Annual Air, Space
& Cyber Conference and Technology Exposition
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Thursday, September
13 -- Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center | http://www.gaylordnational.com/
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The delegate agenda is current as of: Sunday, September 12, 2021.
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Thursday, September
13, 2018
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| 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM | AFA Executive Committee Meeting
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Friday, September 14, 2018
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| 7:30 AM | 8:00 AM | AFA Board of Directors Continental Breakfast
| | 8:00 AM | 6:00 PM | AFA Board of Directors Meeting
| | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | AFA Board of Directors Lunch (optional)
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Saturday, September 15, 2018
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| 7:30 AM | 6:00 PM | Convention Registration
| | 8:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Aerospace Education Council Meeting
| | 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM | AFA Heads of Delegation Credentials Registration
| | 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM | Spouse Meet & Greet
| | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Delegate Workshops
| | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | AFA Convention Business Session
| | 5:15 PM | 6:00 PM | Catholic Mass
| | 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM | AFA Field Awards Reception & Dinner
| | 9:00 PM | 10:15 PM | Region Meetings
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Sunday, September 16, 2018
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| 7:00 AM | | Breakfast on your own
| | 8:00 AM | 12:00 PM | AFA Convention Business Session
| | 8:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Convention Registration
| | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | AFA Delegates Lunch
| | 1:00 PM | 2:00 PM | AFA Convention Business Session
| | 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Reserve Council Meeting
| | 2:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Air National Guard Council Meeting
| | 2:30 PM | | Buses depart Gaylord for Air Force Memorial
| | 3:00 PM | 3:30 PM | AFA Memorial Service
| | 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Berlin Airlift Commemoration Event
| | 5:00 PM | 6:00 PM | Light Reception
| | 6:00 PM | | Buses depart Air Force Memorial for Gaylord
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Monday, September 17, 2018
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| 7:00 AM | 7:30 PM | Conference Registration
| | 7:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Conference Attendee Morning Coffee
| | 9:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Air, Space & Cyber Conference Opening & Award Ceremonies
| | 10:30 AM | 11:10 AM | The Air Force We Need
| | 11:10 AM | 11:15 AM | Technology Exposition Ribbon Cutting
| | 11:10 AM | 4:00 PM | Technology Exposition Open
| | 11:15 AM | 1:00 PM | Lunch
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Panel: Fighting Under Fire - Projecting Power in the 21st Century
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Dynamic Force Employment
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Cyber Operations in a Multi-Domain Environment
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Panel: Tools for Speed
| | 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | Air Force Personnel Update
| | 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | Panel: Multi-Domain Operations: Managing the Vulnerabilities
| | 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | Panel: Small Business Acquisitions
| | 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | Panel: Securing 21st Century Combat Effects: The Munitions Revolution
| | 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | SpaceX Remarks
| | 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | Enlisted Session
| | 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | Panel: 21st Century Network Resiliency
| | 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | Panel: Acquisitions
| | 6:00 PM | 7:15 PM | Outstanding Airmen of the Year Reception
| | 7:30 PM | 10:00 PM | Outstanding Airmen of the Year Dinner
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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| 7:00 AM | 8:45 AM | Conference Attendee Morning Coffee
| | 7:30 AM | 5:00 PM | Conference Registration
| | 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Panel: Acquisition Reform
| | 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Panel: Book Talk
| | 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Spouse and Family Keynote
| | 9:00 AM | 9:45 AM | Panel: Sustainment: New Opportunities and Challenges
| | 9:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Technology Exposition
| | 9:45 AM | 10:45 AM | Coffee Break
| | 10:45 AM | 11:45 AM | Air Force Update
| | 12:00 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch
| | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Panel: Overcoming the National Pilot Shortage
| | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Panel: The Air Force We Need: Outside Perspectives
| | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Panel: Spouse Employment
| | 1:15 PM | 2:00 PM | Panel: Global Reach, Global Power: Building the Future Bomber Force American Needs
| | 2:10 PM | 2:55 PM | Air Force Town Hall
| | 3:55 PM | 4:40 PM | Panel: Transforming Large Enterprises in an Internet-of-Things World
| | 3:55 PM | 4:40 PM | Panel: Total Force
| | 3:55 PM | 4:40 PM | Panel: Resilience
| | 3:55 PM | 4:40 PM | Panel: Pilot Training Next
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018
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| 7:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Conference Attendee Morning Coffee
| | 7:30 AM | 8:30 AM | Conference Registration
| | 8:30 AM | 9:15 AM | Panel: Today's Air Force - Senior Leader Perspective
| | 9:30 AM | 4:00 PM | Technology Exposition
| | 10:15 AM | 11:15 AM | Taking Care of Airmen from the Ground Up
| | 11:15 AM | 1:00 PM | Lunch
| | 1:00 PM | 4:45 PM | Conference Sessions
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Address from the Deputy Secretary of Defense
| | 1:00 PM | 1:45 PM | Enlisted Session
| | 1:55 PM | 2:40 PM | Panel: Combatant Commander Perspectives on Multi-Domain Operations
| | 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | Keynote Address
| | 6:00 PM | 7:15 PM | Air Force Birthday Dinner Reception
| | 7:30 PM | 10:00 PM | Air Force Birthday Dinner
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