Agenda

8:00AM - 9:00AM ET

Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00AM - 9:05AM ET

Welcome Remarks

Goldy Kamali
Founder & CEO, Scoop News Group

9:05AM - 9:10AM ET

Opening Remarks

Chris Townsend
VP of Sales, Public Sector, Elastic

9:10AM - 9:30AM ET

Powering Public Sector Missions with Data & AI

Ash Kulkarni
CEO, Elastic

9:30AM - 9:45AM ET

Driving CX Excellence with AI

Brian Epley
CIO & Chief AI Officer, Dept. of Commerce

Ash Kulkarni
CEO, Elastic

9:45AM - 10:05AM ET

Power All Levels of Government with Gen AI

Pritha Mehra
CIO, USPS

Amy Ritualo
Acting Chief Data & AI Officer, Dept. of State

Nishant Shah
Sr. Advisor for Responsible AI, State of Maryland

Moderator:
Chris Townsend
VP of Sales, Public Sector, Elastic

10:05AM - 10:20AM ET

Innovation in Gen AI

Steve Kearns
GVP & GM of Search, Elastic

Nick Drost
GVP, Solutions Architecture, Elastic

Moderator:
George Teas
VP, Solutions Architecture, Public Sector, Elastic

10:20AM - 10:40AM ET

Data Mesh Across the U.S. Military

Dr. David Markowitz
Chief Data & Analytics Officer & Deputy CIO, U.S. Army

Lt. Gen. Jerry Carter
Deputy Commandant for Information, U.S. Marine Corps

Moderator:
Sean MacKirdy
AVP, DOD, Elastic

10:40AM - 10:55AM ET

View from the Hill

David Weinberg
Staff Director, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate

Bill Wright
Global Head of Government Affairs, Elastic

10:55AM - 11:10AM ET

Zero Trust: A Journey, Not a Race

Hussein Johnson
Sr. Cyber Security Analyst, Zero Trust Lead, Policy and Risk Governance, Cybersecurity Directorate, U.S. Army

Alex Martinez
Director Solutions Architecture, Worldwide Public Sector Partners, AWS

Moderator:
George Teas
VP, Solutions Architecture, Public Sector, Elastic

11:10AM - 11:40AM ET

The Evolution of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation

Shelly Hartsook
Acting Associate Director, Cybersecurity Division, CISA

Matt House
Deputy Associate Director, Cybersecurity Division & Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, CISA

Moderator:
Mike Nichols
VP, Product Management, Security, Elastic

11:40AM - 12:00PM ET

Next-Generation Security Information

Marlan Macklin
Deputy Principal Director, FutureG Office, DOD

Manny Medrano
Director, Cyber Monitoring & Operations, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Directorate of Cyber Technology & Security, Dept. of State

Justin Senseney
Collaboration Services Team Lead, Office of Information Systems Management, NIST

Moderator:
Jen Nowell
AVP, Sales, Federal Civilian, Elastic

12:00PM - 12:45PM ET

Lunch & Networking

12:30PM - 4:00PM ET

Technical Track

Learn more about the session

12:45PM - 1:00PM ET

Using Data to Improve Citizen Experience

Anthony Hughes, Jr.
Human Capital Strategist, VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, Team Durham/Fayetteville, Dept. of Veterans Affairs

Natalie Evans Harris
Chief Data Officer, State of Maryland

Matthew Sokol
Chief Data Officer, District of Columbia

Moderator:
Graham Stroman
AVP of Sales, State & Local Government, Elastic

1:00PM - 1:05PM ET

Closing Remarks

Chris Townsend
VP of Sales, Public Sector, Elastic