Report of a Workshop on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2012)

Opening Remarks

•   Terry Jaggers, National Research Council

•   Norman Augustine, Committee Co-Chair

Welcome and Introduction

•   Charles M. Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

Purpose and Plan

•   C. Dan Mote, Norman Augustine, Committee Co-Chairs

STEM Workforce Development for the Department of Defense

•   The Honorable Zachary J. Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering)

Introductory Talks

•   Donald Burke, Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

•   Anthony Tether, President, The Sequoia Group and Distinguished Fellow, Council on Competitiveness

Panel Discussion (Moderator: Frances Ligler, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

•   Thomas Russell, Director, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

•   Lyle Schwartz, ASM Materials Educational Foundation

•   John Sommerer, Space Department Head, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

•   Leonard Buckley, Director, Science and Technology Division, Institute for Defense Analyses

Introductory Talk

•   Rolf Lehming, Director, S&E Indicators, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, National Science Foundation

Panel Discussion (Moderator: Anita Jones, University of Virginia)

•   Leif Peterson, Managing Partner, Advanced HR Concepts and Solutions

•   Dixie Sommers, Assistant Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

•   John Fischer, Director, Laboratories Office, ASD(R&E)

•   Edward Swallow, Vice President, Business Development, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Chairman, STEM Workforce Division, National Defense Industrial Association

Introductory Talk

•   Harold Salzman, Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University

Panel Discussion (Moderator: Sharon Levin, University of Missouri-St. Louis)

•   Burt Barnow, Amsterdam Professor of Public Service and Economics, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University

•   Dixie Sommers, Assistant Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

•   Michael Finn, Economist, Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education

•   Rick Stephens, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, The Boeing Company

Adjourn

Introductory Talk

•   Carl Wieman, Associate Director for Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Panel Discussion (Moderator: Daniel Oliver, Naval Postgraduate School)

•   Katrina McFarland, President, Defense Acquisition University

•   Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Associate Provost, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

•   Paul Gaffney, President, Monmouth University

•   S. James Gates, Jr., John S. Toll Professor of Physics and Director of Center for String and Particle Theory, University of Maryland, College Park

Introductory Talk

•   Ruth David, President, ANSER

Panel Discussion (Moderator: Robert Hermann, Private Consultant)

•   David Chu, President, Institute for Defense Analyses

•   Jennifer Byrne, Vice President, Corporate Engineering and Technology, Lockheed Martin

•   Vallen Emery, Outreach Program Manager, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

•   Katherine McGrady, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CNA

Wrap-up Presentations