Note to U.S. government attendees: There is no charge or admission fee for this event; however, all attendees may
receive meals and other refreshments, which may constitute a “gift” under regulations applicable to U.S. government
employees. You should seek guidance from your designated agency ethics official (DAEO) as to whether your attendance
to this event is permitted under your agency’s widely attended gathering (WAG) rule and obtain any determinations
required by such rule or other applicable regulations.
The responsible DAEO determines that this event does not qualify as a WAG or you are unable to obtain a WAG
determination prior to attending, you or your employer can reimburse the sponsors of this event for the estimated
aggregate fair market value expended for each attendee by providing cash or a check at the event registration table via
the “fair share” box provided. The estimated per person expenditure for this event is $65.70. .Receipts will be provided
upon request.
In order to help your ethics official determine if this event qualifies as a WAG, we have collected a few key questions and
answers below.
1) Is there a Booz Allen contact person your ethics official can talk to?
 Matt Haaga
Ethics and Business Integrity Office
(703) 377 8451
Haaga_Matthew@bah.com
2) Can we see a more complete agenda?
Morning Session – UNCLASSIFIED
Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner VA
Time
Agenda Item
0700
Venue opens, refreshments available
0800
Welcome and introduction by Joe Logue, Executive Vice President BAH, and Dr.
Andrew Krepinevich, President CSBA
0815
Gen Herbert Carlisle, Commander, Air Combat Command (confirmed)
0900
Warfighter Perspectives Panel
0950
Hon Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy (confirmed)
1020
Congressional Perspective (Members of the DE Caucus)
1110
Technology and Manufacturing Readiness Panel
1200
Lunch Served
1215
Keynote Speaker: Hon Robert Work, DepSecDef (confirmed)
Afternoon Session – CLASSIFIED (SECRET)
Booz Allen Hamilton's Newman Auditorium, McLean VA
Time
Agenda Item
1345
Intelligence Update: What drives us to DE solutions?
1415
Technology and Manufacturing Readiness
1500
Warfighter Perspectives
1545
BREAK
1600
Integration Panel (Panel Chairs, Booz Allen and CSBA with audience participation)
1715
Summit ends, networking social follows
3) How many anticipated attendees and from which sectors are they?
 More than 1000 invitations will be distributed to individuals from Government, private industry, think tanks, and the
press. We anticipate approximately 375 attendees with approximately 70% from Government, 20% from private
industry and 10% from the press.
4) What is the value of any refreshments?
 There is no fee to attend the event. The estimated value of meals, refreshments, or other items of value provided
to all attendees is $65.70. This includes continental breakfast, lunch and complementary promotional conference
materials (pens, notepads,etc.).
5) Is this event in the interest of the agency because it will further agency programs and operations?
 The objective of the Summit is to explore issues and solutions related to fielding Directed Energy (DE) and related
capabilities, e.g., railgun, to address emerging threats, and create new advantages for warfighters. The panels will
focus on maturing DE technologies, senior warfighter perspectives, and Congressional perspectives from the DE
Caucus. The afternoon panels address these issues at a classified level. We will close the Summit with an
integration panel where we have an open discussion on the key observations from the Summit and identify the
follow-on actions to expedite the fielding of DE capabilities.
6) Will individuals in attendance represent a range of persons interested in a given matter?
 The event is structured to reflect a broad cross-section of industry and Government perspectives on DE-related
topics, among both attendees and panel participants. Members of Congress and other key DoD stakeholders also
have committed to participate on the morning and afternoon panels sessions. We have invited key members of
the industrial base that are applying IR&D and focus on maturing aspects of DE weapons systems technology to
make them even more valuable and cost-effective to meet our Nation’s defense requirements. The morning
keynote addresses and sessions are unclassified and open to the press. Attendees will have the opportunity to
hear from, and ask questions to stakeholders and experts.
7) Will the event focus on the sponsors’ products and services?
 No. This conference will focus on exploring issues and solutions related to fielding DE and related capabilities,
e.g., railgun, to address emerging threats, and create new advantages for warfighters. This event is sponsored by
Booz Allen Hamilton and the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. The Center for Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is an independent, nonprofit public policy research institute established to
promote innovative thinking and debate about national security strategy, defense planning and military investment
options for the 21st century.