Sunday, August 16, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Registration Hours
  • Room: Olmstead Street Level Foyer
Tracks:
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    Monday, August 17, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

    Registration Hours
    • Room: Olmstead Street Level Foyer
    Tracks:
    Supported By:

      Monday, August 17, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

      AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Critical Resilience: Infrastructure Support for Missions
      • Room: Lamar B/C
      NEW SESSION 08/14/26 - Abstract TBA...
      Speaker(s)
      Speaker (confirmed)
      Klint Walker
      Cyber Security Advisor for Region IV
      Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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        Monday, August 17, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

        Unlocking Mission-Critical Insights: Network Event Intelligence with Splunk
        • Room: Estes A
        This hands-on workshop will familiarize participants with managing network events using modern AIOps and event analytics platforms. Correlating alerts from enterprise network management systems alongside third-party monitoring tools, this workshop demonstrates how to consolidate event management, reduce alert noise in the NOC, and optimize alert workflows.  Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with them to the session if they plan on participating in the hands-on labs....
        Speaker(s)
        Panelist (confirmed)
        Eric Hennessey
        Solutions Engineer
        Splunk
        Panelist (confirmed)
        Frank Olechna
        Solutions Engineer
        Splunk
        Tracks:

          Monday, August 17, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

          Satellite Registration Hours
          • Room: 2nd Floor above Hotel Main Lobby
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          Supported By:

            Monday, August 17, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

            AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Cyber Threats and the OT Infrastructure
            • Room: Lamar B/C
            NEW SESSION 08/14/26 - Abstract TBA...
            Speaker(s)
            Speaker (confirmed)
            Klint Walker
            Cyber Security Advisor for Region IV
            Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
            Tracks:

              Monday, August 17, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

              AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Golf Tournament
              • Room: Eisenhower Lakes Golf Course
              Click here for more information and to register...
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                Monday, August 17, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

                PAI/OSINT Capture the Flag (Separate Registration Required)
                • Room: Georgia Cyber Center
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                  Monday, August 17, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                  AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Building Blocks for Cyber Security Maturity and Opportunities to Help Protect the USA Supply Chain (CMMC)
                  • Room: Lamar B/C
                  The DoD is implementing a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) that offers a consistent roadmap for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), and beyond, to mature its overall Cybersecurity capabilities in a proactive way to enhance their business case, protect their brand, while protecting our Nation’s Economy and Security. The CMMC ecosystem consists of various organizations managed and coordinated by the CyberAB and the Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization (CAICO), they currently include: Organizations Seeking Compliance (OSC) CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAO) Provisional Assessors/ Certified CMMC Professionals/ Certified CMMC Assessors Registered Practitioner Organization (RPO) Registered Practitioner (RP)/ Registered Practitioner Advanced (RPA) Licensed Publishing Partners (LPPs)/ Licensed... ...read more...
                  Speaker(s)
                  Moderator (confirmed)
                  Dan Turissini
                  Chair
                  AFCEA Homeland Security Committee
                  Panelist (confirmed)
                  Fernando Machado
                  Managing Principal and Chief Information Security Officer
                  Cybersec Investments
                  Panelist (confirmed)
                  Ali Pabrai
                  Chief Executive Officer
                  ecfirst
                  Tracks:

                    Monday, August 17, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                    AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: AI Governance
                    • Room: Lamar B/C
                    Speaker(s)
                    Moderator (confirmed)
                    COL Kathy Swacina, USA (Ret.)
                    Chief Information Officer, Kolibri Strategy
                    AFCEA Vice Chair, Homeland Security Committee
                    Panelist (confirmed)
                    Taiye Lambo
                    Founder and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
                    HISPI Project Cerebellum
                    Panelist (confirmed)
                    William McBorrough
                    Chief Information Security Officer and Lead CMMC Assessor
                    MCGlobal Tech
                    Panelist (confirmed)
                    Shivaji Sengupta
                    Founder and CEO
                    NXTKey Corporation
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                      AFCEA Preferred Provider Session: Protecting Our Nation's Critical Infrastructure: Technology and Threat Trends
                      • Room: Estes A
                      The systems that keep the lights on, the water clean, and the fuel moving were engineered for one thing: decades of reliable operation. How do you secure these critical systems that were never designed with security in mind? Join Jason D. Christopher, SANS certified instructor & course authors as we explore the differences between IT and OT and the trends across both threats and technologies. These systems were built with different priorities, different protocols, and very different consequences when something goes wrong. A security program built for the enterprise will fail on the plant floor, and understanding why is the foundation... ...read more...
                      Speaker(s)
                      Speaker (confirmed)
                      Jason D. Christopher
                      SANS Certified Instructor
                      Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation, Energy Impact Partners
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                      Handout(s)

                        Monday, August 17, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

                        AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: The Speed of Threat: Modernizing Code for the AI and Post-Quantum Era
                        • Room: Lamar B/C
                        Last year, "Dark Entry" tore down myths about "secure" infrastructure. This year, we have seen hasty AI integration and subsequent weaponization dramatically widen the risk aperture. This vulnerability stems from the rigid, legacy code rotting underneath it all, making modern encryption merely table-stakes for data security.  If the United States is going to win the AI race economically and from a national security perspective, we must face a harsh reality: forcing advanced AI agents into ancient architectures creates massive security blind spots, shadow AI usage, and catastrophic data leaks. Worse, there simply isn't enough time to manually rewrite this software, even... ...read more...
                        Speaker(s)
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        Paul J. Lilly, Ph.D., DM, MBA, PMP
                        Founder
                        Taj Quantum
                        Panelist (confirmed)
                        Kathryn (Kat) Wang
                        Principal, Public Sector
                        SandboxAQ
                        Tracks:
                        Handout(s)
                          AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Zero Trust in Support for Kinetic Warfare Dominance "Giving Commanders the Confidence in the Data to Guide Bullets"
                          • Room: Estes B
                          Military kinetic overmatch is underpinned by synergizing weapon systems across intelligence, artillery, C2 systems, etc at speeds faster than the enemy...aka, the OODA loop.  In an AI / Automated era, the only way to ensure success, is to ensure decision-makers are confident in the data they are receiving.  To modernize these efforts faster than the enemy the US must securely move in ways that are not network centric, but data centric…and the only way to do that is through a modern Zero Trust Architecture....
                          Speaker(s)
                          Speaker (confirmed)
                          Patrick Perry
                          Field Chief Technology Officer
                          Public Sector, Zscaler GOV Solutions
                          Tracks:
                            The Cyber Success Vector™: Applying the DCWF to Build Mission-Ready Cyber Talent for Life-Critical and Defense Systems
                            • Room: Estes A
                            Cybersecurity mandates across defense, business, government, and life-critical systems are growing in urgency and complexity. Whether facing compliance, Agile integration, or zero-failure system demands, organizations increasingly depend on more than just secure code — they need people who are capable, aligned, and ready for what’s next. This talk introduces the Cyber Success Vector™, a leadership and workforce development model designed to grow mission-ready cyber professionals. Fully compatible with the Defense Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) and NICE Workforce Framework (NICE), this model enables organizations to: Build and sustain NICE-aligned competencies across diverse roles. Integrate cyber readiness into Agile and DevSecOps environments Align people capabilities with... ...read more...
                            Speaker(s)
                            Speaker (confirmed)
                            LTC Douglas Gray, USA (Ret.)
                            Founder
                            GrayVector LLC
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                            Handout(s)

                              Monday, August 17, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                              AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: 2026 Update: The Global State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity
                              • Room: Estes B
                              Advanced technologies like digital modernization, AI, 5G, and cloud change the way we work every day.  Modernization initiatives continue to move industrial organizations towards a more data-driven decision-making process.  There are also added risks as dependence on connectivity between networks, operators, and third parties essentially removes the previous air gap between IT and OT networks. These risks include an expanding attack surface where bad actors leverage AI and automation to develop and scale attacks faster than ever before. Meanwhile, legacy systems—despite their decades of reliability--lack security-by-design controls and remain sensitive to change.   This presentation will highlight key findings related to process and solution... ...read more...
                              Speaker(s)
                              Speaker (confirmed)
                              William (Bill) Lemons
                              Director, Systems Engineering
                              Fortinet Federal
                              Tracks:
                                AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: DC3: Securing the Defense Ecosystem Through Public-Private Collaboration
                                • Room: Lamar B/C
                                The U.S. Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is a primary target for advanced cyber adversaries seeking to compromise sensitive defense information. Securing this vast ecosystem, which includes the DoD, DIB partners, and academic enterprises, is critical to maintaining the Joint Force's technological edge. This session will provide an in-depth overview of the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), a Federal Cyber Center at the forefront of this mission. We will explore DC3's multifaceted lines of effort, from digital forensics and cyber training to its pivotal role in facilitating public-private partnerships. Attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the voluntary DIB Cybersecurity (DIB... ...read more...
                                Speaker(s)
                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                Terrance (Terry) Kalka
                                Director
                                DC3 DoD-Defense Industrial Base Collaboration Information Sharing Environment (DCISE)
                                Tracks:
                                Handout(s)
                                  AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Zero Trust as the Operational Backbone of CMMC
                                  • Room: Estes A
                                  Now that Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has transitioned from a compliance construct to an enforceable contractual requirement, defense contractors are confronting a critical reality: compliance alone does not equal resilience. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification establishes what must be protected and which practices must be institutionalized, but it is Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) that defines how those requirements are sustainably operationalized in modern, hybrid, and contested environments. This session explores how Zero Trust is not a parallel initiative to CMMC, but the architectural and operational foundation that enables consistent, measurable, and defensible compliance across CMMC domains. By eliminating implicit trust... ...read more...
                                  Speaker(s)
                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                  Derek Kernus
                                  CEO
                                  Aethon Security
                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                  Noël Vestal
                                  CIO
                                  Aethon Security
                                  Tracks:
                                  Handout(s)

                                    Tuesday, August 18, 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM

                                    Registration Hours
                                    • Room: Olmstead Street Level Foyer
                                    Tracks:
                                    Supported By:

                                      Satellite Registration Hours
                                      • Room: 2nd Floor above Hotel Main Lobby
                                      Tracks:
                                      Supported By:

                                        Tuesday, August 18, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

                                        Morning Coffee Break
                                        • Room: Plaza Lobby/Riverwalk Hallway
                                        Tracks:
                                        Supported By:

                                          Tuesday, August 18, 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

                                          Welcome & Opening Keynote: "Understanding Today's Imperative: The Urgent Need to Deliver Results for America"
                                          • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                          Watch here...
                                          Speaker(s)
                                          Keynote (confirmed)
                                          Joseph D. Welch
                                          Executive Director, Transformation and Training Command, US Army
                                          Portfolio Acquisition Executive, C2/Counter C2
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          LTG Bruce T. Crawford, USA (Ret.)
                                          President & CEO
                                          AFCEA International
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          MG Ryan M. Janovic, USA
                                          Commanding General
                                          U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Gordon
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          The Honorable Garnett Johnson
                                          Mayor
                                          City of Augusta
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          Russell Keen, Ed.D.
                                          President
                                          Augusta University
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                                            Tuesday, August 18, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

                                            Networking Break/View Exhibits/Coffee Break
                                            • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                            Tracks:
                                            Supported By:

                                              Tuesday, August 18, 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM

                                              Exhibit Hours
                                              • Room: Exhibit Areas
                                              Tracks:

