GDIT Emerge 2019, Our Inaugural Technology Conference

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On Tuesday, April 23rd, we hosted our inaugural technology conference, GDIT Emerge 2019. The conference brought together the federal IT ecosystem for discussions on AI, Cloud and Cyber, industry trends, and the latest innovations.

Leaders from defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies participated alongside GDIT experts and emerging technology partners. If you weren't able to make it or want to relive the presentations watch the posted videos below. Also, our partners at Meritalk captured the biggest takeaways from the day.

Plenary Sessions

• Welcome - Amy Gilliland, President, GDIT
• Introduction - Yogesh Khanna, Chief Technology Officer, GDIT
• Opening Keynote - Dawn Meyerriecks, Deputy Director, Science and Technology, CIA
• Government Keynote - Suzette Kent Federal Chief Information Officer, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
• Government Executive Panel Innovation-Driven Success - Moderator: Kristie Grinnell, Chief Information Officer, GDIT; Gregory L. Garcia, Deputy Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army; La'Naia Jones, Deputy Chief Information Officer of the Intelligence Community, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Dr. John Zangardi, Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
• Program Keynote - Dana Deasy, Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense
• Emerging Tech Mindshare - Joseph Loomis, Founder & CTO, CyberSponse
• Emerging Tech Mindshare - Bernard Sanders, Co-Founder & CTO, CloudBolt
• Emerging Tech Mindshare - Co-Founder & CTO Live Objects
• Emerging Tech Mindshare - Matt McCrann, Director of Sales and Business Development, Camvi Technologies

Track Sessions

Right-Sizing the Cloud Investment

• Session 1 Neil Kronimus, Senior Director, Cloud, GDIT
  Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer, US Federal, Microsoft
• Session 2 - Colonel (Retired) Bobby Saxon, Ron Graham, Director, Healthcare Marketplace
• Session 3 - Stu Fleagle Group, Vice President Federal Technology Solutions, Oracle; Peter Fisher, Master Enterprise Cloud Architect, Public Sector, Oracle
• Session 4 - Chris Wahl, Chief Technologist, Rubrik

Transforming through AI

• Session 1 - Dave Vennergrund, Senior Director, Data + Analytics, GDIT; Balaji Iyer, Business Development Manager, AI/ML, Amazon Web Services
• Session 2 - Anthony Dina Director of Data Analytics, North America, Dell EMC
• Session 4 - Dan Turchin, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Astound

Adaptive Response to Cyber Automation

• Session 1 - Rick Howard, Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks; Dr. Matt McFadden, Senior Director, Cyber GDIT
• Session 3 - Robert Walker, Staff Security Architect, Splunk
• Session 4 - John McClurg, VP and Ambassador-at-Large, Cylance

Modernizing IT Service Delivery

• Session 1 - Jay Olsen, Director, Application Services, GDIT; David Egts, Chief Technologist, North American Public Sector, Red Hat
• Session 2 - R. Dennis Gibbs, Sr. Director, Application Services, Intelligence Solutions Division
  GDIT
• Session 4 - Raj Patnam, Vice President, Global Solutions, ScienceLogic