Day 1

DATA, AI, CLOUD, SPACE AND JADC2 FOCUS

8:00 - 8:50 MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

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Eileen Vidrine

CDAO for the Department of the Air Force (retired)
IDGA

9:30 - 10:00 SCALING GEOINT AI AND FURTHERIENG NGA PARTNERSHIPS

Todd Johanesen - Director, Foundation GEOINT Group, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
  • Creating foundational digital twins to ensure safety in moving from point A to Point B  
  • Forming partnerships to advance the NGAโ€™s goals  
  • New capabilities and requirements for GEOINT AI 


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Todd Johanesen

Director, Foundation GEOINT Group
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

  • Why automation is one of the US Armyโ€™s current key focuses 
  • How AI is helping warfighters and civilians make better decisions 
  • The role industry is playing in improving the US Armyโ€™s AI capabilities 


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Dr. Alex Miller

Chief Technology Officer & Senior Advisor for S&T Chief of Staff of the Army
US Army

10:00 - 10:30 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SESSION WRAITWATCH



 

10:30 - 11:00 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

11:00 - 11:30 AI IN ALIGNMENT: HOLDING INDUSTRY TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY STANDARDS

Dr. John Stockton - Co-founder, Quantifind
  • USG trusting AI-generated and AI-assisted results (CDAO Responsible AI guidelines and how companies conform) 
  •  Experience with customers generating intelligence products with AI-assisted results 
  • Industry's growing ability to assist in generating USG OSIRs 


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Dr. John Stockton

Co-founder
Quantifind

11:30 - 12:00 HOW THE ARMY CONTRACT COMMAND IS IMPLEMENTING AI TO FURTHER ITS CONTRACTING CAPABILITIES AND HOW CONTRACTING IS BEING ADJUSTED TO ACQUIRE AI CAPABILITIES

  • Improving efficiency in the Army Contract Command through AI 
  • How contracting for AI capabilities is different and how the Army Contract Command is adjusting to match the speed of the evolving technology 
  • Upskilling the workforce to use AI 


12:00 - 12:30 IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

Dr. Delester Brown Jr. - Chief Data Officer, National Guard Bureau
  • How national and state agencies are working together to improve data management 
  • Improving data sharing between state and national agencies 
  • Understanding how national and state agencies can work with industry to improve data management 
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Dr. Delester Brown Jr.

Chief Data Officer
National Guard Bureau

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL

13:30 - 14:00 AI HOW THE ARMY G2 IS MODERNIZING INTELLIGENCE WITH AI

John Osborne - Senior Science and Technology Advisor, HQDA, G-2, Department Of Defense
  • Developing the G2โ€™s strategy for AI 
  • Lessons learned from the launch of Project Linchpin 
  • Understanding the three pillars of AI in defense 


 

 

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John Osborne

Senior Science and Technology Advisor, HQDA, G-2
Department Of Defense

14:00 - 14:30 INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SESSION WITH PARSONS


14:30 - 16:00 HOW THE ARMY SOFTWARE FACTORY IS ADVANCING THE ARMYโ€™S AI CAPABILITIES

Colonel Vito Errico - Director, Army Software Factory, US Army

 

  • Developing AI capabilities that tactical, operational and strategic missions 
  • Upskilling soldiers to use AI capabilities 
  • How the Army Software Factory partners with commands across the Army 
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Colonel Vito Errico

Director, Army Software Factory
US Army

15:00 - 15:30 AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING/ WOMEN IN DEFENSE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION

 

  • Lessons learned from creating a generative AI platform 
  • Creating a generative AI platform that works for experts 
  • How industry can help improve NATOโ€™s platform 
  • Building LLM guardrails and security infrastructure  
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Dr. Arnau Pons

AI Product Manager, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
NATO

  • Creating an infrastrucre to succesfully onboard industry partners 
  • Challenges in upskilling the Army workforce to succesfully integrate AI solutions 
  • Progress on Project Linchpin 
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Colonel Isaac Faber

Director of Army AI Capabilities at the Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2
US Army

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Colonel Scott Ruppel

Director, DAF-MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator
US Air Force

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Major Ronisha Carter

Cyberwarfare and Artificial Intelligence Fellow
US Air Force

  • Trends that venture capitalists are focusing on in defense AI 
  • Expectations of companies entering the AI for defense sector 
  • What it takes to get an investment in the competitive AI for defense sector 

 

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Brigadier General (Retired) Trent Edwards

Limited Partner
Veterans Fund

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Pete Mathias

Partner
Alumni Ventures

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Colonel Gabe Arrington

Senior Director of Operations, Air Mobility Command, 618 Air Operations Center
US Air Force

17:00 - 17:15 CHAIRS CLOSING REMARKS