Keynote

Morning Keynote

Top Cybersecurity Priorities for the Department of Defense

David McKeown

Deputy DoD Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity (DCIO(CS)) and DoD Senior Information Security Officer (SISO)

 

Afternoon Keynote

David Larrimore*
Executive Director, Chief Technology Officer Directorate
DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)

 

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

AI and Impact on Cyberspace

Sponsored by AWS

Tony Bland*
NGA Maven Chief Engineer
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Bharat Patel*
Army PEO IEW&S Director
Project Linchpin - Sensor AI

Dovarius Peoples
CIO
US Army Corps of Engineers

LTC (r) John Quigg
Senior Staff Member
JHU APL

Garrett Berntsen
Deputy Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer for Mission Analytics / Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office / Department of Defense

MODERATOR

Kenneth Bible
Retired Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) Chief Information Security Officer, Department of Homeland Security Chief Information Officer, U. S. Marine Corps Chief Technology Advisor, U. S. Marine Corps

Driving Mission Across Multi-Clouds Securely

COL Brett Basler
Chief Information Officer/G6
Army National Guard

Alee Long

Program Manager for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC)

Department of Defense (DoD)

Shery S Thomas
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Information Command
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Space Command

MODERATOR

Scott "Monty" Montgomery
VP Federal
Island

Evolution of GSA Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS)

Pete Burr
Deputy Assistant Commissioner
AAS

Mike Attachi
Deputy Client Executive
AAS Innovation

Jim Ghiloni
Deputy Client Executive
AAS Army

Joel Rogero
Deputy Client Executive
AAS Air Force / Navy / Space Force

MODERATOR

Liz Hampton
Vice President
Beacon Global Strategies

Emerging Tech

Sponsored by Four Inc. / IBM

Mac McHenry*
Intelligence Community Lead
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Dr. Nina Kollars
Associate Professor
US Naval War College

Jeremy S. Werner, PhD, ST
Chief Scientist to Director, Operational Test & Evaluation

Dr. Marina Theodotou

Designated Federal Officer
Defense Innovation Board (DIB)
Department of Defense (DoD)

MODERATOR

Whitney McNamara
Vice President
Beacon Global Strategies

Post Quantum Cryptography

Bill Newhouse*
Cybersecurity Engineer & Project Lead, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
NIST

Phil Stupak*
Assistant National Cyber Director
Office of the National Cyber Director

Neal Ziring
Technical Director
National Security Agency

MODERATOR

Greg Touhill*
Ret. Brigadier General
Director,  CERT Division
Software Engineering Institute

Mitigating Supply Chain Risks

Sponsored by Fortress

Cheri Benedict
Senior Cyber Advisor within the Executive Office of the President for Cybersecurity and Supply Chain
Executive Office of the President

Brig. Gen. Stephanie Q. Howard *
Executive Director, Operational Contract Support, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Nitin Natarajan*
Deputy Director
CISA

Evan J. Ward*
Chief, Industrial Liaison Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Integration (SAF/AQX) 

MODERATOR

Erica H. Plath, SES
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisition,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Sustainment)

*pending final approvals