TechNet Indo-Pacific 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities


AFCEA has developed an enhanced sponsorship program that will offer maximum visibility to those who participate! What better way to make sure you stand out and increase your exposure at this foremost event in which industry leaders can learn about military requirements and connect with decision makers and operators, where senior military and government officials can gain feedback, and where industry thought leaders will discuss and demonstrate solutions. Sponsorship opportunities are offered at several investment levels, ensuring your ability to participate.

Browse available options below, or jump to specific categories: Patron Packages and Individual Sponsorships.

Sunday, November 17, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Lobby

    Monday, November 18, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    • Room: Coral Lobby

      Tuesday, November 19, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

      • Room: Coral Lobby

        Tuesday, November 19, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

        Tuesday, November 19, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

        • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1

          Tuesday, November 19, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

          • Room: Lehua Suite
          Speaker(s)
          Speaker (confirmed)
          MG Dave Bryan, USA (Ret.)
          President & CEO
          Bryan Business Management & Technology, LLC
          Tracks:

            Tuesday, November 19, 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

            Tuesday, November 19, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

            • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

              Tuesday, November 19, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

              • Room: Nautilus Suite
              Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, and Cloud+; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC In this session, we will explore DoD cloud and cybersecurity adoption within the DoD. This session will overview the DoD cloud service providers (CSPs), overview of considerations to adopt cloud, cybersecurity considerations, and practical examples of how the DoD agencies are adopting various models for digital modernization. We will walkthrough technical hands-on examples of important technical considerations for initial cloud standup, onboarding, and showcasing cybersecurity best-practices to secure cloud environments and modernize workloads and applications. AGENDA 1.Cloud Strategy DoD 2.Cloud Service Provider Overview 3.Overview of Modernization Strategy 4.Cyber Threat Landscape 5.Cyber Capabilities for... ...read more...
              Speaker(s)
              Speaker (confirmed)
              Neil Kronimus
              Senior Director, Cloud
              General Dynamics Information Technology
              Speaker (confirmed)
              Dr. Matthew McFadden
              Senior Director, Cyber
              General Dynamics Information Technology
              Tracks:

                Tuesday, November 19, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                • Room: Lehua Suite
                Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is, "In matters of fashion swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand firm". - Thomas Jefferson. The overall objective of Session 1 is to develop an understanding of key servant leadership fundamentals and their application based on a leader's personal values framework. In other words, lead by personal example - it's not just what you say, it's how you act. Genuine leaders don't just talk the talk, they walk the walk. The key teaching points are: 1) servant leadership principles and fundamentals; 2)... ...read more...
                Speaker(s)
                Speaker (confirmed)
                Amy Fadida
                President & CEO
                A.M Fadida Consulting
                Tracks:

                  Tuesday, November 19, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

                  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                  Speaker(s)
                  Moderator (confirmed)
                  ADM Dick Macke, USN (Ret.)
                  former Commander
                  U.S. Pacific Command
                  Panelist (confirmed)
                  David Cerjan
                  Managing Director, National Security
                  Verizon Business Group
                  Panelist (confirmed)
                  William Stritzinger
                  Cloud Data Center Sales Specialist
                  Juniper Networks
                  Panelist (invited)
                  Ted Branch
                  Senior Vice President and General Manager, Navy and Marine Corps Business Group
                  Perspecta Inc.
                  Panelist (invited)
                  Tony Moles
                  Vice President for Defense Markets
                  Tyto Athene
                  Panelist (invited)
                  Juliana Vida
                  Group Vice President and Chief Strategy Advisor
                  Splunk
                  Tracks:
                  Handout(s)

                    Tuesday, November 19, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

                    • Room: Honolulu Suite
                    Speaker(s)
                    Speaker (confirmed)
                    Lt Gen Robert J. Skinner, USAF
                    Director, Defense Information Systems Agency and
                    Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network
                    Tracks:
                      • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                      These innovative technologies consist of assured identity capabilities to include hardware attestation, continuous multifactor authentication, personalized contextual authentication, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), and desktop replacement. Cloud Based Internet Isolation is also helping to increase the Department’s security posture by moving browsing off the endpoint and into the secure cloud environment. ...
                      Speaker(s)
                      Speaker (confirmed)
                      MAJ(P) Nikolaus Ziegler, USA
                      Senior Military Innovation Officer, Emerging Technologies Directorate
                      Defense Information Systems Agency
                      Tracks:

                        Tuesday, November 19, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

                        • Room: Honolulu Suite
                        Speaker(s)
                        Speaker (confirmed)
                        CAPT Erik Pittman USN
                        Deputy Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber
                        U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
                        Tracks:

                          Tuesday, November 19, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

                          • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                          DISA’s Enterprise Voice Services provides the Department of Defense with enterprise voice solutions for Combatant Commands, Services and Agencies. The service delivers unclassified and classified IP-based voice capabilities in an "as-a-Service" model to Mission Partners. It provides reliable, cost effective, secure communications, enabling Mission Partners to decommission legacy voice equipment and reduce hardware footprint and costs. ...
                          Speaker(s)
                          Speaker (confirmed)
                          Pam Simon
                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                          Tracks:

                            Tuesday, November 19, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

                            • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                            Speaker(s)
                            Keynote (confirmed)
                            ADM Philip S. ("Phil") Davidson, USN
                            Commander
                            U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
                            Tracks:

                              Tuesday, November 19, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                              • Room: Honolulu Suite
                              Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, CASP+ In 2017, the Deputy Secretary of Defense declared the intent to increase the speed of technological development and promote a culture of risk-taking and adaptation within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Adoption of commercial cloud computing is a key enabler of this innovation. Real world use cases such as humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR), multinational incident response, and episodic coalition events highlight how elastic, on-demand compute and storage resources can transform operations in a multipartner operational environment. Operating as a modern force in the Indo-Pacific region requires us to break... ...read more...
                              Speaker(s)
                              Speaker (confirmed)
                              Sharon Woods
                              Senior Executive Service, Director, Hosting and Compute Center
                              Defense Information Systems Agency
                              Tracks:

                                Tuesday, November 19, 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

                                • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                Overview of DoD Mobility Enterprise Capability Offerings (DMUC, DMCC-S, DMCC-TS) to include costs and how Mission Partners can order the services.  Information regarding current mobility capability enhancements and future mobility efforts....
                                Speaker(s)
                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                Mark Long
                                Chief, DoD Enterprise Mobility Division
                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                Tracks:

                                  Tuesday, November 19, 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

                                  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                  Speaker(s)
                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                  Randy Cieslak, SES
                                  Executive Directorate
                                  U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                  Frank J. Briguglio, CISSP
                                  Public Sector Identity Governance Strategist
                                  SailPoint
                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                  Donald R. Mackert
                                  Technical Director
                                  Research Innovations, Inc.
                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                  Derek Straubaugh
                                  Digital Advisory Services
                                  Microsoft
                                  Panelist (invited)
                                  Joseph Carson, CISSP
                                  Chief Security Scientist & Advisory CISO
                                  Thycotic
                                  Tracks:

                                    Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

                                    • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                    Speaker(s)
                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                    CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.)
                                    Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures
                                    Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
                                    Tracks:
                                    Handout(s)
                                      • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                      Cross-border information sharing arrangements can only be accomplished if the nations trust each other.  Therefore, building trust is an essential foundation to motivate countries to share sensitive information on security related issues.  To build trust, parties involved must understand each other's cultural norms, perspectives, and practices.  An awareness of different cultural trust-building norms across countries is needed to enhance relationships.  Lack of cultural sensitivities can lead to distrust and create barriers to building trusting relationships.  Therefore, it is important for those who are responsible for building cross-border information sharing arrangements to also pay attention to cultural aspects, which may be... ...read more...
                                      Speaker(s)
                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                      Dr. Miemie Byrd
                                      Professor
                                      Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies
                                      Tracks:

                                        Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

                                        • Room: Nautilus Suite
                                        Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, PenTest+, Linux+, and CASP; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC Cyber Security and compliance best practices in the cloud for DoD compliant workloads in accordance with the DoD Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) and Security Requirements Guide (SRG).   Alignment to the NIST CSF in the cloud - The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is recognized as the de facto guide for best practices in cybersecurity and risk-management for organizations of any size and in any sector or location. In this session, learn how to implement cloud services to align to the 108 outcome-based... ...read more...
                                        Speaker(s)
                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                        Michael South
                                        Principal Security Business Director for the Americas
                                        Amazon Web Services
                                        Tracks:

