2025 Army Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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The Potomac Officers Club's Army Summit returns for its tenth year in 2025, bringing together a distinguished cohort of Army officials, government leaders and industry trailblazers to discuss the service branch’s most urgent priorities and challenges. This premier event fosters crucial dialogue on consequential Army initiatives, programs and efforts for the year ahead.
The 2025 Army Summit will explore modernization imperatives, force structure optimization, the multi-domain battlefield, emerging threats, national security missions and more. Join us in 2025 to connect with key decision makers, gain strategic insights and uncover innovative solutions in a supportive, collaborative environment.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Clif Basnight
VP, Strategic Technologies
Ultra I&C
Guy Beougher
Senior Advisor
Seekr
Hon. Gabe Camarillo
Former Under Secretary of the Army and Chief Management Officer
U.S. Department of the Army
BG Kevin Chaney
Deputy Program Executive Officer (PEO-C3N)
Department of Army
Randy Fields
CTO
Ultra I&C
BG C. Ryan Gunst
Deputy Director for Intelligence Operations (J23), Joint Staff
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Alan Hammond
Architecture Development Lead, PEO Aviation, US Army
JHNA
Andy Henson
Vice President, Artificial Intelligence
SAIC
Daniel Hettema
Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E)
COL Christopher Hill
Project Manager Integrated Fires Mission Command Project Office
U.S. Army
Rosemary Kramer
Practice Area Director of Digital Engineering
LMI
Christopher Manning
(SES 2), ASA ALT (R&T)
U.S. Army
Robert Monto
Director, Emerging Technologies Office, Rapid Capabilities Office
U.S. Army
Bob Pyne
Senior Director of Business Development
Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions
Adarryl Roberts
CIO
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Jennifer Swanson
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Data, Engineering & Software for ASA(ALT)
U.S. Department of the Army
Dr. Tucker Swindell
Acting Assistant Director, Network & Communications
US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
John Van Houten
Chief Engineer for Army Aviation, APEO Engineering & Architecture
U.S. Army
Emily Vogeler
J34 Executive Director, Logistics Policy and Programs
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Dave Walsh
CTO
Parry Labs
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote: Leonel Garciga (U.S. Army) |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Operationalizing MOSA with Digital Engineering: Rosemary Kramer (Moderator), Daniel Hettema, John Van Houten and Dave Walsh |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Hyperconnected Warfare: Next-gen Orchestration of Humans, Machines, Transport, and AI on the Battlefield: Clif Basnight, Christopher Manning, COL Christopher Hill and Robert Monto |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Drive Efficiency with Modernized Digital Engineering Ecosystems: Andy Henson (Moderator) and BG C. Ryan Gunst. |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Hybrid Cloud at the Tactical Edge: Hon. Gabe Camarillo, BG Kevin Chaney, Randy Fields and Robert "Bob" Pyne (Moderator) |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: Supporting Warfighters on the Frontlines: Transforming Supply Chains via an Agentic AI Workforce: Guy Beougher (Moderator), Adarryl Roberts, Emily Vogeler and Jennifer Swanson. |
| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 3:05pm | Afternoon Keynote |
| 3:05pm | 3:40pm | Closing Keynote |
| 3:40pm | 3:45pm | Closing Comments |
