Conference Agenda (subject to change)

Chairman’s Opening Reception

Sponsored by Fluor with remarks by LTG Mick Bednarek, USA (Ret), Vice President, Strategic Outreach, Fluor Mission Solutions and Chairman, ISOA Board of Directors

Panel 1A: 931 Days of War: Where Are We & Who Is Doing What?

What does victory look like?

• Moderated by LTG Michael Howard, USA (Ret), CEO, ML Howard Consulting
• LTG Frank Helmick, USA (Ret), SVP Mission Operations, SOSi
• Maciej Kubicki, Head of Three Seas Secretariat, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
• Halyna Yanchenko, Member, Parliament of Ukraine
• Vadym Ivchenko, Member, Parliament of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence

11:00 am

Networking Break & Industry Fair

11:30 am

Panel 2A: Aiding & Investing in Europe’s Transition to Energy Independence & Sustainable Development

How the private sector can leverage innovative energy ecosystems to ensure long-term economic stability, environmental protection, and energy security and infrastructure.

• Moderated by Mac McClelland, CEO, Center House LTD
• Dennis Thompson, VP Operations – Advanced Energy, Amentum
• Karl Jensen, Executive Vice President, National Governments, AECOM
• Seweryn Szwarocki, Expert, DISE Energy
• Dr. Lukasz Mlynarkiewicz, President, INLA

Panel 2B: Global Health Security Opportunities, Collaboration & Modernization Across the European Theater

How the private sector can achieve better health outcomes for vulnerable populations and communities around the world. Those who study or practice global health work to eliminate health disparities in low-resource settings around the world through research, education and collaborative intervention.

• Moderated by Nico Woods, COO, JDI
• Dennis Carroll, Chief Scientist, URC
• Kyryl Gusarov, Senior Project Lead, CRDF Global
• Anna Malec-Was, Owner, PDG

12:30 pm

Lunch, Networking, Industry Fair & USAID Breakout Session

Lunch sponsored by Taylors International Services with remarks by Ryan Jenkins, SVP of Business Development.

USAID Breakout Session:

• Crystal Canet, Principal, Clear Consulting International
• Enrique “Tony” Steiner, Program Specialist, USAID
• Janiere Pereira, Program Specialist, USAID

1:30 pm

Panel 3A: USAID Engagement in Ukraine: From Stabilization to Development

Since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, USAID has provided $2 billion in humanitarian aid, $2.9 billion in development assistance, and $22.9 billion in direct budget support in the key areas.

• Moderated by Maria “Masha” Martinkov, Chief Strategy Executive, Venatore
• Chris Abrams, Senior Development Advisor, Central Europe, USAID
• Sean Callahan, Senior Development Advisor to EUCOM, USAID
• Janiere Pereira, Program Specialist, USAID

2:30 pm

Networking Break & Industry Fair

3:00 pm

Panel 4A: Current Donor Strategies on Ukraine Development & Recovery Programs

An overview of funding sources, processes, and how private sector partnering can help with distribution, efficiencies, services support, and transparency

• Moderated by Alex Sarria, Member Attorney, Miller & Chevalier
• Kateryna Leschyshyn, International Partner Manager, Come Back Alive
• Gerald Goss, EVP Government Business, MSA Security
• Pawel Kulaga, Director of Legal Affairs and International Development, Targi Kielce SA / MSPO International Defense Industry Exhibition
• James Lindley, Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Embassy, Poland

4:00 pm

Panel 5A: How Can U.S. Businesses Help NATO & Our Allies to Navigate Strategic Challenges?