                                                Tuesday, August 18, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

                                                Forecast to Industry: NETCOM Current Transformation Progress and Potential Future Initiatives (Session 1)
                                                • Room: Cumming
                                                Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop During this session, NETCOM will cover the recent modernization efforts that have reshaped Army Enterprise Network Services and highlight integration challenges that our industry partners can work to reduce as we continue to deepen our commercial partnerships.  Discussion will touch on ecosystem unique integration requirements, updates to enterprise identity integration requirements for applications and the challenges that the Department could use technical expertise to help mitigate. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Summarize the recent modernization efforts and their direct impact on reshaping Army Enterprise Network Services. Identify... ...read more...
                                                Speaker(s)
                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                CW5 Shawn E. Petermann, USA
                                                Command Chief Warrant Officer
                                                U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
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                                                  Tuesday, August 18, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                  AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Immersive Cybersecurity Training and Cyber Ranges: Enhancing C2 Resilience and Counter-C2 Capabilities for Army and Joint Warfighting
                                                  • Room: Estes A
                                                  Modern Army and Joint C2 (Command and Control) including Next Generation C2 (NGC2) and CJADC2 initiatives - relies on networked IT, communications, and data systems that are prime targets in contested environments. Counter-C2 involves disrupting adversary command nodes through cyber means (e.g., offensive operations, red teaming against C2 frameworks). ATA’s expertise directly supports both: defensive training to secure friendly C2 systems and offensive/purple team skills to enable Counter-C2 effects. The human element in C2/Counter-C2 success: Why certifications alone aren’t enough  - immersive, scenario-based training is essential. Cyber ranges as force multipliers: Real-world examples of mission rehearsal for C2 protection and offensive Counter-C2... ...read more...
                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                  Lynn Fisher
                                                  CEO
                                                  Applied Technology Academy
                                                  Tracks:
                                                    DISA Hybrid Cloud Solutions Portfolio 101: Why Our Cloud, Hosting, and Security Services are Essential to Your Mission
                                                    • Room: Government Theater
                                                    Join us for an overview of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hybrid Cloud Solutions’ (J9) portfolio. Discover how DISA’s HCS acts as a hybrid cloud broker, simplifying access to a wide array of capabilities. We’ll cover our global data center footprint and a robust catalog of offerings including Infrastructure as Code, Containers as a Service, and advanced Cybersecurity Solutions. Whether your focus is modernizing legacy systems, deploying applications at the tactical edge, or ensuring operational resilience, this conversation will provide a clear roadmap to leveraging the right solution, at the right location, at the right time to ensure mission success....
                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                    Steve Rudy
                                                    Hybrid Cloud Broker, Hybrid Cloud Solutions (J9)
                                                    Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                    Tracks:
                                                      Insights and Implications from the Ukraine-Russia War
                                                      • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                      The ongoing War in Ukraine fundamentally redefines the paradigm of tactical communications, prompting an immediate evolution in the US Army’s Concept of Signal Support. In an environment where radio frequency (RF) emissions and thermal signatures immediately give away unit positions and invite precision targeting within a matter of minutes, the challenge of deploying resilient, survivable command posts while satisfying requirements for high-bandwidth data and video becomes increasingly complex. This session moves beyond theory by leveraging real-world case studies from the War in Ukraine to confront the reality of exercising command & control on a transparent battlefield proliferated with unmanned systems,... ...read more...
                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      1LT R. Forrest Ansell Jr., USA
                                                      Signal Advisor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
                                                      Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U)
                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                      CPT Josiah Turner, USA
                                                      Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) G3 Joint Operations
                                                      Tracks:
                                                        Public Affairs Data and Application Layer as Part of NextGenC2
                                                        • Room: Lamar A
                                                        Near-real-time situational awareness from the tactical edge to the strategic level is paramount in modern multi-domain operations. While Public Affairs (PA) and Visual Information (VI) assets act as the commander's "eyes forward," their outputs must be fully integrated into the tactical network to speed decision-making and support the national narrative. This panel addresses the critical need to align both raw Publicly Available Information (PAI) and PA-generated products with the Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) Data Layer ontology. By integrating PA data directly alongside maneuver, fires, and cyber data, commanders can generate synchronized, well-informed information products at the speed of... ...read more...
                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                        COL Stacy Hopwood, USA
                                                        Commandant
                                                        U.S. Army Public Affairs School
                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                        Joseph Bicchieri
                                                        Force Development Analyst
                                                        Army Proponent Office – Public Affairs
                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                        LTC Clifton (Cliff) Hubbert, USA
                                                        4th Infantry Division, G-6
                                                        U.S. Army
                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                        Theresa A. Robinson
                                                        Cloud Computing Team Chief
                                                        U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                        MAJ Michael Shaheen, USS
                                                        Public Affairs Officer
                                                        4th Infantry Division
                                                        Tracks:
                                                          Spectrum Warfighting: A Multi-Discipline Approach to Thriving and Winning in the EMS
                                                          • Room: Georgia Cyber Center Auditorium
                                                          The electromagnetic spectrum is no longer a passive background condition — it is warfighting terrain that must be seized, held, and exploited. As threat systems grow cheaper, more proliferated, and harder to defeat, the integration of Electromagnetic Warfare and Spectrum Management Operations has moved from a doctrinal preference to an operational imperative. The Army's Cyber Center of Excellence now owns both missions under one institutional roof — and the question of how to architect that enterprise for the fight ahead is not yet answered.  This panel brings together two senior operational leaders who have lived the EW and spectrum management integration... ...read more...
                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                          COL John J. Hosey, USA
                                                          6th Chief of Cyber
                                                          Commandant, U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School
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                                                            Tuesday, August 18, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

                                                            International Military & Collegiate Capture the Flag (Separate Registration Required)
                                                            • Room: Georgia Cyber Center
                                                            Tracks:
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                                                              Tuesday, August 18, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                              Deep Dive / Q&A: "Army Unified Directory Service - Classified (AUDS-C)"
                                                              • Room: Cumming
                                                              Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop Intro: Briefing and live Q&A introducing Army Unified Directory Services — Classified (AUDS-C): the centralized Active Directory domain on SIPRNet that replaces disparate theater directories and centralizes identity and endpoint management for the classified enterprise. What you’ll learn: AUDS-C architecture and mission role, how it enables global user/device mobility, impact on security and operations, migration/phasing strategy from legacy directories, and readiness for IL6 cloud adoption. Who should attend: Enterprise AD admins, identity and access managers, SIPR network operators, cybersecurity leads, application owners. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Describe... ...read more...
                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                              Robert Loiseau
                                                              IT Specialist & U.S. Army Program Owner, Enterprise Directory Services
                                                              U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
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                                                                Tuesday, August 18, 10:45 AM - 11:05 AM

                                                                Understanding the Division's Fight: Lessons from the Tactical Edge
                                                                • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                Watch here...
                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                MG Patrick J. Ellis, USA
                                                                Commanding General
                                                                4th Infantry Division & Fort Carson
                                                                Tracks:

                                                                  Tuesday, August 18, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                  AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Decision Superiority for Leaders: Human Performance Optimization in the Drone and AI Era
                                                                  • Room: Estes A
                                                                  In the age of drones and AI, the limiting factor in decision superiority is increasingly the human leader, not the technology. Mass data from autonomous systems and AI tools creates cognitive overload that degrades judgment precisely when speed and accuracy matter most. This session delivers Human Performance Optimization approaches and decision-making strategies designed for leaders operating in these environments. Attendees will explore how to manage cognitive load, integrate AI effectively into decision processes, and sustain high-quality judgment under the relentless tempo of modern operations....
                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                  Gregory Charlop, MD
                                                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                                                  Corsica Military Solutions
                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                  Handout(s)
                                                                    Implementation of DoD 8140: Deploying an Agile, Capable, and Ready Cyber Workforce
                                                                    • Room: Government Theater
                                                                    The increasing prevalence of cyber threats highlight the critical need for the Department of Defense to have a capable and ready cyber workforce. The Department's approach features the implementation of a holistic talent management strategy codified in the DOD 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program, featuring an agile and responsive framework that will drive innovation and development across the cyber workforce. Through the DoD 8140, the Department is expanding the qualification program from less than 9,000 positions to roughly 225,000 military, civilian, and contractor positions by establishing foundational and residential qualification criteria for each DoD Cyber Workforce Framework work role. This presentation... ...read more...
                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                    Matthew Isnor
                                                                    Division Chief, Cyber Workforce Development
                                                                    Office of the DoW Chief Information Officer
                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                    Alfredo Rodriguez
                                                                    Deputy Director and Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Data and Analytics
                                                                    Office of the DOW CIO
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                                                                      Meet Us in the Container: A Government-Industry Dialogue on Accelerating Secure Software Delivery
                                                                      • Room: Estes B
                                                                      To solve the government's hardest problems at the speed of relevance, public and private sectors must find a common operating ground. As government agencies increasingly leverage their own extensible orchestration platforms, the path to rapid deployment relies on industry delivering targeted, containerized solutions rather than complex external environments. This panel brings together government and industry experts to discuss how both sides can "meet us in the container" to streamline integration and accelerate delivery. We will explore real-world strategies for leveraging automated DevSecOps, embedding security during development to drastically reduce post-deployment hurdles and rapidly field secure, mission-critical capabilities. Learning Objectives: Upon completion... ...read more...
                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                      LTC Dan Hawthorne, USA
                                                                      780th Military Intelligence Brigade
                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                      Gabriele Chiulli
                                                                      Chief Information Officer (Acting)
                                                                      U.S. Army
                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                      Aaron Lippold
                                                                      Principal Applied Cybersecurity Engineer
                                                                      MITRE
                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                      Justin Steele
                                                                      Value Stream Leader, Iron Bank
                                                                      DoD Platform One
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                                                                        Thinking Beyond the Battlespace: How the U.S. Army Can Build Competitive Advantage in Cyber, AI, and Information Warfare
                                                                        • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                        The U.S. Army faces near-peer adversaries who are not merely modernizing platforms, but reimagining competition itself. China, Russia, Iran, and other strategic competitors are exploiting cyber operations, artificial intelligence, data ecosystems, electronic warfare, and information manipulation to contest U.S. advantages below the threshold of armed conflict and across every domain of war. In this environment, incremental modernization is insufficient. The Army must cultivate outside-the-box thinking that treats information, cognition, data, and speed of adaptation as decisive sources of combat power. This panel will explore how the Army can create durable competitive advantage by challenging legacy assumptions about organization, acquisition, training,... ...read more...
                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                        Craig Albert, Ph.D.
                                                                        Professor of Political Science
                                                                        Augusta University
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Melissa Graves, Ph.D.
                                                                        Department Chair & Associate Professor of Intelligence and Security Studies
                                                                        The Citadel
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Carine Lallemand, Ph.D.
                                                                        Editor-in-Chief and Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
                                                                        The Cyber Defense Review, Army Cyber Institute
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        LTC Michael Quigg, II, Ph.D., USA
                                                                        Research Scientist
                                                                        Army Cyber Institute
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Nick Saacks
                                                                        Deputy to the Commanding General
                                                                        U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)
                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                          Tuesday, August 18, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                                                                          Quantifying Zero Trust Readiness — A Risk‑Based Model for Accelerating Federal Adoption
                                                                          • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                          Federal agencies and military organizations face an unprecedented challenge: achieving full Zero Trust (ZT) adoption by the FY2027 end of year mandate while maintaining mission availability, operational continuity, and security at scale. Traditional checklist driven approaches have proven insufficient for environments where strict access controls can disrupt critical operations, where modernization budgets are constrained, and where workforce capacity is already stretched thin. These challenges are amplified in operational technology (OT) environments, where legacy systems, safety critical processes, and limited downtime windows make Zero Trust implementation uniquely complex.   This presentation introduces the Zero Trust Risk Based Objective Assessment Methodology (ZT ROAM), a... ...read more...
                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                          CPT William Johnson, USA (Ret.)
                                                                          Chief of Software Product Delivery
                                                                          Tensley Consulting Inc.
                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                          Handout(s)

