Defense Research Engineering Community Focused on Strategic Challenges in the Development Process
Worldwide Research Capabilities Necessary to Remain Competitive in Defense Community
(PRWEB) June 1, 2003
MILFORD, Conn. (PRWEB) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27, 2003 – The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International), one of the world’s leading professional societies with membership over 120,000 strong worldwide, and Unicomm, LLC, an innovative trade show and conference organizer, have co-located Defense Research and Engineering Conference and Expo (DREX) with the existing Research Development and Design Expo (RD&D Expo) and ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress taking place November 17-20, 2003 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington DC.
ASMEÂ’s International Congress, RD&D and DREX being held together in one place at one time forming the leading forum for the interplay of commercial and defense technology. Thousands of the worlds leading engineers and technologists will come together to further technology transfer and duel use technologies. No other event has ever had this exciting potential to accelerate discovery and foster new partnerships.
The Defense Research and Engineering Conference and Expo (DREX) is focused entirely on the engineering of defense systems and researching of advanced technologies for defense and homeland security, from both traditional and nontraditional suppliers. DREX will provide a forum for defense and homeland security program managers, industry designers and project leaders, emerging commercial suppliers, military personnel and academics to interact and analyze the future of defense system needs and research, benchmark the brightest engineering processes and identify the latest in components, technologies and systems.
A unique Conference Program explores this landscape with leading speakers such as:
Gary Payton, director, Missile Defense Agency Advanced Systems; Dr. Anthony Tether, director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Dr. William Schneider, Jr., chairman, Defense Science Board Dr. Dale Klein, asst. secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs;
Jim Sturges, director, Engineering Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation,; Dr. Ashton Carter, senior partner, Global Technology Partners Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, Jr. USN, commander US Joint Forces Command Major General William Usher, USAF (ret.)
“The conference program is an educational and business development experience not to be missed” states Dr. Michael J. Lippitz, a leading defense and technology industry consultant who is working behind the scenes to develop the conference program with ASME. “DoD’s technology needs have never been greater, and DoD has taken great strides in recent years to open its market to commercial and other nontraditional technology suppliers. This program and expo is the first to bring together outreach on government technology needs at their critical point of definition with creative approaches to transformative defense concepts and breakthrough technologies from both commercial and defense firms. The synergy could lead the way to creating new partnerships to win new government business opportunities, facilitating licensing and technology transfer, and improving research ROI, ,” continued Lippitz.
Additionally, Defense Research & Engineering Conference and Exposition is supported by a large base of exhibiting companies in areas devoted to nano and MEMS technology; Engineered Materials, Design Tools, Components and Control Systems.
Attendees at DREX and the co-located RD&D Expo will come from the engineering, manufacturing and technology industries including Department of Defense, government and academia. This multi-discipline attendee base will hold decision-making roles with titles including: senior scientists, research managers, project managers, design engineers, senior technical professionals, university faculty, technology officers, intellectual property managers, corporate management, supply chain managers, CFOÂ’s and many others.
For more information on attending, exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities, please contact info@unicomm. org, go online at http://www. rdexpo. com/drex (http://www. rdexpo. com/drex) or call Jill Birkett, Vice President, Unicomm at 203/878.2577 (email: jbirkett@unicomm. org).
About ASME
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today ASME International is a nonprofit educational and technical organization serving a worldwide membership of 120,000. ASME is premier organization for promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical engineering throughout the world. The work of the Society is performed by its member-elected Board of Governors and through its five Councils, 44 Boards and hundreds of Committees in 13 regions throughout the world
About Unicomm, LLC
Unicomm, LLC is an independent business-to-business Communications Company specializing in originating and managing world-class trade shows and conferences in underserved and nascent markets. Located in Milford, Connecticut, Unicomm is led by a seasoned management team possessing more than 40 years of events industry experience and an impressive track record of dozens of successful show launches and hundreds of event productions.
