2024 Army Summit | Potomac Officers Club
WHAT
The Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Army Summit serves as a crucial platform for Army officials, government leaders and industry executives to share their most urgent priorities, their most promising strategies and solutions to their toughest challenges. Be a part of the conversation with thought leaders and decision makers as they discuss all things Army.
This year, the Honorable Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, ASA(ALT) Principal Deputy Young Bang, and Michael Monteleone, director of the Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate within the Army's C5ISR Center, will be delivering keynote speeches.
Speakers
Ray Ali
VP, Tech Solutions for Army
LMI
Dan Andrew
Software Systems Architect with the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Data, Engineering and Software
U.S. Army
Young Bang
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition, Logistics & Technology
U.S. Department of the Army
Larry Barisciano
Senior Vice President and Business Area Manager for Land Systems
Leidos
Clif Basnight
VP, Strategic Technologies
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
COL Anthony Behrens
Senior Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) Advisor to the Joint Program Executive for the Guam Defense System
U.S. Army
Dr. Peter Beling
Director, Intelligent Systems Division,
Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Matt Beran
Industry Lead, Global Defense & Intelligence
Appian
Dr. Sek Chai
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Latent AI
Rodney Davis
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Aviation
U.S. Army
COL Bettye Dufour
Chief, Force Development Division
Army National Guard (ARNG)
COL Vito Errico
Director, U.S. Army Software Factory
U.S. Department of the Army
Dan Ford
Chief Executive Officer
Capgemini
Leonel Garciga
CIO
U.S. Army
Maj Gen (Ret.) John George
Vice President, Strategic Account Executive Army
Leidos
Aarish Gokaldas
Chief Executive Officer
Highlight Technologies
CPT Grayson Gordon
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
U.S. Army Cyber Command
COL Glenn Henke
Military Deputy Director Joint Counter-Small UAS Office (JCO)
U.S. Army
Josh Jackson
Executive Vice President, Army Business Group
SAIC
Dr. Tom Karako
Senior Fellow International Security Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Mark Kitz
Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T)
U.S. Department of the Army
MAJ Michael Krogh
Commander of the Army Intelligence and Security Command Operations Support Element & Director of Cyber Solutions Development
U.S. Army
Ki Lee
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen
Kevin Long
Vice President, National Security Solutions
Highlight Technologies
Dr. Andrew Midzak
Strategic Research Program Integrator
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
Lisa Mitnick
Americas Portfolio Lead
Capgemini
Michael Monteleone
Director, Army Futures Command, Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing/Space – Cross Functional Team
U.S. Army
Dr. Don Reago
Executive Director of Research & Technology Integration Directorate, C5ISR
U.S. Army
Bob Ritchie
Chief Technology Officer
SAIC
Nicholaus Saacks
Deputy Program Executive Officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (PEO IEW&S)
U.S. Department of the Army
Jennifer Swanson
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Data, Engineering & Software for ASA(ALT)
U.S. Department of the Army
Brandi Szczesny
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Army for Research and Technology SBIR and xTech Portfolio Liaison, ASA(ALT)
U.S. Department of the Army
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:05am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Hon. Doug Bush Keynote Introducer: Aarish Gokaldas |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote Fireside Chat: Young Bang Moderator: Dan Ford |
| 9:20am | 9:55am | Keynote: Mike Monteleone Keynote Introducer: Maj Gen (Ret.) John George |
| 9:55am | 10:25am | Networking Break |
| 10:25am | 11:25am | Panel A: Joint and Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense in the Face of Evolving Threat Environments: Larry Barisciano (Moderator), COL Anthony Behrens, COL Glenn Henke and Dr. Tom Karako |
| 10:25am | 11:25am | Panel B: Software Development Driving Advancement for Army Missions: COL Vito Errico, CPT Grayson Gordon, MAJ Michael Krogh, and Kevin Long (Moderator). |
| 11:25am | 11:35am | Break |
| 11:35am | 12:35pm | Panel A: How Do We Accelerate Speed of Development to Speed of Decision: Clif Basnight, Dr. Don Reago, Mark Kitz, Bob Ritchie (Moderator) and Nicholaus Saacks |
| 11:35am | 12:35pm | Panel B: Harnessing Technology for Force Readiness in Multi-domain Environments: Rodney Davis, COL Bettye A Dufour, Dr. Andrew Midzak and Lisa Mitnick (Moderator) |
| 12:35pm | 1:35pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:35pm | 2:35pm | Panel A: Accepting Risk in leveraging AI at the Pace of Need: Ray Ali (Moderator), Dr. Peter Beling, Dr. Sek Chai and Brandi Szczesny |
| 1:35pm | 2:35pm | Emerging Approaches to Digital Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Army: The Way Forward |
| 2:35pm | 3:05pm | Networking Break |
| 3:05pm | 3:35pm | Closing Keynote Fireside Chat: Leonel Garciga Moderator: Josh Jackson |
| 3:35pm | 3:45pm | Closing Comments |
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