                                                                            Tuesday, August 18, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                            Warrant Officer Sr. Leader Small Group
                                                                            • Room: Lamar A
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                                                                              Tuesday, August 18, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                              JCSE Airborne Exercise
                                                                              • Room: Barton Field, Fort Gordon
                                                                                Networking Lunch
                                                                                • Room: Olmstead Street Foyer
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                                                                                  Tuesday, August 18, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM

                                                                                  Panel Session: Next Generation Integration: C2, Intel, and Fires in the Counter-C2 Fight
                                                                                  • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                  In the era of Great Power Competition, dismantling an adversaries’ Command and Control (C2) architecture is the foundational prerequisite for operational success. The "Counter-C2 Fight" requires a paradigm shift from siloed capabilities and operational planning to deep, multi-domain convergence. This panel explores the critical nexus of the Network, Intelligence, Precision Fires, and rapid Acquisitions, orchestrated through the lens of Counter-C2.  Our senior leaders will dissect the complexities of achieving decision dominance in degraded, disconnected, and denied environments. The discussion will highlight how the Intelligence community’s deep sensing capabilities feed directly into the lethal geometry of the Fires community, while the... ...read more...
                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                  COL Don E. Sedivy, USA
                                                                                  Director, Transformation Integration
                                                                                  U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                  COL Tyler R. Donnell, USA
                                                                                  Director of Offensive Fires Transformation and Lessons Learned Manager
                                                                                  U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence
                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                  Chris P. Manning
                                                                                  Capability Program Executive
                                                                                  Capability Program Executive Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (CPE ISW)
                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                  BG Jack (Shane) Taylor, USA
                                                                                  Capability Program Executive
                                                                                  Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
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                                                                                    Tuesday, August 18, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

                                                                                    Solution Review: Quantum-Resistant Optimization for Electromagnetic Warfare in GPS-Denied Areas
                                                                                    • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                    As modern battlefields grow increasingly complex, the integration of quantum-resistant optimization into Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) and combat systems is critical for real-time threat analysis in GPS-denied environments. This session explores how proactive, resilient data security strategies—leveraging NetApp’s Intelligent Data Infrastructure—can prevent and mitigate cyber, post-quantum cryptography (PQC), and ransomware threats. Attendees will learn how NetApp’s built-in autonomous ransomware protection, data security posture management, instant data recovery, and hybrid multi-cloud capabilities prevent attacks and enable robust recovery from immutable cyber vaults. By aligning quantum resistant technologies with NetApp’s data-centric security solutions, this presentation delivers actionable insights to ensure mission success while... ...read more...
                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                    Doug Woodberry
                                                                                    Army Senior Solutions Engineer
                                                                                    NetApp
                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                    Handout(s)

                                                                                      Tuesday, August 18, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                      Afternoon Refreshment Break
                                                                                      • Room: Reynolds Street/Outdoor Pavilion
                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                      Supported By:

                                                                                        Tuesday, August 18, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                                                        Deep Dive / Q&A: "Global Secure Network (GSN)"
                                                                                        • Room: Cumming
                                                                                        Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop Intro: Introduction and expert Q&A on the Global Secure Network (GSN) and its three pillars—CSfC, SCSS, and MILS—modernizing classified transport and security across the Army. What you’ll learn: CSfC dual-layer encryption use cases; SCSS enterprise SIPR service model and benefits; MILS domain separation enabling shared infrastructure for NIPR/SIPR/MPE; transition benefits to a flexible, mobile classified enterprise. Who should attend: Security architects, network security engineers, installation IT leads, mission partner integrators. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Describe the three foundational pillars of the Global Secure Network (GSN)—CSfC, SCSS, and... ...read more...
                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                        LTC Dustin Lenz, USA
                                                                                        Senior Army National Guard (ARNG) Advisor & Global Secure Network Military Lead
                                                                                        U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                          Tuesday, August 18, 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

                                                                                          Panel Session: Iterating at the Speed of Relevance: Insights from Our Industry Partners
                                                                                          • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                          This panel session will also include a presentation from Cyber Defense Review. Modern warfare is unfolding at machine speed. Adversaries continuously adapt their command and control (C2) capabilities while aggressively targeting our ability to communicate, sense, decide, and act. Winning tomorrow’s fight demands more than technological superiority—it requires unprecedented collaboration between government, industry, and academia to rapidly deliver trusted, interoperable, and mission-ready capabilities. This panel brings together senior industry executives whose organizations are helping shape the future of secure communications, cloud modernization, mobility, data, artificial intelligence, and resilient command and control across the Joint Force. The discussion will explore how industry is... ...read more...
                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                          LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                          Former President & CEO
                                                                                          AFCEA International
                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                          Michael Grochol
                                                                                          Vice President, Technology
                                                                                          GDIT
                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                          Ross Guckert
                                                                                          Area Vice President for DoW
                                                                                          Oracle Defense & Intelligence
                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                          Leslie Hulser
                                                                                          Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy
                                                                                          Persistent Systems
                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                          Jared Shepard
                                                                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                                                                          Hypori Inc.
                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                            Tuesday, August 18, 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                            Solution Review: Optimizing the Last Tactical Mile: Adaptive Logistics, Resource Allocation, and Autonomous Coordination Across Contested Networks
                                                                                            • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                            The next fight will be fast, spread out, and changing constantly under uncertainty. That puts unprecedented load on the systems that move and prioritize people, equipment, supplies, and autonomous assets. This session addresses optimizing logistics, resource allocation, and autonomous coordination across domains in near real time while keeping systems working when bandwidth is tight and there is no central control. Two requirements converge into one problem. First, sustainment: distributed, predictive planning with no single hub that re-prioritizes how combat power moves as conditions, demand, and losses change. That is the digital backbone of the NDS industrial-base and readiness line of effort.... ...read more...
                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                            Michael Longoria
                                                                                            Mission Account Manager - U.S. Army
                                                                                            ServiceNow
                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                            Handout(s)

                                                                                              Tuesday, August 18, 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                              Reducing Cognitive Burden Through Intelligent Operational Insights
                                                                                              • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                              Army operations generate unprecedented volumes of data across networks, applications, endpoints, cloud environments, platforms, and mission systems. While access to data continues to increase, operators are often challenged by fragmented information sources, competing priorities, and the growing complexity of managing digital environments. As data volumes expand across tactical and enterprise environments, success increasingly depends on reducing cognitive burden by transforming vast amounts of operational data into clear, actionable insights that help operators identify what requires attention, understand potential mission impact, and make data-driven decisions with greater speed and confidence. This session will examine how modern approaches to AI-driven analytics, intelligent alerting,... ...read more...
                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                              Bill Roberts
                                                                                              Federal Field CTO
                                                                                              Riverbed Technology
                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                Tuesday, August 18, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

                                                                                                Intel Support for Signal Operations
                                                                                                • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                Part I: The Three Pillars of Intel Support to Cyber/Signal 1. Understand the Organization Know our footprint, equipment, and priorities You cannot support — or enable — what you do not understand 2. Operate & Maintain Overwatch the Adversarial Order of Battle and the physical infrastructure beneath the mission Keep the commander informed of operational health and risk through quantitative threshold metrics 3. Secure Characterize cyber threats against our networks and assets Study how Malicious Cyber Actors (MCAs) target adjacent organizations — their TTPs and infrastructure Translate that understanding into commander-level decision advantage Part II: Five Critical Links for Success Defined Roles — Intelligence functions aligned to DCWF work roles under DoD... ...read more...
                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                CW2 Devyn Hearn, USA
                                                                                                Signals Intelligence Analysis Technician
                                                                                                U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                  Tuesday, August 18, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                                  Solution Review: Trust No Agent: Quantifying Where Autonomous AI Breaks Before Adversaries Do
                                                                                                  • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                  As the Army fields autonomous, agentic AI to operate at machine speed, a new class of risk emerges. ""Synthetic Access"" describes breaches in which manipulated or compromised agents gain unauthorized machine-to-machine (M2M) access. Conventional security controls were never designed to anticipate how AI agents, and the models behind them, fail under adversarial pressure, leaving M2M protocols validated against yesterday's threats rather than tomorrow's. SeekrBreakr closes this gap with a mathematical, science-based approach to AI model and agent pen-testing. By systematically breaking LLMs and agents to understand precisely how and where they fail, SeekrBreakr delivers neuron-level insight and quantified assessments of adversarial... ...read more...
                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                  Tyler Hallmark
                                                                                                  VP , Data Science
                                                                                                  Seekr
                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                    Tuesday, August 18, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                                                                    AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Borderland Security: Emerging Tech, Hybrid Threats, and Allied Resilience or Borderland Security in a Contested World: AI, Sensors, Drones, and Resilient Communications
                                                                                                    • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                    Border security involves the regulation and monitoring of a country's borders to manage both legal and illegal entry, prevent criminal activities, and ensure national safety. Securing and managing our borders have been priority mission areas for the military and Homeland Security since their creation. The United States shares 7,500 miles of land border with Canada and Mexico, as well as rivers, lakes and coastal waters along both borders. Our borders also include airspace and the sea. Together these agencies are responsible for the protection of our Country. In addition, our international airports receive international flights, serving as the primary entry point... ...read more...
                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                    Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                    COL Kathy Swacina, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                    Chief Information Officer, Kolibri Strategy
                                                                                                    AFCEA Vice Chair, Homeland Security Committee
                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                    CDT Jaden Clark-Davidson
                                                                                                    Cadet
                                                                                                    University of North Georgia
                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                    Kari Lindberg
                                                                                                    Honorary Consul of Finland
                                                                                                    State of Georgia
                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                    Dan Turissini
                                                                                                    Chair
                                                                                                    AFCEA Homeland Security Committee
                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                    Paul Wertz
                                                                                                    Sr. Director Government Development & Sales
                                                                                                    eGain
                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                      AI: Intel Friend or Foe - The Path Forward
                                                                                                      • Room: Georgia Cyber Center Auditorium
                                                                                                      The panel will discuss: - How is AI enhancing US National Security? - What provisions are being made to safeguard our AI future? - What role does Public/Private partnership play in our national strategy? - What are some key recommendations for going forward?...
                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Jim Payne
                                                                                                      Member
                                                                                                      AFCEA Cyber Committee
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Glenn Gaffney
                                                                                                      former Director, Science and Technology
                                                                                                      Central Intelligence Agency
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Charles W. Robinson
                                                                                                      Public Sector Leader, Quantum Computing
                                                                                                      IBM
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Darnell Washington
                                                                                                      President and CEO
                                                                                                      SecureXperts
                                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                                        Daily Closing Address: Translating Combat Lessons into Requirements at Speed
                                                                                                        • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                        If there is one lesson that history has taught us repeatedly, is that Armies who do not adapt to the changes in warfare – lose.  As the US Army celebrates its 251st birthday, it is adapting every day to the challenges of the modern battlefield.  Conflicts in Europe and the Mideast and threats in the Pacific have forced the Army to examine all aspects of how we fight in the current environment.  Whether that is changes in our doctrine, how we organize our units, how we train, how we equip our formations, or how we develop our Soldiers and Leaders,... ...read more...
                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                        Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                        Paul P. Reese, Ph.D.
                                                                                                        Director, Transformation Integration Directorate
                                                                                                        Combined Arms Center
                                                                                                        Tracks:
                                                                                                          DISA Cloud Environment Private for Joint Mission Readiness
                                                                                                          • Room: Government Theater
                                                                                                          DISA Cloud Environment Private is a globally deployed, privately hosted hybrid cloud platform that delivers secure, high-performance application modernization directly to the operational and strategic edge. By providing Department of War strategic partners with reliable control over their data, infrastructure, and performance, DCE-P serves as a critical technological enabler for resilient operational capabilities and continuous mission readiness in contested joint environments....
                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                          Michael Garrison
                                                                                                          DISA Cloud Environment Private Program Manager, Hybrid Cloud Solutions ( (J9)
                                                                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                          Handout(s)
                                                                                                            Hack the Pipeline: Building the Agile, Skills-First Cyber Workforce of Tomorrow
                                                                                                            • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                            Mark S. Gorak
                                                                                                            Principal Director, Resources and Analysis, and Director, Cyber Academic Engagement Office
                                                                                                            Office of the DoW Chief Information Officer
                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                              Resilient C2 Under DDIL Conditions: Data and Apps at the Edge
                                                                                                              • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                              To maintain decision dominance, commanders and leaders at every echelon must seamlessly transition to local edge applications and data when denied connectivity to remote cloud compute resources. This panel brings together the orchestrators of the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) data layer, Cyberspace and Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) analysis experts, and operational leaders who seek resilience for battlefield awareness when network connectivity is denied or degraded. The discussion will highlight how the NGC2 technology stack enabled operations in a contested environment at a recent Ivy MASS exercise, and how NGC2 provides a management control plane for Warfighters to configure,... ...read more...
                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                              COL Reggie Evans, USA
                                                                                                              Command and Control Future Capability Directorate
                                                                                                              Army Futures and Concepts Command
                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Mark Baron
                                                                                                              PdM Combat Support Applications Chief Engineer
                                                                                                              Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                              MAJ Cedric Harris, USA
                                                                                                              Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC)
                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Nicholas Palmer
                                                                                                              Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Jean Marie Vettel, Ph.D.
                                                                                                              Chief Architect for Algorithmic Warfare
                                                                                                              Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2)
                                                                                                              Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                              LTC Sal Messina, USA
                                                                                                              25th Infantry Division
                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                Signal-Cyber Leader Professional Development Session
                                                                                                                • Room: Lamar A
                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                CSM Kevin D. Flickinger, USA
                                                                                                                Command Sergeant Major
                                                                                                                Cyber Protection Brigade
                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                CSM Lisa Gandy, USA
                                                                                                                Regimental Command Sergeant Major
                                                                                                                Army Signal Corps

