AFCEA San Diego C4ISR Symposium: 5-6 October 2023 - Today’s Innovation is Tomorrow’s Readiness
AFCEA C4I Symposium 2023
Program – Draft

Updated 26 SEPT 2023
0800 – 0805: National Anthem
0805 – 0815: AFCEA San Diego President’s Opening Remarks
0815 – 0830: SPAWAR “Environmental Scan” Introduction – CAPT Gisele Bonitz, Commanding Officer SPAWAR System Center Pacific
0830 – 0915: “The Strategic Landscape facing DoD and the Navy” – Rachel Volner, SPAWAR System Center Pacific
0915 – 1015: Keynote Address: RADM David Lewis
1015 – 1030: Break
1030 – 1130: Panel Session – Architecting a Digital Navy
- Moderator: Nick Freije, SPAWAR System Center Pacific
- Panel Member: Greg Shaffer (SES), SPAWAR HQ Deputy Chief Engineer
- Panel Member: CAPT Christopher Sund, Third Fleet Asst. Chief of Staff for Requirements, Innovation, and Experimentation (N8N9)
- Panel Member: Cameron Chehreh, Dell EMC Federal Chief Technology Officer
1130 – 1200: Networking Break/Lunch Buffet
1200 – 1300: Lunch Keynote: Digital Transformation, Cameron Chehreh, Dell EMC Federal Chief Technology Officer
1300 – 1330: Networking Break/Lunch Cleanup
1330 – 1430: Panel Session – Using Open Standards to Drive Interoperability
- Moderator: Lee Zimmerman, SPAWAR System Center Pacific Technical Director
- Panel Member: Tim Lunderman, World Wide Technologies Principal Consultant
- Panel Member: A.T. Monroe
1430 – 1530: Panel Session – Lessons Learned in Visualizing the Future of War Through Fiction
- Moderator: Aaron Marx, Deloitte
- Panel Member: Peter Singer, best-selling author of “Ghost Fleet”
- Panel Member: CAPT (ret) George Galdorisi, SPAWAR System Center Pacific
- Panel Member: LtCol Patrick Kirchner, USMC Warfighting Laboratory
1530 – 1545: Break
1545 – 1645: Cyber Strategy Forum sponsored by USD Center for Cybersecurity Engineering & Technology – US Cybersecurity Strategy and Policy and their Impacts on Public and Private Digital Transformation
- Moderator: RDML (ret) James. H. Rodman, Jr., USN
- Panel Member: RADM (ret) Ken Slaght, USN, President San Diego Cyber Center Of Excellence
- Panel Member: Ryan Griffin, Senior Vice President, Credit, Political & Security Risks, JLT Specialty USA
- Panel Member: Dr. Chell Roberts, Dean University of San Diego Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering
- Panel Member: Dr. Jack Furay, Senior Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service
1645 – 1900: Social Mixer (onsite)
0800 – 0805: Pledge of Allegiance
0805 – 0815: President’s Opening Remarks
0815 – 0915: Panel Session – Operating in a Cloud Environment
- Moderator: Trudi Morgan, SPAWAR System Center Pacific
- Panel Member: Steve Mitchell, Lockheed Martin Engineering Fellow
- Panel Member: Jay Hum, Pivotal Labs
- Panel Member: Barry Barlow, Vencore (former head of NGA GEOINT services and Chief of Acquisition)
0915 – 0930: Break
0930 – 1030: Panel Session – Data Management Strategies for the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Moderator: Delores Washburn, SSC Pacific Chief Engineer
- Panel Member: Craig Owen, Internet of Things Group, Intel Corporation
- Panel Member: Manuel Terranova, Chief Executive Officer, Peaxy
- Panel Member: Michael Patrick Moran, Research Director, Gartner
1030 – 1130: Panel Session – Mobility and Security in a Digital World
- Moderator: CAPT (ret) Bryan Lopez, SPAWAR Special Advisor for Cyber Security
- Panel Member: Tim Adams, WWT, Mobility Technical Solutions Architect
- Panel Member: Eugene Liderman, Director for Airwatch Product Management at VMWare
- Panel Member: Steve Schmalz, Principal System Engineer, RSA
- Panel Member: Dr. Henrik Christensen, Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego
1130 – 1200: Networking Break / Lunch Buffet
1200 – 1300: Lunch Keynote – Steve Brown, Vice President of Innovation Labs, CoreLogic
1300 – 1330: Networking Break / Lunch Cleanup
1330 – 1430: Looking forward to Next Year’s Symposium
- Moderator: Jack Turner, AFCEA San Diego Symposium Chair
- Panel Member: VADM (ret) Ted Branch – President, DroneAviator
- Panel Member: Mr. Tom Tiernan – Executive Portfolio Manager
- Panel Member: Mr. Jamie Schlosser – Production Installation and In-Service Engineering Business Portfolio Manager
- Panel Member: Mr. John D. Morrison, Director of ONR Naval and Industry Innovative Research Partnerships
1430 – 1445: Break
1445 – 1600: Keynote Speaker – Peter Singer, author of “Ghost Fleet” – Confirmed
1600 – 1900: Speaker’s Reception – Liberty Station Courtyard Marriott Patio
AFCEA San Diego C4ISR Symposium Attendee Registration: 5-6 October 2023
Join us at the Marina Village Conference Center!