The Speakers
The Voices Shaping What Comes Next In Defense and AI
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Abhishek Chauhan
Managing Director
Advent

Abhishek Chauhan
Managing Director
Advent

Alex Hillman
Program Manager, DARPA / Information Innovation Office
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force

Alex Hillman
Program Manager, DARPA / Information Innovation Office
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force

Catherine Havasi
Partner & Co-Founder
M2 Foundry

Catherine Havasi
Partner & Co-Founder
M2 Foundry

Erik Bethel
General Partner
Mare Liberum

Erik Bethel
General Partner
Mare Liberum

Fiona Murray
Chair
NATO Innovation Fund

Fiona Murray
Chair
NATO Innovation Fund

Gene Keselman
Lecturer and Director
MIT

Gene Keselman
Lecturer and Director
MIT

Jake Sortor
Public Sector Strategy Lead
Blitzy

Jake Sortor
Public Sector Strategy Lead
Blitzy

Jason Hansberger
Colonel, USAF
Director, DAF-Stanford AI Studio

Jason Hansberger
Colonel, USAF
Director, DAF-Stanford AI Studio

Line Rindvig
CEO
Defence Builder

Line Rindvig
CEO
Defence Builder

Megan Smith
3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer
CEO of shift7

Megan Smith
3rd U.S. Chief Technology Officer
CEO of shift7

Oleksandr Kamyshin
Head of Representative Office
UDI JSC in Germany (Berlin)

Oleksandr Kamyshin
Head of Representative Office
UDI JSC in Germany (Berlin)

Rylan Hamilton
CEO & Co-Founder
Blue Water Autonomy

Rylan Hamilton
CEO & Co-Founder
Blue Water Autonomy

Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Founder & CEO
Navier

Sampriti Bhattacharyya
Founder & CEO
Navier

Sertac Karaman
Professor at MIT
Director at LIDS

Sertac Karaman
Professor at MIT
Director at LIDS

Sridevi Sarma
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Sridevi Sarma
Professor Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

Taras Yushchenko
AeroAstro
MIT

Taras Yushchenko
AeroAstro
MIT

Tim Brookins
Technical Advisor, Daughters of Knyahynya Olha
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer, Retired

Tim Brookins
Technical Advisor, Daughters of Knyahynya Olha
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer, Retired

Tucker Hamilton
Former DAF, Chief of AI Test & Ops
96th Ops Group Commander

Tucker Hamilton
Former DAF, Chief of AI Test & Ops
96th Ops Group Commander
