The following information will help you make the most of OODAcon 2023.

(Read the conference summary here). 

The final agenda for the day can be found below, including a a full description of each session, expanded speakers bios (with links to current projects and articles about the speakers) and additional OODA Loop resources on the theme of each panel. 

For a PDF version of the OODAcon 2023 program, go to OODAcon 2023 Agenda

7:00 – 8:00 Registration and Breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 Welcome and Scene Setting: The Thematics of OODAcon

• Matt Devost, CEO, OODA

8:30 – 9:15 Keynote Conversation: Backing the Mavericks and Mad Scientists the Nation Needs Now

• Michael Gibson, author of Paper Belt on Fire and founder of the 1517 Fund

9:15-9:45 Zero Trust Societies and Disruptive Technologies

• Heather McMahon, UMD Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security
• SJ Terp, Cognitive Security Expert

9:45-10:30 Cyber is the New Cyber – Managing Emergent Risks  

• Kristin Del Rosso, Field CTO, Public Sector, Sophos
• Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Sr Director of SentinelLabs, SentinelOne
• Sarah Jones, Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Microsoft
• Visi Stark, cofounder, The Vertex Project

10:30-11:00 Networking Break

11:00-11:45 The Space Edge Defining New Opportunities, Economies, and Risks

• Ryan Westerdahl, CEO Turion Space
• Sita Sonty, CEO Space Tango

11:45-12:45 Lunch and Networking

12:45-1:30 Building Trust Back into Blockchain

• Angela Dalton, CEO and Founder, Signum Growth
• David Ackerman, CCO MobileCoin
• Mohsan Farid, Co-Founder, LedgerOps

1:30 – 2:15 The Generative AI Surprise

• Pulkit Jaiswal, Co-Founder NWO.ai
• Bob Flores, former CTO, CIA

2:15-3:00 Hacking Humans The New Genetic Frontiers

• Natalie Barrett, Phaedrus Engineering, Biomedical Engineer
• Marc Salit, MITRE Fellow, Synthetic Biology
• Andre Watson, CEO, Ligandal, Biomaterials Scientist

3:00-3:15 Networking Break

3:15- 4:00 Robots, Automation, and Autonomy

• Matthew Steckman, CRO, Anduril l Industries
• Duyane Norman, DIU

4:00- 4:30 OODA Global Risk Briefing

• Johnny Sawyer, CEO the Sawyer Group
• Jen Hoar, Corporate Intelligence and Investigations

4:30-5:00 The New Space Rush The Final Frontier for the Economy and National Security

• Bob Gourley, CTO, OODA
• Lisa Costa, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of the US Space Force

5:00 – 8:00pm Wrap up then Happy Hour Reception