2026 Army Summit | Potomac Officers Club
RegisterWHAT
The 2025 Army Transformation Initiative was a watershed moment for the service and inspired a restructuring and retooling of how the largest Department of War component spends its resources, conducts contracting and modernizes legacy technology systems. In the wake of these changes, the 11th annual edition of Potomac Officers Club’s Army Summit will help the industrial base understand how to meet the needs of the newly revitalized Army with riveting keynote speeches, dynamic panel discussions and essential GovCon networking opportunities.
Participants will gain new insight into how top officials are working to efficiently and effectively deliver on the Army’s 2030 goals, including a vigorous focus on establishing and maintaining a unified network.
Keynote Speakers
Hon. Marc Andersen
Assistant Secretary of the Army Financial Management and Comptroller
U.S. Army
LTG Jeth Rey
Deputy Chief of Staff, DCS, G-6
U.S. Army
Katie Thompson
Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command–Aberdeen Proving Ground
U.S. Army
Dr. Jeff Waksman
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment
U.S. Army
Speakers
COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt
VP, Army & SOCOM Programs,Former PEO, Special Operations Forces – Warrior Systems, USSOCOM
Seekr
Clif Basnight
VP, Strategic Technologies
Ultra I&C
Rocio (Rosie) Bauer
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering & Software)
U.S. Department of the Army
Emmanuel Belostrino
Head of Global Crude & Geopolitical Market Data
Kpler
Alex Boydston
DEVCOM AvMC
U.S. Army
Brian Daly
Assistant Vice President & Fellow, Standards & Industry Alliances
AT&T
Brandon Daniels
CEO
Exiger
John Dillard
Director, DoW 5G Strategy & Solutions
AT&T
Daniel Duvak
Senior Science and Technology Manager and the Assistant Director of Network and Communications
U.S. Army Command (C5ISR)
Andrew Evans
Director, Strategy and Transformation, DCS, J-2
U.S. Army
Anthony Gibbs
Product Manager, Guided Precision Munitions and Mortar Systems
U.S. Army
Christopher Manning (Pending Confirmation)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research & Technology (DASA R&T)
U.S. Army
Robert Monto
PM Robotic Control & Integration, CPE Mission Autonomy
U.S. Army
John Osborne
HQDA G2 Senior Science and Technology Advisor
U.S. Army
COL Alan Stephens
PM Integrated Enterprise Network
U.S. Department of the Army
Dr. Tucker Swindell
Chief, Terrestrial Communications Division US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
U.S. Army
BG Shane Taylor
Program Executive Officer, Command, Control, Communications, and Networks (PEO C3N)
U.S. Army
Mike Tomlinson
Vice President, Army Aviation, Missiles, and Fires
SAIC
Jason Wallace
Senior Director of Business Development, Strategy, and Customer Service
Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions
Josh Weaver (Pending Confirmation)
Director for Spectrum Initiatives & Analysis
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)
Dr. Nick Weir
VP Mission Engineering
Legion Intelligence
Robert Yon
Vice President, Operational Sensing & Logistics Visibility
LMI
Rich Zaremba
Chief Customer Officer
SAP NS2
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:05am | 8:30am | Opening Keynote |
| 8:30am | 8:55am | Morning Keynote: Katie Thompson |
| 8:55am | 9:20am | Morning Fireside Chat: Hon Marc Adersen and Brandon Daniels (Moderator) |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: From Pilot to Production: Accelerating Commercial Capabilities at Scale: Robert Yon (Moderator), Emmanuel Belostrino, and BG Anthony Gibbs |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Tech Stack After Next: Whatu2019s Still Needed to Enable a Hyperconnected Battlefield: Robert Monto, Clif Basnight, Christopher Manning, and Daniel Duvak |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Networking Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Emerging Technologies at Scale: Reconfigurable Air Defense and Cost-Effective Fires: Mike Tomlinson (Moderator) |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Future of the Tactical Edge: Jason Wallace (Moderator), Rich Zaremba, and Rocio (Rosie) Bauer |
| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:15pm | 1:15pm | Lunch Panel |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel A: From Data to Decision: How AI is Transforming the Army Today: COL (Ret.) Joel Babbitt, Alex Boydston, Andrew Evans, and John Osborne |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel B: Continuous Modernization Incorporating Wireless Spectrum, SD-WAN, Open Ecosystems, and Cybersecurity: John Dillard (Moderator), BG Shane Taylor, COL Alan Stephens, Dr. Tucker Swindell, Josh Weaver, and Brian Daly |
| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 3:05pm | Afternoon Keynote: LTG Jeth Rey |
| 3:05pm | 3:40pm | Closing Keynote: Dr. Jeff Waksman |
| 3:40pm | 3:45pm | Closing Comments |
