WEST 2022 Sponsorship and Branding Opportunities


AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute have developed an enhanced sponsorship program for WEST 2022 that will offer maximum visibility to those who participate! What better way to make sure you stand out and increase your exposure than at this foremost event in which industry leaders can learn about military requirements and connect with decision makers and operators, where senior military and government officials can gain feedback from sea service warfighters, and where industry thought leaders will discuss and demonstrate sea service solutions? Sponsorship opportunities are offered at a several investment levels, ensuring your ability to participate.

Browse available options below, or jump to specific categories: Patron Packages, Individual Sponsorships and Advertising Opportunities. Branding Opportunities will be available soon.

The deadline to be included in sponsor signage is Friday, January 21st.

Monday, February 14, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Hall D Lobby
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    Tuesday, February 15, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

    • Room: Hall D Lobby
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      Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

      • Room: Hall D Lobby
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        Wednesday, February 16, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

        • Room: Hall D
        Watch Livestream...
        Speaker(s)
        Keynote (confirmed)
        ADM Harry B. Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)
        Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
        Former Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea (2018 – 2021)
        Tracks:

          Wednesday, February 16, 9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

          • Room: Halls E-H
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            Wednesday, February 16, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

            • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
            Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 150/PEO C4I  CAPT David Gast, USN ...
            Tracks:
              • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
              Speaker(s)
              Speaker (confirmed)
              Tamara (Tami) North
              Director of Information Warfare Readiness
              Naval Information Forces
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                • Room: Halls E-H
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                Sponsored by:

                  Wednesday, February 16, 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

                  • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                  This talk will describe the current challenges and opportunities Coast Guard San Diego is facing to address sources of maritime disorder along the maritime boundary line with an emphasis on Border Operations. ...
                  Speaker(s)
                  Speaker (confirmed)
                  CAPT Timothy J. Barelli, USCG
                  Sector Commander
                  U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego
                  Tracks:

                    Wednesday, February 16, 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

                    • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                    This talk will describe the current challenges and opportunities Coast Guard San Diego is facing to address sources of maritime disorder along the maritime boundary line with an emphasis on Global Operations....
                    Speaker(s)
                    Speaker (confirmed)
                    CAPT Eric M. Cooper, USCG
                    Commanding Officer
                    Maritime Security Response Team West (MSRTW)
                    Tracks:

                      Wednesday, February 16, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

                      • Room: Naval Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                      Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Platform Application Services Portfolio/PEO Digital Ms.Taryn Gillison Zone 2: Command Operations Office/PEO Digital  Ms.Germaine Forbes Zone 3: MyNavy HR IT Solutions/PEO MLB Mr. Ken Johnson ...
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                        Wednesday, February 16, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

                        • Room: Hall H
                        In recent years, China has been more aggressive in the Indo-Pacific region and across the globe. Russia and other countries such as North Korea and Iran continue to present new threats. In this panel, warfare community leaders will discuss how they are improving capabilities within their man, train, and equip charter to deter potential adversaries, and if necessary, be prepared to prevail should conflict arise. However, are we moving rapidly enough? Watch Livestream...
                        Speaker(s)
                        Moderator (confirmed)
                        ADM Harry B. Harris Jr., USN (Ret.)
                        Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
                        Former Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea (2018 – 2021)
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        VADM Kelly Aeschbach, USN
                        Commander
                        Naval Information Forces
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        LtGen Karsten S. Heckl, USMC
                        Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
                        Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        RADM Jeffrey T. Jablon, USN
                        Commander
                        Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        VADM Roy L. Kitchener, USN
                        Commander, Naval Surface Forces
                        Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        VADM Kenneth R. Whitesell, USN
                        Commander, Naval Air Forces
                        Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
                        Tracks:
                        Sponsored by:

                          Wednesday, February 16, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

                          • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                          Securing DoD Enterprise Innovation with ICAM Agency modernization, expanding cloud deployments, and distributed workforces create new planes of privilege for adversaries to exploit. When designing the future state of The Defense Department’s complex enterprise network, a least-privilege approach is critical to keep pace with adversaries and lower your attack surface. With users and devices now accessing critical information, systems, and applications from anywhere, the mindset must be to never trust, always verify, and only allow privileged access when needed or contextual parameters are met. Join BeyondTrust to understand: • Why Privileged Access Management (PAM) is integral to secure the adoption... ...read more...
                          Speaker(s)
                          Speaker (confirmed)
                          Josh Brodbent
                          RVP, Public Sector Solutions Engineering
                          BeyondTrust
                          Tracks:

                            Wednesday, February 16, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

                            • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                            GDIT delivers comprehensive digital solutions to our clients with a focus on collaboration, visibility, security, and speed to capability. This presentation discusses two example solutions, the Overmatch Software Armory (OSA) and Digital Threads and Navigable Relationships  (DTNR).   OSA is the DoN DevSecOps platform, supporting accelerated application development in secure, commercial IL 4/5 and IL6 cloud environments. OSA provides the overall continuous integration and deployment pipeline, including continuous RMF, integration testing, and delivery to tactical edge and shore networks.  GDIT’s Digital Thread and Navigable Relationships (DTNR) empowers the digital engineering workforce with the ability to compose digital threads that define use cases of interrelated... ...read more...
                            Speaker(s)
                            Speaker (confirmed)
                            Matt Lear
                            Senior Program Director
                            General Dynamics Information Technology
                            Speaker (confirmed)
                            Jeff Millard
                            Cloud Developer Senior Advisor
                            General Dynamics Information Technology
                            Speaker (confirmed)
                            Mike Nash
                            Systems Engineer, Digital Engineering
                            General Dynamics Information Technology
                            Tracks:

