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Agenda
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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Registration, Breakfast & Networking
Pick up your badge, grab some breakfast and network with your peers!
Pick up your badge, grab some breakfast and network with your peers!
Pick up your badge, grab some breakfast and network with your peers!
Opening Remarks
Welcome to The New Agenda Summit!
Welcome to The New Agenda Summit!
Welcome to The New Agenda Summit!
A New Era of American Innovation: Driving Government Efficiency with AI
From breaking down data siloes to transforming the contracting process, AI can enhance services, create efficiencies and help government agencies better deliver on mission goals, regardless of resources. During this session Google Cloud’s Omid Ghaffari-Tabriz will share AI success stories and insights into how to approach your agency’s tech strategy.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Google.
From breaking down data siloes to transforming the contracting process, AI can enhance services, create efficiencies and help government agencies better deliver on mission goals, regardless of resources. During this session Google Cloud’s Omid Ghaffari-Tabriz will share AI success stories and insights into how to approach your agency’s tech strategy.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Google.

Omid Ghaffari-Tabriz
Head of U.S. Federal Civilian PolicyGoogle Cloud
From breaking down data siloes to transforming the contracting process, AI can enhance services, create efficiencies and help government agencies better deliver on mission goals, regardless of resources. During this session Google Cloud’s Omid Ghaffari-Tabriz will share AI success stories and insights into how to approach your agency’s tech strategy.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Google.

Omid Ghaffari-Tabriz
Head of U.S. Federal Civilian PolicyGoogle Cloud
Strengthening Cybersecurity in a New Era of Leadership
The new administration brings a heightened focus on safeguarding federal systems and data. This session will delve into the evolving cybersecurity landscape, with a focus on the administration’s plans for bolstering defenses, addressing emerging threats, and ensuring secure and resilient operations.
The new administration brings a heightened focus on safeguarding federal systems and data. This session will delve into the evolving cybersecurity landscape, with a focus on the administration’s plans for bolstering defenses, addressing emerging threats, and ensuring secure and resilient operations.

Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced CybersecurityGovernment Accountability Office
The new administration brings a heightened focus on safeguarding federal systems and data. This session will delve into the evolving cybersecurity landscape, with a focus on the administration’s plans for bolstering defenses, addressing emerging threats, and ensuring secure and resilient operations.

Jennifer Franks
Director, Center for Enhanced CybersecurityGovernment Accountability Office
Cloud Technology and Federal Modernization – Shaping the Future Under New Leadership
As the new administration reshapes antitrust regulations, energy policy, and tariffs, federal agencies face both challenges and opportunities in modernizing through cloud technology. This session will explore how these shifts could drive market consolidation, influence AI and data center advancements, and raise costs for cloud services.
As the new administration reshapes antitrust regulations, energy policy, and tariffs, federal agencies face both challenges and opportunities in modernizing through cloud technology. This session will explore how these shifts could drive market consolidation, influence AI and data center advancements, and raise costs for cloud services.

Edward Graham
Technology ReporterNextgov/FCW
As the new administration reshapes antitrust regulations, energy policy, and tariffs, federal agencies face both challenges and opportunities in modernizing through cloud technology. This session will explore how these shifts could drive market consolidation, influence AI and data center advancements, and raise costs for cloud services.

Edward Graham
Technology ReporterNextgov/FCW
Optimized to Operate: Mapping Mission, Modernization and Measurable Outcomes
As agencies continue to modernize, executive leaders need a strategic lens for evaluating the role of data, technology, and modernization in supporting mission outcomes. In this session, you’ll learn how agencies are moving beyond compliance and siloed system upgrades—and instead using Splunk to optimize across four key domains: cost efficiency, fraud and risk detection, workforce and office management, and operational resilience.
This challenge isn't only about technology—it’s about new thinking. And Splunk is enabling that shift, not just as a cybersecurity platform, but as a real-time analytics engine for federal mission success.
As agencies continue to modernize, executive leaders need a strategic lens for evaluating the role of data, technology, and modernization in supporting mission outcomes. In this session, you’ll learn how agencies are moving beyond compliance and siloed system upgrades—and instead using Splunk to optimize across four key domains: cost efficiency, fraud and risk detection, workforce and office management, and operational resilience.
This challenge isn't only about technology—it’s about new thinking. And Splunk is enabling that shift, not just as a cybersecurity platform, but as a real-time analytics engine for federal mission success.

Bart Larango
Federal Government Industry AdvisorSplunk
As agencies continue to modernize, executive leaders need a strategic lens for evaluating the role of data, technology, and modernization in supporting mission outcomes. In this session, you’ll learn how agencies are moving beyond compliance and siloed system upgrades—and instead using Splunk to optimize across four key domains: cost efficiency, fraud and risk detection, workforce and office management, and operational resilience.
This challenge isn't only about technology—it’s about new thinking. And Splunk is enabling that shift, not just as a cybersecurity platform, but as a real-time analytics engine for federal mission success.

