AFCEA NOVA 19th Annual Air and Space Forces IT Day

Senior Air Force and Joint speakers discuss their challenges, programs, and acquisition strategies across IT and Cyber.

Agenda:

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM (EST)

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Mr. Lloyd McCoy - President, AFCEA NOVA

Welcome Video
National Anthem
Pledge of Allegiance
AFCEA NOVA President’s Welcome

9:10 AM - 9:50 AM (EST)

Morning Keynote

Ms. Lauren Knausenberger - Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Air Force

9:50 AM - 10:45 AM (EST)

Chief Data Officer Panel

Colonel Charles L. Destefani - Chief Architect and AFMC Liaison Officer, Air Force Chief Data Office
Mr. John Turner - Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Defense Chief Data Officer
Dr. Mark Brady - Chief Data Officer, U.S. Space Force
Moderator: Shaun Bierweiler - Big Data & Analytics Vector, AFCEA International Technology Committee

11:00 AM - 11:40 AM (EST)

Keynote Address

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM (EST)

Transformation of Space in DoD

Col Jennifer Krolikowski-Stamer - Senior Materiel Leader, U. S. Space Force

Space Development Agency
Army
Navy
Space Force

1:00 PM - 1:40 PM (EST)

Space Force Keynote

Lt. Gen David Thompson, USSF - Vice Commander, Headquarters United States Space Force

1:40 PM - 2:45 PM (EST)

Cloud & DevSecOps Round Table | CEU Pending

Col Bobby King - Senior Materiel Leader, Enterprise IT & Cyber Infrastructure Division, U.S. Air Force
Lt Col Todd Watson - Materiel Leader, Enterprise Cloud Services, U. S. Air Force
Mr. Rob Slaughter - Director, Platform One, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Mr. Adam Furtado - Chief of Platform, Kessel Run, U.S. Department of the Air Force
Moderator: Dr. Al Mink - Past President, AFCEA NOVA

The US Air & Space Forces in the Department of the Air Force are leading DoD in transforming software development. This transformation spawned an entire ecosystem for in the DAF. This round table will explore the impacts of this transformation, relationships of the organizations in this new ecosystem, and how this transformation is affecting industry support for DAF. This Round Table features the leadership of the original Software Factory, the San Antonio organization enabling the new ecosystem, and the DAF Cloud organization underpinning the technology stack – moderated by a recognized leader in our technology community.

Continuing Education Units (CEU)
CEU certifications are pending for this session.

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)

Program Executive Office Overview

Mr. Rich Aldridge - Program Executive Officer, Business and Enterprise Systems (BES), U.S. Air Force

Maj Gen Michael Schmidt - Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communication, Intelligence, and Networks, U.S. Air Force

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM (EST)

Program Manager Breakout Session | HIB (Mission Support)

Mr. Dan Brumfield - Deputy, Mission Support Portfolio, U.S. Air Force PEO-BES HIB