2026 Digital Transformation Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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No matter what part of the government you’re looking at — federal civilian, military, executive branch — modernization of technology systems is an ongoing concern and top priority. Outdated legacy programs and applications have long been an impediment for mission speed. But the officials featured at our 2026 Digital Transformation Summit are trying to change that. These high-ranking, impact-driven individuals are setting the government up to not just catch up to commercial industry but to harness its tools and form long-lasting partnerships that will ensure the U.S. has the capabilities to best its near-peers on the global stage.
At the event, you’ll get to hear exclusive plans for next-generation evolutions in AI, cyber, user experience, enterprise IT and more, with plenty of opportunities for networking with peers and speakers alike.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Wade Allen
Director of Sales Federal Growth Strategy
Valiantys Federal
Benjamin Baldi
SVP Global Public Sector
Tricentis
Matt Bogan
Director of Business Transformation Services
SAP NS2
Andrea Brandon
Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisition
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dr. Ann Carbonell
Principal Technical Advisor
Digital Transformation Center (DTC) powered by UDRI
Anil Chaudhry
Senior Advisor, HASS COE
USDOT
Brian Finn
Senior Director, Sales
Tyler Technologies
Rob Gordon
CTO
OMNI
Blake Harvey
President
Red Team Consulting
Daniel Hettema
Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S)
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW R&E)
David Hinchman
Federal Senior Executive - Cybersecurity and IT Modernization
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Col. Scott Klempner
Deputy Program Executive Officer (DPEO), Space Combat Power
Space Systems Command
Louis Koplin
Program Executive Officer for Digital and Enterprise Services
U.S. Department of the Navy
Amanda Kreminski
Senior Technology & Cloud Transformation Executive
Guidehouse
Col. Jonathan McCall
Deputy Director for Space, ABMS CFT
U.S. Space Force
Elizabeth Messenger
Director of the Office of Labor-Management Standards
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Tracy Mills
Federal Chief Technologist
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Chris Nichols
Program Manager/Chief - Enterprise Intelligence and Data Solutions (EIDS) Program Management Office
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
David Raley
Chief Digital Business Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Elizabeth Sadler
Program Manager, Air Force Justice Information System (AFJIS)
U.S. Air Force
Neha Saijpaul
Technical Director, Digital Solutions
CACI
Jason Saldana
Vice President of Strategic Development
MTSI
Gregory Touhill
SEI, Director, CERT Division,former 1st U.S. Federal CISO
Carnegie Mellon University
Landon Van Dyke
Chief Technology Officer and Technology Senior Advisor
U.S. Department of State
Rob Wilkinson
CTO
Oddball
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:05am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote: Pavan Pidugu |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Transforming Government at Scale: How Agencies Use Advanced Technology to Tackle Complex Challenges | Amanda Kreminski (Moderator), Matt Bogan, David Raley and Louis Koplin |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Operationalizing AI-Enabled Innovation at Speed in Mission-Critical Environments | Neha Saijpaul (Moderator) and Tracy Mills. |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Mission Engineering at Scale: The Digital Backbone of Defense Modernization | Jason Saldana (Moderator), Dr. Ann Carbonell, Daniel Hettema, Col. Scott Klempner, Rob Wilkinson and Chris Nichols |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Operationalizing AI in High-Security Federal Environments | Wade Allen (Moderator), Gregory Touhill, Col. Jonathan McCall and Rob Gordon |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:10pm | 12:50pm | Lunch Panel: Grow, Sell, or Stall: The Business of Digital Transformation in an AI-Driven Market | Blake Harvey (Moderator) |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A: From Policy to Practice: Driving Digital Transformation and Responsible AI Across the Federal Enterprise | Benjamin Baldi (Moderator), Andrea Brandon, Anil Chaudhry, and David Hinchman |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: From Backlogs to Better Outcomes: How Modern Case Management, Data, and AI Power Mission Delivery | Brian Finn (Moderator), Elizabeth Messenger and Elizabeth Sadler. |
| 2:00pm | 2:35pm | Afternoon Keynote: Hon. Kirsten Davies |
| 2:35pm | 3:05pm | Closing Keynote |
| 3:05pm | 3:10pm | Closing Comments |
