POC - 2024 Air Defense Summit

2024 Air Defense Summit | Potomac Officers Club

WHAT

Part of the Potomac Officers Club’s recurring series of military-focused events, the 2024 Air Defense Summit brings together the top Air Force leaders and decision-makers, alongside industry experts and government officials, to discuss the future of the service. Join this event to hear important updates on peer competition, modernization efforts, cutting-edge technology adoption, and more.

WHEN

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
7:00am - 1:45pm
Eastern Time Zone

WHERE

Hilton-McLean
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102

Speakers

Scott Ariotti

Senior Program Manager

Capgemini Government Solutions

Matt Beran

Industry Lead, Global Defense & Intelligence

Appian

Michael Berger

Defense & Aerospace Market Leader

Capgemini

Col Frank Biancardi

Deputy Director, ABMS CFT

U.S. Air Force

James Crocker

CTO BESPIN

U.S. Air Force

Melissa Dalton

Under Secretary

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Vincent DiFronzo

EVP, Air Force and Combatant Command

SAIC

Barry Duplantis

Venice Goodwine

Chief Information Officer

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Dr. Timothy Grayson

Special Assistant to the SecAF

U.S. Department of the Air Force

LTC Timothy Heaton

AMC 618TH AOC

U.S. Air Force

Edwin Herchert

Branch Chief, Mission Applications, Enterprise Physical Security

Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA)

Gordon Kordyak

Deputy DAF Integrating PEO for command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM)

U.S. Air Force

Laura Parsons

Vice President at Maximus Federal

Maximus

Dave Reardon

Chief Customer Officer

Mattermost

Bob Ritchie

Chief Technology Officer

SAIC

Bob Schwartz

Executive Vice President, Applied Innovation Exchange, Global Director

Capgemini

Leslie Shing

Technical Staff

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Maj Justin Soderlund

Special Agent, USAF ORION Program Manager

U.S. Air Force

COL Matt "Nomad" Strohmeyer

Director Global Information Dominance Experiments

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Amar Tappouni

Principal, Aerospace

Booz Allen

Christopher Thomas

Administrator

Defense Technical Information Center [DTIC]

Ian Tien

CEO and Co-founder

Mattermost

Agenda

7:00am 8:00am Networking Reception
8:00am 8:05am Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:05am 8:45am Opening Keynote: Melissa Dalton
Keynote Introducer: Vincent DiFronzo
8:45am 9:20am Morning Keynote: Venice Goodwine
Keynote Introducer: Dave Reardon
9:20am 9:50am Networking Break
9:50am 10:50am Panel A: Accelerating with IT: Col Frank Biancardi, James Crocker, and Bob Ritchie (Moderator)
9:50am 10:50am Panel B: Drive USAF Decision Advantage: Practical Use Cases for AI/ML: LTC Timothy Heaton, and Leslie Shing, COL Matt Strohmeyer, Amar Tappouni and Ian Tien (Moderator)
10:50am 11:00am Break
11:00am 12:00pm

Panel A: Harnessing Technology, Science, and Innovation for Force Readiness in Multi-domain Operations: Scott Ariotti (Moderator), Gordon Kordyak, Bob Schwartz and Christopher Thomas

11:00am 12:00pm Panel B: Maximizing Impact: Strategies to Replicate Successful Air Force Case Management Solutions: Matt Beran (Moderator), Edwin Herchert, Daniel O'Connor, Maj Justin Soderlund, and Laura Parsons
12:00pm 1:00pm Networking Lunch
1:00pm 1:35pm Closing Fireside Chat: Dr. Timothy Grayson and Michael Berger (Moderator)
1:35pm 1:45pm Closing Comments
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