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