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Conference Keynotes 

 

2017 April: One-on-one onstage interview with Jeff Bezos, CEO/Chairman of Amazon and Blue Origin, CEO, on “Future Trends in
Technology and Information,” annual AFCEA Intelligence Symposium, Washington DC.

 

2017 March: U.S. Army CIO/G6, Army Signal Conference. "Keynote: Emerging Tech Trends & Networks of the Future." (agenda)

  

2016 November: National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO), US Intelligence Community; 2016 Global Maritime Forum. "Keynote: Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Policy." (agenda)

  

2016 May: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association, Central Virginia. "Machine Learning, AI, and the Third Offset Strategy: Observations on Defense & Technology 2016"

  

2015 June: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association, Central Virginia. "Big Data Engagement: Why the IC and DoD Need Your Work."

  

2015 May: TechUK & WIRED Business Media, Suits and Spooks Conference, London UK. “Complex Tectonics: The Yin/Yang Relationship between Security Agencies and the Tech Industry.”

  

2014 October: Commonwealth of Virginia. “New Technologies' Impact on Local/State Government.”

  

2013 May: U.S. intelligence agency, “Next-Gen Cyber Analysis” classified conference, keynote.

 

2012 July: Gov 2.0 Los Angeles, keynote "Gamification & Innovation in Government" (video)

  

2010 August: NASA IT Summit, Washington DC, keynote "Government & the Revolution in Scientific Computing" (article)

  

2010 April: DC Cybersecurity Leadership Summit, keynote "Cyber Public Policy" (article) 

  

2010 April: Social Media in Law Enforcement Conference, closing keynote "Law Enforcement in a Brave New World" (article)

  

2009 December: Technology Leadership Roundtable, keynote "Cloud Research." (article)

  

2009 May: US Census, International Field Directors and Technology Conference; keynote "Instrumenting the World" (article)

   

2008 July: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Research in America Summit, at Penn State University, keynote "State of Research in the Private Sector."

  

2008 May: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), Incisive Analysis Conference, "Shorter Loop, Longer Tail: R&D 2.0 for Analysis." (Keynote, slides here)


Government Briefings

    

2018 January: DoD/Strategic Capabilities Office. "Silicon Valley and US National Security: An Alternative View."

    

2016 May: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). “Big Data, Machine Learning and AI Developments.”

   

2015 October: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). “Silicon Valley History and the Relationship between Security Agencies and Government.”

 

2015 October: U.S. intelligence agency. "Innovation and Future Technologies: Some Best Practices."

 

2015 June: Federal Judicial Center and Georgetown University Law School, Conference on National Security, Surveillance Technology and the Law. “Computer Architecture and Remote Access.”

 

2015 April: U.S. State Department / EOP / DoD / ODNI, Foreign Service Institute, National Security Executive Leadership Seminar. “Technology and Collaboration.”

 

2015 February: U.S. State Department / EOP / DoD / ODNI, Foreign Service Institute, National Security Executive Leadership Seminar. “Policy, Legal, National-Security Implications of Future Collaboration Technologies.”

 

2014 May: US Central Command, CCJ8 Science & Technology Division. “Cyber Research and Development.”

 

2014 March: Republic of Singapore, Minister of Communications and Information (Minister Yaacob Ibrahim and senior staff). “Future of Communications.”

 

2014 January: Air Force Research Labs. “Technology Near-Futures.”

 

2013 December: Canada SSC (Ministry of Public Works and Government Services, Shared Services Canada). “Cyber Security: We’ve Been Doing It Wrong.”

 

2013 December: Department of Commerce CIO. “Limits of Situational Awareness and Need for Cyber R&D.”

  

2013 September: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense. “Research for ISR.”

 

2013 September: U.S. Army, Army Museum Planning Staff. “Technology Futures.”

 

2013 September: Argentina, Argentina/United States Chamber of Commerce. “Government 2.0 for Argentina.”

 

2013 September: UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (UK/FCO). “Future of Global Collaboration.”

 

2013 April: U.S. Air Force ISR Agency (AFISRA). “Big Data in the Commercial Sector.”

 

2013 February: White House, President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). “Trustworthy Computing and New Research Avenues.”

 

2013 January: U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. “Big Data, Natural User Interaction, and Collaboration in Government.”

 

2012 December: DARPA / NITRD. “Cyber Security Research and Development.”

 

2012 December: U.S. DoD SPAWAR. “Research Advances for C5ISR.”

 

2012 November: U.S. CENTCOM J6. “Research and Development in Global Environments.”

 2012 November: U.S. TRANSCOM CIO. “Research and Communications.”

 

2012 October: U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office CIO. “Global Communications and Collaboration.”

 

2012 September: U.S. Office of Director of National Intelligence. “Security and Risk Management.”

 

2012 September: U.S. Army, PM, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T). “Communications Research and Advances.”

 

2012 August: U.S. intelligence agency CIO and staff.

 

2012 August: U.S. National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). “Big Data, Voter Analytics, Citizen Engagement.”

 

2012 August: U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). “Topics in Technology R&D.”

 

2012 August: U.S. Commission on Research and Development for the U.S. Intelligence Community. “Contrasting Technology R&D, Public and Private Sectors.”

 

2012 July: U.S. DoD Combatant Commands (COCOMs) Symposium. “Technology Near-Futures.”

 

2012 July: U.S. Department of Homeland Security. “Cyber Security Research.”

 

2012 July: U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) J2 CIO. “Collaborative Communications.”

 

2012 July: DARPA. “Research Topics in Predictive Analysis.”

 

2012 June: U.S. Navy CIO. “Mobile Technologies for Naval Missions.”

 

2012 June: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). “Secure Information Management in 2012.”

 

2012 May: U.S. FBI. “Social Media for National Security.”

 

2012 March: U.S. Partnership for Public Service. “Cold War Careers Today.”

 

2012 February: U.S. Air Force Science Advisory Board. “Topics in Technology R&D.”

 

2012 January: U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Strategic Studies Group (SSG). “Topics in Technology R&D.”

 

2011 September: National Defense University, Enterprise Risks and Cybersecurity Seminar. “Cyber Security and Research Risks.”

  

2011 March: NRO/NGA Collaboration Ops Tech Summit, Washington DC ADF-E. "Collaboration and Technology Enablers and Strategies." (info)

  

2008 May: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), Incisive Analysis Conference, "Shorter Loop, Longer Tail: R&D 2.0 for Analysis." (Keynote, slides here)

  

... Earlier information archived


Selected Speeches, Conferences, Panels

   

2019 February:  National Security Lecture Series, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC/Dahlgren) and Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC), "Secret History of Innovation in Technology Acquisition."

   

2016 October:  Cybersecurity Summit, AFCEA-DC, panel on "DoD Partnering with Industry for Innovation.” (video)

  

2016 April:  AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium, conference co-chair, "Shaping the Future of Intelligence.” Also session remarks on “Digital Innovation for Intelligence.” (agenda)

  

2016 April: US Coast Guard Headquarters, Enterprise Intelligence Conference. Conference Co-chair. (agenda)

 

2015 September: Intelligence and National Security Summit, Washington DC. "The Impact of Key Technologies on Intelligence, Defense, Economic & Political Norms," panel chair. (agenda)

   

2015 May:  AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium, panel chair for “Industry R&D Investment," and chair, "Revolutionary Changes for Intelligence" with SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (agenda)

   

2015 March:  U.S. Technology Leadership Council, “Implications of 3-D Immnersive Technologies and Natural User Interfaces for Government and R&D." (agenda)

   

2014 September: Intelligence and National Security Summit, Washington DC. "The Internet of Things and its Implications for Intelligence," panel chair. (article)

   

2014 April: AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium; panel chair, "Big Data and Knowledge Creation, Technology and Tradecraft.” Classified conference. (agenda)

  

2014 April: United Nations Foundation, Diplomacy and Social Good Conference, Washington DC; "The Future of Diplomacy, Digital's Impact on an Ancient Art," panel. (agenda)

  

2013 December: Global Intelligence Symposium, Brussels; "Strengthening the Government - Industry Partnership for Collective Security." (agenda)

   

2013 December: Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, Washington DC, panel. (article)

    

2013 November: MILCOM 2013 "Cyber Security and Survivability" (annual IEEE Military Communications Conference). (agenda)

     

2013 October: AFCEA Fall Intelligence Symposium; panel chair, "Dealing with Big Data." Classified conference. (agenda) 

   

2013 July: NextGov and INSA Conference; "Assessing Cyber R&D: What Progress and What Priorities?" panel chair. (article)

   

