Manufacturing & Industrial
CDAO Defense & Security
Bringing defense, intelligence, and security leaders together to explore how data and AI are enhancing national security, resilience, and readiness.
45Speakers
23Sponsors
32Sessions
52Companies · in total
Speakers
Programmed at CDAO, in alphabetical order.
Adarryl Roberts
Chief Information Officer · DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
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
Arthur Grijalva
Director, SPACEWERX · US SPACE FORCE
Bharat Patel
Product Lead, Project Linchpin - Sensor AI · US ARMY
Brigadier General Antwan Dunmyer, Sr.
Director Mission Command Center of Excellence · US ARMY
Brigadier General Reid Novotny
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer · US CYBER COMMAND
Brigadier General Shannon O'Harren
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operation · US JOINT STAFF
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
Dr. Rajneesh Singh
Associate Division Chief, Science of Intelligent Systems Division · US ARMY
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
Sponsors
The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Agenda
Selected from 32 sessions.
- 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
Company intelligence
What does it mean when 52 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?
52 companies. one are betting more than once.
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