AFCEA San Diego C4ISR Symposium - 17-18 November 2020
AFCEA C4I Symposium 2020
“Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in C4ISR”
17 November 2020 (Day 1 – Tuesday)
0800 – 0815: Opening Remarks: Jack Turner, President, AFCEA San Diego
0815 – 0900: Keynote Address: RDML Kurt Rothenhaus, USN, Program Executive Officer (PEO) C4I & Space Systems
0900 – 0910: Break
0910 – 1010: Briefing: An AI-Ready Navy – by becoming great at modern software
Speakers: Aaron Swain and Michael McCormack, VMWare
1010 – 1020: Break
1020 – 1120: Panel: Government & Industry Collaboration on AI/ML Technology for the Navy
Moderator: Doug Lange, NIWC Pacific
1120 – 1230: Lunch Break
1230 – 1345: Panel: Bringing 5G to the Navy
Moderator: Kevin McFadden; Cisco
Panelists: Kurt Jacobs (JMA); Dan Litmann (Deloitte) Joe Snively (DoN CIO 5G Lead);
Joshua Weaver (Federal Mobility Group); Amanda Toman (OUSD for R&E, Director of 5G Initiatives)
1345 – 1350: Break
1350 – 1445: Speaker – Mr. Bill Bonwit, Technical Director, NIWC Pacific
18 November 2020 (Day 2 – Wednesday)
0800 – 0810: Opening Remarks: Jack Turner, President, AFCEA San Diego
0810-0820: AFCEA Awards Presentations Admiral Jon L. Boyes Medal for Distinguished Service to AFCEA
0820– 0920: Panel Session – Bringing Evolving Cyber Security to the Navy
Moderator: Elliot Lewis: CEO of #Keyavi Data, and former Chief Security Architect of Microsoft and
Dell and CISO of Merrill Lynch.
Panelists: C. D. “Boris” Becker: Recently retired NAVWAR Commander and President of Silvergate Consulting;
Sai Huda, Best Selling cyber author and CEO of #CyberCatch; Sean Heritage,
Retired Navy cyber and innovations leader and executive at Authentic8;
Larry Gloss, AI/ML cybersecurity executive at #bluevector
0920 – 0925: Break
0925 – 1020: Speaker: Speaker: VADM Thomas, USN, ret.
1020-1030: Break
1030 – 1130: Discussion Session – AFCEA Technology Vectors
Speakers: Cecilia Phan & Randolph Clark
1130 – 1230: Lunch
1230 – 1330: Panel Session – AI/ML and Dynamic RMF
Moderator: TBD
Panel Members: ServiceNow Rep, La Jolla Logic Rep9
1330: Closing Remarks: Jack Turner, President, AFCEA San Diego
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
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 - 17-18 November 2020
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