                              Wednesday, February 16, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                              • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                              Software is the glue that connects people and systems, across every industry, and enables them to solve problems. Given its pervasiveness, even if your organization does not produce its own software, you can no longer afford to ignore the associated cybersecurity risks. Just like modern manufacturing, software developers reuse existing third-party components to reduce costs. A custom software project can incorporate hundreds of such third-party components, forming a software supply chain. The most popular third-party software components are used in thousands of applications, including defense and critical infrastructure, and can present a global Achilles heel. When a vulnerability is discovered, such... ...read more...
                              Speaker(s)
                              Speaker (confirmed)
                              Peter Shin
                              CEO/Founder
                              Canvass Labs, Inc.
                              Tracks:

                                Wednesday, February 16, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

                                • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 120/PEO C4I CAPT Sam Hanaki, USN ...
                                Tracks:
                                  • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                  Speaker(s)
                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                  VADM Jeffrey E. Trussler, USN (Ret.)
                                  Independent Contractor
                                  Tracks:

                                    Wednesday, February 16, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

                                    • Room: Halls E-H
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                                    Sponsored by:

                                      Wednesday, February 16, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

                                      • Room: Hall D
                                      The Sea Service budget leads will discuss how their services are faring in the current budget environment, particularly as it relates to operating under a continuing resolution. They will also discuss specific budgetary items that are critical to their Services’ success in meeting future challenges and why. Watch Livestream...
                                      Speaker(s)
                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                      Joseph P. Mulloy
                                      Former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Integration of Capabilities and Resources (OPNAV N8)
                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                      RDML Mark J. Fedor, USCG
                                      Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief Financial Officer
                                      U.S. Coast Guard
                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                      RADM John E. Gumbleton, USN
                                      Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Budget/Director, Fiscal Management Division, N82
                                      Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                      LtGen Christopher Mahoney, USMC
                                      Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources
                                      Headquarters, Marine Corps
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                                      Sponsored by:

                                        Wednesday, February 16, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

                                        • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                        Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Logistics IT/PEO MLB Mr. Tom Murphy ...
                                        Tracks:
                                          • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                          Speaker(s)
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          RADM Michael Vernazza, USN
                                          Commander, Fleet Information Warfare Command Pacific (FIWC PAC)
                                          Information Warfare Task Force (TF-501), Pacific
                                          Tracks:

                                            Wednesday, February 16, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

                                            • Room: Halls E-H
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                                              Wednesday, February 16, 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

                                              • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                              The cloud represents many inversions: from one data center to many centers of data, from applications and data and workers on the inside to the outside, from security departments approving everything to departments being bypassed. Security controls built for earlier eras are blind to today’s traffic; security practices designed in earlier eras are ineffective with today’s architectures. Legacy network security models assume a rigid perimeter and implicitly trust everything inside—assumptions that leave you vulnerable when the internet replaces the LAN. A new model is required, one with an inversion of its own: from trust but verify to verify then trust. Zero... ...read more...
                                              Speaker(s)
                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                              Steve Riley
                                              Field CTO
                                              Netskope
                                              Tracks:

                                                Wednesday, February 16, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                The United States Navy and Marine Corps (USN/USMC) operate some of the most dynamic and dispersed network environments in existence and the personnel responsible face a Herculean task ensuring the communications, connectivity and mission readiness of Sailors and Marines at sea, on shore and in the air. To support their missions, the USN/USMC rely on a complex environment of terrestrial, cloud, and satellite (SATCOM) networks. From the Navy/Marine Corps Combined Intranet (NMCI) and OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-Net) to the Marine Corps enterprise Network (MCEN) and Networking on the Move (NOTM), the ability to enable a unified computing and networking... ...read more...
                                                Speaker(s)
                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                Marlin McFate
                                                Public Sector Chief Technology Officer
                                                Riverbed/Aternity
                                                Tracks:

                                                  Wednesday, February 16, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                  • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                  Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 790/PEO C4I Mr. Bill Traganza Zone 2: PMW 750/PEO C4I Mr. David Rodriguez Zone 3: Command Strategy & Business Office/PEO Digital Mr. Travis Methvin ...
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                                                    Wednesday, February 16, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                    • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                    For the DOD, future 5G wireless technology could be a transformative platform to help improve network infrastructure and system integration. Multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructure can help to compute data with low latency and make decisions at the network edge.  Ideally, IT systems, networks, wireless/IoT devices, and connected/autonomous vehicles should be able to seamlessly and securely work together to deliver data to the right person at the right place and at the right time.  A use case example of this and more is on the roadmap for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. During this session, moderated by Major Steve Harvey, Director... ...read more...
                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                    Moderator (confirmed)
                                                    Maj Steven D. Harvey, USMC
                                                    Director, NavalX SoCal Tech Bridge, Director, Centers for Adaptive Warfghting-West, Director, Installation neXt-West
                                                    Marine Corps Installations West
                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                    Dominic Bonaduce
                                                    Product Strategy Manager
                                                    Verizon
                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                    William A. Maheu
                                                    Senior Director
                                                    Qualcomm Government Technologies
                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                    Dan Massey
                                                    Project Leader – Operate Through
                                                    DoD 5G to NextG Initiative
                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                    LT Vincent Sritapan, USNR
                                                    Technical Authority Mission Lead
                                                    NAVWAR Reserve Program, U.S. Navy Reserves
                                                    Tracks:
                                                      • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                                                      The establishment of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer is seen by many as a commitment by DoD leadership to accelerate the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions and the requisite data infrastructure required to support the Joint Force enterprise. The coordination and alignment of the OCIO and the OCDO to address critical gaps has never been more critical.  This panel will hear from technical leaders across the Department of the Navy regarding the steps they are taking to hasten the digital innovation path forward. Industry experts will discuss modern data architectures as well as relevant AI use cases for the joint... ...read more...
                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                      Michael R. Anderson
                                                      Chief Strategist, Public Sector
                                                      Informatica, LLC
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      Randal T. Cole
                                                      Deputy Chief Data Officer, OCIO
                                                      Department of the Navy
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      Duncan P. McCaskill
                                                      Chief Data Officer (Acting) and Chief Analytics Officer
                                                      Department of the Navy
                                                      Panelist (invited)
                                                      Eugene Kuznetsov
                                                      Command Technology Officer
                                                      Naval Special Warfare Command
                                                      Panelist (invited)
                                                      Aaron Weis
                                                      Chief Information Officer
                                                      U.S. Department of Navy
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                                                      • Concurrent Breakout Sessions

