POC - 2025 Artificial Intelligence Summit

2025 Artificial Intelligence Summit | Potomac Officers Club

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WHAT

The journey toward AI is accelerating faster than ever before, and government and industry leaders alike must stay ahead of the technological curve to ensure our nation’s advantage. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 AI Summit equips you with the strategic insights and actionable takeaways from government decision makers to harness artificial intelligence within your organizations. Network with AI industry titans, discover best practices for integrating AI across your organization and gain a competitive edge at this can’t-miss summit. AI is the future of GovCon. Are you ready for it?

WHEN

Thursday, March 20, 2025
7:00am - 2:15pm
Eastern Time Zone

WHERE

Hilton-McLean
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102

Speakers

Alex Adamczyk

VP, Advanced Analytics & AI

LMI

Young Bang

Board Chairman

Safe Pro Group

Gurpreet Bhatia

DoD CIO Principal Deputy for Cybersecurity / DoD Deputy CISO

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Rob Bocek

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Virtualitics Inc.

Kateryna Bondar

Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Reggie Brothers

Operating Partner

AE Industrial Partners

Vincent DiFronzo

EVP, Air Force and Combatant Command

SAIC

Brian Drake

DIA's former Director of AI, Federal CTO

Accrete AI Government

Janet Egan

Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Justin Fanelli

Acting Chief Technology Officer

U.S. Department of the Navy

Skip Farmer

Senior Director, Field Engineering

Primer AI

Matthew Finney

VP, Generative AI

LMI

George Forbes

Director, Operations Digital Enterprise & Functional CIO & CDAO

U.S. Air Force

Mick Fox

Chief Operating Officer

TechnoMile

Kyle Fox

Chief Technology Officer

SOSi

Wes Green

SVP, Global Public Sector

Invisible Technologies

Peter Guerra

Group Vice President, Data & AI

Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence

Todd Harbour

Managing Partner and Chief Technology Officer

Core4ce

JC Herz

SVP of Cyber Supply Chain

Exiger

James Johnson

Program Executive Officer

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Jeff Johnson

Former USPS Vice President/FBI CTO

Virtualitics Inc.

DAD Cynthia Kaiser

Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Saleela Khanum Salahuddin

AI Policy and Governance Lead

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

MG Jake Kwon

Director of Strategic Operations HQDA G-3/5/7

U.S. Department of the Army

John Lau

Vice President, Defense and Intel Solutions

ECS

Holly Levanto

Vice President, Defense Technology Group of AI

Booz Allen

Sunil Madhugiri

Chief Technology Officer

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

Megan Montanez

Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

Matthew Picerno

Chief Cyber Acquistion Officer and Director, Cyber Focal, ASA ALT

U.S. Army

Dr. Stefanos Poulis

Chief Technology and AI Officer

Seekr Technologies

Chris Radich

Public Sector CTO and CCO

UiPath Inc.

Dr. Jennifer Sample

Chief Technology Officer

Empower AI

Angela Sheffield

Director, DoD Digital and Artificial Intelligence Portfolio

SAIC

Margaret “Maggie” Smith

Data & AI Growth Lead

Accenture Federal Services

Dr. Kristen Summers

VP and AI Fellow

ManTech

Dr. Mitchell Sutika-Sipus

Chief Solution Architect

AutogenAI

Zohra Tejani

Partner, Government Contracts, Public Sector Procurement

Fenwick & West

Matt Teschke

Chief Technology Officer

Redhorse Corporation

Bill Wall

CEO and CoFounder

Accrete AI Government

Dr. Talitha Washington

Executive Director Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, Cochair of AI Initiative

Howard University

Agenda

7:00am 8:00am

Networking Reception

8:00am 8:10am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:10am 8:45am

Opening Keynote: Young Bang
Keynote Introducer: Vincent DiFronzo

8:45am 9:20am

Morning Fireside Chat: Autonomous Agents in Military Operations: Transforming the Battlefield: Kyle Fox (Moderator), Matt Picerno and Dr. Stefanos Poulis

9:20am 9:50am

Networking Break

9:50am 10:50am

Panel A: The Impact of AI on National Security and Economic Growth: Kateryna Bondar, Janet Egan, Justin Fanelli, Peter Guerra and Holly Levanto (Moderator)

9:50am 10:50am

Panel B: Responsible AI: Closing the Gap Between Policy and Practice: Todd Harbour, James Johnson, Saleela Khanum Salahuddin and Dr. Jennifer Sample (Moderator)

9:50am 10:50am

Panel C: Powering Logistics Management with AI in Contested Environments: Reggie Brothers, Wes Green and Margaret "Maggie" Smith (Moderator)

10:50am 11:00am

Break

11:00am 12:00pm

Panel A: Dynamic Predictive Analytics for Contested Logistics: Skip Farmer, Jake Kwon, Angela Sheffield (Moderator)

11:00am 12:00pm

Panel B: Cybersecurity and AI: Protecting Federal Networks: Gurpreet Bhatia, Daniel Holtzman, DAD Cynthia Kaiser, John Lau and Dr. Kristen Summers (Moderator)

11:00am 12:00pm

Panel C: Giving LLMs Superpowers: George Forbes, Brian Drake, and Chris Radich, Matt Teschke (Moderator)

12:00pm 1:00pm

Networking Lunch

12:10pm 12:50pm

Panel: AI at the Crossroads: Unlocking Potential While Safeguarding Sensitive Data: Mick Fox (Moderator), JC Hertz, Zohra Tejani and Bill Wall

1:00pm 2:00pm

Panel B: Acquisitions in the Age of AI: Rob Bocek, Jeff Johnson and Dr. Mitchell Sutika-Sipus (Moderator)

1:00pm 2:00pm

Panel C: Unlocking Impact with Generative AI: Strategies for Effective Implementation: Alex Adamczyk, Matthew Finney (Moderator), Sunil Madhugiri, and Dr. Talitha Washington

2:00pm 2:15pm

Closing Remarks

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