                                          Tuesday, November 19, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

                                          • Room: Lehua Suite
                                          Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is, "You manage things; you lead people." - RADM Grace Hopper. The overall objective for Session 2 is to develop an understanding of the differences between leadership and management and why they are both essential to organizational success. As Bill Toti has noted, "I know many managers who failed because they couldn't lead but I have known far too many charismatic leaders who failed because they didn't know how to manage." He is so right. The teaching points are: 1) develop an understanding of the... ...read more...
                                          Speaker(s)
                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                          Jamie Holcombe
                                          Chief Information Officer
                                          U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
                                          Tracks:

                                            Tuesday, November 19, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

                                            • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                            The USINDOPACOM Mission Partner Environment Engineering Services team designs, deploys and operates secure, robust and adaptable networked services that provide state-of-the-art C4ISR capabilities to support USINDOPACOM and our nation’s allied, coalition and bilateral partners. Using a hyper-converged architecture, the MPE-ES team is able to virtualize numerous coalition enclaves for presentation on a single device—the Multi-Enclave Client—or MEC. The USINDOPACOM MPE-ES team has installed MECs throughout the theater and beyond—in fact from Singapore to Maryland—to provide warfighters with virtual desktops on multiple coalition and US-only enclaves, access to enhanced desktop services on each, and integration with major theater supporting C2 systems....
                                            Speaker(s)
                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                            Sam Bass
                                            SOSi
                                            Tracks:
                                              • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                              As technology changes and becomes more sophisticated, has the approach for federation changed?  During the course of this discussion, we examine the past, present and future of coalition interoperability and federation in context of the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility.  ...
                                              Speaker(s)
                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                              Rajeev Parekh
                                              Portfolio Director
                                              The MITRE Corporation
                                              Tracks:

                                                Tuesday, November 19, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

                                                • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                                Organizations rely on diverse, multidisciplinary teams that thrive on inclusive leadership — leadership that assures that all team members are treated respectfully, fairly, are valued, have a sense of belonging, and are confident and inspired. Young AFCEANs will discuss the Harvard Business Review article “Why Inclusive Leaders Are Good for Organizations, and How to Become One,” by Juliet Bourke and Andrea Espedido. ...
                                                Speaker(s)
                                                Moderator (confirmed)
                                                Alicesara Lester
                                                U.S. Department of Defense
                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                Rachel James, Esquire
                                                Business Development Manager
                                                Holu Hou Energy
                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                Alisha Kelly
                                                Director of Business Development and Capture
                                                Trace Systems
                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                CMSgt Nina Ung, USAF
                                                Senior Enlisted Leader, Directorate of Operations
                                                National Security Agency - Hawaii
                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                Sharon Woods
                                                Senior Executive Service, Director, Hosting and Compute Center
                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                Tracks:

                                                  Tuesday, November 19, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

                                                  • Room: Nautilus Suite
                                                  Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, & CASP; 1 CertNexus CFR CEC; 1 GIAC CPE; ; 1 CertNexus CEC There exists a major loophole at the network endpoint from the wall to the desktop that cybersecurity does not address.  Physical security of network and terminal hardware and its user interface has been ignored in policy and practice enabling catastrophic breaches from insider threats, most notably Manning and Snowden. This session focuses on the need for convergence between physical security and cybersecurity to thwart emerging insider threats.  It reviews the background of information technology, existing policies, or lack thereof, and... ...read more...
                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                  Robert "Bob" Bauman
                                                  President & Chief Executive Officer
                                                  Trusted Systems, Inc.
                                                  Tracks:
                                                  Handout(s)

                                                    Tuesday, November 19, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                    • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge
                                                    Exhibiting companies:  CLICK HERE to order food/drink packages for your booth....
                                                      • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                      Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+ International standards create a common language which fosters a common understanding and reference point when discussing, implementing or testing a given technology, from cybersecurity to network interoperability. The Author will discuss the general engineering standardization process and then compare the methodologies used and processes of several standards bodies, with the goal of fostering coalition interoperability. Finally, the Author will describe the commitments in time and effort involved in creating a standard while helping the audience engage with the best-fit standards body....
                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                      Malcolm Airst
                                                      Senior Technical Staff
                                                      The MITRE Corporation
                                                      Tracks:
                                                        • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                        Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, & CASP; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC Global Cyber Strategies and Operations – From Cyber Defence to Cyber Resilience Estonia is a small country in the Baltics however it has been on the forefront of technology for many years.  Since the cyberattack in 2007 the importance of nation state cyber strategies and interoperability increased with many new initiatives starting from this post cyberwar event.  In the post 2007 cyberattack NATO setup the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence in 2008 with the HQ located in Tallinn. Estonia.  The Estonian... ...read more...
                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                        Joseph Carson
                                                        Chief Security Scientist
                                                        Thycotic
                                                        Tracks:

                                                          Wednesday, November 20, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

                                                          • Room: Coral Lobby

                                                            Wednesday, November 20, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

                                                            • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                            Keynote (confirmed)
                                                            RADM Kevin Lunday, USCG
                                                            Commander
                                                            Fourteenth Coast Guard District
                                                            Tracks:

                                                              Wednesday, November 20, 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM

                                                              • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1

                                                                Wednesday, November 20, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

                                                                  Wednesday, November 20, 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM

                                                                  • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

                                                                    Wednesday, November 20, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

                                                                    • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                    Col Glen M. Genove, USAF
                                                                    Deputy CIO and Chief, C4 Strategy, Integration, Resources, and Requirements Division
                                                                    USINDOPACOM
                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                      Wednesday, November 20, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

                                                                      • Room: Nautilus Suite
                                                                      Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, PenTest+, Linux+, and CASP; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC This presentation will discuss challenges and impact of Insider Threat and how Identity and Access Governance, Privileged User management and User Behavior Analytics are critical in protecting High Value Assets from nefarious actors - I have provided a brief excerpt from the presentation narrative below. Cybersecurity threats now come in many different forms - recent breaches of federal, state, local governments and commercial enterprises alike have proven this and many of them are the result of insider threats. Most modern Identity and Access Management... ...read more...
                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                      Frank J. Briguglio, CISSP
                                                                      Public Sector Identity Governance Strategist
                                                                      SailPoint
                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                        Wednesday, November 20, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                        • Room: Lehua Suite
                                                                        Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is, "Before you are a leader success is about growing yourself. Once you are a leader success is about growing others". - Jack Welch. The overall objective is to develop an appreciation for a leader's most important resource - people - and how to motivate them - all of them - to achieve success. Teaching points include: 1) identifying high achievers as well as underachievers; 2) methods for motivating and caring for your people; and, 3) how to increase their competencies and strengths while overcoming... ...read more...
                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                        MG Jennifer Napper, USA (Ret.)
                                                                        Vice President & Segment Manager
                                                                        Perspecta
                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                          Wednesday, November 20, 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

                                                                          • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                          Rajeev Parekh
                                                                          Portfolio Director
                                                                          The MITRE Corporation
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Joseph Carson
                                                                          Chief Security Scientist
                                                                          Thycotic
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Col Whitney McCloud USAF
                                                                          Director/Commander, Joint Spectrum Center
                                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Ian Stewart
                                                                          ICAM Technical Director
                                                                          National Security Agency
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Roger Westman
                                                                          Principal Cyber Engineer
                                                                          MITRE
                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                            • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                            RADM Michael Studeman, USN
                                                                            Commander, Office of Naval Intelligence
                                                                            Director, National Maritime Intelligence Integration Office
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            CAPT Anthony "Tony" Butera, USN
                                                                            Director, Intelligence and Information Operations (N2/N39)
                                                                            U.S. Pacific Fleet
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            CAPT Trent Fingerson, USN
                                                                            Director, J2
                                                                            Special Operations Command Pacific
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            Col Jacob J. Holmgren, USAF
                                                                            Director, A2
                                                                            Pacific Air Forces
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            Col Michael A. Marti, USA
                                                                            Director, G2
                                                                            U.S. Army Pacific
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            Col Andrew Moyer, USMC
                                                                            Director for Intelligence (G2)
                                                                            U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                              Wednesday, November 20, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                              • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                              The DISA Cloud Storage PMO would like to introduce you and your teams to milDrive, the next generation in file services and collaboration. milDrive is a secure, simple, and smart cloud storage solution that allows you to mobilize, protect, sync, and share data from anywhere on the DODIN.  The milDrive solution delivers an enterprise cloud storage service that fills technology gaps and shortcomings with existing commercial cloud storage offerings. It addresses real challenges with data availability, mobility, portability, and access. ...
                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                              Jessop McCrea
                                                                              Chief Engineer, Defense Enterprise Office Solution (DEOS)
                                                                              Defense Information System Agency
                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                Wednesday, November 20, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, & CASP; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC The Coalition Interoperability Forum seeks to establish connectivity and information-sharing to better equip decision-makers and allies of the USG. AWS provides infrastructural support opportunities to achieve this interoperability mission.  Merritt will present an overview of AWS points of presence that form the AWS infrastructure backbone in the Pacific and globally. She will describe considerations around trust and security in cloud computing-- drawing upon her experience advising Fortune 100 companies globally on security in AWS. Merritt will share some use cases and examples of real-world applications... ...read more...
                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                Merritt Baer
                                                                                Principal Engineer, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
                                                                                Amazon Web Services
                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                Hayes Magnuson
                                                                                Senior Navy Account Executive
                                                                                Amazon Web Services
                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                  Wednesday, November 20, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

                                                                                  • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                                  DISA’s Unified Capabilities (UC) offerings are enterprise services which provide communications in support of Warfighters and National Leaders. This presentation will provide an overview of DISA's UC portfolio to include progress toward mobile access and near-term program convergence....
                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                  Neil Mazuranic
                                                                                  Chief, Mobility Capabilities Branch
                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                    Wednesday, November 20, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                    • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

                                                                                      Wednesday, November 20, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

                                                                                      • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                      Threats to operational capabilities are wide and varied. Leaders demand rigorous attention to risk management, but what techniques should be applied when risks are shared?  The coalition environment offers new complexities to risk management.  Join the conversation....
                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                      David Buckley
                                                                                      Managing Director, Federal Risk Strategy and Compliance Practice
                                                                                      KPMG
                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                        • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                                        Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, CASP+; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC As a cybersecurity practitioner, Mari examines recent advancements in cloud security across the Federal sector including the DoD.  While the shared responsibility model continues to create cybersecurity coverage gaps, advances in vulnerability enumeration and threat-based analysis are improving the collective understanding.  As the trombone affect and cloud access bottlenecks are unraveled, Zero Trust solutions show promise but the DoD Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) remains a solid model. As the DoD moves out on fit-for purpose cloud services, large cloud providers are... ...read more...
                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                        Dr. Mari Spina
                                                                                        Principal Cyber Security Engineer
                                                                                        The MITRE Corporation
                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                          Wednesday, November 20, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                          • Room: Lehua Suite
                                                                                          Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is, "Where there is no vision, the people perish". - Proverbs 29:18.  The overall learning objective is for the students to gain an operational appreciation of the importance and an understanding of the leader's responsibility to develop and provide to their people a vision for their organization, how it fits into the larger organizational vision, what the strategy and actionable objectives are to achieve the vision, and importantly, how to achieve "buy-in" by the people for the vision. Teaching points include: 1) what is vision... ...read more...
                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                          CAPT George Galdorisi, USN (Ret.)
                                                                                          Director, Strategic Assessments and Technical Futures
                                                                                          Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                            Wednesday, November 20, 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                                                            • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                                            Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance and Unified Video/Sensor Dissemination System (AISR/UVDS): Provides an overview of the enterprise AISR and UVDS systems, and specific upgrades that are planned for the USINDOPACOM AOR in the next two years....
                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                            Robert Willett
                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                              Wednesday, November 20, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                                                              • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                                              CBII moves browsing off the endpoint to a trusted cloud environment where file AV scanning, detonation, and hash comparison occur. It strongly attributes browsing to the user, and optimizes the bandwidth consumed. Additionally, it provides remote document viewing and eliminates 3rd party plugins (ex: Flash). Cloud Based Internet Isolation Demo: A live demonstration of the Cloud Based Internet Isolation solution will be conducted. It will include showing what the end user experiences as a consumer of CBII, as well as the logging and accountability enhancements provided in the admin console of the CBII technology. ...
                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                              Bill Grenzer
                                                                                              Technical Director, Emerging Technology Directorate
                                                                                              Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                Wednesday, November 20, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                                Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, & CASP Cloud platforms offer the Department of Defense a multitude of technologies with new features every month. Zero Trust Architectures and identity, credential, and access management enable better cybersecurity frameworks. Coalition networks have unique policy and security challenges. It is the system integrators' job to bring together the right technologies to build an effective solution that meets the needs of the system owners and end users and establishes trust amongst coalition partners....
                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                Brandon Lester
                                                                                                President
                                                                                                AFCEA Hawaii
                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                  • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                                                  USINDOPACOM Mission Partner Environment (MPE) implements several technologies to ensure availability and reliability of the networked coalition environment while providing agility and security.   MPE provides the computing environment with replicated data centers (application service points) hosting enterprise services (e-mail, chat, file share, voice/video) and appropriate command and control (C2) application services; and the assurance environment that provides authorization control with identity and access management, network controls for monitoring and prioritizing network traffic allowing multiple security levels on an operational device (multi-enclave client).  USINDOPACOM MPE enables the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) tenants to establish, strengthen alliances and attract new partners. ... ...read more...
                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                  Mark Fink
                                                                                                  Chief Enterprise IT Architect
                                                                                                  USINDOPACOM
                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                    Wednesday, November 20, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                                                                    • Room: Nautilus Suite
                                                                                                    Approved for 1 GIAC CPE   Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning is becoming the new normal for both commercial industry and the Department of Defense.  AI/ML services from the cloud are being adopted for every imaginable DoD and Industry use case.   Amazon Web Services will discuss the current state of AI/ML and the trends in the industry for best practices deploying these capabilities.   We will focus on: 1. Big Data best practices 2. AI/ML workflows and best practices 3. Managed API services for AI/ML 4. DoD use cases for AI/ML in the cloud  5. Securing an AI/ML Cloud Environment 6. Using AI/ML for Cyber Security and Best Practices Attendees will learn... ...read more...
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                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                    Merritt Baer
                                                                                                    Principal Engineer, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
                                                                                                    Amazon Web Services
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                                                                                                      Wednesday, November 20, 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