2012 December: AFCEA - Global Intelligence Symposium, Brussels; Industry Panel. (agenda)

     

2012 October: MILCOM 2012: "Trusted Communications" (annual IEEE Military Communications Conference).

 

2012 October: AFCEA Fall Intelligence Symposium; panel chair, "Intelligence Standards and Governance." Classified conference. (agenda)

    

2011 November: American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Open Government Knowledge conference. "Manichean Progress, Positive and Negative States of the Art in Web-Scale Data" (Lecture slides)

     

2011 June: AFA Space and Cyberspace Warfare Symposium 2011.

 

2011 October: MIT, Security Innovation Network Summit, "Early Adoption Opportunities" (panel). (agenda)

   

2011 June: Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Conference, Dallas TX; "Emerging Cloud Technologies," panel. (agenda)

  

2011 April: U.S. State Department, Mobile Citizen Summit: “Connecting Global Communities” (article)

  

2011 April: AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium; panel chair, "IT and Networks in the Integrated Defense Intelligence Enterprise." Classified conference. (agenda)

  

2011 March: NRO/NGA Collaboration Operations Tech Summit, Washington DC; "Collaboration and Technology Enablers and Strategies," panel. (agenda)

    

2011 January: Gov 2.0 LA Conference, Los Angeles CA, "Government Leadership, Vision and Action" Panel. (video)

    

2010 December: "Defense 2.0: Transforming DoD Conference," "Information Assurance and Agility in a Web 2.0 World" panel. (agenda).

     

2010 October: "Sharepoint DC Federal" presentation on "The Power of a Global Platform." (video)

    

2010 May: O'Reilly Government 2.0 Expo. "Open Source Spying" panel. (agenda)

    

2009 December: Solutions Developers Technology Leadership Roundtable, keynote "Cloud Research and Distributed Computing." (article)

    

2009 October: U.S. Army DCGS-A Worldwide Conference; “Advanced R&D for Big Data Analytics.”

  

2009 September: Government 2.0 Expo; "Government as a Protector" panel chair. (agenda)

  

2009 July: Open Government & Innovation Conference, Washington DC, "Web 2.0 and National Security" panel. (article)

    

2009 March: Stanford University, IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum, "Groundbreaking Security Technologies for Government." (video)

    

2008 December: MIT Robotics Conference, “A Foundational Role for Robotics in the Next Computing Revolution.” (abstract)

  

2008 June: Semantic Government Leadership Summit, Washington DC. "Intellipedia: Mission-Critical Wikis," panel. (agenda)

  


University or Online Lectures

      

2019 January: National Intelligence University, President's Lecture Series, "National Security and Silicon Valley."

   

2017, 2016, 2015 Fall Semesters: George Mason University, Graduate School of Engineering, “Big Data: Analytics to Information." (Academic program)

   

2015 May: Washington Center for Internships, “National Security / Academic Seminar." (agenda)

   

2015 March:  Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, “The Internet, 2015-2025: Business and Policy Challenges for the Private Sector." (agenda)

   

2015 February: University of Maryland, Graduate School of Public Policy: "Speed, Omniscience, and Democratic Accountability: Pick Two for National Security Intelligence" (abstract)

    

2013 February: George Mason University, Graduate Program in Intelligence Technology Management; “Leadership in Intelligence from Big Data.”

  

2012 December: Pepperdine University, Davenport Institute: "Engagement with Government through Technology & Gamification" (video)

    

2012 August: Purdue University, CERIAS Security Seminar, "Challenges for R&D in the Security Field" (video)

  

2011 November: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Convergent Risk in Business and Government Symposium; "Emerging Counter-Intelligence Insider Threats and Latest Challenges in Cyber Security," panel chair. (agenda)

      

2010 May: O'Reilly Webcast, " Hiring the Next-Generation of Cyber Security Professionals in Government" (archived webcast)

    

2009 December: Princeton University, Center for Information Technology Policy; Invited Lecture, "Federal Government Technology: Way Ahead and Far Behind" (abstract)

    

2009 November: Devry University, Roundtable on Information Security (video)

    

2009 January: Princeton University, Center for Information Technology Policy "Open Government: Defining, Designing, and Sustaining Transparency" panel. (video)

  

  

   

  

Other Publications 

  

Foreward to book Inside Cyber Warfare: Mapping the Cyber Underworld, by Jeffrey Carr (2009: O'Reilly Publishing).

 

   



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