TechNet Indo-Pacific Supporting Partner Opportunities

AFCEA has developed an enhanced Supporting Partner 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. Supporting Partner 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 Opportunities.

The deadline for Sponsorship Opportunities is March 11th.

Click here for TechNet Indo Pacific Session Recordings

Saturday, April 09, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration Hours

  • Room: Hotel Main Lobby (12-5)/Coral Ballroom Lobby (2-5)
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Sunday, April 10, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Hours

  • Room: Hotel Main Lobby/Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Monday, April 11, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Hours

  • Room: Hotel Main Lobby/Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Monday, April 11, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

STEM Innovation Center

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom I (Mid-Pacific Conf Center)
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Monday, April 11, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Military/Collegiate Capture the Flag (CTF) Cyber Challenge hosted by Parsons (separate registration required)

  • Room: Virtual
The AFCEA TECHNET Military/Collegiate CTF Competition is a 4-hour, jeopardy-Style competition for aspiring and seasoned cyber and cybersecurity professionals. This competition is a learning tool that will measure the participants current familiarity with various cybersecurity topics and will further sharpen the tools they have learned through education, training or self-learning.... ...read more...
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Monday, April 11, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

  • Room: Rooftop Garden (Mid-Pacific Conf Center 2nd Floor)
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Monday, April 11, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Exhibit Hours

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Monday, April 11, 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Opening Ceremony

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)

Monday, April 11, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Keynote Address

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
ADM Samuel J. Paparo, USN
Commander
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Monday, April 11, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Open-Source Platforms, Tools, and Techniques for Advanced Cyber Training, Competition, and Simulation

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom I (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Speaker(s)
  • Speaker (confirmed)
    Christopher J. May
    Technical Director, Cyber Workforce Development, CERT® Division, Software Engineering Institute
    Carnegie Mellon University
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Monday, April 11, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Refreshment Break

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Monday, April 11, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Industry Panel: What Cloud Technologies Can Industry Offer to Enable the Department of Defense to Move from Data to Dominance?

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer
AFCEA International
Panelist (confirmed)
Bill Burnham
Chief Technology Officer, US Public Sector
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Panelist (confirmed)
Boris Kilimnik
Federal Sales Director
Juniper Networks
Panelist (confirmed)
James L. Matney
Vice President and General Manager, DISA and Enterprise Services Sector
GDIT
Panelist (confirmed)
Angel Smith, Ph.D.
Partner, Mission Solutions & Customer Expansion
Microsoft
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Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM

Registration Hours

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby (Mid-Pacific Conf Center)
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Tuesday, April 12, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Keynote Breakfast*

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
* Ticket Required...
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
BGen Joseph R. Clearfield, USMC
Deputy Commander
U.S. Marine Forces Pacific
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Tuesday, April 12, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Exhibit Hours

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Tuesday, April 12, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Middle/High School Capture the Flag (CTF) Cyber Challenge hosted by Parsons (separate registration required)

  • Room: Honolulu Suite (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Approved for 4 CompTIA CEUs for: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, Linux+, CASP+, PenTest+, CySA+; 4 GIAC CPEs; 4 CertNexus CECs for CyberSec First Responder (CFR) To register, go to:  https://parsons.circa.co/AFCEA-IndoPac22 ...
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Tuesday, April 12, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

DISA Keynote Session

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
Lt Gen Robert J. Skinner, USAF
Director, Defense Information Systems Agency and
Commander, Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network
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Tuesday, April 12, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Networking Break

  • Room: Exhibit Area
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Tuesday, April 12, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Cloud Approaches for Decision Makers

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom I (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Approved for 2 GIAC CPEs This session will be targeted at Decision Makers and will educate attendees on cloud solutions for national security and services that help government leaders accelerate achievement of mission accomplishments by leveraging the cloud. This will include an overview on how organizations can implement a secure and compliant... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Caroline Jones
Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Specialist for US Army
Microsoft
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Tuesday, April 12, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

STEM Innovation Center

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom I (Mid-Pacific Conf Center)
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Tuesday, April 12, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

J6 Panel: M.A.J.I.C. - MPE, Assured C2, JADC2 Enabling Security and Interoperability with Coalition Partners

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
BG Paul H. Fredenburgh III, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President, Defense and National Security
AFCEA International
Panelist (confirmed)
BG Jacqueline "Denise" Brown, USA
Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Panelist (confirmed)
Col Donald "Thunder" Cloud, USAF
Deputy Director, Cyberspace Operations and Warfighting Communications
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
Panelist (confirmed)
Robert A. "Bob" Stephenson, SES
Director for Communications and Information Systems & Chief Information Officer Commander
U.S. Pacific Fleet (N6)
Panelist (confirmed)
Col Koichi Takagi, USMC
Director of Operations in the Information Environment
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
Panelist (confirmed)
COL Lisa D. Whittaker, USA
Deputy Chief of Staff, G6
U.S. Army Pacific Command
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Tuesday, April 12, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions & Networking

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Tuesday, April 12, 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Operationalizing the Marine Corps Enterprise Network

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
The Marine Corps has been implementing re-invention of the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) Command and Control. Strategic initiatives to reorganize all MCEN support to align directly into the Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, and Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group. The multi-year effort culminated on February 27, 2022, when 3d Network... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Bruce Hidaka-Gordon
Deputy Commander
Marine Corps 3d Network Battalion
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Tuesday, April 12, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

  • Room: Rooftop Garden (Mid-Pacific Conf Center 2nd Floor)
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Tuesday, April 12, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote Address

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
RADM Peter W. Gautier, USCG
Deputy Commander, Pacific Area
U.S. Coast Guard
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Tuesday, April 12, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

CompTIA Mini-Bootcamp: Securing Information in Today's Technology: The Data Skills Security Pros Should Know

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom I (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Approved for 2 CompTIA CEUs: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, and CASP+ Separate registration (no cost) requested - CLICK HERE to sign up For decades, now, we have seen data analytics become a core skill for IT and security professionals, in addition to non-IT workers. Almost thirty years ago, database and web analytics... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Thomasina Hammond
Senior Marketing Manager
CompTIA
Speaker (confirmed)
James A. Stanger, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Evangelist
CompTIA
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Tuesday, April 12, 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Keynote Address

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
GEN Charles A. Flynn, USA
Commanding General
U.S. Army Pacific
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Tuesday, April 12, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Breakout Sessions & Networking

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Tuesday, April 12, 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Women in AFCEA Panel - Senior Cyber Leaders Discuss Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Challenges

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU for: A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, and Cloud+; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 CertNexus CEC for CyberSec First Responder (CFR)....
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
Christine Lanning
President
Integrated Security Technologies
Panelist (confirmed)
BG Jacqueline "Denise" Brown, USA
Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Panelist (confirmed)
Michele Engelhart
Vice President, Defense Growth and Strategy
GDIT
Panelist (confirmed)
Nicole Isoda
Machine Learning Researcher and Project Manager
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
Panelist (confirmed)
Catherine Johnston
Deputy Director for Intelligence
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
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Tuesday, April 12, 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM

Women in AFCEA Reception

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
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Tuesday, April 12, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Pau Hana Reception*

  • Room: Rooftop Garden (Mid-Pacific Conf Center 2nd Floor)
* Ticket Required...
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Wednesday, April 13, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Hours

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby (Mid-Pacific Conf Center)
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Wednesday, April 13, 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Keynote Breakfast*

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
* Ticket Required...
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
Lt Gen James A. Jacobson, USAF
Deputy Commander
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
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Wednesday, April 13, 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Exhibit Hours

Wednesday, April 13, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Networking Break

  • Room: Exhibit Area
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Wednesday, April 13, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Cloud DevSecOps in Hyperscale and Edge Environments

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom I (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Approved for 1 CompTIA CEU for: A+, Network+, Security+, Cloud+, Linux+; 1 GIAC CPE; 1 GIAC CPE Attend this DevSecOps session to learn how to build compatible code and applications spanning the tactical edge to data centers and the cloud to include operating in Denied, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments. The vast... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Walt Whitecotton
Microsoft
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Wednesday, April 13, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

STEM Innovation Center

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom I (Mid-Pacific Conf Center)
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Wednesday, April 13, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Indo-Pacific Command Coalition Panel: Information Sharing Challenges with Achieving Interoperability

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
CDR Kathryn McCabe, RAN
Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Cyber (VJ6)
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Panelist (confirmed)
Brig Alan Litster, RM
J5 Deputy Director for Policy
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Panelist (confirmed)
RADM Brett R. Sonter, RAN
Deputy Director, Maritime Operations - Australia
US Pacific Fleet
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Wednesday, April 13, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Breakout Sessions & Networking

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Wednesday, April 13, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Integrated Warfighting Network

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
In today’s warfighting paradigm, success is dependent on being able to reach back to obtaining information or to pass on information. This requires reliable and resilient network connectivity. This briefing will show how the Integrated Warfighting Network (IWN) achieves connectivity to provide mass with extreme maneuverability through any modality of... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Col Peter (STIX) Chiou, USAF
Chief of Integrated Warfighting Networks
Department of the Air Force Chief Architect Office
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Handout(s)

Wednesday, April 13, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Keynote Luncheon*

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
* Ticket Required...
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
LTG James B. Jarrard, USA
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)
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Wednesday, April 13, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Panel Session: 5G: Driving Data Dominance in the Pacific

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV (Mid-Pacific Center)
Speaker(s)
  • Moderator (confirmed)
    Stephanie Hutch
    President & CEO, Makai Defense
    Founder and Chair of the Board, Kekoa Foundation
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Michael Bilyeu
    Associate Director
    NineTwelve
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    William Fong
    Engineer, Advanced Development & Experimentation Branch, ISR Division
    Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC PAC)
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Robert Perkins
    Senior 5G Technology Advisor
    Vectrus
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Zero Trust Architecture from Sensor to Shooter

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom I (Tapa Conf Center 2nd Floor)
Speaker(s)
  • Speaker (confirmed)
    Chuck White
    Chief Technology Officer
    Fornetix
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