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As technological advancements across the world rise at an unprecedented pace, the U.S. military is searching for tools and tricks to provide a tactical advantage against adversaries. This year, the Pentagon is taking leaps forward by bringing these technologies to the battlefield.

The Army is streamlining the way it buys weapons through a “Futures Command,” which will focus on long-range precision fires, a new battlefield communication network and new fighting vehicles. Drones and unmanned vehicles are also playing a bigger daily role in strategic operations. Cyber Command will become a full combatant command, tasked with the challenge of securing and maintaining U.S. advantage in what is now called the fifth domain of warfare.

As ever, the Pentagon continues awarding new defense contracts for advanced planes, tanks, ships, and more. But the gear of the future won’t look like Desert Storm. Artificial intelligence, solid-state lasers, next-generation robotics, and a menagerie of science fiction-sounding concepts will be hitting the very real battle and training field, hard.

This is a time of great change and great opportunity in defense technology. The 3rd Annual Defense One Tech Summit explored the next phase of military advancements. Top national security and tech journalists sat down with leading tech thinkers in government, industry, academia, Silicon Valley, and more to discuss the game-changing tools of today, the capabilities and possibilities of tomorrow, and where the future of military tech is heading in 2018 and beyond.

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Agenda

Opening Remarks 

  • Daniela Fayer, Publisher, Defense One
  • Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One

The Role of Decision-Grade Information in National Security Innovation 

  • Chris Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Govini
  • Robert Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense

Moderated by: Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One

Mission Innovation 

Every outfit wants to claim the mantle of innovation, but few institutions are willing to do the necessary and difficult work to become more nimble, forward-looking and effective. This panel will explore the Defense Department’s goals for becoming a more innovative institution and what barriers stand in the way.

  • Chris Lynch, Director, Defense Digital Service
  • Edward Brindley, Principal Director for Cybersecurity, Office of the CIO, Department of Defense

Moderated by: Frank Konkel, Executive Editor, Nextgov

Aircraft 2030

Since the end of World War II, the United States has had the advantage of air domain dominance in every military engagement it has fought. As the U.S. Air Force prepares for the possibility of conflict against major peer adversaries, that dominance is no longer a given. Even non-state actors are able now to deploy small aircraft en masse for lethal effect. To maintain its edge, the U.S. Air Force is is leaping ahead in new tech for command and control, artificial intelligence, big data and materials. This panel will focus on the Air Force of 2030 and how it differs from our expectations today.

  • Dr. Richard Joseph, Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force
  • Mark Tapper, Special Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, U.S. Air Force

Moderated By: Oriana Pawlyk, Air Warfare Reporter, Military.com

Silicon Valley Meets National Security 

In the 1960s, two-thirds of technological research and development money in the United States came from the United States; only one-third came from private industry. Today, that figure is reversed. Silicon Valley is the global capital of information technology innovation—with big lessons to teach the Defense Department and the national security community. Learn what the world’s most successful enterprises can teach the Defense Department as the U.S. military prepares for a major tech refresh.

  • CAPT Sean Heritage, Acting Managing Partner, DIUx
  • Josh Marcuse, Executive Director, Defense Innovation Board
  • Christina Monaco, Chief Ventures Officer, Office of Ventures and Innovation, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • Heather Roff, Associate Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge

Moderated by: Richard Lui, News Anchor, MSNBC and NBC News

Shining Light on Dark Data to Strengthen Competitive Advantage
A Session Presented By Our Underwriter IBM 

  • Dr. David McQueeney, Vice President, Corporate Technology, IBM Corporate

One-on-One Conversation

  • James "Hondo" Geurts, Assistant Secretary, Research, Development and Acquisition, U.S. Navy

Moderated by: Marcus Weisgerber, Global Business Editor, Defense One

The Future of Intelligence Gathering and Protection 

New technologies like biometrics, quantum encryption, and artificial intelligence, big data and cheap, space-based microsatellites are rapidly changing the way that intelligence agencies and the military develop insight and understanding of situations around the world. As adversaries become more capable and gain access to new consumer technologies, it’s the job of America’s top technical minds in science and technology for national security to stay one step ahead. This session will explore the science and technology behind the spy game of the future and look at key hot spots developing across the globe.

