Agenda

8:00AM - 9:00AM ET

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00AM - 9:05AM ET

Welcome Remarks

Goldy Kamali
Founder & CEO, Scoop News Group

9:05AM - 9:15AM ET

Advancing the Presidential AI Challenge

9:15AM - 9:25AM ET

Keynote

Lisa DeMille
SVP, Global Data Strategy & Integration, Solution Engineering, Salesforce

9:25AM - 9:35AM ET

AI at the Core of IT Transformation

9:35AM - 9:45AM ET

Keynote

Sean MacKirdy
AVP, DOD, Elastic

9:45AM - 9:55AM ET

The Evolving Role of Chief AI Officer

9:55AM - 10:05AM ET

Keynote

John Larson
President & Chief AI Officer, Babel Street

10:05AM - 10:15AM ET

Data, Data Everywhere: Enhancing Data Quality

Seth Whitworth*
Acting Associate Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber & Data, U.S. Space Force

10:15AM - 10:25AM ET

Strategies & Patterns for Scaling AI into the Enterprise

Michael Epley
Chief Architect & Security Strategist, Public Sector, Red Hat

10:25AM - 10:35AM ET

Keynote

Jamison Braun
SVP, Managing Director, U.S. Public Services, SAP Americas

10:35AM - 10:45AM ET

Charting the Next AI Health Frontier

Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer
Deputy Director, Program Coordination, Planning, & Strategic Initiatives, NIH

Billy Mitchell
SVP & Executive Editor, Scoop News Group

10:45AM - 10:55AM ET

Maturing AI for Mission Critical Applications

COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt
VP, Army & SOCOM Programs, Seekr

10:55AM - 11:05AM ET

Embracing Agentic AI

11:05AM - 11:15AM ET

Harnessing the Power of Unstructured Data with an AI-Agnostic Strategy

Jason Gray
MD, Global Federal Government, Box

11:15AM - 11:25AM ET

From Data to Decisions: A CIO's Guide to AI-Readiness

Carter Farmer
CIO, EPA

11:25AM - 11:35AM ET

Keynote

Geoff Hamm
Federal AI SME, IBM

11:35AM - 11:45AM ET

The 2026 Marine Aviation Plan

Maj. Christopher Clark*
AI Lead, U.S. Marine Corps

11:45AM - 11:55AM ET

Keynote

Daniel Kent
AVP, Systems Engineering, Everpure

11:55AM - 12:05PM ET

Building an AI-Ready Workforce

Scott Kupor
Director, OPM

Billy Mitchell
SVP & Executive Editor, Scoop News Group

12:05PM - 12:30PM ET

Lunch

12:30PM - 12:40PM ET

Using Bots for Contracting Workflows

Andrea Brandon
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Grants, & Acquisition, Dept. of the Interior

12:40PM - 12:50PM ET

Keynote

Mike Peacock
Director, Solutions Engineering, Public Sector, Confluent

12:50PM - 1:00PM ET

Leveraging Generative AI for Operational Efficiency

1:00PM - 1:10PM ET

Keynote

1:10PM - 1:20PM ET

AI & the Modern Coastie

Brian Campo*
Chief Data & AI Officer, U.S. Coast Guard

1:20PM - 1:30PM ET

Orchestrating the Agentic Agency

Paul Rodrigues
Chief AI Officer, National Security Group, Microsoft Federal

1:30PM - 1:40PM ET

Launching the Genesis Mission

Carl Coe
Chief of Staff, Dept. of Energy

Billy Mitchell
SVP & Executive Editor, Scoop News Group

1:40PM - 1:45PM ET

Closing Remarks

Goldy Kamali
Founder & CEO, Scoop News Group

* Pending Agency Approval