EnerSys Inc

The program focuses on weapon-system maintenance and sustainment, readiness, and defense industrial base revitalization. Plenary and breakout sessions examine acquisition authorities and faster capability delivery; domestic manufacturing, industrial-base investment, and workforce capacity; contested logistics and forward maintenance; munitions lifecycle management; resilient supply chains; and the application of AI, advanced manufacturing, software, and digital engineering to sustainment. Specific discussions include the Portfolio Acquisition Executive authorities under the Warfighting Acquisition System; the Major Weapon Systems and Critical Munitions Readiness Campaign Plan; EO 14415 supply-chain mapping and illumination; and public-private co-production, technical data and right to repair, intellectual property, and capital requirements for industrial-base expansion. The Weapon Systems Software Summit covers applied AI and autonomous systems, DevSecOps and software factories, cybersecurity and Zero Trust, digital engineering, data and cloud architecture, acquisition policy, and workforce and talent management. Associated forums address corrosion prevention, provisioning and cataloging, defense working-capital funds, depot capabilities, allied co-sustainment, and supply-chain risk management. The program also includes a Maintenance Innovation Challenge and a co-located Maintenance and Logistics Exhibition with a Maintenance Yard.

The mission is to energize industry and individuals in a competitive market through education, technology, and networking. Programming spans cybersecurity and battery storage and includes pre-conference sessions, general sessions, opening and closing keynotes, breakout sessions, and an exhibitor showcase. Opening keynote speaker Dan Meers is a professional mascot and the official KC Wolf mascot of the Kansas City Chiefs. Closing keynote speaker Dr. Scott Tinker is Director Emeritus of the Bureau of Economic Geology and State Geologist of Texas, a professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, and CEO of Tinker Energy Associates. He is also founder and chairman of the Switch Energy Alliance and host of PBS Energy Switch and Earth Date. The conference is intended for professionals and skilled workers across numerous industries and fields, with educational and informative presentations rather than deliberate product advertising.