2025 Cyber Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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Cyber threats are constantly adapting, and in this dynamic environment, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their data and infrastructure. The Potomac Officers Club's 2025 Cyber Summit brings together leading cyber experts, government decision makers and industry executives to explore innovative solutions for a secure and resilient public sector.
Join us and dive deep into emerging cyber threats, new cyber policies and initiatives, modernization strategies, public and private sector collaboration, cybersecurity workforce challenges and so much more. Engage with cyber leaders, network with a community of GovCon professionals and discover cutting-edge cyber technologies at this can’t-miss summit.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Timothy Amerson
Former Acting CISO & Acting Associate Commissioner
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Dr. Thomas Augustine
Chief Information Security Officer
Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA)
Aaron Bishop
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
U.S. Department of the Air Force
Robert Brown
Senior Vice President of National Security Solutions
Alpha Omega
Kathleen Carley
Director of Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS)
Carnegie Mellon University
Gerald Caron
VP, Cybersecurity
Riva Solutions Inc.
Christopher Cleary
Vice President, Global Cyber Practice
ManTech
Paulo Costa
Professor and Dept. Chair, Dept of Cybersecurity Engineering
George Mason University
Dr. Ben Dixon
Senior Staff Member: Optical and Quantum Communications Technology Group
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Daniel Ehlmann
Chief Engineer - Mission Autonomy, Digital Infrastructure
Anduril Industries
Jennifer Ewbank
Former Deputy Director, for Digital Innovation
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Justin Fessler
VP, Public Sector
LogicMonitor
Beau Houser
Senior Director of Cybersecurity
ECS
Dr. Diane Janosek
CEO
Janos LLC
Doug Jeruzal
CTO
RealmOne
Christopher Jones
Chief Technology Officer
Nightwing
April Lenhard
2025 NextGen National Security Fellow
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
David McKeown
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Senior Information Security Officer
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Dr. Sarah Muccio
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Nitin Natarajan
Former Deputy Director
U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Bobby New
Vice President, US Public Sector Solutions Engineering, Cybersecurity Leader
Trellix
Lam Nguyen
Chief Scientist
Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center [DC3]
Christopher Porter
Head of International Security Cooperation, Google Cloud
Pete Ranks
CCI Director (Center for Cyber Intelligence)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Danielle Rowell
CISO
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Anne Marie Schumann
Principal Cyber Advisor
U.S. Department of the Navy
Chris Sestito
CEO
HiddenLayer
Duane Shugars
A Visionary Leader in Cybersecurity Innovation
Omni Federal
Dr. Jacob Vargis
Professor, Cybersecurity
Marymount University
Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector
SandboxAQ
Dr. Scott White
Associate Professor; Dir. Of Cybersecurity, College of Professional Studies
George Washington University
Robert Williams
Head of Business and Partnerships
SandboxAQ
Dr. Carl Williams
CEO
CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC.
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Bridget Bean |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Leveraging Big Data and Advanced Analytics to Enhance Cybersecurity: Christopher Jones (Moderator), Lam Nguyen, Dr. Jacob Vargis, Dr. Scott White, and Pete Ranks |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Doing More with Less: Intelligence-Driven Cyber: Beau Houser (Moderator), April Lenhard, Duane Shugars, Anne Marie Schumann and Dr. Thomas Augustine |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: AI and Cybersecurity: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing the Security Industry: Jennifer Ewbank, Doug Jeruzal, Nitin Natarjan, Dr. Diane Janosek and Chris Sestito. |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Navigating the Quantum Era: Regulatory Convergence and Technical Compliance: Robert Brown, Dr. Ben Dixon, Kathryn Wang, and Dr. Carl Williams. |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:10pm | 12:50pm | Panel: Outpacing the Adversary: Disrupting the Defense Cyber Status Quo: Daniel Ehlmann and Kathleen Carley, |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A: Defending Federal Networks: The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Christopher Cleary, Dr. Paulo Costa, Bobby New, Christopher Porter and Aaron Bishop. |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: The Convergence of Zero Trust and Observability: Timothy Amerson, Gerald Caron, Danielle Rowell, David McKeown and Justin Fessler (Moderator) |
| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 3:05pm | Afternoon Keynote: Ashley Manning |
| 3:05pm | 3:40pm | Closing Keynote |
| 3:40pm | 3:45pm | Closing Comments |
