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The federal workforce faces a generational inflection point. An over-taxed talent pipeline, accelerating technology, and rising public expectations are converging to demand a fundamental rethinking of how government attracts, develops, and empowers its people.
This panel takes a candid, solutions-oriented look at the strategies and tools reshaping federal talent - from skills-based hiring and AI-enabled workforce planning to the platforms agencies are deploying to manage their most critical asset: their people.

Accelerate SAP projects and cloud transformations with the most authoritative AI assistance grounded in exclusive SAP knowledge. This live demo shows how SAP J4C augments consultants to rapidly analyze requirements, generate solutions, and move from strategy to mission outcomes with greater speed, precision, and confidence.

Acting Commissioner Laura Stanton is helping the government buy smarter, consolidating federal procurement and embedding AI in the acquisition lifecycle. Drawing on a long GSA career running the government's largest IT procurement operation, she can speak to the gap between procurement policy and what actually works in execution.

Visibility over unit readiness and logistics of globally dispersed forces in real-time and near real-time is critical to commanders gaining decision advantage during combat operations. We will introduce SAP technology that supports continuing operations in disrupted, disconnected, intermittent and low-bandwidth communications environments (DDIL) where connectivity can be unreliable or unavailable.

For 250 years, American industrial strength has been inseparable from American security. Today, global competition, concentrated supply chains, and a defense industrial workforce facing more than 800,000 open positions are demanding a new generation of American industrial capacity while also driving the most significant reinvestment in domestic manufacturing in a generation.

This panel examines how government and industry are working together to build a more resilient foundation - strengthening the supply chains, resources, and digital infrastructure that every mission depends on.

The American experiment has always been a story of invention - from the telegraph to the transistor to the internet, each era has brought a defining technology that expanded what government could do.

Now, a new transformation is underway - and it may be the most consequential yet. Artificial intelligence is no longer a pilot program or innovation lab curiosity. Nearly 90 percent of federal agencies are already using or planning to deploy AI, and agentic systems capable of reasoning, planning, and executing complex tasks are moving from concept to production. The question facing government leaders is no longer whether to adopt AI, but how to scale it responsibly, securely, and at the speed of mission.

This panel takes a broad look at how government and industry are navigating the shift from experimentation to enterprise - scaling AI, governing it wisely, and building the data infrastructure that makes it all possible.

Federal agencies are under pressure to deliver secure, resilient, and accountable services - often with constrained resources. This session translates SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise vision into the public‑sector context, showing how autonomous assistants and agent‑driven workflows can enhance mission execution while maintaining stringent security, compliance, and auditability.

The Honorable Kirsten Davies is leading the modernization of one of the largest and most complex IT enterprises in the world. From retiring decades of accumulated technology debt to building the data foundations that make AI usable at mission scale, the task is immense. Expect a candid look at how the department is approaching cyber resilience, industry partnerships, and the practical work of turning data into faster decisions for the warfighter.

Acting NASA Associate Director Lori Glaze can offer our audience what the next 250 years looks like from inside the Artemis campaign, where the work involves managing enormous technical complexity while keeping a long-horizon mission on track. She is likely to draw on her background as a planetary scientist to talk about how evidence and disciplined program management hold up under real schedule and budget pressure, and what that discipline can teach any organization trying to execute against an ambitious vision.

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