Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Agenda is fluid and may change without notice! Check back for more exciting speakers and topics!
Time
Location
7:00 am -5:00 pm
Foyer
7:00 - 8:00 am
08:00 - 08:10 am
Driece McKinney
Executive Director, Women In Defense
Executive Director, Women In Defense
08:10 - 09:10 am
Brig. Gen. Michelle Letcher (Ret)
CEO and Founder, Break Trail, LLC
CEO and Founder, Break Trail, LLC
09:10 - 09:40 am
09:40 - 10:45 am
Alisha Kelly Faulkner
Vice President, Business Development, Trace Systems Inc.
Anna Kim
Research Fellow, NDIA Emerging Technologies Institute
Adrienne Rudolph
Student Research Collaborator, NASA GSFC
Vice President, Business Development, Trace Systems Inc.
Anna Kim
Research Fellow, NDIA Emerging Technologies Institute
Adrienne Rudolph
Student Research Collaborator, NASA GSFC
10:45 - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Breakout Workshop Sessions
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Kim Bode
Owner
8THIRTYFOUR Integrated Communications
Owner
8THIRTYFOUR Integrated Communications
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Industry Awardee: Tara Murphy Dougherty
CEO, Govini
Government Awardee: Donna W. Martin, Lieutenant General (Retired)
The 67th Inspector General of the United States Army
CEO, Govini
Government Awardee: Donna W. Martin, Lieutenant General (Retired)
The 67th Inspector General of the United States Army
1:15 - 1:30 pm
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Breakout Workshop Sessions
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Sonja Greene
MBA - Program Director of Government Contracting Center, The Catalyst Center
MBA - Program Director of Government Contracting Center, The Catalyst Center
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Liz Specht, Ph.D.
Horizon Fellow, DARPA Biological Technologies Office
Horizon Fellow, DARPA Biological Technologies Office
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Angela Dingle
President & CEO, Women Impacting Policy (WIPP)
President & CEO, Women Impacting Policy (WIPP)
1:30 - 2:30 pm
Maryanna Diaz
Founder and Principal, Willow Informative Services
Founder and Principal, Willow Informative Services
2:45 - 3:45 pm
Ashley Roque
Pentagon Reporter, Breaking Defense
Dr. Theresa Watson
Chief Operating Officer, Kegman
Halimah Lajieb-Locke
SVP of Global Public Policy, Darkhive
Pentagon Reporter, Breaking Defense
Dr. Theresa Watson
Chief Operating Officer, Kegman
Halimah Lajieb-Locke
SVP of Global Public Policy, Darkhive
3:45 - 5:00 pm
Tara Murphy Dougherty
CEO, Govini
CEO, Govini
5:00 - 6:45 pm