  • Natalie Laing, Deputy Director of Operations, NSA
  • Dr. Jason Matheny, Director, IARPA
  • Sean Roche, Associate Deputy Director for Digital Innovation, CIA

Moderated by: Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One

One-on-One Conversation

  • LTG Robert Ashley, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency

Moderated by: Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor, Defense One

Tech Summit Talk

  • Dr. Christopher Barrett, Executive Director and Professor, Biocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech

Fancy Bear Catching: Countering State-Based Threats in the Wild

Cyber attacks, disinformation and fake news aren’t just challenges confronting consumers; state-sponsored cyber influence campaigns also confront the United States military and intelligence communities as they attempt to achieve important mission milestones around the world. This panel will explore cyber and information warfare’s place in modern warfare and emerging technologies’ roles in our nation’s security.

  • Dr. Michael Carpenter, Senior Director, Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement
  • Mieke Eoyang, Vice President, National Security Program, Third Way
  • Dr. Shawn Powers, Executive Director for the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Department of State

Moderated By: Natasha Bertrand, Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Redefining Autonomy
A Session Presented By Our Underwriter Lockheed Martin

  • Chris Van Buiten, Vice President, Sikorsky Innovations, Lockheed Martin 

The Technologies of the Next World War

A new era of Great State Competition has arrived, according to the U.S. National Defense Strategy. The United States, China, and Russia are locked in a race to create new technologies for dominance, deterrence and power projection. To secure advantages against competitive states, the military is rushing ahead in the development of new, science fiction-sounding technologies like lasers, hypersonic aircraft, robotics, quantum computing, and many other areas. This session will explore the amazing new technologies for military use over the next horizon.

  • RADM David Hahn, Chief of Naval Research and Director of Innovation, Technology Requirements and Test and Evaluation, Office of Naval Research
  • MG William Hix, Deputy Director, Army Modernization Command Task Force
  • Mary Miller, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense

Moderated By: Sharon Weinberger, Executive Editor, News, Foreign Policy

Closing Remarks

  • Kevin Baron, Executive Editor, Defense One

Speakers

Dr. Richard Joseph

Chief Scientist
U.S. Air Force

RADM David J. Hahn

Chief of Naval Research and Director of Innovation, Technology Requirements, and Test and Evaluation
Office of Naval Research

James "Hondo" Geurts

Assistant Secretary, Research, Development & Acquisition
U.S. Navy

Joshua Marcuse

Executive Director
Defense Innovation Board

LTG Robert Ashley

Director
Defense Intelligence Agency

Edward Brindley

Principal Director for Cybersecurity, Office of the CIO
Department of Defense

Major General William Hix

Deputy Director
Army Futures Command Task Force

Mark Tapper

Special Advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
U.S. Air Force

Mary Miller

Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense

CAPT Sean Heritage

Acting Managing Partner
DIUx

Dr. Michael Carpenter

Senior Director
Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement

Christina Monaco

Chief Ventures Officer, Office of Ventures and Innovation
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Robert O. Work

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense

Heather Roff

Associate Fellow,
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
University of Cambridge  

Sean Roche

Associate Deputy Director for Digital Innovation
CIA

Mieke Eoyang

Vice President, National Security Program
Third Way

Christopher Barrett

Executive Director and Professor, Biocomplexity Institute
Virginia Tech

Dr. Shawn Powers

Executive Director for the Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Department of State

Chris Lynch

Director
Defense Digital Service

Natalie Laing


Deputy Director of Operations
NSA
 

Sharon Weinberger

Executive Editor, News
Foreign Policy

Richard Lui

News Anchor
MSNBC and NBC News

Natasha Bertrand

Staff Writer
The Atlantic

Oriana Pawlyk

Air Warfare Reporter
Military.com

Frank Konkel

Executive Editor
Nextgov

Patrick Tucker

Technology Editor
Defense One

Marcus Weisgerber

Global Business Editor
Defense One

Daniela Fayer

Publisher, Defense One

Kevin Baron

Executive Editor, Defense One

Dr. David F. McQueeney

Vice President, Corporate Technology
IBM

Chris Taylor

Chief Executive Officer
Govini

Chris Van Buiten

Vice President, Sikorsky Innovations
Lockheed Martin 

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