Defense Metals Technology Center (DMTC)

Strategic Materials Conference

Co-sponsored by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM)

On April 6-7, 2009, Members of Congress, Defense Department and Government Accountability Office staff, and academic and industry leaders in America's Metals Heartland met to discuss the Nation's defense supply-chain vulnerability and ways to address this national security challenge.

See the agenda and presentations below.

Monday, April 6, 2009 - Six Continents Foyer & Room
5:00-7:00 p.m.	Welcoming Reception & Dinner Remarks by U.S. Rep. John A. Boccieri (Ohio, 16th District)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - Founders' Ballroom (A)
8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome Barbara R. Snyder, Esq., President, Case Western Reserve University
9:10 a.m.	Remarks Charles D. Clark, Executive Director, Defense Metals Technology Center, North Canton, Ohio, Conference Moderator
9:15 a.m.	Army Forecasted Requirements for Strategic Materials Stephen L. Luckowski, Chief, Materials Manufacturing and Prototype Technology Division, U.S. Army Armament, Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
9:30 a.m.	A Departmentwide Framework to Identify and Report Gaps in the Defense Supplier Base is Needed John Neumann, Assistant Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
10:30 a.m.	Networking Break
10:45 a.m.	PANEL: Danger in the Supply Chain - Dependence on Foreign Sources of Rare Earth Metals: A Case Study on Chinese Manipulation of the High Performance Magnet Market Stanley R. Trout, Ph.D., P.E., Spontaneous Materials, Panel Moderator Peter C. Dent, Vice President of Business Development, Electron Energy Corporation, Landisville, Pa. Ed Richardson, Sales & Marketing Manager, Thomas & Skinner, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. John F. Ashburn, Vice President & General Counsel, Molycorp Minerals, LLC, Greenwood Village, Colo.
12:00 p.m.	Working Lunch
12:30 p.m.	PANEL: A Preview of Strategic Materials and the Obama Administration Luis M. Proenza, Ph.D., President, The University of Akron, Panel Moderator Cornell Holder, Administrator, Defense National Stockpile Center, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. Stephen R. Giangiordano, Executive Vice President for Technology and Innovation, RTI International Metals, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
1:15 p.m.	Availability of Armor Plate for Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Production Jeffrey H. Thompson, General Manager - Specialty Plate, ATI Allegheny Ludlum, Washington, Pa.
1:30 p.m.	Networking Break
1:45 p.m.	The Need for Supply-Chain Security Measures in the Aerospace Market Chad Whalen, Vice President & General Counsel, RTI International Metals, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. Henry S. Seiner, Vice President, Business Strategy & Logistics, TIMET, Dallas, Tex.
2:45 p.m.	Closing Remarks Colonel Peter R. Mansoor, U.S. Army (Ret.), Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio