"Engineering Ships for an Affordable, Integrated Force"

1-3 May 2006 ~ Westin Arlington Gateway

Welcome and Opening Remarks

CAPT Rick Hepburn, USN (Ret.), President of ASNE

Keynote Address

Open Technical Sessions

Session #1 - Historical Perspective on Capability and Affordability in Ship Engineering

Moderator: Dr. William H. Luebke, Director for Naval Machinery, NAVSEA 05Z
Assistant Moderator: David Byers

• 0910 - Paper 1:  Evolution of Ship Cost Estimating by Irvin Chewning
• 0940 - Paper 2:  Trading Capability and Force Structure, What Does it Mean to the Engineer? by Donald Nalchajian and Theodore Rice

Session #2 - Current Practices in Systems Engineering for Navy Ships - Part 1 - US

Moderator: RADM Dale G. Gabel, USCG, Asst. Commandant for Engineering & Logistics
Assistant Moderator: Wes Holser

• 1030 - Paper 1:  U.S. Coast Guard's Integrated Deep Water System Updated with New Post 9-11 Requirements for Full Maritime Domain National Security by Ms Diane Burton, Capt Michael Anderson, Capt Patrick Stadt and Ms. Joy B. Carter
• 1100 - Paper 2:  DD(X) Total Ship Systems Engineering by Brian Wells, Ed Baker, Mary Beth Chipkevich
• 1130 - Paper 3:  Systems Engineering and Zonal Ship Design by CAPT Norbert Doerry, USN

Session #3 - Current Practices in Systems Engineering for Navy Ships - Part 2 - International
Moderator: CAPT Henry H. Parker, Royal Navy, United Kingdom Assistant Naval Attaché
Assistant Moderator:  Rubin Sheinberg

• 1350 - Paper 1:  Affordability Driven Development of Total Systems Concepts in Naval Ship Design by Marnix Krikke
• 1420 – Paper 2: BPC Mistral (French LPH program): Affordability through an IPT cost/capability approach and an optimized industrial organization by CAPT Vincent Martinot-Lagarde
• 1450 – Paper 3:  Rebuilding Naval Fleets: Lessons Learned from the UK Experience by John Schank

Cornerstone Panel - Designing Affordable Ships and Getting Them Built
Moderator: Ms. Allison Stiller, DASN (Ships)
Assistant Moderator:  Charles Elste

Panelists:

Ms. Darlene Costello, Director Naval Warfare, OUSD (AT&L)

RADM Charles S. Hamilton, II, USN, PEO (Ships)

Ms. Cynthia Brown, American Shipbuilding Association

RADM Joseph A. Carnevale, USN (Ret.), Shipbuilders Council of America

CAPT Thomas J. Eccles, USN, PMS 394

Session #4 - Future Capabilities for an Affordable, Integrated Force
Moderator:  CAPT Dennis Sorensen, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Research
Assistant Moderator:  Katherine Drew

• 0835 – Paper 1: Engineering the Total Ship of the Future via Remote Monitoring and
  Diagnostics by Captain Stephen Huber, USN; Robin Halpin, Mark McLean, Chris Savage and Joel Timm
• 0905 – Paper 2: TANGO BRAVO, Removing the Technology Barriers to an Affordable Design by CAPT Jerry K. Burroughs, USN
• 0935 – Paper 3: Modular Payload Ships, 1975-2005 by Mr. Jack W. Abbott
• 1005 – Paper 4: Bridging the Policy and Technology Gap: A Process to Instantiate Maritime Domain Awareness Across the Integrated Ship Force by George Galdorisi and Rebekah Goshorn

Session #5 - Fleet Perspective - Lessons Learned

Moderator: RDML William D. Rodriguez, USN, Chief Engineer, SPAWAR
Assistant Moderator: Paul Socoloski

• 1100 – Paper 1:  Reverse Distance Support: Fleet Experience for at Sea Operations by Mr. Ken Krooner, Mr. Kurt Jarchow, and Mr. Dale Hirschman

• 1130 – Paper 2:  FORCEnet: Composeable Command and Control for Superior Decision Making…as a toolbox for the Warfighter by CAPT Edward Takesuye, USN
• 1200 – Paper 3:  Operational Experience from the Fleet:  SEA FIGHTER by LCDR Brandon S. Bryan, USN

Capstone Panel

Moderator:  VADM Henry C. Giffin III, USN (Ret.), AMSEC LLC
Assistant Moderator:  John Shipp

Panelists:

VADM Walter B. Massenburg, USN, COMNAVAIR

VADM Lewis W. Crenshaw, Jr., USN, OPNAV N8

VADM Paul E. Sullivan, USN, COMNAVSEA

RADM Jeffrey A. Brooks, USN, N43 CFFC

RDML Michael C. Bachmann, USN, COMSPAWAR