                                                      Wednesday, February 16, 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                      • Room: Hall H
                                                      The numbered fleet commanders will discuss their views of the warfare challenges presented in their respective areas of responsibility. They will discuss insights that can be shared from the Large Scale Exercise conducted in 2020 and global wargaming to inform how we fight. What are their priorities for all domain warfare? Watch Livestream...
                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                      ADM James G. Foggo III, USN (Ret.)
                                                      Dean of the Center for Maritime Strategy
                                                      Navy League of the United States
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      VADM Daniel W. Dwyer, USN
                                                      Commander, SECOND Fleet
                                                      Commander, Joint Forces Command Norfolk
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      VADM Stephen T. Koehler, USN
                                                      Commander
                                                      THIRD Fleet
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      VADM Michael F. McAllister, USCG
                                                      Commander, Pacific Area
                                                      Commander, Coast Guard Defense Force West
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      LtGen George W. Smith, Jr., USMC
                                                      Commanding General
                                                      I Marine Expeditionary Force
                                                      Tracks:

                                                        Wednesday, February 16, 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                        • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                        iboss provides a SASE product which has a unique capability of deploying an agile SASE platform in DoD environments. Providing departments the ability to deploy on premise, hybrid, or in the cloud allows for maximum flexibility throughout the globe. With the ability to centrally manage the service, iboss can deliver fast, direct connectivity to the internet & cloud applications needed to deliver mission success....
                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                        Eric Cornelius
                                                        CTO
                                                        iBoss
                                                        Tracks:

                                                          Wednesday, February 16, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                          • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                          Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 740/PEO C4I Ms. Suzanne Arney & Ms. Rosa Puig ...
                                                          Tracks:
                                                            • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                            RDML Ron Piret, USN
                                                            Commander
                                                            Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
                                                            Tracks:

                                                              Wednesday, February 16, 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                              • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                              Noblis Pieces of Eight (Po8) Autonomous Vehicle Interoperability Concept The Noblis Po8 concept orchestrates the motions and actions of unfamiliar, connected, and autonomous machines. With this concept, systems of autonomous machines are safer, more productive, and more equitable. The Noblis Pieces of Eight (Po8) system enables connected machines to share situational awareness of obstacles and threats projected over time. It allows them to collectively plan motion paths and other actions that avoid collisions or conflicts. This interoperability permits high-speed motion and coordinated actions which are impossible without advance knowledge of all the localized actions. Po8 supports a collective posthoc accountability process to... ...read more...
                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                              Karl Wunderlich, Ph.D.
                                                              Director, Surface Transportation Systems
                                                              Noblis, Inc.
                                                              Tracks:

                                                                Wednesday, February 16, 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

                                                                • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                The security landscape for the US Government is changing. Government agencies are increasingly embracing the concept of DevOps — The walls between IT operations and developers are torn down, wasteful practices ripped out, and collaboration at scale rewarded. Enter open source development practices powering DevOps, and more and more, powering federal software supply chains. These free and readily available open source components allow agencies to save time and money, and in many cases improve quality. In today’s world, understanding what’s in your supply chain is critical to national security and part of President Biden’s recent Cybersecurity Executive Order. Not all components... ...read more...
                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                Bryan Whyte, CISSP
                                                                Technical Presales Manager
                                                                Sonatype
                                                                Tracks:

                                                                  Wednesday, February 16, 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                  • Room: Halls E-H
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                                                                  Sponsored by:

                                                                    Wednesday, February 16, 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                    • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                    Aging, legacy applications are increasingly more expensive to operate and maintain year-over-year. Typical government enterprises spend more than 77% of their IT budget on such activity. From the moment one writes a line of code, it is subject to accumulating technical debt and becoming legacy. A one-time, big-bang modernization of legacy application is risky and a sizable CAPEX is often required. A continuous, incremental modernization of legacy application is less risky and OPEX may be used. Continuous Application Modernization (C-AppMod) is an innovative approach designed to reduce the existing applications’ technical debt and leverage emerging technologies to deliver continuous business... ...read more...
                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                    Roger Moon
                                                                    Solution Director & SAIC Fellow, Application Modernization/Digital Innovation Factory
                                                                    SAIC
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                                                                      Thursday, February 17, 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM

                                                                      • Room: Hall D Lobby
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                                                                        Thursday, February 17, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                        • Room: Hall D
                                                                        Watch Livestream...
                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                        ADM William F. Moran, USN (Ret.)
                                                                        Former Vice Chief of Naval Operations
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Elbridge A. Colby
                                                                        Co-Founder and Principal, the Marathon Initiative and
                                                                        former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA)
                                                                        Vice Chair, House Armed Services Committee and
                                                                        Member, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee
                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                          Thursday, February 17, 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM

                                                                          • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                            Thursday, February 17, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

                                                                            • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                            Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 160/PEO C4I CAPT Katy Boehme, USN ...
                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                              • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                              VADM Kelly Aeschbach, USN
                                                                              Commander
                                                                              Naval Information Forces
                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                • Room: Halls E-H
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                                                                                Sponsored by:

                                                                                  Thursday, February 17, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

                                                                                  • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                  The MCTSSA Naval Integration Team has made great strides over the past several years in improving Naval C5I System readiness for forward deployed teams. In addition to implementing end-to-end C5I shipboard systems testing, MCTSSA is working to leverage its designation as a Technical Activity through Technology Transfer (T2) and enhancing opportunities for innovation and rapid evaluations of new and emerging Marine Corps requirements. During this session, Naval Integration Officer Captain Steven Gore will discuss how MCTSSA is forwarding the development of Marine Corps Naval Integration to align with Force Design 2030 and MCTSSA’s future innovation plans with its Technical Activity designation... ...read more...
                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                  Capt Steven Gore, USMC
                                                                                  Naval Integration Officer
                                                                                  MCTSSA
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                                                                                    Thursday, February 17, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                                    • Room: 29A
                                                                                    Elastic builds real-time, scalable enterprise search, observability, and security solutions on a single free and open technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. Thousands of organizations worldwide use Elastic to instantly find actionable insights from any type of data and power mission-critical systems. Full session information...

                                                                                      Thursday, February 17, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                                      • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                      Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Fleet C4I & Readiness/NIWC LANT Mr. Travis Tillman  Zone 2: Executive Director/NIWC PAC Mr. Bill Bonwit Zone 3: Communications & Networks Department/NIWC PAC  Ms. Susie Hartzog ...
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                                                                                        Thursday, February 17, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                        • Room: Hall H
                                                                                        The U.S. must avoid a scenario in which we fight tomorrow’s wars with yesterday’s capabilities. The Systems Commanders will share their insights on how to adapt the acquisition system to deliver advanced capability more rapidly. They will discuss changes they are making to adopt technology—for offense and defense—in areas such as advanced missile systems, directed energy weapons, artificial intelligence, cyber, 5G, and unmanned systems. Watch Livestream...
                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                        VADM David A. Dunaway, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                        Former Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (2012-2015)
                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                        VADM Carl P. Chebi, USN
                                                                                        Commander
                                                                                        Naval Air Systems Command
                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                        VADM William Galinis, USN
                                                                                        Commander
                                                                                        Naval Sea Systems Command
                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                        RADM Chad L. Jacoby, USCG
                                                                                        Assistant Commandant for Acquisitions Chief Acquisition Officer
                                                                                        United States Coast Guard
                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                        BGen Arthur J. Pasagian, USMC
                                                                                        Commander
                                                                                        Marine Corps Systems Command
                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                        RADM Douglas Small, USN
                                                                                        Commander
                                                                                        Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
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                                                                                          Thursday, February 17, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

                                                                                          • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                          SkyePoint Decisions, Inc. (SkyePoint) and TIBCO Software Federal Inc. (TIBCO) introduced a use case application of the AI/ML capabilities of TIBCO Spotfire® to address cybersecurity challenges identified and discussed by Federal Agency cybersecurity leadership and management. The outcome of SkyePoint’s cybersecurity, network, and IT Infrastructure experience with the leadingedge capability of TIBCO Spotfire®, known as Threat Predict, is enhanced, informed, and predictive decision making for Agencies to meet unique cybersecurity challenges head-on. Threat Predict leverages AI/ML to identify and prevent known and unknown threats to enterprise networks by ingesting and visualizing data provided from traditional security sources like the SIEM and... ...read more...
                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                          Jason Weaver
                                                                                          Chief Solutions Officer
                                                                                          SkyePoint Decisions, Inc.
                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                            Thursday, February 17, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                            • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                                                                                            Please join CACI, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Nevada Corporation and Dell Federal for a panel discussion of leading industry experts as we examine where technology is heading in the areas of signals intelligence, artificial intelligence, and electronic warfare. Advancements in these areas are critical to ensuring strategic overmatch in a Joint, All-Domain environment, where new technologies must be leveraged in a way that reduces challenges with end-user cognitive loadings. Panelists will also discuss what industry is doing now to prepare for and effectively leverage and harness these critical capabilities. The peer and near-peer adversaries of the 21st century warfighting environment are fielding capabilities... ...read more...
                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                            Todd Probert
                                                                                            President, National Security and Innovative Solutions
                                                                                            CACI International Inc
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Ramon Acosta, Ph.D.
                                                                                            Director
                                                                                            CACI
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Daniel T. Carroll
                                                                                            Field CTO for Cybersecurity
                                                                                            Dell Federal
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Michael Cooley, Ph.D.
                                                                                            NG Fellow
                                                                                            Northrop Grumman
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Matthew Johnson
                                                                                            Sr. Principal Software Engineer
                                                                                            Sierra Nevada Corporation
                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                              Thursday, February 17, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

