EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION
Accelerate, Adapt, Advance: Transforming Defense CapabilityApril 8-9, 2025
Washington D.C., United States
The 2025 Emerging Technologies for Defense Innovation (ETDI) Conference brings together military leaders, industry pioneers, academics, and non-traditional defense innovators to shape the future of defense capabilities. This event is dedicated to advancing digital transformation, data-driven decision-making, and AI strategies that align with the Department of Defense’s commitment to agile technology adoption.
The ETDI Conference will explore how data, analytics, AI, and human-machine teaming are reshaping defense operations by enabling superior battlespace awareness, adaptive planning, resilient kill chains, and efficient sustainment support.
2025 SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Raymond Palumbo
US Department of Defense
Former Director for Defense Intelligence
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Michael Groen
US Department of Defense
Former Director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
Brigadier General Shannon O'Harren
US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Deputy Director for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operations
Brigadier General C. Ryan Gunst
US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senior Staff Intelligence Officer, Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate (J2)
Alexis Bonnell
US Air Force Research Laboratory
Chief Information Officer and Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate
Scott Kinner
US Marine Corps
Department Head Doctrine & Standards
Rebecca Lively
Defense Unicorns
Product Strategist Growth
Colleen Laughlin
Washington Office
Senior Vice President & Partner
Graham Plaster
Nautilus
Director
