2026 Navy Summit | Potomac Officers Club
RegisterWHAT
The 2026 Navy Summit brings together senior Navy leaders, defense officials and industry executives to examine how emerging technologies are shaping the future of naval operations. From digital modernization and autonomous systems to cyber resilience and advanced platforms, the event will highlight how the Navy is prioritizing innovation while balancing readiness, sustainment and resources.
For government contractors, the summit offers direct access to the Navy’s most influential voices. Attendees will hear firsthand how leaders are aligning mission needs with investment strategies, connect with peers across the defense industrial base and engage with leading sponsors supporting the next generation of naval capabilities.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Amina Al Sherif
Head of AI
Google Public Sector
Tim Blount
Executive Director Navy & USMC Business, AT&T Public Sector and FirstNet
AT&T
CAPT Jeremiah Daley
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Robotic Autonomous Systems (DASN RAS)
U.S. Navy
GEN (Ret) Charles R Hamilton
The SPECTRUM Group
Glenn Hickok
Vice President, Noblis Defense and President, Noblis MSD
Noblis
Jeffrey Hurley
Director (Acting), Information Command, Control, Communications and Computers (IC4)
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
VADM Retired Joe Kernan
Chief Security Office and Board Member
SAP NS2
Bryan Lopez
Director of Emerging Technologies, Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
U.S. Department of the Navy
Richard Okrasinski
Director of C4I, Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic
U.S. Navy
Joe Simons
Head of US Defense and National Security Affairs
Kpler
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:10am | 8:40am | Opening Keynote: Hon. Hung Cao |
| 8:40am | 9:00am | Morning Keynote-Vice Adm. Michael Vernazza |
| 9:00am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote-VADM Brad Skillman |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Hybrid Fleet in Production: Autonomy at Scale: CAPT Jeremiah Daley |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: Integrating Commercial Capabilities into the MOCs: Opportunities & Challenges- Joe Simons (Moderator), Richard Okrasinski (Panelist) |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Building the Golden Fleet with Software: AI, Digital Engineering, and the New Shipbuilding Stack |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: From Legacy to Lethality: Modernizing the Navyu2019s Enterprise Networks for Information Warfare Readiness-Tim Blount (Moderator), Jeffrey Hurley (Panelist) |
| 12:00pm | 1:30pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:15pm | 1:15pm | Lunch Panel |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel A: Connective Tissue: Project Overmatch, CJADC2, and Network-Centric Warfighting- Amina Al Sherif (Panelist) |
| 1:30pm | 2:30pm | Panel B: Go Live Faster Panel-VADM Retired Joe Kernan (Moderator),GEN (Ret) Charles R Hamilton (Panelist) |
| 2:30pm | 3:00pm | Networking Break |
| 3:00pm | 3:20pm | Afternoon Keynote |
| 3:20pm | 3:40pm | Mid-Afternoon Keynote |
| 3:40pm | 4:00pm | Closing Keynote |
| 4:05pm | 4:15pm | Closing Comments |