                                                                                              • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                              Emerging technologies including AI, Autonomous Systems, Quantum computing and communications, Machine Learning, Nano materials, Hypersonics and Biotech will significantly influence the success or failure of militaries in the era of Great Power Competition.  The U.S. and its closest Allies have a long history of successful military cooperation, but to succeed in this new competition they will have to work closely together across government, commercial and academic boundaries in ways not required before.  We cannot pace emerging threats using the old model of each nation independently harvesting its elements of national power and sharing them predominantly through government-to-government channels.  These new... ...read more...
                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                              CAPT Scott Tait, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                              Executive Director, National Security Innovation Catalyst
                                                                                              University of California Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              LCol Bruce Gilkes, Canadian Army (Ret.)
                                                                                              Senior Business Development Manager
                                                                                              VizworX
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Marv Langston, Ph.D.
                                                                                              Principal
                                                                                              Langston Associates LLC
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Lois Nicholson
                                                                                              Counsellor
                                                                                              Defence Acquisition and Technology
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              CDR Derek Powles, RN
                                                                                              Assistant Naval Attaché on the British Naval Staff
                                                                                              Royal Navy
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Captain(N) William (Bill) Quinn CD, RCN
                                                                                              Canadian Naval Attaché and Assistant Defence Attaché
                                                                                              Canadian Armed Forces
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              RADM James Rodman, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                              CEO
                                                                                              XSite LLC
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Col Elliot Schroeder, USA
                                                                                              Commanding Officer
                                                                                              US Army 75th Innovation Division, Southern California, Hawaii and Nevada (US)
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Joanne Smail
                                                                                              Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner / Minister Counsellor (Commercial)
                                                                                              Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                              Damien Tyrrell
                                                                                              Systems Regional Director for the Americas and Japan Markets
                                                                                              Sentient Vision
                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                Thursday, February 17, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                                                                                                • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                In the maritime contested joint environment, speed and security of data access can mean the difference in operational success. To assure success for the joint maritime environment, a cloud-enabled datamanagement-as-a-service provides an innovative value by leveraging data plane for access to AI (artificial intelligence), data analytics and operational source assets in information warfare. As a part this capability, identity least-privilege to attributes access enables rapid and secure access to these resources while minimizing risks to operate at full speed of the mission. A cloud-enabled data-management-as-a-service with identity least privilege solution addresses unique sets of challenges found in the joint maritime environment.... ...read more...
                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                Andrew Whelchel
                                                                                                Senior Solution Engineer
                                                                                                Saviynt
                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                  Thursday, February 17, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                                                  • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                  Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 130/PEO C4I Mr. John Armantrout ...
                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                    • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                    CAPT Anthony Butera, USN
                                                                                                    Information Warfare Commander
                                                                                                    GSC-1 / VINSG IWC
                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                      Thursday, February 17, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                      • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                                      Sponsored by:

                                                                                                        Thursday, February 17, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                                        • Room: Hall D
                                                                                                        Watch Livestream...
                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                        Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                        ADM Samuel J. Paparo, USN
                                                                                                        Commander
                                                                                                        U.S. Pacific Fleet
                                                                                                        Tracks:
                                                                                                        Sponsored by:

                                                                                                          Thursday, February 17, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

                                                                                                          • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                          Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW/A 170/PEO C4I CAPT Andy Gibbons, USN ...
                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                            Thursday, February 17, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                                            • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                              Thursday, February 17, 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                              • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                              Security teams do themselves a disservice by ignoring the geopolitical context in which they operate. Geopolitical research is integral to understanding the strategic threat landscape and better prioritizing the threats that an organization faces. This presentation will first discuss the different threat dimensions before illustrating the importance of a geopolitically informed strategic threat landscape with two China-focused case studies....
                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Jake Munroe
                                                                                                              Senior Product Marketing Manager
                                                                                                              Recorded Future
                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                Thursday, February 17, 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

                                                                                                                • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                                                Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School is developing or acquiring new learning methodology and technology to provide students with a repository of rapidly adaptable, on-demand knowledge and training aids that go far beyond traditional textbooks and visual aids, increasing learning efficiency and overall knowledge retention....
                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                COL Joseph D. Broome, USMC
                                                                                                                Commanding Officer
                                                                                                                Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School (MCCES)
                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                  • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                                                                                                                  Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU for A+ and Network+; 1 CertNexus CEC for CyberSecurity First Responder (CFR) Our world is becoming more connected, and 5G is a technology that has the propensity to give our warfighter a competitive advantage against our adversaries. 5G is a complicated capability that can transfer large quantities of data, but with this innovation, there are many considerations in the realm of cyber security. Mobile 5G can give our troops communications and connections in the most remote warzones, but there are several obstacles to overcome to get the technology to the edge. The rapid innovation of network connectivity is... ...read more...
                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Kasey Ortoski
                                                                                                                  Deputy Director of Mission Operations
                                                                                                                  Jacobs Engineering
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Stephanie Hutch
                                                                                                                  President & CEO, Makai Defense
                                                                                                                  Founder and Chair of the Board, Kekoa Foundation
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Danny Sava, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                  Director of Operations and Maintenance, NORAD NISSC II
                                                                                                                  Jacobs
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Kevin Sorrell
                                                                                                                  NBC 5G Technical Lead
                                                                                                                  NIWC-Pacific Advanced Wireless Communications (55313)
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Chris "CT" Thomas
                                                                                                                  Technology Strategist, Office of the CTO
                                                                                                                  Dell Technologies
                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                    Thursday, February 17, 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

                                                                                                                    • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                    RADM Douglas Small, USN
                                                                                                                    Commander
                                                                                                                    Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                      Thursday, February 17, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                      • Room: 29A
                                                                                                                      By now you are hopefully familiar with why the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the leading enterprise-ready Kubernetes container platform for hybrid cloud. It helps developers deliver user-value faster while providing increased and more efficient security, management, and operations capabilities to aid your site reliability engineers in keeping to a 99.95% SLA. Full session information...