Ensuring a transatlantic partnership in these uncertain times

• Moderated by Jake Frazer, CEO, Precision Talent Solutions
• Emanuele Piffaretti, Chief Procurement Division Officer, NSPA
• COL Kevin Baird, Logistics Advisor, US Mission to NATO
• Jim Shields, Senior NATO Consultant, Precision Talent Solutions

5:00 pm

Keynote Speaker: Lt Gen Lance K. Landrum, USAF (Ret), 23rd Deputy Chair NATO

5:30 pm

Mid-Conference Reception

7:00 pm

President’s Dinner (by invitation only)

7:00 am

Registration, Networking, & Industry Fair

7:45 am

Opening Remarks

• Roxanne M. Kaufman, Senior Vice President, ISOA
• Platinum Sponsor remarks by Mark Ferris, EUCOM Task Order Manager, KBR

8:00 am

Panel 6A: Leveraging Partnership & Contracting Opportunities to Improve Logistics, Sustainment, & Maintenance

Maximizing efficiencies and outcomes in Ukraine and throughout the European Theater Network- rapid assessment & needs analysis, strategic partnerships, enhanced contracting processes, & technology integration

• Moderated by Mike Young, Executive Director, Europe, V2X
• Viacheslav Klymov, Co-Owner, Nova Post
• Joe Dunaway, President, Aviation Solutions/Critical Missions, Amentum
• Vin Nair, COO, AQ Global Group
• Dan Soller, VP of International Operations, Mission Essential Group

9:00 am

Panel 7A: How Can ISOA Companies & Partners Support Demining Efforts in Ukraine?

What is the process? Are there partnership opportunities? The U.S. Embassy reports that since February 2022, the United States has provided more than $182 million for humanitarian demining efforts in Ukraine, supporting training and equipment for the Government of Ukraine and the deployment of contractor and non-governmental organization demining teams across nine oblasts. This assistance has helped displaced communities to return home, enabled farmers to return to their fields, and equipped brave Ukrainian deminers with the skills and equipment to make their country safe and facilitate economic recovery.

• Moderated by Glenn Goddard, Program Director, Parsons
• Colonel Oleksandr Korotchenko,SSTS
• Viktor Vyshnov,SSTS
• Chris Clark, Director of Special Projects, SafeLane Global
• Anastasiia Motruk, Program Manager, Lykke Global Advisors
• Ben Brock, Head of Business Development, SEPAR International

10:00 am

Networking Break & Industry Fair

10:30 am

Business Matchmaking Forum

All conference attendees are invited to participate in Business Matchmaking. Contact Roxanne Kaufman if your company would like to host a Business Matchmaking Table.

12:30 pm

Lunch & Ukraine Working Group Meeting

Lunch sponsored by Taylors International Services.

Ukraine Working Group hosted by Jeff Grieco, ISOA Advisory Council.

1:30 pm

Panel 8A: Veterans in Ukraine: Key Drivers in the Stabilization & Restoration of the Nation

How the U.S. private sector can assist with Ukrainian veterans’ transition from a wartime to a peacetime posture: Healthcare, infrastructure, training, and job assistance.

• Moderated by Bonnie Carroll, Founder and President, TAPS
• Tom Austin, Executive Director, Education Alliance for Ukraine
• Dr. Robert F. Cox, Director and Professor, University of Florida Rinker School of Construction Management
• Michael Kuiper, Director of Ukraine Crisis Response, Vistant
• Alona Verbytska, President, Association of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine

2:30 pm

Networking Break & Industry Fair

3:00 pm

Panel 9A: Upcoming Operational Contract Opportunities in the European AOR

• Moderated by Tom Lampley, VP Marketing and External Relations, Government Services, KBR
• COL Robert M. McTighe, Deputy Commander, North Atlantic Division, USACE
• LTC Quammie Semper, Commander, 928th Contracting Command
• CAPT Rafael Miranda, Commanding Officer, NAVFAC EURAFCENT
• John Schafer, Director of Policy, Programs, and Training LOGCAP, US Army Sustainment Command

4:00 pm

Keynote: Andy Hunder, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

4:30 pm

Keynote: MG Duane R. Miller, USA, Deputy Commanding General, SAG-U

• Keynote sponsored by Miller & Chevalier with introduction by Scott Flesch, Member.

5:00 pm

Closing Remarks

• Roxanne M. Kaufman, Senior Vice President, ISOA

5:15 pm

ISOA Vice Chairman’s Closing Reception

Sponsored by Atlas Advisors with remarks by Rick Abner, Founder