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.
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 |
