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2025 Agenda - Draft

December 2, 2025, Tuesday
9:00 AMKeynote Address

10:00 AM Matchmaking Sessions begin

General Sessions Begin

10:00 AMDefense Counterintelligence & Security Agency (DCSA)
Dr. Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence
Office of Small Business Programs, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)


11:00 AM – John McCanney, Director of Defense SBIR/STTR Transitions - Invited

1:00 PMTBD


2:00 PM
 – Made to Grow: Cybersecurity Training for Manufacturers
Colton Plumb, Special Agent
Naval Criminal Investigation Services (NCIS)


3:00 PM  Project Spectrum
Kareem Sykes , Director
Project Spectrum Industry & Engagement

December 3, 2025, Wednesday
9:00 AMKeynote Address 

Army Col. Sue Styer, Land Supplier Operations Director

DLA Land and Maritime

General Sessions Begin
10:00 AM – PA Talent Pipeline
Mr. Vince Jordan, Regional Project Manager, Chief of Workforce Success Initiatives

Maritime Industrial Base


11:00 AM
– SBA Made in America
David Pinkosky, Business Opportunity Specialist
SBA Pittsburgh District


1:00 PM – DLA ICON/ACE

Ms. Sheila Rayburn, Director of ICON Operations

Non-Ferrous Founders’ Society


2:00 PMBest Practices – Large Prime Contractor Panel Discussion

L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Moog


3:00 PMTBD

 

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