POC - 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit

5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit | Potomac Officers Club

WHAT

The White House's AI Executive Order issued in October 2023 lays the groundwork for exponential AI growth in the federal sector after a year of particularly rapid development for the emerging technology. As the public sector meaningfully moves forward into an AI-enabled future, government leaders are working to harness the groundbreaking potential and innovation AI has to offer. 

 

Join the Potomac Officers Club’s 5th Annual AI Summit, where federal leaders and industry experts converge to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence. Discover cutting-edge AI advancements, engage in dynamic discussions and forge strategic collaborations with key partners at this annual gathering of the movers and shakers in the field of AI.

 

AI leaders from CIA, DARPA, CDAO, OUSD (R&E), DHS and NGA are slated to keynote this must-attend AI event. Join us on March 21 to meet, learn from and network with the AI experts and leaders of tomorrow.

WHEN

Thursday, March 21, 2024
7:00am - 4:15pm
Eastern Time Zone

WHERE

Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park
3111 Fairview Park Dr
Falls Church, VA 22042

Speakers

LTG (Ret) Bob Ashley

CEO

GLS

Andrew Auerbach

Chief Architect, Mission Innovation

Amazon Web Services

Jeff Bohling

Chief Executive Officer

Empower AI

Vincent Bridgeman

Senior Vice President of National Security Services

Redhorse Corporation

Mark Brunner

President, Primer Federal

Primer AI

Dr. Amanda Bullock

AI Lead

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

David Carroll

Associate Director for Mission Engineering

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Brad Corwin

Director, AI and Data Operations

Booz Allen

James Doswell

Data and AI Tools & Services, AI & MLOps Branch Chief

Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer [CDAO]

Brandy Durham

Vice President, Artificial Intelligence Practice

ManTech

Patrick Elder

Director of Data and AI Center of Excellence

ECS

Dr. Kathleen Fisher

Director of Information Innovation Office

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)

George Forbes

Director, Operations Digital Enterprise & Functional CIO & CDAO

U.S. Air Force

Kyle Fox

Chief Technology Officer

SOSi

Ravi Gourineni

Chief Delivery Officer

Fearless Digital

Grant Hagen

President, Cyber, Electronic Warfare & Space

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Dr. Dan Hudson

Senior Director of Applied Technologies

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Dr. Alex Jaimes

Chief AI Officer

Dataminr

Dr. Matthew Johnson

Acting Chief of Responsible AI (RAI)

Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer [CDAO]

Martin Klein

Vice President, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

ECS

Chris Kraft

Deputy CTO, AI/Emerging Technology

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

BG Jake Kwon

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

U.S. Department of the Army

Holly Levanto

Vice President, Analytic Platform Expansion

Booz Allen

George Linares

CTO

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Rachael Martin

Maven Office Director, NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Michaela Mesquite

Deputy IC Chief AI Officer and Augmenting Intelligence using Machines (AIM) Group Chief

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Dr. Patrick O’Connell

Chief Digital Transformation Officer

U.S. Department of the Navy

Lakshmi Raman

Director, the Office of Artificial Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Dr. Nanda Ramanujam

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives & AI Operations, CTO Office

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Brian Sacash

Director of Data Science

Redhorse Corporation

Phil Sage

Chief AI Architect, Special Operations Mission Area

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)

Paul Scharre

Executive Vice President and Director, Studies

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

Dr. William Streilein

Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Stuart Wagner

Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Stephen Wallace

Chief Technology Officer

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Nick Weir

Head of Federal Delivery

Yurts

Dr. Don Widener

Chief Technology Officer, Intelligence Solutions

BAE Systems

Agenda

7:00am 8:00am Networking Reception
8:00am 8:05am Welcome and Introductions
8:05am 8:45am Opening Keynote: Dr. Bill Streilein
Keynote Introducer: Jeff Bohling
8:45am 9:00am

Opening Remarks on Accelerating AI Integration across the Department of Defense: Project BRAVO Hackathon: Brad Corwin, James Doswell and Stuart Wagner

9:00am 9:35am Morning Keynote: Rachael Martin
Keynote Introducer: Vincent Bridgeman
9:35am 10:10am Keynote: Chris Kraft
Keynote Introducer: Patrick Elder
10:10am 10:40am Networking Break
10:40am 11:40am

Panel A: Leveraging Collaboration to Accelerate AI Adoption in the DoD: George Forbes, Dr. Matthew Johnson, Holly Levanto (Moderator), Phil Sage and Dr. Don Widener

10:40am 11:40am

Panel B: A Journey to AI: David Carroll, Ravi Gourineni, Martin Klein (Moderator), BG Jake Kwon and Stuart Wagner

11:40am 11:50am Break
11:50am 12:50pm Panel A: Operationalizing AI in Government: Getting Things Done with Automation: Jeff Bohling (Moderator), Brandy Durham, George Linares and Stephen Wallace
11:50am 12:50pm

Panel B: Preparing Now for the Future of AI: Dr. Amanda Bullock, Alex Jaimes, Chris Kraft, Brian Sacash (Moderator) and Nick Weir

12:50pm 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm 2:30pm Panel A: Diagnosing the Human Enterprise (Getting to leading Indicators): Andrew Auerbach, Dr. Dan Hudson, Michaela Mesquite, Dr. Patrick O'Connell and Dr. Nanda Ramanujam (Moderator)
1:30pm 2:30pm

Panel B: Getting Left of Strategic Surprise: Adopting AI Advantages for an Unpredictable World: LTG (Ret) Bob Ashley, Mark Brunner (Moderator), Kyle Fox, Paul Scharre

2:30pm 3:00pm Networking Break
3:00pm 3:35pm Afternoon Keynote: Dr. Kathleen Fisher
Keynote Introducer: Grant Hagen
3:35pm 4:10pm Closing Keynote: Lakshmi Raman
Keynote Introducer: Mark Brunner
4:10pm 4:15pm Closing Comments
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