AI FOR DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MILITARY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
May 20 - 21, 2025 | Austin Marriott South, Austin, Texas
Day 1
DATA, AI, CLOUD, SPACE AND JADC2 FOCUS
8:00 - 8:50
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
8:50 - 9:00
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Eileen Vidrine -
CDAO for the Department of the Air Force (retired),
IDGA
9:00 - 10:30
HOW THE ARMY SOFTWARE FACTORY IS ADVANCING THE ARMY’S AI CAPABILITIES
- 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
9:30 - 10:00
SCALING PROJECT MAVEN (Invited)
- How to meet the demand of commands wanting to use Project Maven’s technology
- Lessons learned from the initial stages of Project Maven
- The future of Project Maven and what role industry plays in it
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
11:30 - 12:00
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
12:00 - 13:15
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
13:15 - 13:45
AI HOW THE ARMY G2 IS MODERNIZING INTELLIGENCE WITH AI
John Osborne -
Senior Science and Technology Advisor, HQDA, G-2,
Department Of Defense
- Understanding the G-2's role in advancing intelligence gathering
- How the G-2 is supporting AI initiatives for intelligence gathering
- Lessons learned for implementing AI technology
13:45 - 14:15
HOW NATO IS CREATING A GENERATIVE AI PLATFORM
Dr. Arnau Pons -
AI Product Manager, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation,
NATO
- Lessons learned from creating a generative AI platform
- Creating a generative AI platform that works for experts
- How industry can help improve NATO’s platform
- Building LLM guardrails and security infrastructure
Dr. Arnau Pons
AI Product Manager, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander TransformationNATO
14:15 - 14:45
AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING/ WOMEN IN DEFENSE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
15:00 - 15:30
ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND ADOPTION OF EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY AI SOLUTIONS
Colonel Isaac Faber -
Director of Army AI Capabilities at the Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2,
US Army
Colonel Scott Ruppel - Director, DAF-MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, US Air Force
Major Ronisha Carter - Cyberwarfare and Artificial Intelligence Fellow, US Air Force
- Creating an infrastrucre to succesfully onboard industry partners
- Challenges in upskilling the Army workforce to succesfully integrate AI solutions
- Progress on Project Linchpin
Colonel Isaac Faber
Director of Army AI Capabilities at the Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2US Army
15:30 - 16:00
THE ROLE OF VENTURE CAPITAL IN ADVANCING THE DOD’S AI CAPABILITIES
Brigadier General (Retired) Trent Edwards -
Limited Partner,
Veterans Fund
Pete Mathias - Partner, Alumni Ventures
- 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
