Agenda

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

09:00

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

09:10

Keynote, MG Dean, PEO GCS, U.S. Army (invited)

09:30

Generative Artificial Intelligence in DOD Panel

Moderator: Dariusz Mikulski, PhD, CCDC, GVSC, Army

Panelist: Alexeksey Nogin, Red Balloon

Panelist: Nicholas Waytowich, Army Research Lab

Panelist: Mert Pesè, Clemson University

10:30

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

10:50

BREAK

11:10

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

11:30

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

12:00

LUNCH

13:00

Keynote: Secure Updates & Military Ground Vehicles, Brigadier General Ed Barker, PEO IEW&S (invited)

13:25

Keynote: Securing Those that Secure US: Jeff Massimilla, Global VP of Engineering, General Dynamics Land Systems

13:45

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

Moderator: Joe Gothamy, CCDC, GVSC, Army

Panelist: Cameron Mott, South West Research Institute

Panelist: Lt. Col. Sun, PEO IEW&S, Army (invited)

Panelist: Peter Guinto, Resilinc

14:45

BREAK

15:15

Keynote: (TBD)

15:30

Panel Discussion: Testing OTA Technologies

Moderator: (TBD)

Panelist: Stacy McCain, DAC

Panelist: Rick Kewley, GM Defense (invited)

Panelist: TBD

16:30

Closing Remarks

17:00

Networking Reception

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

09:00

Opening Remarks

09:10

Keynote: Mike Cadieux, Director, GVSC (invited)

09:40

Panel Discussion: Autonomous Ground Vehicles & Cybersecurity

Moderator: Murtada Hamzawy, Block Harbor

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

Panelist: Tamika Williams, PEO Ground Combat Systems, Army

Panelist: Scott Lathrop, Director of Cyber, RTX

10:40

NETWORKING BREAK

11:00

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

12:00

LUNCH

13:00

Keynote: Israel/Ukraine: Cyber Lessons Learned, Mike Wiegand, Shift5

13:30

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 (Invited)

Panelist: TBD, Dept. of Energy (invited)

14:30

TED Talk, (TBD)

14:45

Keynote (TBD)

15:15

Closing Remarks

15:30

WRAP UP

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