"Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things."
- Miyamoto Musashi
Upcoming Events
Renaissance Strategic Advisors to lead full day SMi Masterclass on Defence Strategy & Finance on July 16, 2010 in London, UK prior to Farnborough Air Show
SMi Conferences Masterclass website
Presentations
Pierre Chao presented at the NDIA 35th Atlanta Executive Seminar on April 20, 2010 in Atlanta, GA
Pierre Chao presented on the "Global Aerospace Outlook" at the AIA Spring Supplier Management Council on March 18, 2010 in Tucson, AZ
Pierre Chao moderated the 5th Annual TechAmerica Defense Strategic Planning Forum in Washington DC on February 25, 2010. Fellow panelists included Doug Belair, Sr. Vice President, Strategy and Planning, BAE Systems, Inc.; Bill Bonadio, Vice President, Strategic Development, Boeing Defense, Space & Security; Vice Admiral John G. Cotton, U.S. Navy (Retired), Sr. Vice President, Maritime and Air Warfare Strategic Plans and Programs, Washington Operations, DRS Technologies, Inc.; Dr. Robert P. Haffa, Jr., Director, Analysis Center, Northrop Grumman Corporation and Glenn Weissinger, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
TechAmerica Defense Strategic Planning Forum
Ken Krieg, Executive in Residence, presented on "The US Requirements and Capabilities Debates - Parallels With and Lessons for the UK" at the CityForum Defence, Security and the Long Term UK National Interest Conference on February 24, 2010 in London
Pierre Chao moderated the Commercial Industry Strategy panel at the Seventh Annual Wharton Aerospace Conference in Philadelphia, PA on January 22, 2010. Fellow panelists included Triumph Group CEO Rick Ill, American Eurocopter CEO Mark Paganini, B/E Aerospace COO Mike Baughan, GE Aviation Commercial Services President Chet Fuller and Pratt & Whitney Next Generation Products VP Bob Saia.
Pierre Chao participated on This Week in Defense News 2010 Defense Spending Roundtable show (WUSA 9) which aired on January 3, 2010. Fellow panelists included Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, Fred Downey of the Aerospace Industries Association, and Steve Grundman of Charles River Associates
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David Scruggs was a keynote speaker at the ExecutiveBiz 4x24 Planning/Business Development dinner in Tysons Corner, VA on December 2, 2009
John Kenkel presented on "The Long View of Defense - Cycles, Long Term Trends and Discontinuities" at the Ernst & Young National Aerospace & Defense Tax Conference in Washington DC on November 16, 2009
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Pierre Chao presented at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Defense Outlook Forum in New York, NY on November 10, 2009
"The Changing Aerospace/Defense Environment"
Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the Ernst & Young Corporate Development Roundtable in Tysons Corner, VA on November 2, 2009
Pierre Chao moderated the Defense Industry Outlook Panel at the TechAmerica 2009 Vision Conference in Springfield, VA on October 21, 2009. Fellow panelists included Brett Lambert, Director Industrial Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Byron Callan of Perella Weinberg Partners, Edward Caso of Wells Fargo Securities, Frank Finelli of The Carlyle Group, and Karl Schmidt of Houlihan Lokey
Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the ExecutiveBiz dinner in Washington DC on September 23, 2009
Pierre Chao participated in the panel on “Spacecraft Fractionation: Rethinking Our Approach to Space Architecture” at the AIAA Space 2009 Conference in Pasadena, CA on September 17, 2009
Pierre Chao moderates panel on "The Evolving International Industrial Base" at the Naval Post Graduate School's 6th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium in Monterey, CA on May 14, 2009
Pierre Chao moderates panel on "Our Global Economic Challenge" at the Aerospace Industries Association Board of Governors Meeting in Williamsburg, VA on May 7, 2009
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Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the ExecutiveBiz 4x24 Business Development dinner in Tysons Corner, VA on April 2, 2009
Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the ExecutiveBiz 4x24 CFO dinner in Tysons Corner, VA on March 12, 2009
Pierre Chao was a panelist at the AIAA/Teal Group 2009 Aerospace Markets Luncheon - "The Decade Ahead" in Washington DC on March 11, 2009
Pierre Chao moderated the 4th Annual TechAmerica Defense Strategic Planning Forum in Washington DC on February 26, 2009
TechAmerica Defense Strategic Planning Forum
Pierre Chao moderated the Defense Industry Strategy panel at the Sixth Annual Wharton Aerospace Conference in Philadelphia, PA on February 6, 2009
Wharton Aerospace Conference
Pierre Chao presented at the NDIA Munitions Executive Summit Conference 2009 in New Orleans, LA on February 5, 2009
"The View From Wall Street"
Pierre Chao was a panelist at the Cowen & Co. 30th Annual Aerospace/Defense Conference in New York, NY on February 4, 2009
"Defense Market Outlook in 2009"
John Kenkel presented on “Changing Investment Flows - Private Equity, Venture Capital and Sovereign Wealth Funds” at the Cityforum/SBAC: The Second Century for UK Aerospace Conference in London, England on December 8, 2008
David Scruggs presented at the Cowen & Co. Post-Election Outlook for Government Services Forum in New York, NY on November 6, 2008
Pierre Chao moderated the Defense Industry Outlook Panel at the 44th Annual GEIA Forecast Conference in Springfield, VA on October 22, 2008
John Kenkel presented on “The Current State of Globalization in the Aerospace and Defense Industry” at the SMi Defence Finance 2008 Conference in London, England on September 30, 2008
Pierre Chao was a panelist at the Stephens Inc. Government Professional Services Dinner in Tysons Corner, VA on September 23, 2008
Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the ExecutiveBiz 4x24 dinner in Tysons Corner, VA on September 16, 2008
Pierre Chao was the keynote speaker at the RAF Air Staff Annual Dinner in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2008
Pierre Chao presented at the Speednews 6th Annual Aerospace & Defense Industry Suppliers Conference in Los Angeles, CA on May 7, 2008
"International Strategies and Export Controls"
Pierre Chao presented at the SAE International Aerospace in the News Executive Symposium in Savannah, GA on March 6, 2008
"The Business of Aerospace/Defense"
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Pierre Chao moderated panel at the 2008 ITAA/GEIA Defense Strategic Planning Forum in Washington DC on February 28, 2008
