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8:00AM
Registration & Light Breakfast
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8:25AM
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Leslie Beavers, SES - Former Acting Chief Information Officer - US DEPARTMENT OF WAR
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8:30AM
Delivering Decision Advantage: Integrating Intelligence, Data, and AI Across the Joint Force
Brigadier General Shannon O’Harren - Deputy Director for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations - US JOINT STAFF
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9:00AM
Industry Insights – Edge AI / Local AI – Data Sovereignty + Security Performance
Matt Barry - Federal COO - HP
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9:30AM
Driving Financial Operations and Government Efficiency at Scale
Justin Marsico - Chief Data Officer and Assistant Commissioner - US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
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10:00AM
Fireside Chat: Delivering Critical Capabilities at the Speed of Mission
Bonnie Evangelista - Director of Acquisition - OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT
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10:30AM
Coffee & Networking Break
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11:00AM
From Guardrails to Mission Outcomes: Defense in Depth for Agentic AI
Paul Jojy - Forward Deployed Engineering - DOMINO DATA LAB
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11:30AM
Advancing AI in Transportation for Safer and More Efficient Systems
Anil Chaudhry - Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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12:00PM
Unlocking the Value of Data as a Strategic Asset
Natalie Evans Harris - State Chief Data Officer - STATE OF MARYLAND
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12:30PM
Building the Connected City: Ottawa’s Digital Twin in Action
Randal Rodger - Program Manager, Geospatial Analytics, Technology & Solutions (GATS) - CITY OF OTTAWA
- Translating AI and machine learning initiatives into practical tools that improve government operations and decision-making
- Building the data infrastructure and governance frameworks needed to support scalable AI adoption across agencies
- Overcoming organizational and workforce challenges associated with integrating AI into public sector environments
- Identifying high-impact use cases for AI that enhance service delivery, efficiency, and long-term modernization efforts across state government
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1:00PM
Lunch & Networking
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2:00PM
Scaling Data Leadership Across Government: Lessons from the Federal CDAO Community
Rob King - 3x Federal CDO -
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2:30PM
5 Signs Your AI Governance Is Already Failing – And How to Fix It
Ben Brendle - Staff Product Manager - COLLIBRA
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3:00PM
Using Data and AI to Improve Health Outcomes and Government Service Delivery
Dr. ClarLynda Williams-DeVane, PhD - Chief Deputy Secretary - NC DHHS
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3:30PM
Technology Trends and AI in Public Health: From Strategy to Statewide Impact
Prachi Mondaiyka - Chief AI Strategy Officer - NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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4:00PM
Coffee & Networking Break
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4:30PM
Building the Data Ecosystem for an AI-Enabled Government
Laura Biven, PhD - Chief Data Officer - JEFFERSON LAB
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5:00PM
Fireside Chat: Integrated, Cross-Agency Platforms for Government Impact
Patrick McLoughlin - Executive Director, MD THINK, - STATE OF MARYLAND
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5:30PM
Scaling AI Across State Government to Drive Operational Impact
Lauren Maffeo - Senior AI/ML Program Manager - STATE OF MARYLAND
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6:00PM
Welcome Reception
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8:00AM
Registration & Light Breakfast
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8:40AM
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
Leslie Beavers, SES - Former Acting Chief Information Officer - US DEPARTMENT OF WAR
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8:45AM
Building the AI-Ready Organization: Modernization, Accountability, and Sustainable Transformation
Justin Carder - Chief Digital & AI Officer - DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY
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9:15AM
Panel Discussion: AI and the Adaptation Advantage: Outpacing Adversaries Through Rapid Innovation
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10:00 AM
Building the Digital Army: Delivering Technology at the Speed of the Mission
Gabriele Chiulli - Acting Chief Information Officer - US ARMY
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10:30 AM
Leveraging Data and AI to Drive Community Impact and Organizational Transformation
Andrew Patricio - Chief Data and AI Officer - UNIDOSUS
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11:00 AM
Coffee & Networking Break
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11:30AM
Panel Discussion: Breaking the Silo: How City Data Leaders Are Building Cross-Agency Infrastructure That Delivers Results
Cities operate some of the most complex multi-agency data environments in government. When a resident calls 911 with a mental health crisis, that call touches public safety, behavioral health, social services, and sometimes housing — each managed by a different department, on a different platform, accountable to different metrics. When a neighborhood experiences chronic vacancy, that problem sits at the intersection of code enforcement, housing development, infrastructure, and public safety data. For years, city governments managed this complexity departmentally. Leading cities are now doing something different.
This panel brings together Chief Data Officers and senior data leaders from cities at the frontier of cross-agency integration to examine what it actually takes to build shared data infrastructure that drives coordinated action. Speakers will discuss how they established the governance frameworks, data-sharing agreements, and accountability structures that made interoperability possible — and what they encountered when institutional culture, legal constraints, or legacy systems pushed back. Case examples will span mental health crisis response, housing and public safety, and community services, with concrete attention to implementation: what was built, how it is governed, and what changed in the decisions agencies were able to make.