                                                                                                                  Tuesday, August 18, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                  Warrant Officer Professional Development - Signal / Cyber / EW
                                                                                                                  • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                                  This WOPD session will focus on Signal Transformation, CYBERCOM 2.0, and EW integration efforts that are shaping the way the Army fights Signal, Cyber, and EW in the future. The focal group for the WOPD are COMPO 1, 2, and 3 Warrant Officers. However, others are invited to attend as space permits.  Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Explain the operational impacts of Signal Transformation on future Army communications. Analyze the implementation and strategic shifts introduced by CYBERCOM 2.0. Evaluate Electronic Warfare (EW) integration efforts shaping future multi-domain operations. Synthesize how the convergence of Signal, Cyber, and EW capabilities... ...read more...
                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  CW5 Matthias J. Ingle, Sr., USA
                                                                                                                  Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                  Department of the Army
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  CW5 David P. (Paul) Lucy, USA
                                                                                                                  Command Chief Warrant Officer
                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Cyber Command
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  CW5 Willie Newkirk, USA
                                                                                                                  8th Regimental Chief Warrant Officer
                                                                                                                  Signal Regiment
                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                    Tuesday, August 18, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

                                                                                                                    19th Hole Networking Reception
                                                                                                                    • Room: Exhibit Area
                                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                                    Supported By:

                                                                                                                      Wednesday, August 19, 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                      Satellite Registration Hours
                                                                                                                      • Room: 2nd Floor above Hotel Main Lobby
                                                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                                                      Supported By:

                                                                                                                        Wednesday, August 19, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                        Registration Hours
                                                                                                                        • Room: Olmstead Street Level Foyer
                                                                                                                        Tracks:
                                                                                                                        Supported By:

                                                                                                                          Wednesday, August 19, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

                                                                                                                          AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Addressing Burnout: Looking at Cognitive Stress Through the Neurodivergent Lens
                                                                                                                          • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                          Cognitive stress and burnout are risks that disproportionately affect the STEM workforce. By adapting work processes through a neurodivergent lens, organizations uncover vital strategies that reinforce psychological safety and enhance sense of purpose for all personnel. This session explores how evidence-based practices close systemic gaps, allowing organizations to unlock the exceptional innovation and resilience that comes from aligning individual strengths with mission outcomes. Participants will leave with a framework for identifying cognitive friction points and implementing universal strategies for a more resilient workforce....
                                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                          Shale Norwitz
                                                                                                                          Executive Director
                                                                                                                          Neurodynamic Network
                                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                                            Digital Kill Chain: From Sensor to Shooter at Machine Speed
                                                                                                                            • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                                                                            Modern operations compress the time available to collect, understand, decide, and act. This panel will examine how the Army is shortening the digital kill chain by accelerating the path from sensor collection and data integration to decision-ready intelligence and operational decisions and effects across domains and echelons. Panelists will discuss how sensor integration, data architectures, cross-domain information sharing, and machine-assisted correlation and prioritization can reduce the time and friction between raw collection, intelligence production, C2 and operational decision-making. The discussion will focus on what it takes to deliver timely, trusted, and usable information to commanders and formations fast enough to... ...read more...
                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            COL Matthew McGraw, USA
                                                                                                                            Commanding Officer
                                                                                                                            116th Military Intelligence Brigade (AI)
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            David Conkle
                                                                                                                            Director, Data Capabilities Division
                                                                                                                            U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command (INSCOM)
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            COL Jonathan Lipscomb, USA
                                                                                                                            Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A)
                                                                                                                            Capability Program Executive Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (CPE ISW)
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            Nicholas Palmer
                                                                                                                            Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                            Jean Marie Vettel, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                            Chief Architect for Algorithmic Warfare
                                                                                                                            Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2)
                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                              From Enterprise Guardrails to the Tactical Edge: Scaling AI, Interoperability, and Commercial Technology for the Total Force
                                                                                                                              • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                              The ability to command, control, and outpace an adversary increasingly depends on a secure digital foundation that connects the enterprise to the tactical edge. As the Army and National Guard accelerate modernization, the challenge is no longer simply adopting new technology—it is delivering trusted, interoperable, and resilient capabilities that create measurable advantage for the warfighter. This panel with the Acting Department of the Army Chief Information Officer and the National Guard Bureau CIO/J6 will explore how network modernization, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, data-centricity, and artificial intelligence are reshaping C2 and Counter-C2 across the Total Force. The conversation will examine how leaders are... ...read more...
                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                              Col Michael B. Black, USAF (Ret.)
                                                                                                                              Vice President for Defense
                                                                                                                              AFCEA International
                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                              Gabriele Chiulli
                                                                                                                              Chief Information Officer (Acting)
                                                                                                                              U.S. Army
                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                              Kenneth C. McNeill
                                                                                                                              CIO and Director, C4 Systems Directorate
                                                                                                                              National Guard Bureau
                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

                                                                                                                                Morning Coffee Break
                                                                                                                                • Room: Plaza Lobby/Riverwalk Hallway
                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                Supported By:

                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

                                                                                                                                  Morning Keynote: Prepared to Fight: Insights into What It Takes to Counter America’s Pacing Threat
                                                                                                                                  • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                  Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  LTG Matthew W. McFarlane, USA
                                                                                                                                  Commander, I Corps
                                                                                                                                  Joint Base Lewis-McChord
                                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                                  Supported By:

                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                                                                                    Networking Break/View Exhibits/Coffee Break
                                                                                                                                    • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                                                    Supported By:

                                                                                                                                      Wednesday, August 19, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                                      Exhibit Hours
                                                                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Areas
                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, August 19, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

                                                                                                                                        Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: Spatially Covert Wireless Communication
                                                                                                                                        • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                        This paper studies keyless spatial covert wireless communication under a practical energy detection threat model. We consider a transmitter Alice communicating with Bob in the presence of a passive warden Willie, and evaluate performance using Willie’s probability of detection $P_D$ at fixed false alarm probability $P_{FA}=0.05$ together with Bob’s bit error rate (BER). A Monte Carlo framework compares a SISO baseline against multi-antenna beamforming and artificial-noise transmission. Results show that increasing the number of transmit antennas improves Bob’s reliability through array gain while making Willie’s detectability strongly angle-dependent. In particular, larger arrays confine high $P_D$ to the mainlobe region and... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                        Nicholas Tey
                                                                                                                                        Masters of Science in Computer Engineering
                                                                                                                                        Texas A&M University
                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                          Wednesday, August 19, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                                                                                          AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Tales from the Trenches: How OSCs Fail Their CMMC Level 2 Certification
                                                                                                                                          • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                                          In this session, we’ll give a candid look at how Organizations Seeking Certification (OSCs) commonly derail their CMMC Level 2 assessment. Drawing on front-line C3PAO experiences, we’ll unpack recurring pitfalls, improper or incomplete documentation, shaky scoping and boundary definitions, blind spots in CUI data flows, “paper-only” policies that diverge from practice, weak evidence hygiene, and overreliance on inherited controls or third-party vendors. Attendees will take away proven best practices to avoid these traps and map a realistic path to success. The session also decodes the newly published 48 CFR and its implications as the CMMC program rolls out. You’ll leave with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                          Fernando Machado
                                                                                                                                          Managing Principal and Chief Information Security Officer
                                                                                                                                          Cybersec Investments
                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                          Ali Pabrai
                                                                                                                                          Chief Executive Officer
                                                                                                                                          ecfirst
                                                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                                                            CoN to Fielded Capability: EMSO, NGC2, Intel, and Training
                                                                                                                                            • Room: Georgia Cyber Center Auditorium
                                                                                                                                            This panel discusses the Characteristics of Need (CoN)  framework which was recently established to accelerate critical multi-domain requirements—specifically across EMSO, NGC2, Intelligence, and Training—from initial to actively fielded capabilities, highlighting streamlined requirements approval processes and the strategic imperative for early industry integration. The modern multi-domain battlespace demands the rapid deployment of advanced Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO), Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2), Intelligence, and Training solutions. Traditional linear acquisition and requirements models are increasingly insufficient to keep pace with pacing threats and technological churn. By integrating system engineering, iterative stakeholder feedback, and continuous prototyping early in the CoN phase, the DoW aims... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            COL Leslie D. Gorman, USA
                                                                                                                                            Capabilities Manager for Electromagnetic Warfare
                                                                                                                                            Army Futures and Concepts Command
                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            Mark Baron
                                                                                                                                            PdM Combat Support Applications Chief Engineer
                                                                                                                                            Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            COL Steve Curtis, USA
                                                                                                                                            Director
                                                                                                                                            Army Intelligence Future Capabilities
                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            COL John L. Harrell, USA
                                                                                                                                            EW Directorate
                                                                                                                                            Army Futures and Concepts Command
                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            Mark Saxon
                                                                                                                                            Deputy Project Manager
                                                                                                                                            Electromagnetic Warfare & Collection (EW&C)
                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            Michael Schwartz
                                                                                                                                            Chief Engineer and Systems Engineering Division Chief
                                                                                                                                            Capability Program Executive Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (CPE ISW)
                                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                                              Platform Engineering for the Tactical Edge
                                                                                                                                              • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                              Enabling Resilient Mission Applications While Reducing Infrastructure Complexity in DDIL Environments.
                                                                                                                                              Click here for Continuing Education approvals
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                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Joshua Bockowski
                                                                                                                                              Industry Strategist
                                                                                                                                              CDW
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Ron Stimbert
                                                                                                                                              Industry Strategist
                                                                                                                                              CDW
                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                              Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                Middle & High School Capture the Flag
                                                                                                                                                • Room: Georgia Cyber Center
                                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                  Forging the Global Warfighting Platform: Operationalizing the Unified Network Now for 2030 and Beyond
                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                                                                                                  The Army is transforming the Unified Network into a globally converged, data‑centric warfighting platform capable of outpacing the threat, maneuvering at the speed of mission command, and enabling assured C2 from competition to global large scale combat operations.  This transformation is not a distant future concept—it is actively underway in conflict, current operations, and the strategic integration of emerging capabilities such as seamless identity, mobility, and software defined - wide area network from the edge to the enterprise.  All of which are grounded in zero trust principles; the Army is operationalizing the network into a global warfighting platform now to ensure dominance in... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  MG Jacqueline D. (Denise) McPhail, USA
                                                                                                                                                  Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

