and Dan Nussbaum
1930 – 2130
Themed Personal Development: Technology
Mark Oehlert / 0700 – 0830
Breakfast: Management Controls
OSD Comptroller’s Office, Peggy Johnson
0845 – 1100
Transformation Parts I & II
Director of Force Transformation, VADM Arthur K. Cebrowski
1315 - 1430
Interactive Exercise
Tom Moorman
1430 - 1530
Understanding Technology
Dr. Robert Leheny, Deputy Director DARPA; Mike Farber
1545 – 1645
Managing Technology
Mark Oehlert
1700 – 1800
Interactive Exercise
Buck Adams
1900 – 2100
Themed Personal Development
CPT Diane Brown, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Protocol / 0700 – 0830
Breakfast: DoD Inspector General
DoD Inspector General, Honorable Joseph E. Schmitz
0900 – 1000
Network Information Integration
PDASD (NII)
Dr. Linton Wells, II
1015 – 1115
PPBS Comptroller
Deputy Comptroller for Programming and Budgeting, Mr. John Roth
1130 – 1215
Lunch: Industry Collaboration
Janet Lyman
1315 – 1415
Acquisition
Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L), Michael W. Wynne
1430 – 1600
Interactive Exercise
Fred Frostic
1600 – 1700
Defense Intelligence Agency
Director of DIA,
Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby
1730 – 1900
Dinner: War on Terrorism
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Paul McHale
1900 – 2100
Themed Personal Development
CPT Diane Brown, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Protocol / 0845 – 0945
Mission Assurance Briefing
Richard Broome
1000 – 1100
Capabilities Briefing Home
Joe Saliunas
1130 - 1300
Lunch: Leadership Challenges
Dr. Andrew Uscher
1315 – 1415
DHS, NORTHCOM, NGB Panel
DHS representative, NORTHCOM representative,
Maureen Wiley NGB, Dale Watson
1430 – 1700
Interactive Exercise
Lee Ann Timreck
1730 – 2000
Dinner: Protocol
CPT Diane Brown, Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Protocol / 0900 – 1200
Leadership Presentations and Interactive Exercises
George Thibault
1400 – 1700
Tackling the Toughest Challenges Exercise
Richard Saunders
Preparation for Travel Week
Day 8: Sunday, 28 March / Day 9: Monday, 29 March / Day 10: Tuesday, 30 March / Day 11: Wednesday, 31 March / Day 12: Thursday, 1 April / Day 13: Friday, 2 April
Travel to Miami / SOCOM
SOUTHCOM
CENTCOM
Travel to Colorado Springs / 0800 – 1300
Cheyenne Mountain
1400 – 1600
NORTHCOM / Travel to Norfolk / 0800 – 0930
Naval Ship Tour
1000 – 1130
Submarine Tour
1200 – 1700
JFCOM / 0730 – 0945
ACC
F-15 Demo Flight
Command Briefing
1000 – 1100
APEX Feedback Session
1115 – 1230
Awards Luncheon and Dismissal
Return to DC