Speakers

Melissa Flagg is the founder of Flagg Consulting LLC, a fellow at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center (AIRC), a visiting fellow at the Perry World House at UPenn, and a senior advisor to the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center. Prior to this, she was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) at Georgetown University. Previously she served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research, responsible for policy and oversight of Defense Department science and technology programs. She has worked at the State Department, the Office of Naval Research, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Army Research Laboratory. Dr. Flagg has served on numerous boards including the National Academy of Sciences Air Force Studies Board (2014-2015), the Department of Commerce Emerging Technology Research Advisory Committee, and the Missouri S&T Policy Initiative (MOST). She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a B.S. in Pharmacy.

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