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
Global VP, Public Sector, Elastic

9:10AM - 9:30AM ET

Public Sector Missions Powered by Data & AI

Ash Kulkarni
CEO, Elastic

9:30AM - 9:50AM ET

The OneGov Strategy: The Trump Administration's Vision for Buying as One Government

Hon. Dr. Kevin Rhodes
Administrator, OFPP, The White House

Ash Kulkarni
CEO, Elastic

9:50AM - 10:10AM ET

Accelerating AI Innovation with Dell, NVIDIA & Elastic

Chris "CT" Thomas
Technical Director, Global Office of the CTO, Dell Technologies

Ash Kulkarni
CEO, Elastic

10:10AM - 10:30AM ET

Advancing Cybersecurity with AI

Mike Nichols
GM, Security Solutions, Elastic

10:30AM - 10:45AM ET

The Intersection of AI and Zero Trust

Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced Cybersecurity, Information Technology & Cybersecurity Team, GAO

David Raley
Operation StormBreaker, U.S. Marine Corps

Moderator:
Chris Townsend
Global VP, Public Sector, Elastic

10:45AM - 11:05AM ET

Data-Driven Public-Private Partnerships

Terry Kalka
Director, Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment, DOD Cyber Crime Center, DOD

Sean MacKirdy
AVP, DOD, Elastic

11:05AM - 11:20AM ET

Meeting Mission Requirements with Data-Driven Decisions

Natalie Evans Harris
State Chief Data Officer, State of Maryland

David Stroth
VP, U.S. SLED, Elastic

11:20AM - 11:40AM ET

Securing Your Data When Using LLMs

Douglas Robertson
Deputy CIO, SBA

Don Horan
CIO, Dept. of Health, State of Maryland

Moderator:
Sean MacKirdy
AVP, DOD, Elastic

11:40AM - 12:00PM ET

Driving Better Outcomes with AI

Maj. Christopher Clark
AI Lead, U.S. Marine Corps

Ryan Palmer
Architecture Lead for AI Services, GSA

Moderator:
Jen Nowell
AVP, Federal Civilian, Elastic

12:00PM - 12:10PM ET

The Efficiency Equation: How State & Local Governments are Meeting the Calls

Katie Savage
Secretary, Dept. of IT & CIO, State of Maryland

12:10PM - 12:15PM ET

Closing Remarks

Chris Townsend
Global VP, Public Sector, Elastic

12:15PM - 1:30PM ET

Lunch & Networking

1:30PM - 4:30PM ET

Technical Track

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