                                                                                                                        Thursday, February 17, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                                                        • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                        Seamless coalition data sharing and communication are vital to create an effectively combined alldomain military organizational command and control infrastructure and combat force. As the world's most secure and RTB 2.0 compliant video cross domain solution, V2CDS has offered the most advanced voice and video communications solution to achieve this unified, connected vision. In addition to these proven capabilities, the latest version of V2CDS (2.0) provides VoIP and Video calling capabilities for real-time collaboration and communication across agencies, branches, and coalition nations....
                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                        Michael Blake
                                                                                                                        Engineering Director and Chief Architect
                                                                                                                        Owl Cyber Defense
                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                          Thursday, February 17, 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                          • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                          Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Multi-Intelligence and Correlation/NIWC PAC Mr. Mark Owens Zone 2: C4ISR Software Engineering/NIWC PAC Mr. Rick Jack Zone 3: NAVO CO/U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command  CAPT Ken Wallace, USN ...
                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                            Thursday, February 17, 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                                                                                            • Room: Hall H
                                                                                                                            Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU for A+, Network+, Security+,  Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+ and CySA+; 1 CertNexus CEC for CyberSec First Responder. Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is intended to support commanders with timely assured access to sensor information across all domains for rapid decision making and communication of orders. These are the keys to successful command and control. JADC2 is envisioned as foundational for the evolution of joint command and control across all domains.  Cybersecurity will be required in the physical network and the operations of all those using, maintaining, operating, and defending the network. What do we need to... ...read more...
                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            LtGen Robert M. Shea, USMC (Ret.)
                                                                                                                            Permanent Director
                                                                                                                            AFCEA International Board of Directors
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            VADM Jeffrey E. Trussler, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                                                            Independent Contractor
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            RADM David M. Dermanelian, USCG
                                                                                                                            Assistant Commandant
                                                                                                                            Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Information Technology
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            LtGen Matthew G. Glavy, USMC
                                                                                                                            Deputy Commandant for Information
                                                                                                                            Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                            Sponsored by:

                                                                                                                              Thursday, February 17, 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                              • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                              Improving incident response and threat hunting is the single, most impactful means to increase your security posture. Axellio® is an innovator in threat detection and response solutions based on its highperformance PacketXpress® platform for real-time and historical network traffic analysis. Axellio recently announced the deployment of its innovative solution by the Army’s Defensive Cyber Operations for its Garrison Defensive Cyberspace Operations Platform (GDP). The current security approach of perimeter defense is insufficient for today’s security risks: sophisticated threat actors with vast resources – such as nation states and global cyber-criminal organizations – that bypass conventional perimeter defense and endpoint protection with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                              Scott Welles
                                                                                                                              Vice President of Federal Business Development & Government Sales
                                                                                                                              Axellio
                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                Thursday, February 17, 2:50 PM - 3:50 PM

                                                                                                                                • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                                                                MCTSSA Marines and Engineers have created a Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) Battle Lab in which current and emerging MLR C4I systems and transmission pathways are hosted within a baselined architecture on persistent networks connecting to other Department of Defense service labs. The MLR Battle lab serves to provide experimentation and demonstrations supporting events such as: JADC2, Project Convergence, Project Overmatch and Naval Live, Virtual and Constructed exercises. The MLR Battle Lab participation in these events provide a representative capability to our Naval, Joint and Coalition partners as well as operational vignettes in which to integrate and evaluate USMC C4I systems within... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                David Thomas
                                                                                                                                Deputy Director, Test and Certification Division
                                                                                                                                MCTSSA
                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                  • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                                                                                                                                  Few technologies have offered more promise, or have been over-hyped, than big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence suggested: “We can still defend America and our allies without widespread AI adoption today, but in the future, we will almost certainly lose without it.” This panel will attempt to answer the question as to whether the Navy and Marine Corps are committing to these new technologies rapidly enough to deal with our peer adversaries who are already applying these technologies in their militaries.  Additionally, the panel will discuss risk and vulnerabilities, as well as... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                  Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures
                                                                                                                                  Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  Col Randy Pugh, USMC (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                  Director, Naval Warfare Studies Institute
                                                                                                                                  Naval Postgraduate School
                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  Katie Rainey, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                  Director of Science and Technology, Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Department
                                                                                                                                  Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  CAPT Sam J. Tangredi, USN (Ret.), Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                  Professor and Leidos Chair of Future Warfare Studies
                                                                                                                                  U.S. Naval War College
                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                    Thursday, February 17, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                                                                                                    • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                                    Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Tactical Data Link/NIWC PAC Mr. Krunal Amin  Zone 2: Machine Learning & AI/NIWC PAC Mr. Doug Lange  Zone 3: AlNet ANTX Lessons Learned/NIWC PAC  Ms. Nicole Street & Mr. Mike Stuckenschneider ...
                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                      Thursday, February 17, 3:10 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                                      Advanced Cyber security breach techniques by nation states were wildly successful over the past year across Federal organizations. Thus, a new attack surface within the software supply chain has been exposed and is driving new requirements and shifting the focus of cyber protection across government, critical infrastructure industries, and open source/commercial software producers. In response, President Biden has issued an executive order for improving cyber security, and recently OMB and CISA have recently introduced follow-on guidance for public comment. Both government agencies and software technology companies worldwide are implementing changes to how they are performing application development to reduce their risks... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                      Andy Earle
                                                                                                                                      Fortify Security Solutions Architect
                                                                                                                                      MFGS, Inc.
                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                        Thursday, February 17, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                                        • Room: 29A
                                                                                                                                        Join F5 and Microsoft for a training session focused on leveraging Microsoft’s Mission Landing Zone (MLZ) solution to deploy to Azure Stack Hub edge devices. This solution combines the strength of Microsoft’s MLZ solution with the benefits of F5’s Big IP virtual appliance to create a simplified, secure, repeatable method for deploying your mission environments on Azure Stack Hub. Full session information...
                                                                                                                                          • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                                                          Sponsored by:

