TechNet Indo-Pacific 2023 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, Individual Opportunities, and Branding Opportunities.

Have an idea for a Supporting Partner Opportunity not listed below? We are here to ensure you have the best conference experience. We are happy to create a custom package to meet your specific needs. Let us know your vision, objective and budget and we’ll create a customized opportunity just for you.

The deadline to purchase a sponsorship is Wednesday, October 4th.

Sunday, November 05, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Sunday, November 05, 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  • Room: Shell Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village Main Lobby
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Monday, November 06, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Monday, November 06, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

  • Room: Shell Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village Main Lobby
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Tuesday, November 07, 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

  • Room: Shell Bar, Hilton Hawaiian Village Main Lobby
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Tuesday, November 07, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Tuesday, November 07, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

  • Room: Palace Lounge & Tapa Ballroom II/III
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Tuesday, November 07, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Tuesday, November 07, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Palace Lounge/Tapa Ballroom I
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Tuesday, November 07, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1
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Tuesday, November 07, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Keynote (invited)
ADM John C. Aquilino, USN
Commander
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Speaker (confirmed)
LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
President & Chief Executive Officer
AFCEA International
Speaker (confirmed)
Brandon Lester
President
AFCEA Hawaii
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Sponsored by:

Tuesday, November 07, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Room: Nautilus Suite
Information Technology seems to be hooked on speed.  Since the writing of the Agile Manifesto in 2001, enterprises have steadily moved towards increasing the velocity of creating and deploying systems to production and to the hands of the end customers.  And this movement seems to be in full bloom.  More... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Terumi Laskowsky
Director
Credo Security Solutions, LLC
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Tuesday, November 07, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom, Foyer, and Lobby
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Tuesday, November 07, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Tuesday, November 07, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
Bill Streilein, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
CDAO
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Tuesday, November 07, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

  • Room: Tapa 1 Theater
Speaker(s)
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Jamie Lukos, Ph.D.
    Senior Technologist for Cognitive and Decision Science
    Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Neil Zerbe
    Industry Consultant and Unmanned Systems Subject Matter Expert
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Tuesday, November 07, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
Topics of discussion: Technical Integration Acquisition and Policy/Doctrine Cross-Service Challenges/Opportunities ...
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
President & Chief Executive Officer
AFCEA International
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Tuesday, November 07, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Nautilus Suite
This hands-on and interactive session will cover how to identify specific vulnerabilities in web applications, how to design a defensible code base that can mitigate specific vulnerabilities, and how to apply open-source libraries to secure web applications against specific vulnerabilities....
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Paul "P-cap" Capili
Security Engineer
Torqata
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Tuesday, November 07, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Exhibit Areas
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Sponsored by:

Tuesday, November 07, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
Col Michael B. Black, USAF (Ret.)
Vice President for Defense
AFCEA International
Panelist (confirmed)
Chris Hughes
CISO & Co-Founder Aquia/Cyber Innovation Fellow
CISA
Panelist (confirmed)
Benjy Portnoy
Vice President, Global Solution Architects
Aqua Security
Panelist (confirmed)
Rob Vietmeyer
Chief Software Officer for the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Enterprise (DCIO(IE))
Department of Defense
Panelist (confirmed)
Aaron Weis
Managing Director
Google Public Sector
Panelist (invited)
Tony Crotwell
Enterprise Architect
U.S. Air Force
Panelist (invited)
Jeffrey Day
Product Managaer
U.S. Army ECMA
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Tuesday, November 07, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
The U.S. Government has embarked on an endeavor to improve cyber security, including critical infrastructure by migrating to zero trust architecture with the deadline for executive departments and agencies to meet specific standards and objectives by the end of FY 2024. OMB Memo M-22-09 states, “The foundational tenet of the Zero... ...read more...
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Tuesday, November 07, 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
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Wednesday, November 08, 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom Lobby
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Wednesday, November 08, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Room: Palace Lounge/Tapa Ballroom I
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Sponsored by:

Wednesday, November 08, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Palace Lounge/Tapa Ballroom I
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Wednesday, November 08, 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
BG Paul H. Fredenburgh III, USA (Ret.)
Executive Vice President, Defense and National Security
AFCEA International
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Wednesday, November 08, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1
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Wednesday, November 08, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Room: Exhibit Areas
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Wednesday, November 08, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Wednesday, November 08, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Coral Ballroom, Foyer, and Lobby
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Wednesday, November 08, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Room: Tapa 1 Ballroom
Speaker(s)
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Andrew Hong
    Deputy Director, Cyber Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit
    U.S. Department of Defense
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Dave Peterson
    CEO & Founder
    Fenix Group
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Lt Col Kate "Claire" Stowe, USAFR
    Defense Engagement Team Cyber Lead, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
    U.S. Department of Defense
  • Panelist (confirmed)
    Johnson Wu
    Cyber Commercial Executive, Cyber Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
    U.S. Department of Defense
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  • Room: Honolulu 2
Speaker(s)
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Wednesday, November 08, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Room: Nautilus Suite
SLSA (slsa.dev) , an open-source security framework, is a set of security best practices for software supply chains. It provides a reference for organizations to assess and improve the security of their software supply chains. SLSA is based on the following principles: -   Trustworthy software starts with trustworthy sources. SLSA requires organizations... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Ming Ling
Customer Engineer
Google
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Wednesday, November 08, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
Randy Resnick
Director, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Panelist (confirmed)
James "Jamie" Milne
National Security Agency
Panelist (confirmed)
Christopher Pymm
Portfolio Manager, Thunderdome & Division Chief, ID7
Defense Information Systems Agency
Panelist (confirmed)
Justin Stolpman
Director, Department of the Air Force Zero Trust Functional Management Office (DAF FMO), Air Combat Command A6
Chief of Plans, Attack Surface Management Center of Excellence, 688th Cyberspace Wing, 16th Air Force
Panelist (confirmed)
David Voelker
Zero Trust Architecture Lead
Department of the Navy
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Wednesday, November 08, 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Wednesday, November 08, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Wednesday, November 08, 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
AVM Carl Newman, RAAF
Australian Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Air Forces
Australian Deputy Theater Air Component Commander to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
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Wednesday, November 08, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

  • Room: Nautilus Suite
Managing a GWAC and ensuring contract holders are meeting their contractual obligations is a comprehensive process. Through years of experience the Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) has developed its “Program Performance” tracking to ensure contract holders are able to keep up with demands and responsibilities of being a SEWP... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
George Nicol
Deputy Program Director, COR/Industry & Contract Holder Relations
NASA SEWP
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Wednesday, November 08, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  • Room: Iolani 3-4
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Hansang Bae
Chief Technologist
Zscaler
Speaker (confirmed)
Paul Bingham
Vice President & Dean, College of Information Technology
Western Governors University
Speaker (confirmed)
Stephen Schneiter
Director, Instructor Network
CompTIA
Speaker (confirmed)
James A. Stanger, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Evangelist
CompTIA
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Wednesday, November 08, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
RDML Thomas M. "Tom" Henderschedt, USN
Director for Intelligence
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (J2)
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Wednesday, November 08, 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wednesday, November 08, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Nautilus Suite
SolarWinds, a major technology firm in Austin, Texas, was the subject of a massive cyberattack in November 2020, that spread to approximately 33,000 of its clients. The hackers added malicious code to the company’s Orion software, which is widely used by government agencies and technology companies worldwide. The attack went undetected for... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Speaker (confirmed)
Cort Chambers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity, Hawaii Pacific University
Cybersecurity Program Chair, College of Professional Studies, Hawaii Pacific University
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Wednesday, November 08, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Exhibit Areas
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Wednesday, November 08, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 2-4
Securing today’s data-centric battlefield is increasingly difficult due to rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) model and data poisoning attacks. As data privacy is threatened by these new self-learning and automated threat vectors, the Army must stand ready to defend itself with secure cyber defense measures. This panel will... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
MSgt Michael Gresens, USAF
Vice President of Emerging Leaders, AFCEA Hawaii
Operations Flights Chief, PACAF Cyber Systems Squadron
Panelist (confirmed)
Summer Rankin, Ph.D.
Senior Lead Data Scientist
Booz Allen Hamilton
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Wednesday, November 08, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Wednesday, November 08, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

  • Room: The Great Lawn
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Thursday, November 09, 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Thursday, November 09, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

  • Room: Palace Lounge/Tapa I
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Thursday, November 09, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Room: Palace Lounge/Tapa I
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Thursday, November 09, 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
Col Jason N. "Gazer" Schramm, USSF
Deputy Commander
U.S. Space Forces - Indo-Pacific
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Thursday, November 09, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom 1
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Thursday, November 09, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Room: Mid-Pacific Conference Center
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Thursday, November 09, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Room: Exhibit Areas (Both Sides)
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Thursday, November 09, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom II-IV
Speaker(s)
Moderator (confirmed)
BG Mark D. Miles, USA
Director, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Directorate (J6)
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
Panelist (confirmed)
COL L. R. Gerber, USMC
Director, G6
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
Panelist (confirmed)
COL Alton Johnson, USA
Director, G6
U.S. Army Pacific
Panelist (confirmed)
Grp Cpt Dan McManus, RAAF
Panelist (confirmed)
CAPT Erik Pittman, USA
Director, N6
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Thursday, November 09, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Room: Tapa Ballroom II/III
Speaker(s)
Keynote (confirmed)
RADM Blake L. Converse, USN
Deputy Commander
U.S. Pacific Fleet
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Thursday, November 09, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Nautilus
You’re invited to an exclusive training session bringing Government agencies and industry providers together to dig into the world of SEWP. Discover how our contract vehicle can empower your organization and elevate your federal sales. Explore emerging federal acquisition trends and gain valuable insights about our diverse range of products... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Panelist (confirmed)
Marc Wishnow
Industry Team Lead
NASA SEWP
Speaker (confirmed)
George Nicol
Deputy Program Director, COR/Industry & Contract Holder Relations
NASA SEWP
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