The Emerging & Disruptive Technologies (EDT) for Defense Conference is the inaugural event for military decision-makers, leading industry, academia, and non-traditional defense companies, who are transforming joint capabilities and facilitating the integration of disruptive technologies in the defense enterprise. The conference will focus on modernization priorities and cutting-edge technologies, which will enable JADC2 architecture, expanded maneuver, and information advantage.
Over the course of the two conference days, the forum will explore the integration of data-driven capabilities, transformation of intelligence PED, institution of cloud architecture, the power of AI/ML-enabled technologies, unmanned and autonomous systems, robotics, and cyber resilience across all networks and platforms. The conference will provide a wholistic and much anticipated opportunity to network with senior decision-makers and subject matter experts in an in-person environment.
This summit will be closed to press
Co-Chair
- Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Raymond Palumbo, Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter Support, U.S. Department of Defense
Government Speakers
- Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, Director, US Defense Intelligence Agency
- Tanya M. Skeen SES, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, US Department of Defense
- Charles Forte, Chief Information Officer, UK Ministry of Defense
- Air Vice Marshal David Arthurton, Director of Military Digitisation, for Defence Digital, UK Ministry of Defense
- Mr. Christopher Ristich SES, Director of Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation, US Air Force Research Laboratory
- Major General Steve Boivin, Commander, Canadian Special Forces
- Rear Admiral Brian Santarpia, Commander, Joint Task Force Atlantic and Maritime Forces Atlantic, Royal Canadian Navy
- Brigadier Stefan Crossfield, Head Information Exploitation & Chief Data Officer, British Army
- Brigadier-General Patrice Sabourin, Director General Information Capabilities Force Development, Canadian Armed Forces
- Brigadier General Eric Vandenberg, Director General Intelligence Enterprise, Canadian Armed Forces
- Colonel Richard Lopez, Commander, AFLCMC, Detachment 12 (Kessel Run), US Air Force
- Colonel Hank Hurt III, Director, CE-Intelligence Integration Division, Development and Integration (CD&I), US Marine Corps
- Dr. Roy Campbell, High Performance Computing Modernization Program, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
- Thomas Lawhead, Director, Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy, Integration and Requirements, US Air Force
- Dr. Jim Breckenridge, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, US Army War College
- Ms. Barbara McQuiston, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Science and Technology, US Department of Defense
- William McHenry, Senior Engagement Advisor to the Director, DIUx
- Major General Daniel L. Simpson, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, US Air Force
- Dr. Steven G. Wax, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Science and Technology, US Department of Defense
- Major General Wolfgang Gäbelein, Director, Bundeswehr Office for Defense Planning, German Armed Forces
- Mr. Mark Kitz, Program Executive Officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, IEW&S, U.S. Army
Industry
- Jim Ford, President/Chief Strategy Officer, SemanticAI
- Shubhi Mishra, Founder and CEO, RAFT
- Veronika Mudra, Founder & CEO, Alter Ego
- Angela Sheffield, Senior Director of Data and AI, RAFT
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Venue
Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel
900 South Orme Street, 22204
Arlington, Virginia, USA
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Please note that the guest room block cut-off date is February 28, 2023. After that date OR when the room block fills, guestroom availability and rate can no longer be guaranteed.