                                                                                                                                                    Deploying Agentic AI: Data Control and Hardware Flexibility at Scale
                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                    The Army needs to deploy autonomous AI securely at scale. This session explores how to build and run Agentic AI seamlessly on private, on-premises infrastructure to support the mission while maintaining enterprise-grade governance and Zero-Trust security. You will learn how VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF): Maintains Data Control: Keeps sensitive data strictly within Army perimeters using full air-gap isolation and robust model governance. Secures the Mission: Applies integrated lateral security to sandbox autonomous workloads and prevent data exposure. Ensures Hardware Flexibility: Avoids vendor lock-in with a unified architecture optimized for your choice of accelerators, including NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel.
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                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                    Siva Edaichamy
                                                                                                                                                    Strategic Advisor
                                                                                                                                                    VMware by Broadcom
                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                    Will Grimmett
                                                                                                                                                    Principal Architect
                                                                                                                                                    VMware by Broadcom
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                                                                                                                                                      Project eLMS: Consolidating DoW Learning for Efficiency and Mission Readiness
                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Government Theater
                                                                                                                                                      The Department of War currently operates over 30 duplicative Learning Management Systems, creating high costs, fragmented training records, and a strategic readiness gap. To address this, the DoW CIO and OUSW(P&R), in partnership with Service representatives, have chartered a joint Tiger Team to execute a DCR-mandated consolidation of these systems onto a single enterprise platform. This session will cover the business case, governance, and proposed implementation plan developed by this joint effort. Join us for a deep dive into how this enterprise solution will establish a single authoritative training record for the Total Force and, most critically, deliver an inherent... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                      Sarah Nather
                                                                                                                                                      Deputy Director IT Portfolio Management
                                                                                                                                                      Office of the DoW CIO
                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, August 19, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                        AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Small Business Workshop, Session 1
                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Lamar A
                                                                                                                                                        Topic: The Future of Doing Business with the Army: Navigating Change, Uncertainty, and Opportunity The Army acquisition environment is undergoing significant transformation as it seeks to modernize procurement, improve efficiency, strengthen the defense industrial base, and deliver capabilities to Soldiers more rapidly. These efforts have resulted in the consolidation of contract vehicles, increased use of enterprise-wide acquisition strategies, evolving procurement policies, and longer acquisition timelines driven by budget uncertainty, protests, and changing mission priorities. While these changes have created new challenges for industry—particularly small businesses—the Army continues to emphasize the critical role of small business innovation, competition, and resilience in supporting... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                        Nicole Morris
                                                                                                                                                        Program/Engagement Manager
                                                                                                                                                        SOFtact Solutions
                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                        Jason King
                                                                                                                                                        Director
                                                                                                                                                        Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Benning & Fort Gordon
                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                        Gayna C. Malcolm-Packnett
                                                                                                                                                        Acting Deputy Director
                                                                                                                                                        U.S. Army, Office of Small Business Programs Office of the Secretary of the Army
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                                                                                                                                                        Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                        Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                          Wednesday, August 19, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                          Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: Benchmarking TTP Extraction: A Reproducibility Study
                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                                          Cyber threat reports are a key resource for understanding adversary behavior, often interpreted through frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK. However, deriving tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) from these reports is a manual and time-consuming process, which has motivated many automated extraction approaches. In practice, it remains difficult to compare these methods, as many open-source implementations are difficult to run, lack usable artifacts, or are evaluated under varying conditions. In this work, we examine automated TTP extraction with a focus on evaluating these systems in a consistent and repeatable way. We first study the existing literature and open source implementations to identify... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                          LTC Sean Frankum, USA
                                                                                                                                                          Ph.D. Student
                                                                                                                                                          University of Georgia
                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                            Wednesday, August 19, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                                                                                                                                                            Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: I-Powered Phishing Detection: A Multi-Feature Machine Learning Approach to Email Threat Classification
                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                                            Phishing remains the most reported form of internet crime, with the FBI's 2024 Internet Crime Report documenting over 193,000 phishing complaints amid record-breaking $16.6 billion in total cybercrime losses, yet traditional detection methods rely on static blacklists and rule-based filters that cannot adapt to novel attack patterns. This research presents an AI-powered phishing detection system that uses machine learning to classify emails as phishing or legitimate through a multi-feature architecture combining content analysis, URL inspection, and email header metadata evaluation. The system was trained on a dataset of 18,650 labeled emails sourced from Hugging Face, consisting of 11,322 legitimate and... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                            Allen Donald, Jr.
                                                                                                                                                            Student in Computer and Cyber Sciences
                                                                                                                                                            Augusta University
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                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, August 19, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                              Sprinting to Success: Continuous Evaluation for C2 and cC2 Modernization
                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                              As the U.S. Army confronts the challenges of a rapidly evolving threat landscape, the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) has pioneered a continuous evaluation model for Command and Control (C2) modernization. This panel will move beyond lessons learned to focus on where 4ID and the Army go from here. Panelists will explore how the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative serves as a foundation for future modernization across the portfolio.  The discussion will highlight how this "sprint" mentality—driven by deep collaboration between operational units (LTC Ruben Rangel, 4ID), developers (LTC Richard Ricketts, CPE C2IN Trail Boss), and independent evaluators (MAJ Chris Nelson, ATEC)—reduces fielding... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              COL Don E. Sedivy, USA
                                                                                                                                                              Director, Transformation Integration
                                                                                                                                                              U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              MAJ Christopher Nelson, USA
                                                                                                                                                              CPE C2IN Test & Evaluation Integrator
                                                                                                                                                              Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC)
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              LTC Ruben Rangel, USA
                                                                                                                                                              Deputy Chief of Staff, C2SE
                                                                                                                                                              4th Infantry Division
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              LTC Richard Ricketts, USA
                                                                                                                                                              Product Manager, Mounted Command and Control
                                                                                                                                                              CPE C2IN
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                                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                Networking Lunch
                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Olmstead Street Foyer
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                                                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                  Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: A Low-Cost MQTT-Based Cyber-Physical Smart Grid Testbed for Multi-Attack Detection
                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                                                  Modern smart grids operate as cyber-physical systems in which tightly integrated communication, sensing, and control infrastructure increases both operational capability and cybersecurity risk. Machine-learning-based attack detection has emerged as a promising defense mechanism; however, research in this area is constrained by limited availability of labeled cyber-physical datasets and the high cost and complexity of existing real-time testbed infrastructures. This paper presents a low-cost, reproducible cyber physical smart grid testbed designed specifically for structured dataset generation under both normal and attack-induced operating conditions. The testbed integrates distributed voltage sensing, relay-based switching, MQTT-based communication, and scripted cyber attack simulation to emu-late measurement-and-control... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Chad Heath
                                                                                                                                                                  Cybersecurity Graduate
                                                                                                                                                                  University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Vidhikala Nainani
                                                                                                                                                                  Cybersecurity Student
                                                                                                                                                                  University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Anthony Sambrano
                                                                                                                                                                  Computer Science
                                                                                                                                                                  University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Hala Strohmier Berry, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Professor
                                                                                                                                                                  University of South Carolina Aiken
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                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                    Acquisition at the Speed of Mission: Partnering with DISA
                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Government Theater (Reynolds Street Pavilion)
                                                                                                                                                                    To win in contested, multi-domain environments, the Army must field advanced C2 and counter-C2 capabilities at the speed of relevance. A strong, agile, and innovative Defense Industrial Base—particularly our small business partners—is critical to accelerating these warfighting outcomes. This session is guide for small businesses looking to rapidly deliver interoperable systems to the warfighter through DISA. Attendees will gain critical insights into how DISA operates, what technologies we procure to support Army warfighting, and how to successfully navigate the procurement process. We’ll dive deep into DISA's upcoming acquisition forecast and explain how to leverage DISA’s Acquisition Decision Document to align... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                    Christiana R. Stukenberg
                                                                                                                                                                    Small Business Professional, OSBP
                                                                                                                                                                    Defense Information System Agency
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                                                                                                                                                                      AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: From Crypto Inventory to Mission Assurance: Operationalizing Post-Quantum Readiness for AI-Enabled C2
                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                                                                      As AI becomes embedded across command-and-control, intelligence, targeting, logistics, and mission partner environments, the integrity of the cryptographic layer becomes a mission assurance issue, not just a compliance concern. AI-enabled C2 depends on trusted data, verified identity, resilient communications, and interoperable systems that can operate across enterprise, cloud, tactical edge, and coalition environments. Yet many mission systems still rely on cryptographic assets that are poorly inventoried, difficult to prioritize, and vulnerable to future quantum-enabled exploitation. This panel will examine how federal and defense organizations can move from post-quantum cryptography awareness to operational execution. Drawing on perspectives from industry delivery, federally funded... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      Nate Ader
                                                                                                                                                                      Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
                                                                                                                                                                      Qtonic Quantum Corporation
                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      JaBrille (JB) Norcott
                                                                                                                                                                      VP of Program Management
                                                                                                                                                                      QuSecure
                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                      Roy Stephan
                                                                                                                                                                      Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                                      SOFtact Solutions
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                                                                                                                                                                        AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Knowledge Dominance: Turning Trusted Information into Non-Kinetic Advantage
                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                                                        Non-kinetic dominance is often discussed through cyber, AI, data, sensors, secure communications, and information operations. While these capabilities are essential, their operational value depends on whether leaders, operators, agencies, and mission partners can access trusted knowledge at the speed of relevance. Knowledge dominance is the ability to collect, validate, contextualize, share, and act on trusted information faster than an adversary, disruption, or crisis can exploit uncertainty. Drawing from tabletop exercises, borderland resilience work in Finland, AFCEA Atlanta’s ecosystem, and national security dialogue across government, industry, academia, and public safety, this session will examine how trusted data, prepared people, resilient networks, and... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                        Paul Wertz
                                                                                                                                                                        Sr. Director Government Development & Sales
                                                                                                                                                                        eGain
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                                                                                                                                                                          Panel: EW Reprogramming: From Signal to Reprogramming
                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                                                                                                                          Closing the timeline between threat detection and countermeasure deployment at machine speed is critical to maintaining spectrum dominance on the modern battlefield. This panel examines how the Army executes the end-to-end process of turning a detected signal into a countermeasure on reprogrammable fielded solutions. Panelists will discuss the Army's new operational framework for EW reprogramming, the practical challenges of implementation, the integration of joint and developmental capabilities, and how we are building a cohesive enterprise to deliver effects at the speed of relevance....
