2025 Artificial Intelligence Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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WHAT
The journey toward AI is accelerating faster than ever before, and government and industry leaders alike must stay ahead of the technological curve to ensure our nation’s advantage. The Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 AI Summit equips you with the strategic insights and actionable takeaways from government decision makers to harness artificial intelligence within your organizations. Network with AI industry titans, discover best practices for integrating AI across your organization and gain a competitive edge at this can’t-miss summit. AI is the future of GovCon. Are you ready for it?
Speakers
Alex Adamczyk
VP, Advanced Analytics & AI
LMI
Young Bang
Board Chairman
Safe Pro Group
Gurpreet Bhatia
DoD CIO Principal Deputy for Cybersecurity / DoD Deputy CISO
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Rob Bocek
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Virtualitics Inc.
Kateryna Bondar
Fellow, Wadhwani AI Center
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Reggie Brothers
Operating Partner
AE Industrial Partners
Vincent DiFronzo
EVP, Air Force and Combatant Command
SAIC
Brian Drake
DIA's former Director of AI, Federal CTO
Accrete AI Government
Janet Egan
Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Justin Fanelli
Acting Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy
Skip Farmer
Senior Director, Field Engineering
Primer AI
Matthew Finney
VP, Generative AI
LMI
George Forbes
Director, Operations Digital Enterprise & Functional CIO & CDAO
U.S. Air Force
Mick Fox
Chief Operating Officer
TechnoMile
Kyle Fox
Chief Technology Officer
SOSi
Wes Green
SVP, Global Public Sector
Invisible Technologies
Peter Guerra
Group Vice President, Data & AI
Oracle Government Defense & Intelligence
Todd Harbour
Managing Partner and Chief Technology Officer
Core4ce
JC Herz
SVP of Cyber Supply Chain
Exiger
James Johnson
Program Executive Officer
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
Jeff Johnson
Former USPS Vice President/FBI CTO
Virtualitics Inc.
DAD Cynthia Kaiser
Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Saleela Khanum Salahuddin
AI Policy and Governance Lead
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
MG Jake Kwon
Director of Strategic Operations HQDA G-3/5/7
U.S. Department of the Army
John Lau
Vice President, Defense and Intel Solutions
ECS
Holly Levanto
Vice President, Defense Technology Group of AI
Booz Allen
Sunil Madhugiri
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Megan Montanez
Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton
Matthew Picerno
Chief Cyber Acquistion Officer and Director, Cyber Focal, ASA ALT
U.S. Army
Dr. Stefanos Poulis
Chief Technology and AI Officer
Seekr Technologies
Chris Radich
Public Sector CTO and CCO
UiPath Inc.
Dr. Jennifer Sample
Chief Technology Officer
Empower AI
Angela Sheffield
Director, DoD Digital and Artificial Intelligence Portfolio
SAIC
Margaret “Maggie” Smith
Data & AI Growth Lead
Accenture Federal Services
Dr. Kristen Summers
VP and AI Fellow
ManTech
Dr. Mitchell Sutika-Sipus
Chief Solution Architect
AutogenAI
Zohra Tejani
Partner, Government Contracts, Public Sector Procurement
Fenwick & West
Matt Teschke
Chief Technology Officer
Redhorse Corporation
Bill Wall
CEO and CoFounder
Accrete AI Government
Dr. Talitha Washington
Executive Director Center for Applied Data Science & Analytics, Cochair of AI Initiative
Howard University
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:10am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Young Bang |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Fireside Chat: Autonomous Agents in Military Operations: Transforming the Battlefield: Kyle Fox (Moderator), Matt Picerno and Dr. Stefanos Poulis |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: The Impact of AI on National Security and Economic Growth: Kateryna Bondar, Janet Egan, Justin Fanelli, Peter Guerra and Holly Levanto (Moderator) |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Responsible AI: Closing the Gap Between Policy and Practice: Todd Harbour, James Johnson, Saleela Khanum Salahuddin and Dr. Jennifer Sample (Moderator) |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel C: Powering Logistics Management with AI in Contested Environments: Reggie Brothers, Wes Green and Margaret "Maggie" Smith (Moderator) |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Dynamic Predictive Analytics for Contested Logistics: Skip Farmer, Jake Kwon, Angela Sheffield (Moderator) |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Cybersecurity and AI: Protecting Federal Networks: Gurpreet Bhatia, Daniel Holtzman, DAD Cynthia Kaiser, John Lau and Dr. Kristen Summers (Moderator) |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel C: Giving LLMs Superpowers: George Forbes, Brian Drake, and Chris Radich, Matt Teschke (Moderator) |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:10pm | 12:50pm | Panel: AI at the Crossroads: Unlocking Potential While Safeguarding Sensitive Data: Mick Fox (Moderator), JC Hertz, Zohra Tejani and Bill Wall |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: Acquisitions in the Age of AI: Rob Bocek, Jeff Johnson and Dr. Mitchell Sutika-Sipus (Moderator) |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel C: Unlocking Impact with Generative AI: Strategies for Effective Implementation: Alex Adamczyk, Matthew Finney (Moderator), Sunil Madhugiri, and Dr. Talitha Washington |
| 2:00pm | 2:15pm | Closing Remarks |