Bart Larango
Federal Government Industry AdvisorSplunk
Coffee Break
Stretch your legs and enjoy some refreshments!
Stretch your legs and enjoy some refreshments!
Stretch your legs and enjoy some refreshments!
AI and the New Administration – Charting a Future for Federal Innovation
As the new administration sets its agenda, AI is poised to play a transformative role in federal operations. This session will examine how the administration’s policies and priorities influence the adoption of AI across agencies, including its potential to improve decision-making, streamline workflows, and enhance public service delivery.
As the new administration sets its agenda, AI is poised to play a transformative role in federal operations. This session will examine how the administration’s policies and priorities influence the adoption of AI across agencies, including its potential to improve decision-making, streamline workflows, and enhance public service delivery.

Adarryl Roberts
Chief Information OfficerDefense Logistics Agency

Alexandra Kelley
Staff CorrespondentNextgov/FCW
As the new administration sets its agenda, AI is poised to play a transformative role in federal operations. This session will examine how the administration’s policies and priorities influence the adoption of AI across agencies, including its potential to improve decision-making, streamline workflows, and enhance public service delivery.

Adarryl Roberts
Chief Information OfficerDefense Logistics Agency

Alexandra Kelley
Staff CorrespondentNextgov/FCW
Elite Underwriter Session: Riverbed

Bill Roberts
Federal Chief Technology OfficerRiverbed

Bill Roberts
Federal Chief Technology OfficerRiverbed
Policy Shifts and Technology Priorities – A Roadmap for Federal Agencies
With the new administration taking office, federal agencies face an evolving set of technology and policy priorities. This session will explore how leadership transitions are shaping the federal tech agenda, emphasizing modernization efforts, emerging technologies, and policy frameworks critical to operational success.
With the new administration taking office, federal agencies face an evolving set of technology and policy priorities. This session will explore how leadership transitions are shaping the federal tech agenda, emphasizing modernization efforts, emerging technologies, and policy frameworks critical to operational success.

Melissa Vice
Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3)

Nick Wakeman
Editor-in-ChiefWashington Technology
With the new administration taking office, federal agencies face an evolving set of technology and policy priorities. This session will explore how leadership transitions are shaping the federal tech agenda, emphasizing modernization efforts, emerging technologies, and policy frameworks critical to operational success.

Melissa Vice
Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP)Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3)

Nick Wakeman
Editor-in-ChiefWashington Technology
Catch me if you can: Challenges We Can Address Today to Put Fraudsters Away
Fraud poses a persistent and evolving threat, stealing taxpayer dollars, and undermining critical government programs. This session will share stories of how fraudsters operate and will examine practical tools and techniques that agencies can implement today to detect and combat fraud.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Peraton.
Fraud poses a persistent and evolving threat, stealing taxpayer dollars, and undermining critical government programs. This session will share stories of how fraudsters operate and will examine practical tools and techniques that agencies can implement today to detect and combat fraud.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Peraton.

Lauren Toth, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Program Management - Defense Enterprise & Health Solutions (BU), Defense Mission & Health Solutions SectorPeraton
Fraud poses a persistent and evolving threat, stealing taxpayer dollars, and undermining critical government programs. This session will share stories of how fraudsters operate and will examine practical tools and techniques that agencies can implement today to detect and combat fraud.
Elite Undewriter Session sponsored by Peraton.

Lauren Toth, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Program Management - Defense Enterprise & Health Solutions (BU), Defense Mission & Health Solutions SectorPeraton
The New Agenda – Transforming Federal Government Tech
In this keynote, a leading expert will discuss the new administration’s vision for technology in the federal government. The session will highlight priorities such as modernizing infrastructure, enhancing cybersecurity, and leveraging AI to improve public service delivery.
In this keynote, a leading expert will discuss the new administration’s vision for technology in the federal government. The session will highlight priorities such as modernizing infrastructure, enhancing cybersecurity, and leveraging AI to improve public service delivery.

Param Soni
CIO and Chief AI Officer, Bureau of Economic AnalysisDepartment of Commerce
In this keynote, a leading expert will discuss the new administration’s vision for technology in the federal government. The session will highlight priorities such as modernizing infrastructure, enhancing cybersecurity, and leveraging AI to improve public service delivery.

Param Soni
CIO and Chief AI Officer, Bureau of Economic AnalysisDepartment of Commerce
Closing Remarks
Thank you for attending The New Agenda!
Thank you for attending The New Agenda!
Thank you for attending The New Agenda!