Full Schedule

Confirmed Keynote: Matt Isnor – Department of War, Chief Information Office

Confirmed Moderator: ADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., USN (Ret.) – Former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command and former Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea (2018 – 2021)

Confirmed Speaker: VADM Patrick J. Hannifin, USN – Commander, SEVENTH Fleet

Confirmed Speaker: RAdm Richard Harris, Royal Navy – Director Develop

Confirmed Speaker: RADM Alan M. Javier, PN – Chief of Naval Staff, Philippine Navy

Confirmed Speaker: VAdm Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM, – Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy

Confirmed Moderator: Kaly McKenna – Beacon Global Strategies

Confirmed Speaker: Justin Fanelli – United States Department of the Navy

Confirmed Speaker: ADM Christopher Grady, USN (Ret.) – Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Confirmed Moderator: ADM Scott Swift, USN (Ret.)

Invited Speaker: Todd Calhoun, Ph.D. – Assistant Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration

Confirmed Speaker: Col Kenneth Jones, USMC – Science and Technology Division Director, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

Confirmed Speaker: VADM John F.G. Wade, USN – Commander, THIRD Fleet

Confirmed Speaker: LtGen Christian F. Wortman, USMC – Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Confirmed Speaker: RDML T.J. Zerr, USN – Commander, Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center

Confirmed Moderator: The Hon. Nickolas H. Guertin – Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

Confirmed Speaker: Ronald O'Rourke – Naval Analyst, Congressional Research Service

Invited Speaker: Jason Potter – Performing the Duties of Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition

Confirmed Speaker: RDML Todd Weeks, USN – Program Executive Officer, Strategic Submarines

Confirmed Speaker: Kari Wilkinson – President, Newport News Shipbuilding Division, HII

Confirmed Moderator: Jonathan White – USCG

Confirmed Speaker: Scott Pratz – USCG

Confirmed Speaker: Christopher A. Rogers – US Coast Guard

Confirmed Speaker: Patrick Thompson – USCG

Confirmed Moderator: RADM Raymond A. Spicer, USN (Ret.) – CEO and Publisher, U.S. Naval Institute

Confirmed Speaker: ADM Daryl L. Caudle, USN – Chief of Naval Operations

Confirmed Speaker: ADM Kevin E. Lunday, USCG – Commandant of the Coast Guard

Confirmed Speaker: Gen Eric Smith, USMC – Commandant of the Marine Corps

Confirmed Moderator: Bryan Clark – Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

Confirmed Speaker: Rebecca Gassler – Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Robotic and Autonomous Systems

Confirmed Speaker: VADM Elizabeth Okano, USN – Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

Confirmed Speaker: Adam Tsacoumangos – Executive Director, Phantom Works Air Dominance, The Boeing Company

Confirmed Moderator: LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.) – President and CEO, AFCEA International

Confirmed Speaker: LtGen Melvin Carter, USMC – Deputy Commandant for Information

Confirmed Speaker: RADM Jon Hickey, USCG – Chief Information Officer

Confirmed Speaker: Jennifer L. Edgin – Acting Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, N2/N6 and Acting Director of Naval Intelligence

Confirmed Speaker: LTG David T. Isaacson, USA – Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)/Cyber, Chief Information Officer, J-6

Confirmed Speaker: Anne Marie Schumann – Department of the Navy Principal Cyber Advisor

Confirmed Speaker: M. Barry Tanner – Acting Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of the Navy

Confirmed Moderator: Michael Stewart – Former Director, U.S. Navy Disruptive Capabilities Office

Confirmed Speaker: Sebastien Grall – CEO and Founder, Drix

Confirmed Speaker: Rylan Hamilton – CEO and Co-Founder, Blue Water Autonomy

Confirmed Speaker: Laura Bukkosy Hooks, Ph.D. – Vice President and General Manager, Maritime & Strategic Systems, General Dynamics, Mission Systems

Confirmed Speaker: Nathan Michael – Chief Technology Officer, Shield AI

Confirmed Speaker: Greg Ostrin – General Manager, Networking and Data Link Solutions, L3 Harris

Confirmed Speaker: RADM Ryan B. Scholl, USN (Ret.) – Executive Vice President, Defence Partnerships, Kraken Technologies