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                                                                                                                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          LTC Matthew Sherburne, USA
                                                                                                                                                                          Branch Chief for CEMA/CAPDEV, Requirements Division
                                                                                                                                                                          Cyber-Future Capability Directorate
                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          Bret Eddinger
                                                                                                                                                                          Chief of Architecture and Interoperability Division
                                                                                                                                                                          PM EW&C
                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          Ike Faddis
                                                                                                                                                                          Chief Architect
                                                                                                                                                                          Communications Electronics Command (CECOM), Army Software and Innovation Center (ASIC)
                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          Mark Farwell
                                                                                                                                                                          Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Division Chief
                                                                                                                                                                          DEVCOM C5ISR Center
                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          Flair Reyes
                                                                                                                                                                          Future Concepts Branch Chief
                                                                                                                                                                          US STRATCOM, Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Center
                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                          MAJ Nate Titus, USA
                                                                                                                                                                          Cyber Team Lead
                                                                                                                                                                          Strategic-Transformation and Lessons Learned Manager (S-TLLM), Transformation Initiative Directorate
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                                                                                                                                                                            Resilient C2 Under DDIL Conditions: Transport and Infrastructure at the Edge
                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Georgia Cyber Center Auditorium
                                                                                                                                                                            As the Army advances Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) and the C2Now initiative, resilient transport and infrastructure have become foundational to maintaining command and control in contested environments. Operations against near-peer adversaries are already occurring under Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) conditions, where communications disruption, electromagnetic warfare, and cyber-attacks are present realities. Success will depend on the ability to sustain resilient, adaptive, and distributed network capabilities that enable commanders to make timely decisions at the tactical edge. This panel brings together Army leaders, operational practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the transport, networking, and infrastructure technologies required to deliver... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            CW5 Willie Newkirk, USA
                                                                                                                                                                            8th Regimental Chief Warrant Officer
                                                                                                                                                                            Signal Regiment
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            LTC Keirn (Clarke) Brown III, USA
                                                                                                                                                                            Product Manager, Network Modernization
                                                                                                                                                                            PM C2 Transport
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            Daniel Duvak
                                                                                                                                                                            Assistant Director, Network & Communications
                                                                                                                                                                            US ARMY DEVCOM C5ISR Center
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            LTC Clifton (Cliff) Hubbert, USA
                                                                                                                                                                            4th Infantry Division, G-6
                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Army
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            MAJ Jon Wineinger, USA
                                                                                                                                                                            C2 Trail Boss Team Ivy (NGC2)
                                                                                                                                                                            Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network (CPE C2IN)
                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, August 19, 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                              Solution Review: 10xARC: Accelerating Game-Changing Technology from Discovery to Army Capability
                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Engagement Theater - R1058
                                                                                                                                                                              The Army does not have a shortage of emerging technology. It has a time-to-capability challenge. Across assured communications, edge computing, AI-enabled networking, autonomous systems, electromagnetic warfare, cybersecurity, and resilient command and control, potentially transformational technologies are being developed by commercial companies, nontraditional defense contractors, startups, research organizations, and traditional integrators. The challenge is rapidly identifying the right technologies, getting funding to the right performers, testing solutions under operationally relevant conditions, and transitioning successful capabilities before the threat or technology changes. This session addresses Problem Statement 10 – DCO: What technology exists, or is in development, that the Army has not yet experimented... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                              Harry Aderton
                                                                                                                                                                              Advisory Chief Growth Officer
                                                                                                                                                                              10x National Security
                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                              Nicholas (Nic) Vandre
                                                                                                                                                                              Executive Director of Growth and Strategic Partnerships
                                                                                                                                                                              10x National Security
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                                                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                Solution Review: Hardening Networks Against Cryptographic Threats
                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                The most effective defense against next-generation cryptographic threats is continuous visibility into cryptographic assets, rapid cryptographic agility, hybrid post-quantum deployment, and continuous monitoring of trust relationships. Today ECS through the Army Endpoint Security Solution (AESS) program is protecting the Army's network today for over 600,000 endpoints cloud to device providing a complete cryptographic inventory for certificates, libraries, algorithms, and cryptography. Our solution provides the foundational cryptographic inventory and risk intelligence required to operationalize all four. ECS Federal, the Army's ACDI delivery lead, converts that intelligence into executed remediation, integration, and sustained resilience within the mission environment. Tychon supplies the cryptographic ground truth... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                Mark Maglin
                                                                                                                                                                                VP, Cybersecurity Strategy
                                                                                                                                                                                Everforth ECS Federal
                                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                  Solution Review: A Practical Path to Interoperable Army Modernization
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                  Army organizations are modernizing networks, communications, and mission systems while continuing to operate legacy platforms across increasingly complex operational environments. The challenge is not simply deploying new technology, it is integrating fragmented networks, platforms, and communications into a cohesive operational environment without disrupting mission execution or limiting future flexibility. This session explores a practical, low-risk approach to modernization that enables organizations to integrate existing and emerging capabilities through open, interoperable architectures. Rather than replacing proven systems, organizations can preserve existing investments, reduce modernization risk, and improve operational effectiveness by connecting data, communications, and mission systems across the battlespace. Attendees will gain insight... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                  Russ Klvacek
                                                                                                                                                                                  Product Owner
                                                                                                                                                                                  SAIC
                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                    AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Course: Autonomy Unleashed: Confronting the Rise of AI‑Driven Adversaries
                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                                                                                    AI‑driven adversary autonomy is accelerating the speed, scale, and unpredictability of cyber conflict, challenging long‑standing assumptions about deterrence and control. As autonomous systems independently probe networks, generate exploits, and shape information environments, they create a threat landscape that evolves faster than human defenders can respond. This session examines how national‑security organizations must adapt to a future where machine‑speed adversaries redefine risk, resilience, and readiness. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cyber battlespace, but its most disruptive impact may come from the rise of AI-driven adversary autonomy—hostile systems capable of independently planning, adapting, and executing operations at machine speed. As the Department... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                    Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                    Diane Janosek, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                    CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                    Janos LLC
                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                    Adam Firestone
                                                                                                                                                                                    CEO and Co-Founder
                                                                                                                                                                                    SIX3RO
                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                    Darnell Washington
                                                                                                                                                                                    President and CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                    SecureXperts
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Building Cyber Warriors: Where Academia Meets National Security
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Government Theater
                                                                                                                                                                                      The battle for supremacy in the digital domain is won or lost long before an operator ever sits at a terminal. In this high-impact session, September "Tembi" Secrist reveals how the Department of War Cyber Academic Engagement Office is actively reshaping the cyber landscape to deliver immediate, tactical advantages to the U.S. Army and the Joint Force. Attendees will discover how the Department is moving beyond traditional recruiting boundaries to build an elite, mission-ready pipeline through strategic academic partnerships. From inspiring K-12 competitors in CyberPatriot to recruiting elite graduates from the DoW Cyber Service Academy and aligning university curricula directly... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                      September Secrist
                                                                                                                                                                                      BOND Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                      Office of the DoW CIO
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                                                                                                                                                                                        ROTC Panel: Building the Next Generation Cyber Workforce: Accelerating Readiness for Day One
                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                                                                        As the Department of War accelerates the delivery of innovative systems for joint operational environments, equipping the incoming cyber workforce with day-one readiness is a critical priority. This panel features Senior Military College (SMC) ROTC cadets and students who are leveraging DoW funded internships, competitions, cyber ranges, and certifications to bridge the gap between academic theory and operational defense missions. Panelists will share insights into how DoW internships have accelerated their technical proficiency, leadership capabilities, and mission understanding. The discussion will highlight the strategic integration of high-impact cyber experiences and specialized training pipelines. Crucially, the panelists will discuss how these experiences... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        COL (Ret.) Sharon R. Hamilton, USA, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                        Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
                                                                                                                                                                                        Norwich University
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Sebastian Hyjek
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in Cyber Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                        The Citadel
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Alyssa Marszalek
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in CS
                                                                                                                                                                                        University of North Georgia
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Joelle Moore, USAF ROTC
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in CSIA
                                                                                                                                                                                        Norwich University
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Braxtin Moss
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in CS
                                                                                                                                                                                        Norwich University
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        2LT Robert Powell, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in Cyber Operations and CS
                                                                                                                                                                                        The Citadel
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Benjamin Vasquez
                                                                                                                                                                                        Student Majoring in MSCS
                                                                                                                                                                                        University of North Georgia
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                                                                                                                                                                                          The Way Ahead for Collaborative Experimentation in 2027
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Lamar B/C
                                                                                                                                                                                          This presentation will provide the audience with an understanding of recent changes to how experimentation will be executed in FY27 in order to bridge the gap on collaborative experimentation with industry partners. The goal is to rapidly answer Army operational needs for incorporation into Army modernization, ensuring the Army of 2030 and beyond maintains a technological advantage in Signal, APNT, Cyber, and Electromagnetic Warfare (EW). The intent of this presentation is to build on our partnership with industry to foster a unified vision that propels revolutionary breakthroughs and allows the Army to leverage cutting-edge private sector innovations. And answers; "How... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          COL Adam Dykstra, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                          Director, Experimentation Division
                                                                                                                                                                                          Cyber-Future Capability Directorate
                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          LTC John LaMont, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                          Chief of the Science & Technology Branch, Experimentation Division
                                                                                                                                                                                          Cyber-Future Capability Directorate
                                                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                            Wednesday, August 19, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                            Deep Dive/Q&A: "Mobile Application Management (MAM) - Army Mobile Device (AMD)"
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                                                                                                            Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop This session provides an in-depth overview of the Army Mobility Program— the enterprise initiative designed to deliver secure, seamless mobility for Soldiers, civilians, and devices across Army networks. Attendees will explore how the program modernizes unclassified mobility services, standardizes identity and endpoint management, and enables global, mission ready access to applications and data. The briefing highlights the operational, cybersecurity, and modernization impacts that mobility brings to the force. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Describe the core objectives and architectural framework of the Army Mobility Program for... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            MAJ Rudy Sarate, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
