Main Session
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 7:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am |
Opening of GVSETS Main Session Thom Green - GVSETS Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter TBD - Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM Michael Cadieux - Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) |
| 8:30 am |
AFC Future Requirements Warfighter Panel Moderator: Warren Sponsler - National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) CSM Ryan Roush - Command Sergeant Major, US Army Armor School CSM William Justice - Command Sergeant Major, Futures and Concepts Center, Army Futures Command (AFC) MSG Salem Auclair - XM30 Master Gunner, Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Cross Fucntional Team (NGCV CFT), AFC MSG Jeremy Cook - Operations Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, NGCV CFT, AFC |
| 9:45 am |
Exhibitor Break |
| 10:45 am |
The Army Transformation Initiative and Army Acquisition |
| 11:30 am |
Lunch – Exhibitor Break |
| 12:45 pm |
Special Announcements: TWV, NDIA Policy, Pitch Day Winners Rob Gordan - Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference Chair Vicki Selva - Policy Chair, NDIA Michigan Chapter Michelle Lucas - Higher Orbits John Walsh - Michigan Manufacturing Association |
| 1:00 pm |
Advance Manufacturing Panel Moderator: Jason Duncan - Maintenance Integration Division Chief, ILSC, TACOM John Walsh - President, Michigan Manufacturers Association Tom Kelly - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Automation Alley Randl Besse - AM CoE Commodity Manager, Rock Island Arsenal (RAI) Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) Brandon Pender - Associate Director, Ground Vehicle Materials Engineering, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC Adrian Bailey - Sustainment Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate (S-CDID), Futures and Concepts Center (FCC), Army Futures Command (AFC) |
| 1:55 pm |
Russian – Ukraine War Update Major General Borys Kremenskyi - Defense Attache’, Embassy of Ukraine to the United States |
| 2:45 pm |
Exhibitor Break |
| 3:45 pm |
Detroit Arsenal Senior Leadership Panel Moderator: Valde Garcia - President, NDIA Michigan Chapter BG Beth Behn - Commanding General, U.S. Army TACOM Ms. Michelle Link - Acting PEO, U.S. Army PEO Ground Combat Vehicle (GCS) BG Camilla White - PEO, U.S. Army PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support (CS & CSS) Michael Cadieux - Director, U.S. Army DEVCOM GVSC John Jolokai - Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), Detroit Arsenal (DTA) COL Fred Dente - Chief of Staff, Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross Functional Team, U.S. Army Futures Command |
| 5:00 pm |
Conclusion then Reception |