2024 AI Summit Recap

Hear about the IARPA director’s vision for AI’s potential within the intelligence community, the key challenges the community faces where AI can make an impact and how IARPA’s role will drive advancements in these areas.

Featured Speaker:

• Rick Muller, Director, IARPA

Featured Speakers:

• Michael Adams, Vice President, Public Sector Federal, Civilian & National Markets, Verizon
• Rose Mata, Senior Director of Federal Healthcare, Education and Finance, Verizon

Federal chief AI officers discuss their initial priorities in the new role, how they are shaping their office and how it fits within broader IT developments.

Featured Speakers:

• Mangala Kuppa, CAIO, DOL
• September Secrist, Chief of Staff to the CAIO, HUD
• Sean Tabbert, Principal WatsonX Lead, Federal Market, IBM

Quantum computing and artificial intelligence are two of the most groundbreaking technologies primed to transform government. Federal leaders, industry and researchers will explore how these emerging fields intersect and some of the recent progress to leverage them together.

Featured Speakers:

• Tommy Gardner, CTO, HP Federal
• Rudolf Rojas, Technical Program Manager, USDA
• Garry Shields, Director, Disruptive Technologies Laboratory, NAVSEA Carderock

Digital transformation and emerging technology have dramatically reformed government’s digital posture, opening up new avenues for bad actors to cause harm. Hear from federal leaders how AI can open new doors to protect systems from cyberattacks.

Featured Speakers:

• Hansang Bae, Public Sector CTO, Zscaler US Government Solutions
• Tyson Brooks, Technical Director for the Artificial Intelligence Security Center, NSA
• Kevin Walsh, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO

Federal AI leaders discuss use cases for the technology across government, some of the challenges they have faced or are facing with it, and ideas for leveraging it further.

Featured Speakers:

• Alexis Bonnell, CIO and Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Jim Gwiazda, Vice President, Public Sector, Equinix
• Jessie Posilkin, Acting Executive Director, Technology Modernization Fund, GSA
• Eric Smith, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Economic Development Administration

The Flywheel Awards recognize leaders and their work in federal government. The flywheel — a critical component in a machine to increase its momentum — is also a critical symbol representing our publication’s goal to keep federal IT decision-makers informed on technology’s impact on government. This momentum is what fuels the constant need for transformers to innovate in federal technology and communicate those strategies across the industry.

Defense leaders agree that the modern battlefield is in cyberspace. The military services are constantly developing and integrating emerging technology to serve as a force multiplier. These leaders discuss the potential for artificial intelligence to serve not just as a tool, but also a teammate in the military of today and tomorrow.

Featured Speakers:

• Kanuj Behl, Field CTO/Cloud Transformation Architect, Nutanix Federal
• Amanda Bullock, AI Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Jaime Fitzgibbon, AI/ML Program Manager, Defense Innovation Unit

Developing artificial intelligence tools that are fair, trustworthy and accurate is top of mind for government agencies as they also look to explore how AI can aid in faster decision-making. Federal leaders discuss their plans to reduce risk in AI while optimizing its usefulness.

Featured Speakers:

• Adam Clater, Chief Architect, Red Hat
• David Larrimore, CTO, DHS
• Martin Stanley, AI and Cybersecurity Researcher, AI Innovation Lab, NIST
• Kaeli Yuen, Artificial Intelligence Product Lead, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, VA

Agencies face challenges in filling AI jobs, upskilling current personnel and retaining educated workers while keeping pace with innovation. This panel will examine how government is addressing these workforce questions.

Featured Speakers:

• Taka Ariga, CDO, Acting CAIO and Director of Enterprise Data & AI, OPM
• Jay Bhalodia, Managing Director, Security Customer Success, Microsoft Federal
• Col. Kristin Saling, Acting Director, Innovation Directorate, Army Recruiting Command
• Davon Tyler, Acting Deputy COO for Information Technology Management and CISO, Federal Student Aid, Department of Education