GOVERNMENT & AI SUMMIT AGENDA

Pick up your badge, grab some breakfast, and network with your peers!

Welcome to the 2024 Government & AI Summit!

George Jackson

VP of Events
GovExec

Data's importance in AI adoption cannot be overstated. Learn more about data governance, data privacy, and effective data collection and storage.

Manuel "Manny" Medrano

Office Director - Cyber Monitoring and Operations, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Directorate of Cyber Technology and Security
Department of State

Natalie Alms

Staff Reporter
Nextgov/FCW

How can generative AI transform federal financial operations? Gain insights into effective metrics for measuring the success of AI-driven strategies, learn about the integration of cross-agency data sharing and collaboration, and examine lessons from past implementations to guide future experimentation, training, and workforce enablement for AI and machine learning.

Olivia Peterson

Director, Federal Financial Services
AWS World Wide Public Sector

Anna Pettyjohn

Executive Vice President, Product & Strategy
GovExec

Take a quick coffee/networking break!

How can AI bolster security and help manage threats? Explore the potential AI has to optimize federal cybersecurity measures.

Brian Peretti

Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Chief AI Officer
Department of Treasury

Kevin Walsh

Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity
Government Accountability Office

David DiMolfetta

Cybersecurity Reporter
Nextgov/FCW

AI is revolutionizing public services in government, healthcare, and education. This session explores how Elastic securely integrates your data with advanced AI models to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency. With over a decade of trusted partnerships, Elastic provides robust security measures and democratizes machine learning insights for all team members. Discover how vector databases, semantic search and generative AI can offer personalized public service and streamline operations. Join us to see how Elastic can help you securely harness AI to improve outcomes for citizens, patients, and students.

Darryl E. Peek

Senior Director of Public Sector Channels and Alliances (FED & SLED)
Elastic

Presented by Google Cloud

Katharyn White

Director of Google Cloud Marketing, Public Sector
Google Cloud

Time for some lunch and networking!

Tammy Ells discusses the critical relationship component that immixGroup has with suppliers, distributers, and value added resellers (VARS). ImmixGroup targets the needs of government partners to meet their mission and objectives and create custom solutions. As government solutions become more complex, Tammy discusses how "synergy" and communication are keys to meeting those mission goals.

In a changing world, immixGroup meets customers where they are today and provides solutions to help them build out their future needs. Discover how immixGroup is helping solve those technology needs. Lastly, Tammy Ells discusses how data and IT are the future of the public sector channel ecosystem that needs to be protected, collected, and analyzed.

Tammy Ells

Vice President & General Manager
immixGroup

Predictive AI and analytics can transform an agency's risk management and operational strategies. Explore some of the best practices for harnessing predictive AI and machine learning.

Deborah Duran, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor, Data Science, Analytics and Systems
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dr. Mike Horton

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Department of Transportation

Alexandra Kelley

Staff Reporter
Nextgpv/FCW

Disruptive technology can create opportunity where none existed before. What once appeared impossible becomes seemingly inevitable. Artificial Intelligence offers such promise. Much like technological revolutions of the past, this promise of new capability must be balanced against uncertainty and unintended consequences. Safeguards must be put in place. The requirement to ensure there is always a “human in the loop” represents one such safeguard to mitigate the risk of the unintentional or the unknown. However, humans aren’t simply “in the loop” - they are the loop. The session will explore how re-focusing on the human loop of understanding information will drive the use (and prevent the misuse) of AI as the technology continues to evolve. 

James Donlon

Senior Director, Solution Engineering
Oracle North America

Implementing AI in the public sector is not without its risks and challenges. Explore some of the more adverse effects of government AI implementation.

Davon Tyler

Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid
Department of Education

Jessie Bur

Managing Editor
Nextgov/FCW

Thank you for attending the 2024 Government & AI Summit!

George Jackson

VP of Events
GovExec