The Middlesex 3 Defense & Innovation Summit will bring together defense industry professionals, business leaders, and regional partners to keep Massachusetts’ defense industry strong, growing, and innovative.

Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll will speak about SHIELD, the Commonwealth’s initiative to strengthen its defense and national security ecosystem. Read the SHIELD report and executive summary here.

U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA–03) will discuss the defense industry in her district and its role in Massachusetts’ broader defense ecosystem.

The event will feature UMass Lowell’s official opening of its new Security Operations Center (SOC), an integral part of the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor, which will help fortify area cities, towns and defense industrial base companies against cyber threats. Managed by CyberTrust Massachusetts and supported by SAIC and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s MassCyberCenter and Center for Advanced Manufacturing, the SOC will also provide hands-on training for the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

Agenda:

8:30 AM – Networking & Resource Tables
9:30 AM –  Middlesex 3 Defense & Innovation Summit 

• Julie Chen, Ph.D., Chancellor at UMass Lowell

• Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll

• U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (MA–03)

• Ben Linville-Engler, Deputy Director & Chief Investment Strategist at Mass Tech Collaborative

• Prabu Natarajan, Chief Financial Officer at SAIC

10:00 AM - Defense Roundtable and Q&A

• Moderated by Joseph Donovan, Principal at Donovan Strategies LLC

11:30 AM - Meeting Adjourns

Thank you to UMass Lowell for hosting this event and to CM&B,‍ ‍Donovan Strategies, PFK O’Connor Davies, Rockland Trust, and Riemer &  Braunstein LLP for sponsoring this event.

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