Agenda

Welcome Remarks, Marc Shepard, NDIA Michigan, Cyber Summit Chair

Keynote, United States Senator, Gary Peters

Generative Artificial Intelligence in DOD Panel

Moderator: Dariusz Mikulski, PhD, DEVCOM, GVSC,

Panelist: Aleksey Nogin, PhD, Red Balloon

Panelist: Nicholas Waytowich, PhD, Army Research Lab

Panelist: Mert Pesè, PhD, Clemson University

TED Talk: Autonomous Vehicles in Military Operations: Navigating Challenges and Enhancing Decision-Making, Hannah Perez, Polaris

BREAK

TED Talk: AI and the Coming Apocalypse... or Is It? Matthew Carpenter, GRIMM Cyber

Fireside Chat with an Attacker‘s POV: AI for Attack & Defend; Dariusz Mikulski, Hannah Perez, Matthew Carpenter

LUNCH

Keynote: The Honorable Mike Rogers [INVITED]

Keynote: COL (Ret.) Bryan McVeigh, Deputy PEO US Army Ground Combat Systems

Panel Discussion: Secure Over-the-Air (OTA)

Moderator: Joe Gothamy, CCDC, GVSC, Army

Panelist: Cameron Mott, South West Research Institute

Panelist: Ken Zhang, Chief Engineer, L3

Panelist: Peter Guinto, Resilinc

BREAK

TED Talk: Jake Jepson, Colorado State University

Panel Discussion: Testing OTA Technologies

Moderator: Joe Gothamy, CCDC, GVSC, Army

Panelist: Stacy McCain, DAC

Panelist: John Kelly, Solutions Architect Chief, SAIC

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception

Opening Remarks

Fireside Chat:

Al Grein, Deputy Director, US Army Ground Vehicle System Center

LTG (RET) Edward Cardon

Panel Discussion: Autonomous Ground Vehicles & Cybersecurity

Moderator: Murtada Hamzawy, Block Harbor

Panelist: Daniel Bartz, Principal Engineer, Autonomous Driving, VW

Panelist: Steve Kerr, PEO Ground Combat Systems Cyber

Panelist: Scott Lathrop, Director of Cyber, RTX

Panelist: Jim Bechtel, PEO Ground Combat Systems Cyber

NETWORKING BREAK

Panel Discussion: Aviation, UAS, and Cybersecurity

Moderator: Jennifer Tisdale, CEO, GRIMM Cyber & NDIA Cyber Director

Panelist: Remzi Seker, VP of Research & Innovation, Western Michigan University

Panelist: Luci Holemans, Air Traffic Organization Cyber Lead, Federal Aviation Administration

Panelist: Jerry Hancock, Director of Aviation Safety and Cybersecurity, Inmarsat (invited)

Panelist: Mark Ignash, Michigan Defense Center, MEDC

LUNCH

Fireside Chat:

Mike Wiegand, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer – Shift5

LTG (RET) Edward Cardon

Panel Discussion: The Importance of U.S. Innovation in Critical Areas, Foreign Intervention, and the Threat of Covert Chinese Funding

Moderator: Robert Shaughnessy, CEO, Psymentis

Panelist: David Aaron, Perkins Coie LLP

Panelist: Jeff Jones, Psymetis

Panelist: Jon Cook, Dept. of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory

TED Talk: "Is Cyber Security Enough?"

Dr. Jonathan Avooske, Vice President for Information Advantage, Frontier Technology Inc

Panel Summary Discussion: A dynamic and lively recap featuring the marquis expertise of the summit and inviting audience questions and conversation.

Closing Remarks