                                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, August 19, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                              EW and Cyber in the Counter-C2 Fight
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                                                              In this session, the Army Principal Cyber Advisor will explore the strategic convergence of EW and Cyber within the Counter-C2 fight. The discussion will highlight how the Army is operationalizing the electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace to degrade enemy decision-making and isolate threat networks, while simultaneously hardening the critical infrastructure—that underpins our own power projection capabilities. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Analyze the strategic convergence of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Cyber operations in the context of Counter-Command and Control (Counter-C2) engagements. Explain the methodologies used by the Army to operationalize the electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace. Examine techniques to... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Paul Maxwell, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                              Director/Associate Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                              Cyber Fellow of Computer Engineering
                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Brandon Pugh
                                                                                                                                                                                              Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                              Headquarters Department of the Army
                                                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                              Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                Solution Review: Scalable, Agile, Modular Edge Services: C2 That Survives Disconnection
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                At the tactical edge, the network is the first thing the adversary takes away. Algorithms and databases that depend on a clean link to the enterprise fail exactly when the fight begins. The requirement is an edge that keeps computing - and keeps its data coherent - through disconnection, low bandwidth, and degraded power. ECS has built and tested a modular edge C2 platform that runs the same way on one node or many. On a single ruggedized, fanless gateway it hosts a full mission stack - tactical awareness, messaging, sensor pipelines, search, and GPU-accelerated AI inference - entirely on-device, with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                Anthony Zech
                                                                                                                                                                                                Senior Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                Everforth
                                                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Solution Review: Agentic AI for ISR Fusion and Automated Combat Decisioning
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cognitive bandwidth is a finite resource, and too much of it is going toward managing AI systems rather than leveraging them. Domino is built to flip that equation. We'll walk through an agentic AI workflow that fuses ISR detections with contextual mission data to automatically surface course-of-action recommendations for Army operators with every step logged and traceable. When the recognition model hits unfamiliar signatures, watch Domino flag the drift, trigger automated retraining, and redeploy through a governed approval gate. The full cycle runs in days instead of months, reducing operator cognitive load and keeping mission teams focused on the decision rather... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Paul Jojy
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering
                                                                                                                                                                                                  John Hopkins University
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Public Affairs Transformation – Employing Public Affairs and Visual Information Capabilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Information, the rapid capture, development and consumption of it, has never been more prevalent in our world. U.S. Army Public Affairs and Visual Information are critical capabilities for ensuring timely delivery of information to the right audience.   In this presentation, we will provide an overview of the largest transformation of the Public Affairs career field in over 40 years. The development of a more agile and rapidly deployable force with the ability to provide information at a velocity and volume that outpaces our adversaries and competitors to support commander decision making and the National narrative in all strategic contexts; competition, crisis,... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    COL Stacy Hopwood, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Commandant
                                                                                                                                                                                                    U.S. Army Public Affairs School
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ron Watrous
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chief of Public Affairs Concepts
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Army Proponent Office-Public Affairs (APO-PA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Winning Before Q-Day: Preparing the Force for the Post-Quantum Battlespace - Panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Quantum computing represents a strategic inflection point for national security, with the potential to disrupt the cryptographic trust that underpins command and control, intelligence, logistics, and mission execution. Adversaries are already collecting encrypted information today with the expectation of exploiting it tomorrow through quantum capabilities.   Q-Day will not be an IT event, it will be a mission assurance event requiring leadership action across operational, intelligence, and acquisition communities. The organizations that prepare now will preserve operational advantage, maintain readiness, and ensure resilience in the post-quantum battlespace.   Join us for a 2-part workshop organized by the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center on... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Eric Toler
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Executive Director, Georgia Cyber Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Augusta University
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Al Mollenkopf (DISL)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Science Advisor to the Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Army Cyber Command
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Jeff Morris, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Assistant Professor, Computer & Cyber Sciences
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Augusta University
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      COL Tom Nelson, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Military Deputy
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Army Cyber Technology & Innovation Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Patrick Perry
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Field Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Public Sector, Zscaler GOV Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Prathibha Rama
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Computer Engineer and Applied Cryptography Researcher
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Scott Schnorrenberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                      CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                      EnQuanta
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Roy Stephan
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                      SOFtact Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Steve Trevino
                                                                                                                                                                                                      VP, Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                      SOFtact Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, August 19, 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: AskCMMC.ai: AI-Driven Automation for Scalable CMMC 2.0 Cybersecurity Compliance
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Cybersecurity compliance has become a critical requirement for organizations participating in the U.S. defense ecosystem, yet achieving Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 remains a significant challenge for small and mid-sized contractors. Organizations must interpret complex frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171, manage over 110 security controls, and align fragmented evidence across multiple systems, documents, and workflows. This often results in inconsistent outcomes, high consulting costs, and readiness timelines that span months to years, creating significant barriers to entry and limiting participation in the defense supply chain. Additionally, the lack of internal expertise and reliance on manual processes further increases... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Aaryan Londhe
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Co-Founder
                                                                                                                                                                                                        AskCMMC.ai
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ronit Pawar
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Co-Founder
                                                                                                                                                                                                        AskCMMC.ai
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Abdur Rahman Khan
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Co-Founder
                                                                                                                                                                                                        AskCMMC.ai
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Hala Strohmier Berry, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                        University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Solution Review: Adaptive Mission Networking: Using Cloud Computing to Operationalize the Army Unified Network
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                          As the U.S. Army transitions from a collection of legacy tactical, enterprise, and platform-specific networks toward a data-centric Unified Network, one of the most significant technical challenges remains: how to integrate thousands of disparate radios, transport systems, cloud environments, sensors, command posts, and mission systems into a single operational fabric without disrupting existing mission capabilities. Recent Army modernization efforts emphasize reducing network complexity, enabling seamless data movement across echelons, implementing Zero Trust security, and delivering resilient communications in denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited-bandwidth environments. This session explores how commercial cloud service can act as the orchestration layer for a Unified Army Network, enabling existing tactical and enterprise transport... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Derek Strausbaugh
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Microsoft Federal CTO for DoW
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Microsoft
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            Wednesday, August 19, 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                            AFCEA Greater Augusta Chapter Small Business Workshop, Session 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Lamar A
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Topic: Demystifying Government Procurement: Best Practices for Navigating the Complex Federal Contracting Landscape Successfully navigating the federal contracting environment requires more than innovative solutions—it requires a clear understanding of how government requirements are generated, funded, and acquired. Many small businesses possess the capabilities to support Department of War missions but struggle to identify where opportunities originate, when to engage, and how to position themselves before a solicitation is released. This session will provide a practical look at the federal acquisition process, highlighting the critical touchpoints where industry can influence outcomes and build meaningful relationships with government customers. The Panelist will share... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Rebecca Mixson
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Area Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                            University of Georgia SBDC
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            David Hepner
                                                                                                                                                                                                            APEX Accelerator Counselor
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Roger House
                                                                                                                                                                                                            President & CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Axiom Corporation
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bart Njoku-Obi
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Business Opportunity Specialist
                                                                                                                                                                                                            U.S. Small Business Administration, Georgia District Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, August 19, 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Building Streamlined Acquisition Ecosystems with 10xARC and Bringing Trusted AI Gateways to Support the Warfighter with Nexus
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Contested operations demand secure machine-to-machine coordination, resilient edge execution, and integration of capabilities. This session examines how 10x National Security’s open-source Nexus AI Gateway enables governed agentic AI, identity- and policy-enforced model and tool access, resilient routing, and distributed inference across disconnected, degraded, intermittent, and low-bandwidth environments. It also shows how 10xARC accelerates discovery, acquisition, integration, and fielding of modular technologies without creating vendor lock-in. Together, Nexus and 10xARC provide an open, repeatable pathway to reduce Synthetic Access risk, optimize compute and mission resources across contested networks, and deliver adaptable C2 capabilities at mission speed for Army and Joint warfighters....
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Harry Aderton
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Advisory Chief Growth Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                              10x National Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              John Eubank, IV
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Chief Executive Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                              10x National Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Aszalea Garcia
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Senior AI Product Designer
                                                                                                                                                                                                              10x National Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, August 19, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Emerging Leaders Disruptive by Design: Securing the Defense Supply Chain: Strengthening Contractor and Third-Party Cyber Security to Support C2/Counter C2 in Army Warfighting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Engagement Theater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Army C2 and Counter C2 systems rely on a vast, complex web of contractors, suppliers, software providers, external third parties, and logistics suppliers. The security measures required of Army personnel and systems are not always required of the third parties in their supply chain - creating a “soft target” used as an entry point that can invalidate the time and effort spent securing Army systems. As adversaries increasingly target lax security implementations across the defense industrial base, securing the supply chain has become a critical warfighting imperative. This panel will explore the current state of contractor and third-party risk management... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Jack Dempsey
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Account Manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Iron Bow Technologies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Brandon Mercer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Manager of Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Biorn Group Cyber
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Brian O'Connor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Founder and CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Darksaber Labs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, August 19, 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CompTIA Quantum Workshop: Skills That Enterprises Want Quantum-Fluent Cybersecurity Workers to Know
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  For our workshop at AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2026, join CompTIA’s James Stanger on Wednesday, August 19th as he welcomes Gabe Chang, Federal CTO Architect at IBM, who will demonstrate a working quantum computer. Their discussion will focus on critical skills that enterprises expect in a quantum-fluent cybersecurity worker. Together, they will also explain how quantum is reshaping cybersecurity best practices, and how “quantum” means much more than “harvest now, decrypt later.” They will discuss the impact of quantum on key job skills, including threat modeling, User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and incident response. You’ll walk away from the session with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Gabe Chang
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Federal CTO Architect
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  IBM Corporation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ashoka Rajagopal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  IT Sales Professional
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CompTIA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Stephen Schneiter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Director, Instructor Network
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CompTIA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  James A. Stanger, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Chief Technology Evangelist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CompTIA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, August 19, 2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cyber Research Showcase Presentation: University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Georgia Cyber Center 2402
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The digitalization of power systems has introduced cyber-physical vulnerabilities in smart grid infrastructures that traditional, rule-based detection mechanisms are insufficient to address. This paper presents an AI-enhanced cybersecurity risk assessment framework that integrates the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF~2.0), NIST~SP~800-30, and MITRE~ATT\&CK for ICS with machine learning-based threat detection. Three classifiers: Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and XGBoost --- were trained and evaluated on the Blockchain-Enabled 6G Microgrid Dataset, a multi-layer dataset comprising physical, communication, and blockchain operational features with a severe class imbalance ratio of 29.5:1. Model performance was assessed using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and ROC-AUC, with recall and F1-score... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Soumik Mitra
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Computer Scientist and Software Engineer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Yash Nilesh Dasri
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Graduate Student in Computer and Information Science
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bhargav Palaskar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Graduate Student in Computer Science
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hala Strohmier Berry, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Assistant Professor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    University of South Carolina Aiken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wednesday, August 19, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Daily Closing Address: Agentic AI in Signal and Cyber Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BG Ron Iammartino, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Director for the Unified Network Task Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LTG Christopher L. Eubank, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      U.S. Army Cyber Command
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      LTG Jeth B. Rey, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      United States Army
