Defense Innovation Network Summit

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Rear Admiral Fred Byus USN (Ret.)

Prior Chief Oceanographer, United States Navy

COL Ed Croot USASOC [SOCOM]

Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Command

Christy Monaco

Chief Ventures Officer, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Dr. Isaiah Wilson III, PhD

President, Joint Special Operations University

Dr. Gregory Ciottone MD, FACEP, FFSEM

President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

Paul De Lia

Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group

Gary de Rodriguez

Founder, Unblock

Tim Draper

Founding Partner, Draper Associates

Kristina Drye

Strategic Communications Manager, Giant Oak, Inc.

CMSgt Ian Eishen USAF

Command Chief, 412th Test Wing, United States Air Force

Maggie Feldman-Piltch

Founder, #NatSecGirlSquad

Helio Fred Garcia

President, Logos Consulting Group

Corinne Hancock

Chaos Coach, MPL

Daniel Hulter

Tech Sergeant, United States Air Force

Stephanie L. Jaros

Director of Research, DoD Counter-Insider Threat Program, Defense Personnel and Security Research Center (PERSEREC)

Emily Jerger

Senior Project Engineer, MxD

Capt. Michael Kanaan USAF

Director of Operations, USAF / MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator

Dr. Leonard Marcus PhD

Founding Co-Director, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Capt. Jon Margolick USMC

Director, Centers for Adaptive Warfighting - NavalX

MSgt Andrea Murray USAF

Innovation/Experimentation Branch Manager, USAF ACC A29 (Intelligence Directorate)

General Robert Neller USMC (Ret.)

Prior Commandant, US Marine Corps

MSgt Jeremiah Patterson USAF

Pitch Coach, USAF Spark Tank

Shawn Rhodes

Chief Executive Officer, Shoshin Consulting

Kyle Rice

Chief Technology Officer, SAP National Security Services (SAP NS2)

Andrew Schmahl

Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Richard Serino

Senior Fellow, Harvard National Preparedness Leadership Initiative

Peter W. Singer

Author of "Burn-In", Useful Fiction

Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis USAF, Ph.D.

Chief, Strategic Foresight and Futures Analytics, AFWIC / HQ USAF

Dr. Marina Theodotou PhD

People, Change and Culture - Workflow Learning, Defense Acquisition University

Kym Wehrle

Director of Engagement, MxD

Talks

13 March 2020, 11:00 PM

PANEL: What is This-- Innovation for Ants? (Unfreezing the Middle and Creating a Culture of Innovation, from an NCO Perspective)

19 March 2020, 01:30 PM

Underwater Innovation: A Sailor's Perspective

20 March 2020, 12:00 AM

Lessons, Challenges and Recommendations on Delivering Commercial Innovation to the Defense Community

31 March 2020, 03:00 PM

Leadership on complex problems: tools to set your teams free

31 March 2020, 04:00 PM

Accepting Personal Responsibility in the Face of Adversity

31 March 2020, 05:00 PM

Creating A Pivot Point In A COVID-19 World: Leveraging Change Without Sacrificing Performance

31 March 2020, 06:00 PM

Calming the Inner Storm in the Pandemic

31 March 2020, 07:00 PM

Leadership Communication and COVID-19

01 April 2020, 06:00 PM

Break Through: Overcome Difficult Times, Manage Your Finances, Manage Remote Work

02 April 2020, 09:00 PM

Leadership in a Pandemic

03 April 2020, 03:00 PM

The Emergency Medicine Landscape for COVID-19 Patients, Providers, and Makers

03 April 2020, 04:00 PM

Lethality, Readiness, and Resiliency: COVID-19 and Force Planning

03 April 2020, 05:00 PM

The Future of Supply Chain Risk Management in Light of COVID-19

03 April 2020, 07:00 PM

Crisis Leadership: When it matters most

10 April 2020, 03:00 PM

Thinking beyond the shut-down, restarting defense manufacturing

17 April 2020, 05:00 PM

Your transformation from managing to leading during COVID-19 and beyond

22 August 2020, 05:00 PM

The Prism of Artificial Intelligence

24 August 2020, 05:00 PM

PANEL: Is there an identity crisis within U.S. Special Operations?

24 August 2020, 09:00 PM

Forecasting the Real Robotic Revolution

24 August 2020, 10:00 PM

Building a Culture of Futures-based Thinking in National Security

24 August 2020, 11:00 PM

Thrive in Chaos

25 August 2020, 07:00 PM

The Cavalry Isn’t Coming - DoD’s Threat Lab and its Mission to Serve the Enterprise

25 August 2020, 08:00 PM

Culture

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