2023 Program
The September 14, 2023, event focused on the role that Autonomy and AI play in U.S. Defense uncrewed/unmanned systems scalability and technology development, and why this is essential to strategic competition.
On-Demand Viewing
0845 - Registration/Coffee/Networking
0930 — Opening Remarks and Keynote on the Role That Autonomy and AI Play in U.S. Defense Uncrewed Systems Scalability and Technology Development and Why This is Essential to Strategic Competition
Brent Ingraham, Deputy Assistant, Secretary of Defense Platform and Weapons Portfolio Management, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment
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1000 — Expert Overview of the importance of uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence to the US Defense strategy
RADM Mark Montgomery, US Navy, (Ret.), Senior Director and Senior Fellow at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation
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1030 — AI/Autonomy Data Insights
David Klein, Research Analyst, AUVSI
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1040 — Networking/Coffee
1100 — Panel Discussion – Autonomy and AI Intelligent Systems Development and Integration for Strategic Advancement of Military Uncrewed Systems
Dr. Jaret Riddick - Moderator, Senior Fellow Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
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CAPT Daniel Malatesta, Director, Acquisition Executive Agent for Autonomy, US Navy
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Dr. Sanjiv Singh, Co-founder & CEO, Near Earth Autonomy
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Dr. Jordan Fletcher, Chief Engineer, Army Platforms, MITRE
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Joshua Wallick, Technical Director for Maritime Autonomy, Leidos
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Dr. Randy Yamada, Vice President Digital Battlespace Autonomy, Booz Allen Hamilton
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1150 - Closing Keynote – DARPA’s role in DoD Innovation to enhance strategic advantage
Dr. Matt Turek, Deputy Director Information Innovation Office (I2O), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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Thank you to our AUVSI Defense Planning Committee for their support: Hank Adams, Booz Allen Hamilton; John Burke, Deloitte & Touche; John Coffey, Cherokee Nation Federal; Randall Culpepper, Leidos; Andy Dallas, National Advanced Mobility Consortium; Thomas Deale, Northrup Grumman Corporation; Dorothy Engelhardt, US Navy; Orin Hoffman, The Engine; Rob Holzer, Herren Associates; Cara LaPointe, Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy; Barbara Lindauer, Lockheed Martin Sikorsky Autonomy Programs; LTC Christopher Orlowski, US Army; Thomas Reynolds, Huntington Ingalls Industries; Bill Thomasmeyer, WAT Associates/NAMC; Jim Thomsen, Seaborne Defense