The audience listens to introductions on the first morning of the 2018 Supply Chain conference at the Goett auditorium Jeannette Plante speaks to the audience in the auditorium. The audience listens to Center Director Chris Scolese in the auditorium. Safety and Mission Assurance hosts check in attendees in the main lobby. Jeannette Plante and a colleague have a discussion in the auditorium. Safety and Mission Assurance hosts check in attendees in the main lobby. Branch Head, Cindy Mead, speaks to the conference participants on the first morning. Sammy Kayali, SMA Director of JPL, welcomes the audience. Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese addresses the audience in the auditorium. Martin Born speaks with another conference attendee in the auditorium. Cindy Mead, Britta Schade and Jeannette Plante have a discussion in the auditorium. The audience listens to the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) presentation. Jonathan Root delivers his presentation on Supply Chain Research and Analysis for Space Systems in the auditorium. John H. James, Jr., Executive Director for the Missile Defense Agency, delivers a presentation sharing his agency’s management of supply chain risks. Diana Clemmons from the Intellectual Property Rights Center at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement discusses counterfeit products in DoD and NASA supply chains. Derek Garcia from NASA JPL delivers his presentation evaluating CubeSats supplier capabilities and risks. Sarah Zerga, quality assurance engineer from NASA JPL, shares her presentation on mitigating risks for additive manufacturing suppliers. Martin Born, product assurance and safety manager from the European Space Agency (ESA), presents the difference between quality management at ESA and NASA. The capstone panel session discusses risks in complex systems and supply chains. The audience listens to the capstone panel session.Director of Goddard’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance delivers the opening remarks.