                                                                                                      • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                                                                                      Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, CySA+, CASP, PenTest+, & Linux+; 1 CertNexus CFR CEC; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC Our panel of senior women leaders will discuss the thrills and challenges of entering and succeeding in their chosen field, including evolving cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities and solutions.  Discussion will center on Evolving cyber threats increasingly complex social engineering for hostile purposes attacks on critical infrastructure Enterprise vulnerabilities which enable malicious insiders to threaten assets including information which allow uninformed end-users to cause damage Promising solutions artificial intelligence for threat analysis and damage remediation increasing public awareness of security and privacy threats and vulnerabilities Each expert panelist will also... ...read more...
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                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Juliana Vida
                                                                                                      Group Vice President and Chief Strategy Advisor
                                                                                                      Splunk
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Jodi Ito
                                                                                                      Information Security Officer
                                                                                                      University of Hawaii
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Connie Lau
                                                                                                      President & CEO
                                                                                                      Hawaiian Electric Industries
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      VADM Nancy A. Norton, USN
                                                                                                      Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                      Commander, Joint Force Headquarters - Department of Defense Information Network
                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Ruth A. Youngs Lew, SES
                                                                                                      Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems
                                                                                                      Department of the Navy
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                                                                                                        Wednesday, November 20, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

                                                                                                        • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                                                        Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU: A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, & CASP The U.S. and its coalition partners work closely together in the field, but those efforts are hindered by an inability to communicate across disconnected collaboration environments separated due to security classification. Two programs managed by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory can help change this.  V2CDS is a first-of-its-kind, real-time voice and video cross domain solution to bridge between different security classified networks.  SecureView® is a cross domain access solution developed by the U.S. Air Force that provides users with the ability to access Multiple Independent Levels of... ...read more...
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                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                        Eileen Goodell
                                                                                                        V2CDS Program Manager
                                                                                                        Air Force Research Laboratory
                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                        John Woodruff
                                                                                                        SecureView Program Manager
                                                                                                        Air Force Research Laboratory
                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                          Wednesday, November 20, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                          • Room: Palace Lounge Exhibit Area, Tapa Tower
                                                                                                          Join us for a pop-up reception in the Palace Lounge exhibit area, 2nd floor, Tapa Tower. Everyone who attends will be eligible to win a ticket to the sold out Pau Hana reception this evening!...

