2024 Speakers
Co-Chairs
Lieutenant General (USMC-ret) Steven R. Rudder
Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC, Former Commanding General, United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific
Bryan Scurry, SES
Former Executive Director Commander Naval Air Forces Pacific FleetKeynote
Christopher Collins, SES
Executive Director, Developmental Test, Evaluation, and Assessments OUSD(R&E)
RADM (USN-ret) Don “BD” Gaddis
Navy Carrier Air Wing, Programs Defense, Space & Security Sr. Dir. Autonomous Systems Boeing
Lieutenant General David Harris, USAF
Deputy Chief of StaffAir Force Future HAF A5/7
The Honorable Dr. Douglas Schmidt
DirectorOperational Test and Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Defense
CAPT Pete Sheehy, USN
DirectorNarrowband SATCOM Acquisition Delta, Space Systems Command Military Communications & PNT Program Executive Office
DoD & Government Speakers
CDR Timothy Boston, USN
Executive Officer Unmanned Surface VesselDivision (USVDIV) 1
LTC Michael “Brabs” Brabner
Robotics Requirements Division / Air Branch Chief Maneuver Capabilities Development & Integration Directorate Army Futures Command
Tracy Conroy
Experimental Director, Trident Warrior Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
LT Luis Echeverria, USN
Commanding Officer,Task Group 59.1 U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
John Gill
Supervisor, Special Operations Group (SOG) Federal Bureau of Investigation
LTC (USA-ret) Stu Hatfield
Division Chief, Human Machine Integration U.S. Army G-8
CAPT Loren “Wookie” Jacobi, USN
Executive Officer Naval Base Coronado
Alan Jaeger
Office of Research and Technology Applications Manager, (ORTA) Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division
Major Jack Law, USA
Assistant Product ManagerTactical Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (TUAS) PEO Aviation
Tom Matthews
Principle DeputyNavy & Marine Corps Small
Tactical UAS Program Office (PMA-263) NAVAIR
Dr. Gregory Power
Program Manager, Senior Research Engineer HQ, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
CAPT Derek Rader, USN
Commanding Officer Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3
LCDR Ian Roessle, USN
Deputy Director, Chief ScientistCenter for High Assurance Computer Systems
Adjunct Professor for Artificial Intelligence
Whiting School of Engineering Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Robert Sadowski, SES
Army Chief Roboticist U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
Shivanjli Sharma
ATM-X Project Manager NASA Ames Research Center
Leland “Kent” Shea
Product ManagerRobotics and Autonomous Systems Program Executive Office
Combat Support & Combat Service Support
Major Christopher Simpkins, USA
Assistant Product Manager (APM),sUAS Project Office PEO Army Aviation
Mike Tall
Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM)Integrated Autonomous C4ISR Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)
Col James “Fangs” Valpiani, USAF
Commandant Test Pilot SchoolEdwards AFB
CAPT (USN-ret) Ted Venable
CNT/UAS Program Manager, (COMUSNAVSO/C4F) U.S. Fourth Fleet Counter Illicit Trafficking
Lt Col Bradford “Crush” WADE, USAF
Commander556 Test and Evaluation Squadron Creech AFB, NV
Alex Zimmer
Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal (UWEOD) AI/ML Program Lead Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, (NIWC PAC)Industry
Sean Baity
Technical Director Textron Systems
Samuel Byers
Senior National Security Advisor Center for Maritime Strategy
Maia B. Cook, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, President Pacific Science & Engineering
Lt Col (USAF-ret) Jerry “Rhino” Frazier, Jr.
CEO & Director, Integrated Air and Missile Defense Amalgam Defense Solutions LLC
Lichen “Scuba” Pursley
DirectorINDOPACOM General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Greg Landis
Senior Program Manager Maritime Undersea Boeing
Rear Admiral (USN-ret) James Rodman
CEO Mission Focused Systems, Inc.
Dr. Leena Singh
Senior Technical Staff Control and Autonomous Systems Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology