AGENDA
DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING at the Edge
Forum Dates: MON APR 8 – THURS APR 11 2024 | DUBLIN, IRELAND
Last updated: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING at the Edge 2024 Deployable Communications Technology Forum Overview |
Operating Guidelines The forum is hosted and organized by Warriors Ethos, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. It provides a basis for communication that is fair and transparent, consistent with DoD’s March 2, 2018 directive for engaging with industry and is designed to meet all relevant compliance requirements including Conflict of Interest (18 U.S.C § 208); Procurement Integrity (41 U.S.C § 2102 and 48 C.F.R § 3.104-4); Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C § 1905); Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.2) “FACA”; Impartiality (5 C.F.R § 2635.101 and § 2635.501-503); Nonpublic Information (5 C.F.R. § 2635.501-703) |
Who is the forum organizer? The Forum is hosted and organized by Warriors Ethos, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. It provides a basis for communications that is fair and transparent consistent with DoD’s March 2, 2018 directive for engaging with industry and is designed to meet all relevant compliance requirements including Conflict of Interest (18 U.S. § 208); Procurement Integrity (41 U.S.C § 2102 and 48 C.F.R § 3.104-4): Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C § 1905); Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.2) “FACA”; Impartiality (5 C.F.R. § 2635.101 and § 2635.501-503); Nonpublic Information (5 C.F.R. § 2635.501-703). |
Who should attend? C4ISR program managers, security/IA managers, policy and decision makers in defense and foreign relations, representatives from US federal agencies such as DISA, DIA, DoE, NSA, and FBI, representatives from state & local law enforcement and first responders as well as active duty members across all military services and combatant commands supporting executive and tactical communications teams and our NATO allies have been invited to join us. |
Why attend? Our forum will work to close the communication gap between government and industry by validating and documenting requirements and CONOPS from the user and operator perspective alongside the engineers from industry designing and integrating these communications systems. This is accomplished with open discussion and feedback on the performance of existing systems and by identifying gaps the systems have, while addressing the technical security issues often overlooked or misunderstood. Future/systems ideas are presented and obtain real time feedback from the users to assist with the product development. Government communications teams also have the opportunity to participate in educational forums and working groups to solve common challenges across the DoD. |
General • Conference and evening event attire: This is a non-uniform event, business casual (sport coat is fine, no tie required) • Classification: UNCLASSIFIED • The forum is open to all U.S. DoD and federal employees and those invited from partner and coalition nations. • The event is considered an educational and training forum. The forum is CLOSED TO PRESS / NO RECORDINGS / NON-ATTRIBUTION. |
*agenda subject to change |
Training sessions from leading technology companies – more information to follow.
ACHIEVING INFORMATION DOMINANCE at the Edge Monday, April 8, 2023 | |
0800-1800 | Training Sessions |
1830-2130 | Welcome Reception |
Dress Attire: smart casual for day and evening events |
DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING at the Edge Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | |
0800-0830 | Networking |
0830-0850 | Welcome Jared Shepard, Founder & Director, Warriors Ethos |
0850-0900 | Kick Off & Introduction of Keynote TBD |
0900-1015 | Keynote Address General (R). Austin Scott Miller, U.S. Army |
1015-1030 | Forum Goals William Ostrowski, CEO, Klas Government |
1030-1115 | Spotlight Session Jared Shepard, Founder & Director, Warriors Ethos |
1115-1200 | Refreshment Break Breakout Session – TBD |
1200-1230 | Speaker Session Dr. Cyril “Mark” Taylor, D.Eng. Chief Technical Officer, USSOCOM |
1230-1330 | Panel 1: Data-Driven Decision Making at the Edge Moderator: Dr. Cyril “Mark” Taylor, D.Eng. Chief Technical Officer, USSOCOM (Invited) Panelist 1: Mark Roberts, Deputy Director, Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) Panelist 2: LTC Scott “Mac” McDonald, White House Communications Agency, J3 (WHCA) (Invited) Panelist 3: LTC Brian Wong, Commander, Joint Communications Unit (JCU) (Invited) Panelist 4: TBD |
1330-1430 | Lunch Breakout Session – TBD |
1430-1545 | Panel 2: Cloud-Enabled CJADC2 Moderator: COL (Ret.) Wade Johnston, Director of Innovation, Klas Government Panelist 1: CW5 Rylan Knight, Chief Engineer and Technical Advisor, USSOCOM J6 (invited) Panelist 2: TBD Panelist 3: TBD Panelist 4: TBD Panelist 5: TBD |
1545-1630 | Guinness Break Breakout Session – TBD |
1630-1700 | Tech Talk TBD |
1700-1730 | Tech Talk TBD |
1930-2200 | Evening Event |
Dress Attire: smart casual for day and evening events |
DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING at the Edge Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | |
0800-0850 | Networking |
0850-0900 | Kick off TBD |
0900-0930 | AI in Support of Combat Operations LTC Randall “Randy” A. Linnemann, Chief Innovation Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, U.S. Army & Jock Padgett, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Data Officer , XVIII Airborne Corps, U.S. Army (Invited) |
0930-1100 | Panel 3 Operationalizing Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Moderator: Paul Puckett III, Chief Technology Officer, Clarity Innovations Panelist 1: LTC Randall “Randy” A. Linnemann, Chief Innovation Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, U.S. Army Panelist 2: LTC Ryan Kenny, Commander, 112th Signal Battalion, (Special Operations) (Airborne), U.S.Army (invited) Panelist 3: COL Ronald Iammartino Jr., Commander, 2d Theater Signal Brigade, U.S.Army (invited) Panelist 4: TBD Panelist 5: TBD |
1100-1145 | Refreshment Break Breakout Session – TBD |
1145-1215 | Russian Actions in the Ukraine from a Firsthand Oleksandr “Sasha” Danylyuk, Head of The Center for Ukrainian Defense Reforms |
1215-1245 | Speaker Session MG Jeth B. Rey, AFC Network Cross Functional Team Director, U.S. Army (Invited) |
1245-1315 | Tech Talk TBD |
1315-1415 | Lunch Breakout Session – TBD |
1415-1445 | Speaker Session TBD |
1445-1515 | Tech Talk TBD |
1515-1600 | Refreshment Break Breakout Session – TBD |
1600-1630 | Tech Talk TBD |
1630-1700 | Speaker Session TBD |
1930-2200 | Evening Event |
Dress Attire: smart casual for day and evening events |
DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING at the Edge Thursday, April 11, 2024 | |
0800-0850 | Networking |
0850-0900 | Kick off TBD |
0900-0930 | Speaker Session TBD |
0930-1100 | Panel 4: Communicating in a Contested Environment Moderator: John McLaughlin, President of IPR Consulting, former Director of C4 Operations, SOCOM, U.S. Army Panelist 1: TBD Panelist 2: TBD Panelist 3: Thomas “Tom” Holschuh, Manager, Communications Technology Research Panelist 4: Col John (JJ) Riester Commander, 435th Air and Space Communications Group, USAF (Invited) Panelist 5: TBD |
1100-1145 | Refreshment Break Breakout Session – TBD |
1145-1215 | Speaker Session TBD |
1215-1245 | Tech Talk TBD |
1245-1315 | Forum Conclusion & Guinness Break |
1315-1415 | Lunch |
1415-1530 | The Solution Room – Open Session Facilitator – TBD |
1930-2200 | Evening Event |
Dress Attire: smart casual for day and evening events |