10th Annual Defense R&D Summit | Potomac Officers Club
WHAT
In today's rapidly evolving global landscape, speed, innovation, technology and capability are all key to achieving dominance and projecting power on the world stage. The foremost defense leaders, researchers, experts and decision makers convene to discuss the latest developments in cutting-edge technology for the U.S. military at the Potomac Officers Club’s 10th Annual Defense Research and Development Summit.
Our distinguished speakers will discuss topics such as bridging the valley of death, winning the great power competition, navigating the virtual battlespace, securing the innovation advantage, intelligent NetOps and deploying AI to unlock R&D potential during our tenth installment of one of the largest and most comprehensive GovCon defense summits of the year!
Speakers
William Bailey
Director and Program Executive Officer
Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office [DAF/RCO]
Dr. Patrick Baker
Director, DEVCOM Army Research Lab
U.S. Army
Dr. Monique Beaudoin
Associate Research Scientist
University of Maryland Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
Chris Bishop
Chief Growth Officer
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
CAPT Jesse Black
Commanding Officer
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Maj. Gen. Scott Cain
Commander
Air Force Research Lab
Dr. William Casebeer
Director of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Riverside Research
Col. Dave Chaboya
Senior Materiel Leader
U.S. Department of the Air Force
BG John Cushing
Commanding General
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command [DEVCOM]
Maura Diamond
Director, Government & Funders
Digital Science
Dr. Tom Drake
Head, Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department (Code 32)
Office of Naval Research [ONR]
Stan Drozdetski
Extranet Integration Lead
MITRE
Jay Dryer
Director, Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO)
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Erik Ekudden
Chief Technology Officer
Ericsson
Wyn Elder
Managing Director, Global & US Public Sector
Box
Randy Fields
VP CTO
Ultra Intelligence & Communications
Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Daniel Gile
Vice President, National Security
Digital Science
Jeff Harman
President and CEO
Oceus
Maynard Holliday
PTDO Assistant Secretary of Defense For Critical Technologies
U.S. Department of Defense (OUSD R&E)
Melissa Johnson
Acquisition Executive
U.S. Special Operations Command [USSOCOM]
Donald Kelley
Fusion Cell Lead
U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command
Aditi Kumar
Deputy Director
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
LTC Timothy Lawrence
J6 Chief Operating Officer
Joint Special Operations Command
Michael Loomis
President
Nokia Federal Solution
William McHenry
Senior Advisor to the Director
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Dr. Eric Moore
Deputy to the Commanding General
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command [DEVCOM]
Dr. Bindu Nair
Director, Basic Research Office, OUSD R&E
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
LtCol Benjamin Pimentel
Technical Lead for Expeditionary & Tactical Programs FutureG
U.S. Department of Defense (OUSD R&E)
CSM Jesse Potter
Brigade Command Sergeant Major
780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)
Dr. Jeff Pursel
VP of Technology Development
Riverside Research
Juan Ramirez
Director, 5G Cross Functional Team
Office of the Chief Information Officer (DOD CIO)
Keith Rohwer
Director, Cyber Operations Divsion
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Hon. Heidi Shyu
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
U.S. Department of Defense (OUSD R&E)
Michael Sieber
Cybersecurity Director
Maximus
Kevin Stiles
CTO
Oceus
Dr. Richard Vaia
Chief Scientist for the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Air Force Research Lab
Dr. Martin Weiss
Director for FutureG Applied Research, and Technical Lead for Resilient and Open Commercial Solutions
U.S. Department of Defense (OUSD R&E)
Stephen Welby
Deputy Director for National Security
Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP]
Dr. Randy Yamada
Vice President
Booz Allen
Christopher Yaw
Vice President, End-2-End Solutions
Ericsson Federal Technologies Group
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:05am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: USD Heidi Shyu Keynote Introducer: Erik Ekudden |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote: Steve Welby Keynote Introducer: Maura Diamond |
| 9:20am | 9:55am | Morning Keynote: BG John Cushing Keynote Introducer: Mike Loomis |
| 9:55am | 10:25am | Networking Break |
| 10:25am | 11:25am | Panel A: Innovation to Implementation: William Bailey, Melissa Johnson, Donald Kelley, Mike Loomis and Christopher Yaw (Moderator) |
| 10:25am | 11:25am | Panel B: The Great Power Competition: Dr. Patrick Baker, CAPT Jesse Black, Maj. Gen. Scott Cain, Randy Fields (Moderator) and Dr. Randy Yamada |
| 11:25am | 11:35am | Break |
| 11:35am | 12:35pm | Panel A: The New Virtual Battlespace: Dr. Monique Beaudoin, Dr. Bill Casebeer (Moderator), Col Dave Chaboya, CSM Jesse Potter and Michael Sieber |
| 11:35am | 12:35pm | Panel B: Technological Overmatch: Ensuring the Innovation Advantage in a Complex Security Landscape: CAPT Jesse Black, Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Daniel Gile (Moderator), Maynard Holliday, William McHenry, Dr. Eric Moore and Dr. Richard Vaia |
| 12:35pm | 1:15pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Panel A: Intelligent NetOps: LTC Tim Lawrence, Lt Col Benjamin Pimentel, Juan Ramirez, Kevin Stiles (Moderator) and Dr. Martin Weiss |
| 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Panel B: Unlocking potential for R&D results with AI: Stan Drozdetski, Wyn Elder (Moderator) and Keith Rohwer |
| 2:15pm | 2:45pm | Networking Break |
| 2:45pm | 3:20pm | Mid-Day Keynote: Dr. Tom Drake Keynote Introducer: Jeff Harman |
| 3:20pm | 3:55pm | Afternoon Keynote: Aditi Kumar Keynote Introducer: Dr. Jeff Pursel |
| 3:55pm | 4:30pm | Closing Keynote: Jay Dryer Keynote Introducer: Chris Bishop |
| 4:30pm | 4:35pm | Closing Comments |
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