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34Voices
21Underwriters
0Exhibitors
32On the bill · sessions
43Companies · in total
The Voices
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
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
Laura Guay
AI Technical Director, Air Combat Command CDAO · US AIR FORCE
Lieutenant Colonel Blair Wilcox
Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the Strategic Land Power and Futures · US ARMY WAR COLLEGE
— and 12 more, by name unsung —
Underwritten By
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
The Programme
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 43 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?
“43 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.
1All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Speakingspeaker only
The Triple-Threat
76% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.
- C-suite1338%
- Founder / Owner26%
- Director / Head of1132%
- Manager / Lead13%
- Product13%
- Engineer · IC13%
- Research / Science13%
- Other roles412%
Of 34 on the bill · classified by free-text title
- 01US AIR FORCE5V
- 02DenodoSp·G1V
- 03airiaSp·G
- 04AI SquaredSp·E
- 05carahsoftSp·E
- 06censysSp·L
- 07ClouderaSp·L
- 08DataInFormationSp·E
- 09DeloitteSp·S
- 10HPSp·P
- 11ImmutaSp·S
- 12InformaticaSp·P
- 13LILTSp·E
- 14ManTechSp·W
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
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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- Chicago Regional Digital Government Summit 2026May 12, 2026 · Chicago+ 2 shared
- Oregon Digital Government Summit 2026May 27, 2026 · Salem+ 2 shared
- ETCIO Annual Conclave 2026May 29, 2026 · Goa+ 2 shared
- 12th Annual Big Data & Analytics Summit Canada 2026June 9, 2026 · Toronto+ 2 shared
- The AI Summit London 2026June 10, 2026 · London+ 2 shared