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Offset
Symposium
Offset Symposium
May 16, 2023 |
Washington, DC
The annual Offset Symposium promotes constructive engagement between the venture-backed innovation ecosystem, traditional defense base, academia, and national security mission users to accelerate the development and scaling of new technologies for national security.
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The upcoming Offset Symposium: Acquisition Warfare is set to take place in Detroit, Michigan, Dates TBD.
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Directly linked to the National Defense Strategy, the theme of Acquisition Warfare focuses on mechanisms for technological advances and organizational change to gain competitive advantage through agile acquisition. Acquisition Warfare demands continuous and secure access between commercial and government entities to develop and deploy technological innovations to compete in today’s threat landscape.
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Join us and explore the development and deployment of new capabilities for U.S. and Allied national security.
IGNITE A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
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MEET INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Hear the latest developments regarding technologies ranging from SaaS to DevSecOps to the Cloud.
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FORGE PARTNERSHIPS
Connect with industry executives and teams to explore opportunities for future partnerships.
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DISCOVER ACCREDITED SOLUTIONS
Peruse a collection of DoD-accredited software available in IL2, IL4, and IL5 environments.
AGENDA
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
9 - 9:20 am
Introduction: Peter Dixon, CEO of Second Front Systems
9:10 - 9:50 am
Keynote: The State of U.S. National Security
9:50 - 10:25 am
Fireside Chat: Innovation ≠ National Security with Gen. John W. Raymond, Ret., and Sally Donnelly
10:40 - 11:25 am
Panel: Private v. Government Funding with Jamie De Coster, Mike Brown, Ben Van Roo, and Tyler Rowe
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Panel: The Role of the Primes in Emerging Tech—Making the Case for Partnerships with Hannah Clifford, Travis Bales, and Adam Sheipe
12:15 - 1 pm
Panel: America has allies and partners. China has customers and clients.
2 - 2:45 pm
Fireside Chat: Software-Defined Statecraft with Nand Muchandani
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Panel: Success Stories from FVEY Companies with Dave Ferris and Winston Chang
4:15 - 4:30 pm
Closing Remarks
4:30 pm - Onwards
Happy Hour
2023 SPEAKERS
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Hannah Clifford
ManTech
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrinamanson/
Katrina Manson
Bloomberg
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tbales/
Travis Bales
Booz Allen Hamilton Ventures
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandmulchandani/
Nand Mulchandani
Central Intelligence Agency
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanroo/
Ben Van Roo
Yurts AI
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/asheipe/
Adam Sheipe
Leidos
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Sally Donnelly
Pallas Advisors
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-rowe-b0350ab3/
Tyler Rowe
AEI HorizonX
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-cunningham-98977713/
Jeff Cunnigham
Lockheed Martin
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/winstonwchang/
Winston Chang
Snowflake
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmichaelferris/
Dave Ferris
Interos
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-lynn-de-coster-17004a13/
Jamie DeCoster
Pallas Advisors
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylersweatt/
Tyler Sweatt
Second Front Systems
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelabrownceo/
Mike Brown
Shield Capital
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General John Raymond Ret.
U.S. Space Force
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2020 REPORT
Biosecurity Insights
The 2020 Offset Symposium Biosecurity Report reflects findings and insights from our exceptional speakers and captivated participants to grow the impact of this cross-sector and knowledge-rich engagement. Areas such as synthetic biology, cyber biosecurity, computational biology and more will have profound implications for national security and geopolitical competition in the years to come.Explore the report to unlock expert-level biosecurity insights.
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BY THE NUMBERS
2020 Offset Symposium:
Biosecurity
440+
Attendees joined our 2020 event from the defense sector and beyond.
15+
Subject matter experts in biosecurity and biotechnology on the future of the industry.
20
Number of sessions, including panels, speakers, roundtables and keynotes.
‘17
First launched by Second Front in 2017 to promote cross-sector collaboration.
2020 SPEAKERS
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Enrique Oti
Second Front Systems
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Austin Walne
Artis Ventures
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Diane DiEuliis Ph.D
National Defense University
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Alexander Titus
Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
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Sterling Sawaya
Geneinfosec
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Dr. Aaron Hansen
GeneInfoSec
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Dr. Matt Goldman
DIU
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Paul Garofolo
Locus Biosciences
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Dr. Ryan Kappedal
Gusto
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J.D. Stanley III
Defense Innovation Network
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Julie Willis
Defense Innovation Network
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Chris Przybyszewski
US BIOLOGIC
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Kevin Landtroop
Capital Factory
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Kevin Montgomery
IoT/AI
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Peggy Sammon
GeneCapture, Inc.
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Will Dickson
FedTech
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Dr. Sarah Carter
Science Policy Consulting
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Jason Rathje
AFWERX
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A headshot photograph of Brittney Martino.
Brittney Martino
Second Front Systems
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Peter Emanuel
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command
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Dr. Jim Giordano
Georgetown University Medical Center
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Dr. Gigi Gronvall
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Pat Scannell
Technestar
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Dr. David Bray
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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During our 2020 Offset Symposium, we brought together biosecurity experts with startups, the traditional defense base, academia, and venture capitalists.

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