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, August 19, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Winning Before Q-Day: Preparing the Force for the Post-Quantum Battlespace - Demonstrations and Q/A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Estes A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Quantum computing represents a strategic inflection point for national security, with the potential to disrupt the cryptographic trust that underpins command and control, intelligence, logistics, and mission execution. Adversaries are already collecting encrypted information today with the expectation of exploiting it tomorrow through quantum capabilities.   Q-Day will not be an IT event, it will be a mission assurance event requiring leadership action across operational, intelligence, and acquisition communities. The organizations that prepare now will preserve operational advantage, maintain readiness, and ensure resilience in the post-quantum battlespace.   Join us for a 2-part workshop organized by the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center on... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Eric Toler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Executive Director, Georgia Cyber Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Augusta University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Al Mollenkopf (DISL)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Science Advisor to the Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Army Cyber Command
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jeff Morris, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Professor, Computer & Cyber Sciences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Augusta University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        COL Tom Nelson, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Military Deputy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Army Cyber Technology & Innovation Center
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Patrick Perry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Field Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Public Sector, Zscaler GOV Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Prathibha Rama
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Computer Engineer and Applied Cryptography Researcher
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Scott Schnorrenberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        EnQuanta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Roy Stephan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SOFtact Solutions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Steve Trevino
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        VP, Innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SOFtact Solutions
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday, August 20, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Morning Coffee Break
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Plaza Lobby/Riverwalk Hallway
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thursday, August 20, 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Registration Hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Olmstead Street Level Foyer
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Supported By:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thursday, August 20, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Morning Keynote: "At Speed and Scale: Perspectives on the Future of Integrated Warfighting"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tim Kosiba
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Deputy Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              National Security Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thursday, August 20, 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                NCO Panel: Plan, Conduct and Validate Home Station Training
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Georgia Cyber Center Auditorium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The NCO Panel will discuss the responsibilities and tools available to plan conduct and validate home station training for the NCO....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, August 20, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Warrant Officer Panel: Tomorrow's Technical Force
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  As the modern battlefield rapidly evolves, so must the Army’s premier technical advisors: the Warrant Officer Cohort. This panel brings together senior leaders from Signal, Cyber, Electronic Warfare, and Ordnance to discuss the critical initiatives shaping the professional development, career pathways, and talent management of tomorrow's technical force. Representing the Active, National Guard, and Reserve components, panelists will explore how the Total Army is modernizing recruiting, training pipelines, and career progression to cultivate and sustain adaptive technical leaders across the entire force. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Identify the critical initiatives shaping professional development, career... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Travis W. Ysen, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Command Chief Warrant Officer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Felix G. Arroyo, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Warrant Officer Divison Chief
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ordnance Electronic Maintenance Training Department
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Ramil Francisco, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  USAR Senior Warrant Officer Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Reserve Components Affairs Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Paul E. Sankey, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Technical Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Signal School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Matthew Stevens, Sr., USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Senior Warrant Officer Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Army National Guard DCG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (invited)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  CW5 Brandi L. Wyatt, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Technical Director
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  US Army Cyber / EW School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Thursday, August 20, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Networking Break/View Exhibits/Coffee Break
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Thursday, August 20, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Exhibit Hours
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Areas
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thursday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Solution Review: Hardware Zero Trust
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Zero Trust is a philosophy and methods used to secure systems and data. The focus has primarily been on Identity Management or one software security. This talk will discuss the need for Hardware Zero Trust and the need for a hardware and firmware certification to achieve the optimum security of your systems and data. NIST SP 800-207 defines the specifics of a Zero Trust effort. Often the hardware and firmware component of a system are taken as a given because of the many years between replacement. Software and hardware must work together in any system. Understanding the level of security... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tommy Gardner, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        HP Inc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Distinguished and Honorary Member of the Cyber Corps Ceremony
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thursday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deep Dive / Q&A: "Army Global Unified Network" (AGUN)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop Intro: Overview and expert discussion on the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN): a software-defined integrated transport fabric delivering secure, low-latency transport and foundational security services for edge warfighting formations. What you’ll learn: AGUN design and capabilities, edge transport and security services, impact on tactical decision-making and data-driven operations, and integration with existing transport fabrics. Who should attend: Network architects, transport engineers, edge operators, unit communications officers, cybersecurity planners. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to: Describe the fundamental design principles and core capabilities of the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN)... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            CPT Jaime Tyree Bass, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Networking Officer (TF AGUN Lead)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            NETCOM
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thursday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Securing the DoWIN: Transforming Talent Acquisition to Defend Against Agentic Threats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Government Theater
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In an era of unprecedented technological shift, defending our nation requires more than traditional cybersecurity; it demands a generation of defenders ready to fight autonomous, machine-speed adversaries. This high-impact session will issue a direct, unified call to action: Join our team on the absolute front lines of national defense. Designed for mission-driven professionals at every stage of their career, this briefing reveals how you can deploy your unique expertise where it’s needed most. Together, we’ll pull back the curtain on the massive scale of the Department of War Information Network, the reality of countering highly sophisticated agentic-enabled threats in real... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Katrina Logan
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Director, Manpower and Personnel Directorate (J1)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              LTG Paul T. Stanton, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Commander, Department of War Cyber Defense Command
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thursday, August 20, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Future Leaders Pavilion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Lamar A/B/C
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Madalyn Brantley
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Director of Workforce Initiatives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                SRS Community Reuse Organization
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Mary Davis, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cybersecurity Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Columbia County School District
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sameh Ibrahim, Ph.D. PMP
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Augusta University
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CPT Euihyung Jung
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Cyber Instructor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                U.S. Army Cyber School
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Angela Sneed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Program Administrator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Richmond County School System
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, August 20, 9:15 AM - 10:10 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Cyber Overmatch: Securing, Disrupting, and Delivering C2 Capabilities at the Speed of War
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Estes B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Context & Hook: In modern Multi-Domain Operations (MDO), Command and Control (C2) is the ultimate center of gravity. The victor of the next conflict will not just be the force with the most advanced kinetic weapons, but the force that can seamlessly process data while simultaneously blinding the adversary's ability to do the same. To maintain absolute information advantage, the U.S. Army is fundamentally transforming how it builds, fields, and fights with cyber capabilities—pivoting from rigid hardware lifecycles to dynamic, software-defined warfare. The Challenge: Near-peer adversaries are aggressively deploying advanced cyber and electronic warfare tools designed to fracture U.S. and allied... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  COL David Bergmann, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Project Manager, Cyber Warfare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  OUSD A-S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dan Holland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Assistant Chief of Staff, G9, Capability Development
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  LTC Erik Kifune, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Product Manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  PdM Offensive Cyber Warfare
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  BG Christine V. Rummel, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Director of Strategic Operations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  HQDA G3/5/7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Wayne Sok
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Product Manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Defensive Cyber Warfare
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Thursday, August 20, 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Solution Review: The Agentic Edge for Air-Gapped Environments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Disconnected and air-gapped mission environments often depend on fragmented command systems, sensor feeds, network telemetry, and security tools, increasing operator burden and slowing response. This session presents an agentic AI architecture for mission network observability that uses Splunk as the trusted local evidence layer, enriched by Cisco and infrastructure telemetry, to unify disparate data into an actionable operational picture. A governed agent layer leverages RAG, LLMs, and controlled tool access to support contextual reasoning, guided investigation, and operator-ready summaries without requiring cloud connectivity or uniform network architectures. Designed around modular, auditable, human-in-the-loop principles, the approach supports CMOSS/SOSA-aligned integration while reducing cognitive... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sarah Joy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Technical Education Engineer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Splunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Thursday, August 20, 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Solution Review: Intent to Action: Reducing Operator Cognitive Load Across the Zepharis™ Suite
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This presentation covers the challenges of operator cognitive load at the tactical edge and how SealingTech's Zepharis™ Software Ssuite: Zepharis™ AI, Zepharis™ Kit Deployer, and Zepharis™ Lifecycle Management, addresses it through intuitive, error-resilient interfaces that let cyber warfighters operators focus on high-level reasoning rather than menu navigation. At the edge, operators burn scarce mental bandwidth on the mechanics of their tools: composing complex query syntax, navigating menu-deep workflows, and hand-assembling data across disconnected interfaces, often while fully offline. This load falls hardest on junior operators, who can articulate intent but lack the experience to execute, pulling entire teams away from... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Nate Delgado
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Director of Software Products
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sealing Technologies
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thursday, August 20, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Deep Dive/Q&A: "Mobile Application Management (MAM) - Army Mobile Device (AMD)"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Cumming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Note: This is a repeat of the Wednesday, 1:00pm session with the same title Additional registration required Click here to sign up for this workshop This session provides an in-depth overview of the Army Mobility Program— the enterprise initiative designed to deliver secure, seamless mobility for Soldiers, civilians, and devices across Army networks. Attendees will explore how the program modernizes unclassified mobility services, standardizes identity and endpoint management, and enables global, mission ready access to applications and data. The briefing highlights the operational, cybersecurity, and modernization impacts that mobility brings to the force. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MAJ Rudy Sarate, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday, August 20, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          AI, ADOC, and All Things Cyber
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial intelligence is no longer a future capability — it is a current operational requirement. As the Army accelerates its data centricity framework and stands up the Army Data Operations Center, the central question is no longer whether AI belongs in military operations, but whether our policy, infrastructure, and operational architecture are aligned enough to employ it at the speed the threat demands. Three of the Army's most senior leaders in cyber, data, and network operations converge to separate the promise from the reality. Artificial intelligence is reshaping the character of military operations faster than institutions can adapt. The... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          COL John J. Hosey, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          6th Chief of Cyber
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Commandant, U.S. Army Cyber and Electromagnetic Warfare School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Gabriele Chiulli
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Chief Information Officer (Acting)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          U.S. Army
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MG Jacqueline D. (Denise) McPhail, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MG Mark D. Miles, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Deputy Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Gordon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thursday, August 20, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Solution Review: Visualizing the Battlespace Without Collapsing Security Boundaries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Modern C2 environments require personnel to interpret and act upon information from multiple systems, sensors, networks, and security domains in near real time. However, traditional approaches often force users to work across separate displays, peripherals, workstations, and rooms. This increases cognitive burden, slows decision-making, consumes limited command post space, and makes it harder to deliver mission-critical information to decision-makers and front-line operators at the right time....
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Gerald Oliver
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Senior Program Manager
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            High Sec Labs Inc.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thursday, August 20, 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Solution Review: Securing AI Where It Executes: The Rise of the Endpoint Agents
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Powerful, computer-use agents like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and OpenClaw have transformed the endpoint into a critical control plane for AI security. These agents can inherit full permissions of their users, autonomously act, and take high risk actions that never cross network boundaries, like running terminal commands and modifying local files. Attend this talk to learn how to assess and defend the agentic blast radius on the endpoint....
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jeff Worthington
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Executive Strategist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              CrowdStrike
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Thursday, August 20, 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Solution Review: Brain vs Muscle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Engagement Theater- R1058
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This proposal outlines a ""Brain vs. Muscles"" architecture that leverages edge-native AI to transform tactical network management from reactive processes to proactive, self-healing orchestration. By deploying containerized, quantized models on ruggedized hardware, the system ensures persistent intelligence and secure, automated decision-making even in disconnected or limited network environments. Artificial intelligence can revolutionize tactical network management by transitioning systems from reactive processes to proactive, self-healing orchestration. Red Hat offers a framework for designing intelligent, real-time decision-making systems within demanding tactical environments. Predictive routing and agentic AI can address critical challenges, such as fragmented networks, quality-of-service optimization, and complex PACE routing, without compromising... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Derek Thurston
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Associate Principal Architect
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Red Hat
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, August 20, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Closing Keynote & Conference Closing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Oglethorpe ABCDE
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  LTG Paul T. Stanton, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Commander, Department of War Cyber Defense Command
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  LTG Bruce T. Crawford, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  President & CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  AFCEA International
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  MG Ryan M. Janovic, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Commanding General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence & Fort Gordon
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