Updated July 21, 2021
Subject to change based on speaker availability, Govt travel restrictions and COVID conditions.
Navy Gold Coast 2021 Virtual Conference
| TIME / PACIFIC | SESSION, SPEAKERS | LOCATION |
| All Day | Registration | https://www.navygoldcoast.org/register/ |
| All Day | Virtual Exhibit Booths Open | TBD |
| 1100-1400 | Matchmaking Scheduling | TBD |
| 0800-0820 | Welcome to 2021 Navy Gold Coast / Program Overview Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |
| 0820-0830 | NDIA Welcome Gen. Hawk Carlisle | Main Screen |
| 0830-0840 | Welcome and Acknowledgements Mr. Jimmy Smith, Director of Navy-Office of Small Business Programs | Main Screen |
| 0840-0910 | SECNAV/UNDERSEC Welcome Video Presentation | Main Screen |
| 0910-0925 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 0925-1025 | CMMC Brief Project Spectrum Panel Kareem Sykes |
Main Screen |
| 1025-1035 | Break (10 minutes) | |
| 1035-1135 | NAVWAR Rear Admiral Douglas Small | Main Screen |
| 1135-1145 | Break (10 minutes) | |
| 1145 | Breakout Sessions Introduction Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |
| Breakout Room Session 1 | ||
| 1200-1300 | DCMA Subcontracting Compliance Ms. Jaime Como | Breakout 1 |
| 1310-1410 | Buying Commands Overview and Forecast Mr. Carlton Hagans - Director HQMC I&L Mr. Kyle Beagle - Director MCSC Ms. Bianca Henderson - Director NAVFAC Mr. Chris Espenshade - Director NAVSUP Ms. Marita Thompson - Director SSP | Breakout 1 |
| Breakout Room Session 2 | ||
| 1200-1300 | Small Business Success Panel Hosted by Arveice Washington | Breakout 2 |
| 1310-1410 | NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) David Stieren | Breakout 2 |
| Breakout Room Session 3 | ||
| 1200-1300 | DCSA Facility Clearance Mr. Steven Mapes | Breakout 3 |
| 1310-1410 | Foreign Investment Tiger Team (FITT) Ms. Lauren Ayers, Mr. Brian Keeley | Breakout 3 |
| Breakout Room Session 4 | ||
| 1200-1300 | SBA Brief John Engstrom | Breakout 4 |
| 1310-1410 | GSA Brief Kimberly Sant | Breakout 4 |
| 1415 | Day 1 Adjurnment Comments Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |
| TIME / PACIFIC | SESSION, SPEAKERS | LOCATION |
| All Day | Registration | https://www.navygoldcoast.org/register/ |
| All Day | Virtual Exhibit Booths Open | TBD |
| 1100-1400 | Matchmaking Scheduling | TBD |
| 0800-0810 | Welcome to NGC 2021 Day Two Program Overview Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |
| 0810-0845 | NDIA Legislative Updates Wesley Hallman | Main Screen |
| 0845-0900 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 0900-1000 | Small Business Directors Panel Host: DoD SBP Director Farooq Mitha Jimmy Smith, Navy Kim Buehler, USA, Scott Kiser USAF | Main Screen |
| 1000-1005 | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 1005-1055 | Chief of the Office of Naval Research Rear Admiral Lorin Selby | Main Screen |
| 1055-1100 | Break (5 minutes) | |
| 1100-1155 | TBD | Main Screen |
| 1155-1200 | Breakout Sessions Introduction Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |
| Breakout Room Session 1 | ||
| 1200-1300 | Seaport NxG Stacy McQuage | Breakout 1 |
| 1310-1410 | Category Management Chris Espenshade, Jamey Halke | Breakout 1 |
| Breakout Room Session 2 | ||
| 1200-1300 | Mentor Protégé Roundtable Host Ms. Mercedes Thurston | Breakout 2 |
| 1310-1410 | Buying Commands Overview and Forecast Ms. Leah Baker - Director MSC Mr. Shelby Butler - Director NAVAIR Ms. Anne Bannister -Director NAVSEA Mr. Daniel Deconzo - Director NAVWAR Ms. Ellen Simonoff - Director ONR | Breakout 2 |
| Breakout Room Session 3 | ||
| 1200-1300 | NavalX & ConnecX Tool | Breakout 3 |
| 1310-1410 | Navy SBIR Program Dr. Robert Smith - DON SBIR Director Shadi Azoum - NIWC PAC SBIR Brian Shipley - DON SBIR CPR Manager | Breakout 3 |
| Breakout Room Session 4 | ||
| 1200-1300 | PTAC Brief Brett Housholder | Breakout 4 |
| 1310-1410 | TBD | Breakout 4 |
| 1415 | 2021 Navy Gold Coast Adjourned Closing Comments Mr. Frank Muller | Main Screen |