                                                                                                                                            Thursday, February 17, 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                                            • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                                            The explosion of the number of connected devices in the last 10 years has led to a considerable increase in the nature and scope of Artificial Intelligence at the Edge (EdgeAI). Furthermore, hardware, software, and mission use cases have come together to drive several advances in AI supporting Department of Defense applications. During this talk, we will describe how Deloitte views EdgeAI as a domain, deployment considerations for EdgeAI technology, and how EdgeAI can impact the challenges faced by the Navy. The talk will include a demonstration of computer vision deployed to a drone platform for remotely inspecting power lines... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            Ryan Luckay
                                                                                                                                            Senior Manager
                                                                                                                                            Deloitte
                                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                                              Thursday, February 17, 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                                              • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                                              Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Cybersecurity Division Head/NIWC PAC  Ms. Jara Tripiana ...
                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                Carly Jackson
                                                                                                                                                Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                NAVWAR
                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, February 17, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Hall D
                                                                                                                                                  Join Women in AFCEA for our annual Women’s Appreciation Event. All are invited to join Women in AFCEA for drinks and light refreshments while networking with senior leaders in the Sea Services information technology, C4 and cyber community. This year the theme of the event is Women in the Coast Guard, and RDML Carola List, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Engineering & Logistics (CG-4), will give a keynote speech on her personal career journey with insights on the Coast Guard. The event will conclude with the presentation of the AFCEA women's appreciation awards. Please join us – everyone is welcome!...
                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                  Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  RDML Carola List, USCG
                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics
                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Coast Guard
                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                  Sponsored by:

                                                                                                                                                    Friday, February 18, 6:30 AM - 12:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Hall D Lobby
                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                      Friday, February 18, 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Hall D
                                                                                                                                                      The San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) is once again hosting their signature monthly breakfast in conjunction with WEST. After breakfast and networking, SDMAC breakfast attendees will remain in place to hear the WEST keynote speaker. * Separate breakfast ticket purchase is required. Tickets can be purchased through WEST registration. Capacity is limited....
                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                        Friday, February 18, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Hall D
                                                                                                                                                        Watch Livestream...
                                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                        Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                        VADM Frank Morley, USN
                                                                                                                                                        Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                          Friday, February 18, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                          Sponsored by:

                                                                                                                                                            Friday, February 18, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Halls E-H
                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                              Friday, February 18, 9:30 AM - 10:15 PM

                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                                                              Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: PMW 770/PEO C4I CAPT David Kuhn, USN Zone 2: CO of Fleet Weather Center/ U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command CAPT Kathryn Hermsdorfer, USN ...
                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                Friday, February 18, 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM

                                                                                                                                                                • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                                                                                                The Marine Air Control Groups have always served the MAGTF as the Naval and Joint enablers, creating and controlling the vertical dimension of the MAGTF battlespace while integrating lethal networks to maximize Service-level lethality.  The Marine Corps’ FD2030 campaign to sense—make sense—act as a stand-in force, to enable lethality and decision superiority for Naval and Joint Forces demands the Marine Air Control Groups and Littoral Anti-Air Battalions innovate at the speed of relevance.  Highlighted during exercises like Summer/Winter Fury, Virtual Flag and Steel Knight, the Marine Air Command and Control System is transforming to provide responsive, lethal command and control... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                Col Jeremy S. "Beef" Winters, USMC
                                                                                                                                                                Commanding Officer
                                                                                                                                                                Marine Air Control Group 38, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing
                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                  Friday, February 18, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                  Vincent M. Kapral
                                                                                                                                                                  Principal Senior Advisor to the Commanding Officer
                                                                                                                                                                  Hopper Information Services Center and the Office of Naval Intelligence
                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                    Friday, February 18, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Navy FST Pavilion - Booth # 1709
                                                                                                                                                                    Tactical Troubleshooting Tool (T3) integrates Tactical Data Link configuration settings from multiple legacy systems onboard US Navy ships into a centralized browser-based interface and distributes them via a pub-sub framework to remote, authorized users. Demo presented by Fuse Integration, Inc. (N121-106)...

