AI FOR DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION
SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MILITARY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
May 20 - 21, 2025 | Austin Marriott South, Austin, Texas
Day 1
DATA, AI, CLOUD, SPACE AND JADC2 FOCUS
8:00 - 8:50
MORNING REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING COFFEE IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
8:50 - 9:00
CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Eileen Vidrine -
CDAO for the Department of the Air Force (retired),
IDGA
9:00 - 9:30
DEFINING HOW AI CAN IMPROVE INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
Brigadier General Ryan Gunst -
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313550534966226944/,
Department Of Defense
- Defining use cases for AI in intelligence gathering
- Understanding how the Department of Defense can develop stronger industry relationships
- Unified Command intelligence requirements
Brigadier General Ryan Gunst
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7313550534966226944/Department Of Defense
9:30 - 11:00
ADVANCING CYBERSECURITY THROUGH PANOPTIC JUNCTION
J. Nicholas Hull -
Deputy to the Commander Cyber National Mission Force,
Department Of Defense
- Scaling Panoptic Junction
- Results from the pilot of Panoptic Junction
- Industry involvement tin Panoptic Junction
10:00 - 10:30
FURTHERING THE DOD’S AUTONOMOUS CAPABILITIES
Colonel Danielle Medaglia -
PM, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, PEO Aviation,
US Army
- How requirements are changing for uncrewed aircraft systems
- PEO Aviation’s role in uncrewed aircraft system testing and acquisition
- Next steps in uncrewed aircraft system acquisition
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
11:00 - 11:30
HOW THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTNER TO STRENGTHEN AI FOR INTELLIGENCE
- Creating interoperability between the intelligence community and the Department of Defense
- How AI is currently being used by the intelligence community
- Unique needs of the technology and how AI can help improve their work
11:30 - 12:00
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SESSION QUANTIFIED
Dr. John Stockton -
Co-founder,
Quantifind
12:00 - 12:30
AI HOW THE ARMY G2 IS MODERNIZING INTELLIGENCE WITH AI
John Osborne -
Senior Science and Technology Advisor, HQDA, G-2,
Department Of Defense
- Understanding the G-2's role in advancing intelligence gathering
- How the G-2 is supporting AI initiatives for intelligence gathering
- Lessons learned for implementing AI technology
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION HALL
13:30 - 14:00
IMPORIVNG MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS THROUGH AI AND ML
- Understanding the threats the US military may face and needs to prepare for
- Furthering the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s capabilities
- Upskilling the team to successfully use AI resources
14:00 - 14:30
HOW NATO IS CREATING A GENERATIVE AI PLATFORM
Dr. Arnau Pons -
AI Product Manager, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation,
NATO
- Lessons learned from creating a generative AI platform
- Creating a generative AI platform that works for experts
- How industry can help improve NATO’s platform
- Building LLM guardrails and security infrastructure
Dr. Arnau Pons
AI Product Manager, NATO Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander TransformationNATO
14:30 - 15:00
IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Dr. Delester Brown Jr. -
Chief Data Officer,
National Guard Bureau
- How national and state agencies are working together to improve data management
- Improving data sharing between state and national agencies
- Understanding how national and state agencies can work with industry to improve data management
15:00 - 15:30
AFTERNOON COFFEE AND NETWORKING/ WOMEN IN DEFENSE COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
15:30 - 16:00
ACCELERATING THE DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, AND ADOPTION OF EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY AI SOLUTIONS
Colonel Isaac Faber -
Director of Army AI Capabilities at the Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2,
US Army
Colonel Scott Ruppel - Director, DAF-MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator, US Air Force
- Creating an infrastrucre to succesfully onboard industry partners
- Challenges in upskilling the Army workforce to succesfully integrate AI solutions
- Progress on Project Linchpin
Colonel Isaac Faber
Director of Army AI Capabilities at the Army Artificial Integration Center (AI2US Army
16:00 - 16:30
THE ROLE OF VENTURE CAPITAL IN ADVANCING THE DOD’S AI CAPABILITIES
Brigadier General (Retired) Trent Edwards -
Limited Partner,
Veterans Fund
Pete Mathias - Partner, Alumni Ventures
- Trends that venture capitalists are focusing on in defense AI
- Expectations of companies entering the AI for defense sector
- What it takes to get an investment in the competitive AI for defense sector
