2025 Cyber Summit

Name: 2025 Cyber Summit
Start: 2025-05-15
End: 2025-05-15
Location: Marriott Fairview Park

Cyber threats are constantly adapting, and in this dynamic environment, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their data and infrastructure. The Potomac Officers Club's 2025 Cyber Summit brings together leading cyber experts, government decision makers and industry executives to explore innovative solutions for a secure and resilient public sector.

Join us and dive deep into emerging cyber threats, new cyber policies and initiatives, modernization strategies, public and private sector collaboration, cybersecurity workforce challenges and so much more. Engage with cyber leaders, network with a community of GovCon professionals and discover cutting-edge cyber technologies at this can’t-miss summit.

Speaker Details

Bridget Bean

Bridget Bean (Keynote)

Executive Director

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Ashley Manning (Keynote)

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

David McKeown (Keynote)

Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity

and Senior Information Security Officer

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

Joanna Dempsey

Joanna Dempsey (Introducer)

Vice President, CISA Portfolio, Justice & Homeland Solutions

ECS

Justin Fessler

Justin Fessler (Moderator)

VP, Public Sector

LogicMonitor

Doug Jeruzal (Moderator)

CTO

RealmOne

Robert Brown (Moderator)

Senior Vice President of National Security Solutions

Alpha Omega

Christopher Jones (Moderator)

Chief Technology Officer and Chief Data Officer

Nightwing

Christopher Cleary (Moderator)

Vice President, Global Cyber Practice

ManTech

Beau Houser (Moderator)

Senior Director of Cybersecurity

ECS

Audrey Murphy (Moderator)

Director, Business Development

Peraton

Kathleen Carley

Kathleen Carley (Panelist)

Director of Center for Computational Analysis

of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS)

Carnegie Mellon University

Jennifer Ewbank (Panelist)

Former Deputy Director, for Digital Innovation

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Dr. Scott White

Dr. Scott White (Panelist)

Associate Professor; Dir. Of Cybersecurity, College of Professional Studies

George Washington University

Bobby New (Panelist)

VP Public Sector Solutions Engineering

Trellix

Robert Williams (Panelist)

Head of Business and Partnerships

SandboxAQ

Lam Nguyen (Panelist)

Chief Scientist

Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center [DC3]

Dr. Jacob Vargis (Panelist)

Professor, Cybersecurity

Marymount University

April Lenhard (Panelist)

Principal Product Manager

Qualys

Duane Shugars (Panelist)

A Visionary Leader in Cybersecurity Innovation

Omni Federal

Paulo Costa (Panelist)

Professor and Dept. Chair, Dept of Cybersecurity Engineering

George Mason University

Timothy Amerson (Panelist)

Acting CISO & Acting Associate Commissioner

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Gerald Caron (Panelist)

VP, Cybersecurity

Riva Solutions Inc.

Daniel Ehlmann (Panelist)

Chief Engineer, Digital Infrastructure

Anduril Industries

Pete Ranks (Panelist)

Director for Center for Cyber Intelligence

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Anne Marie Schumann (Panelist)

Principal Cyber Advisor

U.S. Department of the Navy

Nitin Natarajan (Panelist)

Former Deputy Director

U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Dr. Thomas Augustine (Panelist)

Chief Information Security Officer

Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA)

Danielle Rowell (Panelist)

CISO

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Dr. Diane Janosek (Panelist)

CEO

Janos LLC

Aaron Bishop (Panelist)

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Kathryn Wang (Panelist)

Principal, Public Sector

SandboxAQ

Chris Sestito (Panelist)

Cofounder, CEO

HiddenLayer

Dr. Ben Dixon (Panelist)

Senior Staff Member:

Optical and Quantum Communications Technology Group

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Dr. Carl Williams (Panelist)

CEO

CJW Quantum Consulting, LLC.

Dr. Sarah Muccio (Panelist)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Marcus Fowler (Panelist)

CEO

Darktrace Federal

Ron Brash (Panelist)

Vice President of Industrial Cybersecurity

Exiger

Michael Epley (Panelist)

Chief Architect and Security Strategist, Public Sector

Red Hat

Dr. Merrick Watchorn (Panelist)

Chief Cyber / Quantum / Cognitive Information Services Architect

U.S. Air Force

Event Topic

Cybersecurity, Modernization, Technology

Relevant Audiences

All State and Local Government, All Federal Government, Central Intelligence Agency

Event Type

Onsite

Event Subtype

Conference / Summit

When

Thu, May 15, 2025 | 7:00 am - 2:45 pm

Registration Cost

Member:

$ 250.00

Elite New:

$ 100.00

Guest Member:

$ 445.00

Government:

$ 0.00

Non-Member Government:

$ 50.00

Non-Member:

$ 625.00

Location

Marriott Fairview Park

Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park, 3111 Fairview Park Dr

Falls Church, Virginia, US, 22042

Website

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