TAC UPDATE January – May 2015

January – May Forum Attendance ForumBudgetActualLast SciTech Defense ADS * *Also included Balloons and Lighter-than-Air 2

Highlights of Forums SciTech 2015, 5-9 January 2015, Kissimmee, FL  Total bodies was 3683 –Includes 1,049 graduate and undergraduate students –Course attendees – 45 (2 courses) –Workshop attendees – 75 (1 workshop) –Complimentary – 160  Demographics –57 exhibiting organizations –42 countries –47 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, and U.S. Virgin Islands  New Activities –Sunday evening reception for all students. Approximately 150 attendees –Tuesday morning Student Awards Brunch – recognized winners of the International Student Conference, Foundation Graduate Award winners, and the Zarem Award winner and their faculty 3

Highlights, cont 23 rd AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar (ADS), 30 March – 2 April 2015, Daytona Beach, FL  Total bodies – 149  ADS Seminar organized by the ADSTC – 51 attendees  Number of papers published – 77 4

Highlights, cont DEFENSE 2015, March 2015, Laurel, MD The inaugural DEFENSE 2015 Forum was held at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab US Only, Secret forum brought together more than 250 participants, leaders from the government, military industry and academia 94 technical presentations, and 9 keynote addresses inlcuding Under Secretary Kendall, Lt. Gen’s Pawlikowski and Kowalski, and Adm. Rogers Topics included: Acquisition Technical superiority Hypersonics Cybersecurity Strategic and tactical missiles and many more More than 88% of attendees plan to not only attend the next event, but recommend additional participation from their organizations 5