                                                                                                            Wednesday, November 20, 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

                                                                                                            • Room: Nautilus Suite
                                                                                                            Recommended for Acquisition Training Training will provide an overview of GSA’s Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) that consist of Alliant 2, 8(a)STARSII and VETS2 vehicles and the IT Schedule 70 to assist you in determining the best solution for your IT requirements....
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                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                            Jennifer Jeans
                                                                                                            Alliant 2 Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Federal Acquisition Service, Enterprise GWAC
                                                                                                            U.S. General Services Administration
                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                            Lyn Sankey
                                                                                                            IT Account Manager for GSA IT Category Customer Engagement Division
                                                                                                            U.S. General Services Administration
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                                                                                                              Wednesday, November 20, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

                                                                                                              • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                                              Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU:  A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, Cloud+, PenTest+, CySA+, CASP+; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC There is no single silver or platinum Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM)  bullet for Coalition environments. Coalition environments represent a range of partnership options, differing degrees of mission integration, and  a range continuity timelines (episodic through continuous), and differing levels ICAM cohesion.   This session addresses Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) thoughts for next generation coalition environments based on lessons learned, projected trends and needs, and need for efficient and effective mission support....
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                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Ian Stewart
                                                                                                              ICAM Technical Director
                                                                                                              National Security Agency
                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Roger Westman
                                                                                                              Principal Cyber Engineer
                                                                                                              MITRE
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                                                                                                                • Room: Honolulu Suite
                                                                                                                In a coalition/global environment many sovereign nations come to the table with myriad points of view or "perspectives" on how to use and/or employ capabilities within the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). This disparately known, even understood and finite medium is on the upswing.  In terms of its commercial value, dependence upon its access to support our daily life; let alone the access to it that is required in defense of our nation ... EMS is undeniable.  The lynchpin of progress, indeed success, lay in the foundation constructs required to bring potentially fragmented EMS lens and understanding to the forefront.  The evolution... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                Col Whitney McCloud USAF
                                                                                                                Director/Commander, Joint Spectrum Center
                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                  Wednesday, November 20, 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                                                  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4

                                                                                                                    Wednesday, November 20, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

                                                                                                                    Thursday, November 21, 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                    • Room: Coral Lobby

                                                                                                                      Thursday, November 21, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                                                                      • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                                                                                                      There are different levels and unique information sharing requirements when it comes to joint and coalition operations. Depending on the operations, what, how, and why we share information dynamically vacillates between the “need to share” versus the “need to protect.” Most often leaders require both, creating organizational, process, and technology complexity. One concept is certain, establishing trust is paramount. The underlying concept of trust which requires shared goals, shared values, common standards, transparency, and most importantly, shared risks, help us to share confidently in coalition interoperability....
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                                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      David Buckley
                                                                                                                      Managing Director, Federal Risk Strategy and Compliance Practice
                                                                                                                      KPMG
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      Patrick Baker
                                                                                                                      Principal Technical Consultant C4ISR
                                                                                                                      UK Ministry of Defence - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      Col (Ret.) Michael Maxwell, SC, CD
                                                                                                                      Deputy N6 Communications, Information Systems, Information Warfare
                                                                                                                      Canadian Forces - Maritime Forces Pacific
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      LTCOL Tim Minion RA Sigs
                                                                                                                      SO1 CIS Plans - HQJOC J65
                                                                                                                      Australian Defence Force - HQ Joint Operations Command
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      COL Aaron Osburn USA
                                                                                                                      Chief, Interoperability and C4 Engagements
                                                                                                                      U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
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                                                                                                                        Thursday, November 21, 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                        • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1
                                                                                                                        Scheduled demonstrations: ArchTIS - Kojensi: Cloud enterprise content management capabilities, collaboration tools, and workflows [see attachment]; AWS: Amazon Web Services has over 170 unique services from compute/storage to AI/ML and Edge computing.  Amazon will showcase use cases around AI/ML technology for advanced threat detection, Amazon Workspaces for secure cloud VDI, Amazon Snowball Edge for tactical edge computing, and Amazon AI/ML services for video/image analysis; SRC: SRC Technologies and our partners (AWS, Okta, and Radiant Logic) will present demonstrations of how federated cloud identity enables information sharing, secure VDI and multinational cloud cybersecurity requirements. ; IMPRES: Simulated MPE hardware/software with cloaking layer & network management to demonstrate... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                          Thursday, November 21, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

