AI for Defense Summit 2025

September 3 - 4, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

The 4th Annual AI for Defense Summit will convene leading experts and innovators from across DoD, Military Services, federal government, intelligence community, industry, and academia to explore the strategic integration of artificial intelligence in defense operations. The event will highlight how AI is reshaping modern defense strategies, enhancing warfighting capabilities, and transforming the future of war. TOPICS TO BE COVERED - Driving the integration of enabling capabilities to advance DoD technological modernization - Generating warfighter decision advantage through accelerated AI deployment - Leveraging Gen AI to solve critical warfighter problems - Advancing AI-enabled warfighting systems - Cutting-edge technological innovations to strengthen intelligence missions - Deploying AI to enhance operational capabilities - Harnessing human-machine integration to sustain a strategic advantage - Software acquisition reform for accelerated innovation - Safe & secure AI implementation to safeguard critical infrastructure - Assuring confidence, reliability, & integrity in AI systems

Speakers

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Young Bang

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group, Event Moderator

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Ana Kreiensieck

Software Modernization Lead, DoD CIO

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Jane Pinelis, PhD

Chief AI Engineer, JHU APL

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Dr. Matthew Gaston

Director, SEI AI Division, Carnegie Mellon University

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Lisa Costa

Former Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, U.S. Space Force

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LT Artem Sherbinin, USN

CTO, Task Force Hopper, U.S. Naval Surface Force

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Alexis Bonnell

Partnership Manager, Open AI

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Jennifer Swanson

VP, Digital & Next-Gen Solutions, Cypress International

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Nicolas Chaillan

CEO & Founder, Ask Sage

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Sunil Madhugiri

CTO, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

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Melinda K. Reed, SES

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Enabling Technology, OUSD(R&E)

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Maj Gen Joseph Kunkel, USAF

Director of Force Design, Integration, & Wargaming, Air Force Futures, A5/7

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