Monday, February 17, 2025

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.
This is a draft agenda and is subject to change. Updated as of 15 January, 2025.

Time
Location
1400 – 1700
Duval Ballroom Foyer
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.
This is a draft agenda and is subject to change. Updated as of 15 January, 2025.

Time
Location
0730 – 1700
Duval Ballroom Foyer
0730 – 0845
Duval Ballroom Foyer
0845 – 0850
• Linda Brent, Ed.D., Strategic Planning, National Training & Simulation Association (NTSA)  
Duval Ballroom A
0850 – 0900
• VADM Sean Buck, USN (Ret.), President, National Training & Simulation Association  
Duval Ballroom A
0900 – 0945
• HON Bobby Scott, U.S. Congress, 3rd District, Virginia (Invited)
• HON Jack Bergman, U.S. Congress, 1st District, Michigan
• HON John Rutherford, U.S. Congress, 5th District, Florida
• HON Eric Sorensen, U.S. Congress, 17th District, Illinois (Invited)  
Duval Ballroom A
0945 – 1000
Duval Ballroom Foyer
1000 – 1030
• Jane Pinelis, Ph.D., Chief Ai Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory  
Duval Ballroom A
1030 – 1130
• Patrice Stanley, Director of Government Relations, CAE USA Moderator
• Kirsten Haddad, Lead, AI Compute Team, Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada (SIED),Consultate of Canada (Invited)
• Bharat Patel, Product Lead, Project Linchpin, PEO IEW&S
• Jon Stressing, NVDIA
• Microsoft (Invited)  
Duval Ballroom A
1145 – 1245
Duval Ballroom B
1245 – 1345
• Scott Doss, CIO AI Directorate Lead, Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate (Invited) Moderator
• Bob Sottilare, Ph.D. , Vice President, Training & Simulation Solutions, Soar Technologies
• Jaimie Weber, Ph.D., Chief Medical Information Officer Tampa General Hospital Faculty, USF Health
• Shawn Weil, Ph.D., Principal Cognitive Scientist and Chief Growth Officer, Aptima  
Duval Ballroom A
1345 - 1400
 
Duval Ballroom A
1400 - 1500
• Bob Kleinhample, President, RCK Simulations Moderator
• Brian Stensrud, Ph.D., Technical Fellow, Artificial Intelligence, CAE USA
• William Swartout, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, USC Institute for Creative Technologies  
Duval Ballroom Foyer
1500 – 1615
Discussion Focus for Small Groups:
1. What are the key policy issues that drives national preparedness?
2. What are best practices using M&S that can be replicated?
3. Define objective(s) of a proposed pilot project legislation based on the building blocks of success.  
Duval Ballroom CDE
1615 – 1700
Duval Ballroom A
1700 – 1715
Duval Ballroom A
1715 – 1845
Duval Ballroom Foyer