                                                                                                                                                                      Friday, February 18, 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Hall H
                                                                                                                                                                      Watch Livestream...
                                                                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      VADM Ann E. Rondeau, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                      President
                                                                                                                                                                      Naval Postgraduate School
                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      Steve Blank
                                                                                                                                                                      Adjunct Professor, Stanford University and
                                                                                                                                                                      Senior Fellow for Innovation, Columbia University
                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      Bran Ferren
                                                                                                                                                                      Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
                                                                                                                                                                      Applied Minds
                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      ADM James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                      former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
                                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                        Friday, February 18, 10:15 AM - 11:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                                                                        Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: Innovation Support Services/PEO MLB Ms. Noelle Shott ...
                                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                          Friday, February 18, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                                                                          Throughout the United States Department of Defense and Civilian Agencies, organizations are currently running the legacy edition of SAP's ERP system known as ECC and are facing a similar migration effort as the United States Navy. SAP many years ago stated they would be sunsetting this version of this ERP offering and directing they modernize to their new ERP instance known as S/4 HANA. As customers have begun this migration, there are several challenges relating to process flow, challenging interface design and a fear that if there is any diversion from the path provided by SAP, the migration is at risk.... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          Ray Wulff
                                                                                                                                                                          Industry Lead for Global Defense and Intelligence Programs
                                                                                                                                                                          Appian
                                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                            Friday, February 18, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: WEST Theater - Booth 1112
                                                                                                                                                                            Dual-use, commercial technology holds immense potential for Naval force modernization efforts but is an often underutilized and misunderstood market.  Michael Brown, Director DIU, will lead a panel of experts from the DoD and the private sector to explore how nontraditional defense firms and the Naval Services can find opportunities to collaborate and address future challenges.   ...
                                                                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            Mike Brown
                                                                                                                                                                            Director
                                                                                                                                                                            Defense Innovation Unit
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            CDR Jon Haase, USN
                                                                                                                                                                            Principle Assistant Program Manager PMS 408
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            Matthew Steckman
                                                                                                                                                                            Chief Revenue Officer
                                                                                                                                                                            Anduril
                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                              Friday, February 18, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Navy Information Warfare Theater - Booth 1148
                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                              RDML Kurt Rothenhaus, USN
                                                                                                                                                                              Program Executive Officer
                                                                                                                                                                              Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I)
                                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                Friday, February 18, 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: USMC Theater - Booth 4120
                                                                                                                                                                                “Tactical Transport” underpins the Marine Corps ability deliver combat power in the form of critical information exchange at relevant speeds.  The tactical transport is not a platform or a single network.  It is a diverse portfolio of transport options that can be federated and terminated at key sites across the globe.  It includes the electromagnetic spectrum, commercial and military space and its orbits, commercial internet service provider(C-ISP) connectivity, DISA’s teleport and optical backbone networks, commercially contracted digital backbone, and regional/base area network infrastructure among others.  Effective use of our “Tactical Transport” directly contributes to our commander’s ability to achieve information... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                CWO-4 Emedin Rivera III, USMC
                                                                                                                                                                                I Marine Expeditionary Force (IMEF)
                                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                  Friday, February 18, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Exhibit Floor, 2000 Aisle
                                                                                                                                                                                  Three new reports paint a troubling picture of recent changes in cybersecurity adversary tactics: ● A 2021 Microsoft study reports that 83% of all businesses have experienced a firmware attack in the past two years. ● Research by Gartner shows that by 2022, 70% of organizations that do not have a firmware upgrade plan in place will be breached due to a firmware vulnerability. ● In July 2021, a joint advisory on routinely exploited vulnerabilities was issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that showed how firmware-based vulnerabilities now account for 69%... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                  Stephen Spry
                                                                                                                                                                                  Chief Technology Officer & Vice President
                                                                                                                                                                                  Spry Squared
                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                  Michael Thelander
                                                                                                                                                                                  Director, Product Marketing
                                                                                                                                                                                  Eclypsium, Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                    Friday, February 18, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Navy FST Pavilion - Booth # 1709
                                                                                                                                                                                    Novel ATR platform to vectorize imagery generated by radar, satellite and other hyperspectral data sources. Utilizes mathematical models called Bézier curves and decision trees to improve reliability with no training and a completely auditable process. Demo  presented by Vy Corporation (N193-A02)...

                                                                                                                                                                                      Friday, February 18, 11:00 AM - 11:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Navy Information Warfare Pavilion - Booth 1446
                                                                                                                                                                                      Informal meetings with Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts. No appointment necessary. Zone 1: FNMOC CO/U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command  CAPT Christi Montgomery, USN ...
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Friday, February 18, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Halls E-H
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                                                                                                                                                                                          Friday, February 18, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Navy FST Pavilion - Booth # 1709
                                                                                                                                                                                          Ballistic Glass in our tactical fleet delaminates in the sight line and in storage. Our technology improves warfighter safety by reducing delamination to keep vehicles in service for longer. Target applications are tactical vehicles, rotor craft and marine vessels. Demo presented by JNI Armor (N181-001) ....

                                                                                                                                                                                            Friday, February 18, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Hall D
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            VADM Peter H. Daly, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                                            Former CEO and Publisher
                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Naval Institute
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Gen David H. Berger, USMC
                                                                                                                                                                                            Commandant
                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Marine Corps
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                                                                                                                                                                                            ADM Michael M. Gilday, USN
                                                                                                                                                                                            Chief of Naval Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Navy
                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            ADM Karl L. Schultz, USCG
                                                                                                                                                                                            Commandant
                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Coast Guard
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