Agenda

Hearing on U.S.-China Trade Impacts on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

June 23, 2005
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
1 st Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC

Hearing Cochairs: Commissioners Michael Wessel, William Reinsch, and Larry Wortzel

9:30 10:00 am Congressional Perspectives

• Congressman Donald A. Manzullo (IL)

 10:00-11:30 am Administration Views

• The Honorable Peter Lichtenbaum, Acting Under Secretary for Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

 
11:30 am -12:30 pm The Defense Industrial Base and the 21 st Century Warfighter

• Dr. William Schneider, President, International Planning Services, Inc., Washington, DC

1:30-3:00 pm The Aerospace, Manufacturing Technology, and Specialty Metals Industrial Base

• Mr. Pierre Chao, Director of Defense Industrial Initiatives, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• Dr. Paul Freedenberg, Vice President Government Relations, Association for Manufacturing Technology, Washington, DC
• Dr. Jack Shilling, Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Technical Officer, Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

3:00-4:30 pm The IT, Semiconductor, and Shipbuilding Industrial Base

• Dr. William Howard, Chairman, Defense Science Board Task Force on High Performance Microchip Supply, Defense Department
• Dr. James Lewis, Senior Fellow and Director, Technology and Public Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• Ms. Amy Praeger, Director of Legislative Programs, American Shipbuilding Association, Washington, DC