Moderator: Stephen Caines, Director, New Cities, BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES WHAT WORKS CITIES
Panelists:
Jenny Durda, Director, Organizational Performance at Glendale, AZ
Dr. Kelly Williams, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Oklahoma
Abbie Patel-Jones, Director of Management & Budget, City of Dayton, OH
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12:15PM
Intelligence Without Action: Why Organizations Fail to Operationalize AI at Scale
Patrick McGarry - Federal Chief Data Officer - SERVICENO
- Using data and AI to improve decision-making and strengthen mission-driven initiatives across communities
- Building scalable data strategies that support more effective operations and measurable organizational outcomes
- Leveraging analytics and digital transformation to better understand community needs and improve service delivery
- Ensuring responsible and inclusive adoption of AI technologies across public-facing and mission-oriented organizations
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12:45 PM
Harnessing Data to Drive Smarter Environmental Policy and Public Service Delivery
Meghan Barrett Welch - Chief Data Officer - MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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1:15PM
Lunch & Networking Break
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2:00PM
Empowering Public Sector Transformation: Trustworthy AI in Regulated Environments
Brandon Bak - Principal Solutions Engineer & Field Chief Transformation Officer - ALTERYX
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2:30PM
AI Without Borders: Building Digital Capacity for the Next Generation of Government
Dr Mike Horton - Chair of the Africa Tech Forum - AFRICA ECONOMIC FORUM
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3:00PM
Applying Data Science and AI to Advance Mission Innovation at Scale
Victoria Da Poian - Lead Data Scientist, Quantum Sky - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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3:30PM
COFFEE & NETWORKING BREAK
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4:00PM
Roundtable 1: Operationalizing AI Across Defense Missions
As artificial intelligence transitions from experimentation to operational capability, defense leaders must address how AI systems can be deployed responsibly and at scale. This roundtable will explore the challenges of integrating AI into real-world defense missions, building trust in AI-enabled decision support, and aligning data, testing, and governance frameworks to ensure mission readiness.
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4:00PM
Roundtable 2: Data as a Warfighting Asset
Data is increasingly central to decision advantage across the Joint Force. This discussion will examine how defense organizations are building interoperable data environments that enable advanced analytics, AI applications, and faster operational insight. Participants will explore challenges around data governance, accessibility, and integration across services, agencies, and coalition partners.
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4:00PM
Roundtable 3: Cloud Infrastructure for Modern Defense Operations
Cloud computing is becoming foundational to defense digital transformation, enabling scalable computing, secure data environments, and advanced AI capabilities. This roundtable will explore how defense organizations are leveraging cloud architectures, edge computing, and hybrid environments to support mission systems, enhance operational resilience, and deliver digital capabilities at speed.
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4:00PM
Roundtable 4: Accelerating Technology Transition: From Innovation to Fielded Capability
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4:00PM
Roundtable 5: Human–Machine Teaming: Building Trust and Effectiveness
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4:00PM
Roundtable 6: Cyber Resilience in Contested Environments
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5:00PM
End of CDAO Government
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08:00
REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST
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09:50
How Deep Learning is Unlocking a $362B Value Creation Opportunity in Financial Services
Sergio Rego - AI Customer Engineer - SambaNova Systems
In the highly competitive age of digital transformation financial service organizations are facing accelerated urgency to improve their customer and employee experience while simultaneously reducing operating costs, and managing risk and compliance.
To meet these competing demands on their business, these organizations are racing to deploy deep learning to achieve a new competitive edge by optimizing their back office operations with intelligent document processing, personalizing their customer experience with cutting edge NLP models, and reducing fraud and risk using state-of-the-art deep learning.
AI is here and delivering new capabilities to help businesses solve large and complicated challenges. Join Bob Gaines to learn what that means for your business and how deep learning is helping organizations:
• Achieve higher compliance, faster and with lower costs • Dramatically improve Customer Experience • Reduce time to value from years to weeks
Sergio Rego is a customer engineer at SambaNova Systems where he helps clients deploy purpose-built, deep learning solutions in weeks rather than years. Sergio started his career in financial services, where he worked in strategy; active and index management; and product design and management. Sergio also served as a senior data scientist and team manager for a system integrator where he helped federal government agencies deploy ML and AI solutions.
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08:00
REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST
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09:50
How Deep Learning is Unlocking a $362B Value Creation Opportunity in Financial Services
Sergio Rego - AI Customer Engineer - SambaNova Systems
In the highly competitive age of digital transformation financial service organizations are facing accelerated urgency to improve their customer and employee experience while simultaneously reducing operating costs, and managing risk and compliance.
To meet these competing demands on their business, these organizations are racing to deploy deep learning to achieve a new competitive edge by optimizing their back office operations with intelligent document processing, personalizing their customer experience with cutting edge NLP models, and reducing fraud and risk using state-of-the-art deep learning.
AI is here and delivering new capabilities to help businesses solve large and complicated challenges. Join Bob Gaines to learn what that means for your business and how deep learning is helping organizations:
• Achieve higher compliance, faster and with lower costs • Dramatically improve Customer Experience • Reduce time to value from years to weeks
Sergio Rego is a customer engineer at SambaNova Systems where he helps clients deploy purpose-built, deep learning solutions in weeks rather than years. Sergio started his career in financial services, where he worked in strategy; active and index management; and product design and management. Sergio also served as a senior data scientist and team manager for a system integrator where he helped federal government agencies deploy ML and AI solutions.
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