1. SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE WORKING GROUP
18 October 2018

2. Agenda Welcome Host Welcome and New Member Introductions SMDWG Charter
Introduction of Special Guest
Announcements
News and Trumors
Next Meetings – Schedule
SMDWG Officers

3. Space and Missile Defense Working Group (SMDWG) Charter
Background
The SMDWG is formed to respond to our civic responsibility to assist in the decision making process on issues pertaining to space and ballistic missile defense.
Scope
The Scope of the SMDWG is to Educate the general population and elected representation on space and ballistic missile defense.
Membership
Membership is open to all individuals in government, industry, and the community. SMDWG members must belong to the NDIA or an affiliate.

4. Dr. Brent Ziarnick Director, Schriever Scholars
Air Command and Staff College
United States Air Force

5. Dr. Brent Ziarnick
Dr. Brent D. Ziarnick is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Military Studies and director of the Schriever Scholars Program, the world’s first year-long, space-centric professional military education program dedicated to educating space strategists at the Air University’s Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Dr. Ziarnick is a command space operations officer in the Air Force Reserve with extensive experience in Global Positioning System (GPS) engineering, offensive space control, and theater space command and control.

6. Dr. Brent Ziarnick
In civilian life he was a launch operations engineer at Spaceport America, New Mexico where he developed the long-range plan for the world’s first purpose-built inland commercial spaceport’s vertical launch activity.
He holds a doctorate in economic development from New Mexico State University, a master’s degree in space systems engineering from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, a bachelor’s degree in space operations from the United States Air Force Academy, and is a graduate of both the Air Command and Staff College and the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.
Dr. Ziarnick is the author of two books and multiple articles on space power theory and strategy.

7. Space as a Warfighting Domain
Dr. Brent Ziarnick
Space
as a
Warfighting Domain

8. Trumors Programs and Timelines Organization Changes
Personnel/Leadership Changes
Industry and Industry Leadership Changes
Significant Events or Prognostications in Space and Missile Defense 8

9. SMDWG Schedule Upcoming Meetings – 18 October 2018 Location: TBD
Special Guest: TBD 9

10. SMDWG Leadership Officers: Treasurer: Sandy Edwards
Secretary: Mike Roddy
Deputy Chair: Ray Baker
Chair: Joe Fitzgerald