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Bringing defense, intelligence, and security leaders together to explore how data and AI are enhancing national security, resilience, and readiness.

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39Speakers
21Sponsors
32On the bill · sessions
46Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CDAO, in alphabetical order.
Alex Hannagan
Maven’s Senior Acquisition Manager · NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Alexis Bonnell
Former Chief Information Officer and Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate · US AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
Bharat Patel
Product Lead, Project Linchpin - Sensor AI · US ARMY
Brigadier General Antwan Dunmyer, Sr.
Director Mission Command Center of Excellence · US ARMY
Bryan Lane
Founder · DATA XD
Caroline Bellamy
Chief Data Officer · UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Charles Forte
Chief Information Officer · UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Colleen Laughlin
Senior Vice President & Partner · WASHINGTON OFFICE
Colonel Gabriel Arrington
Director of Operations, 618th Air Operations Center · US AIR FORCE
Colonel Ryan T. Hayde
Commander, 505th Wing · US AIR FORCE
Colonel Scott Ruppel
Director, DAF/MIT AI Accelerator · US AIR FORCE
Commander Jonathan White
Cloud and Data Branch Chief, Infrastructure Services Division · US COAST GUARD
Commodore Rachel Singleton MBE
Head of Defence AI Centre · UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Cynthia Kaiser
Deputy Assistant Director, FBI · FBI
Eftychis Gregos-Mourginakis
Co-Founder and COO · Kibu
Eileen Vidrine
Former CDAO · U.S. Department of the Air Force
Eileen Vidrine SES
Former CDAO · US DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Frederick “Trey” Coleman
Chief Product Officer · RAFT
Graham Plaster
Director · NAUTILUS
Greg Bridges
Director of Disclosure · US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Jarrod Vawdry
Field Chief Data Scientist · DOMINO DATA LABS
Joshua Marcuse
Senior Associate, Wadhwani AI Center · CSIS
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
airiaGold Sponsor
AI SquaredExhibitor
carahsoftExhibitor
censysLogo Sponsor
ClouderaLead Sponsor
DataInFormationExhibitor
DeloitteSilver Sponsor
DenodoGold Sponsor
HPPlatinum Sponsor
ImmutaSilver Sponsor
InformaticaPlatinum Sponsor
LILTExhibitor
ManTechWelcome Sponsor
Pure StorageExhibitor
Pyramid AnalyticsExhibitor
QlikSilver Sponsor
QuantexaExhibitor
rsiSilver Sponsor
Sun RadiaExhibitor
TricentisSilver Sponsor
Tyler TechnologiesGold Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 32 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM

    DoD CIO/CDAO partnership on AI/Cyber workforce convergence

    Evaluating skills-based hiring and training pathways, enabling talent acquisition based on ability. Exploring the Cyber Skills Workforce Program, a hands-on learning-to-hiring init…

  • 10:00 AM

    Panel Discussion: Operationalizing AI for mission resilience and coalition effectiveness

  • 10:45 AM

    Having AI vs. Using AI- The Challenge of Adoption

    Tactical Ways Leaders Drive Adoption. Human-machine teaming. The most critical questions a leader must confront. The changing role of a CIO in an AI age.

  • 11:00

    Panel Discussion: AI at the Tactical Edge

  • 11:45 AM

    Accelerating Digital Solutions: Supporting the UK’s Armed Forces for Operations Now and Into the Future

    Piloting digital test and evaluation projects to clear capabilities without the need for live trials. Applying and using data science and AI: building capability in fast-maturing t…

  • 11:45 AM

    Synchronizing C2 Requirements and Integrating AI-Enabled Solutions

    Defining mission command requirements and aligning them with joint C2 modernization priorities. Accelerating integration of AI/ML to enhance tempo, precision, and effectiveness in …

  • 12:15 PM

    Project Linchpin: Developing an AI/ML Operations Pipeline

  • 12:15 PM

    Scaling Innovation and Enabling Responsible AI Integration

    Addressing the innovation adoption problem: incentivizing behavioral change and increasing the agility of acquisition models. Embedding Responsible AI principles into enterprise ar…

  • 12:45 PM

    Leveraging AI, digital ecosystems and emerging capabilities to outpace adversaries and enhance decision dominance

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 46 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

46 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
25Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Denodo

Speakers by seniority

72% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1333%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • Director / Head of1333%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Product13%
  • Engineer · IC13%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Other roles718%

Of 39 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01US AIR FORCE5V
  2. 02DenodoSp·G1V
  3. 03AiriaSp·G
  4. 04AI SquaredSp·E
  5. 05CarahsoftSp·E
  6. 06censysSp·L
  7. 07ClouderaSp·L
  8. 08DataInFormationSp·E
  9. 09DeloitteSp·S
  10. 10HPSp·P
  11. 11ImmutaSp·S
  12. 12InformaticaSp·P
  13. 13LILTSp·E
  14. 14ManTechSp·W
Sponsors by tier
exhibitor8
38% of 21
gold sponsor3
14% of 21
lead sponsor1
5% of 21
logo sponsor1
5% of 21
platinum sponsor2
10% of 21
silver sponsor5
24% of 21
welcome sponsor1
5% of 21
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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