                                                                                                                          • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                                                          Why Identity Integration is Critical for Digital Transformation and Providing the Right Information to the Right People at the Right Time Speed, efficiency, interoperability, scalability and a unified experience—it’s the holy grail of every mission and essential to all lines of effort of the DoD National Defense Strategy. But to take full advantage of the identity information you have for each user—without compromising security—DoD and Mission Partners must deal with daunting challenges, including increased complexity in the technology stack, understanding attributes of users (both structured and unstructured), and normalizing identity data that is fragmented across a broad range of evolving offline/... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                          BILL BAZ
                                                                                                                          ACCOUNT MANAGER
                                                                                                                          RADIANT LOGIC
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                                                                                                                            Thursday, November 21, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                            • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

                                                                                                                              Thursday, November 21, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                                                                              • Room: Coral Ballroom and Lounge/Palace Lounge

                                                                                                                                Thursday, November 21, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

                                                                                                                                • Room: Lehua Suite
                                                                                                                                Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is: "Anyone can hold the helm when the seas are calm". - Publius Syrus. Overall learning objective is is for the students to gain an understanding of the linkage between trust and accountability within an organization, what the leader's responsibilities are in this regard, and leader techniques and methodologies to achieve and sustain such an environment. Teaching points include: 1) what is trust, what is accountability and how are they interrelated; 2) what is the difference between an organization that has a positive climate of... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                COL Laurie Moe Buckhout, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                President and CEO
                                                                                                                                The Corvus Group, LLC
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                                                                                                                                  Thursday, November 21, 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                                                                                  • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                                                                                  DISA’s Unified Capabilities (UC) offerings are enterprise services which provide communications in support of Warfighters and National Leaders. This presentation will provide an overview of DISA's UC portfolio to include progress toward mobile access and near-term program convergence....
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                                                                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                  Neil Mazuranic
                                                                                                                                  Chief, Mobility Capabilities Branch
                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                                                                                    Thursday, November 21, 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                                                                                    • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                    Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Lt Gen Robert J. Skinner, USAF
                                                                                                                                    Director, Defense Information Systems Agency and
                                                                                                                                    Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network
                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Col Joseph E. Delaney, USMC
                                                                                                                                    Information Environment Directorate
                                                                                                                                    U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Col Roy Rockwell, USAF
                                                                                                                                    Deputy Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                    U.S. Pacific Air Forces
                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Robert Stephenson
                                                                                                                                    Chief Technology Officer for C4ISR
                                                                                                                                    SPAWAR
                                                                                                                                    Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    COL Lisa D. Whittaker, USA
                                                                                                                                    Deputy Chief of Staff, G6
                                                                                                                                    U.S. Army Pacific Command
                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                      Thursday, November 21, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

                                                                                                                                      • Room: Iolani Rooms 2-4
                                                                                                                                      Overview of DoD Mobility Enterprise Capability Offerings (DMUC, DMCC-S, DMCC-TS) to include costs and how Mission Partners can order the services.  Information regarding current mobility capability enhancements and future mobility efforts....
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                                                                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                      Mark Long
                                                                                                                                      Chief, DoD Enterprise Mobility Division
                                                                                                                                      Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                                                                                        Thursday, November 21, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                                                                        • Room: Tapa Ballroom 2-3
                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                        Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                        VADM Kenneth R. Whitesell, USN
                                                                                                                                        Commander, Naval Air Forces
                                                                                                                                        Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
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                                                                                                                                          Thursday, November 21, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

                                                                                                                                          • Room: Lehua Suite
                                                                                                                                          Open to Leadership Forum Registrants only (registration can be purchased through Conference Registration)  Session theme quote is, "When a leader's task is done, his aim fulfilled, his people will say, "Look what we have done!" - Lao Tsu. Overall learning objective is for the students to gain an understanding and appreciation of the importance of teamwork and the leader's critical role and responsibilities in this regard. Teaching points include: 1) why the organizational whole is greater than the simple sum of its parts; and, 2) tools and techniques leaders can use to develop and sustain teamwork and a championship mentality within... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                          MG Dave Bryan, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                          President & CEO
                                                                                                                                          Bryan Business Management & Technology, LLC
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                                                                                                                                            Thursday, November 21, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                                            • Room: Lehua Suite

                                                                                                                                              Friday, November 22, 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM

                                                                                                                                              • Room: Navy/Marine Golf Course
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