The Future of Cyber: Automated, Agile, and Assured
Acquisition on the Edge: Tailoring MTA for Rapid Capability Delivery
Upskilling for the AI Age: Training the Next Generation of Digital Warriors
Cyber and Acquisitions Career Field Track
AI-Driven Legacy System Modernization
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Registration + Help Desk
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday, August 24, 2026
Registration + Help Desk
6:30 AM - 4:30 PM
First Cup Coffee Break, provided by Comcast Government Services
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Opening Ceremony and Conference Welcome
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
AF/A6/ACC
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Vendor Engagements with DAF CTO Office
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ms. Devoto and Dr. Hardiman
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SF/S6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
DoW CIO WID Skills-Based Assessment Demo
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ms. Devoto
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cyberspace & IT PAQ Acculturation
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
GocExec Media Interviews
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mr. Burse, PEO BES, Meeting Space
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mr. Burse, PEO BES, Meeting Space
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Executive Keynote Address: Ms. Ashley Devoto
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Lynn Hamilton
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Fuel the Floor Coffee Break
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Industry Keynote: Dr. William Chappell, Microsoft
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Exhibit Hall Hours
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tailoring Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) for Rapid Capability Delivery
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Breaking Barriers to Defense Innovation
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Cybersecurity in the Era of Frontier AI Threats
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
From Framework to Career Path: Operationalizing 8140 for Talent Development in the Digital Age
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
From Technical Debt to Mission Velocity: Using AI to Refactor the DAF's Legacy Backbone
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Frontier AI
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
On Vendor Lock: Why Open Source Matters for National Security
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Questions & Answers with Space Force Officer and Enlisted Career Field
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Training Digital Warriors for the AI-Augmented Mission: Building Human-Machine Teams for Operational Advantage
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
From One Prompt to a Repeatable Capability: The GenAI.mil Challenge
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Beyond AI Literacy: Building Cognitive Readiness, Digital Dexterity, and Ethical Command in the AI Age
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Before the Breach: Leveraging Network Visibility in AI-Enabled Mission Network Defense
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Machine-Speed Defense: Agent Loops on Deterministic Automation for Forward Mission Defense Teams
10:15 AM - 11:05 AM
Business & Enterprise Systems (BES) 2026 Industry Forum
10:15 AM - 11:10 AM
HQ CCC meet w/Leidos
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Executive Fireside Chat: Ms. Charleen Laughlin, Mr. Kenneth McNeill, Brig Gen Jeffrey A. Phillips, Col Asan Q. Bui, Dr. Keith Hardiman (moderator)
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Strengthening Enterprise Readiness Through the Local Registration Authority (LRA) Improvement Plan
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Senior Leader Keynote: Dr. Wanda Jones-Heath (SAF/CA)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Executive Fireseide Chat: Ms. Susan Davenport (SAF/CN CDAO), Alexis Bonnell (OpenAI), Nicholas Shields (moderator)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Fuel the Floor Snack Break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Pick-Me-Up Snack Break
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Coding in the Age of Co-Pilots: Building an AI-Native Software Engineering Workforce for the DAF
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Modernizing Legacy DAF Infrastructure with AI-Ready Visibility That Outlasts Architectural Change
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Beyond Automation: Responsible AI Strategies for Air Force Legacy System Modernization
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
ADOM: Agentic, ATO-Ready Software Development/Refactoring for the Modern Defense Enterprise
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
The Cyber Front: Leveraging DC3's Full Spectrum of Cyber Capabilities to Support the Warfighter and Various Stakeholders
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing the Test Gap: AI-Generated Test Plans, Traceability, and Automation for Release Validation
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
BES PAE vs. PEO: What Does That Mean to Industry?
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Meeting Airmen Where They Are: Shaw AFB's Data-Driven Model for Wing-Wide AI Adoption
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Agile Sprinting in 6-days or Less -- What Human + Agentic-AI Teams Can Safely Design-Build-Test-Deploy
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
The CYBERCOM 2.0 Paradigm: Talent, Training, and Innovation in the Joint Fight
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
The Great Acquisition Reset: Reform, Resilience, and the Future Workforce
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
One Platform; Many Missions: Role-based AI Fluency at Scale
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Cyber Workforce Panel
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Advancing Cybersecurity: A Framework of Cyber Research Priorities
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
Business & Enterprise Systems (BES) BES Matchmaker Event**
2:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Space Force Meeting
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
HQ CCC meet with TechSynap
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
How the DAF Business Systems Contribute to Readiness
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Agentic Team Topologies: Upskilling Guardians and Airmen for the AI Age
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Assured at Machine Speed: Rebuilding the Kill Web's Software Foundation
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Beyond the Chatbot: Operationalizing GenAI for Binary Analysis and Zero-Day Discovery
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Building AI Fluency Through Readiness Decisions: Empowering Airmen with Trusted Human-AI Teaming
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
From Ground Control to Star Wars: Hacking Satellite Constellations Using Autonomous AI
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
From Operator to Leader: Developing Mission-Ready Cyber Defenders Who Stay
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
The Operator’s Edge: Training for Human–AI Teaming in Cyber Missions
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Recode for Readiness: AI Assisted Legacy Modernization with Microsoft & GitHub
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Refactoring at Mission Speed: Multi-Agent AI Meshes for Modernizing Air and Space C2 Systems
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Weaponizing Infrastructure: OT Risks & Threats
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Accelerating 2027 Zero Trust Readiness Through AI-Driven Integration of Network, Analytics, and Orchestration Across Identity, Device, Application, and Data Security
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Build, Buy, or Prompt? How Agentic AI Is Rewriting the Modernization Playbook
Executive Fireside Chat: Dave DeWalt, Wendi Whitmore, Ms. Ashley Devoto
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
HQ CCC Meet w/Forscout
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
BES GBA
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Exhibit Hall Hours
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Human-Led AI: Building Mission-Ready Airmen and Guardians for the Age of Generative and Agentic Intelligence
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
From Prompt Engineering to Agentic Workflows: Training the Digital Workforce for Human-AI Teaming
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
eMASS Demo: Leveraging AI for Automation
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Hardening, Standardization and Optimization (HSO) of the Air Force Information Network (DAFIN)
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
The Human Edge: Leveraging AI and the SMART Pathway to Forge a Continuous Digital Thread
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Shadow AI in the Agency: What Happens When Employees Bring Their Own Tools
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Legacy Systems in the Agentic AI Era
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Identity at Machine Speed: Agentic ICAM Automation for the Zero Trust Mandate
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Filling the AI Arsenal Gap: Deployable Sovereign Compute from the Enterprise to the Tactical Edge
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
The Readiness Signal: From Training to Mission Competency
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
AI-Driven Modernization of Legacy Mainframe Systems: A Case Study from Air Force Sustainment Command
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Accelerating the Digital Warrior: Strategic Pivots for an AI-Augmented Air and Space Force
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Ditching Legacy: How HNIT is Modernizing the User Experience
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Solving the AI Scoping Problem: The Enterprise Dependencies of Adaptive Test and Evaluation
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
The Next Horizon: DAF CTO Defining DAF Enterprise IT for 2030 and Beyond
9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Fuel the Floor Coffee Break
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Data Governance w/HQ CCC
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AF IC CIO – HAF A2OI Breakout Session
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Senior Leader Keynote: Gen Adrian Spain, COMACC
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
DAFITC Sync w/FMO/Microsoft/Illumio
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Senior Leader Keynote: Lt Gen Paul T. Stanton, Director DISA
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
My SSC Meeting
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
AFMC A6 Cyber Leaders Update
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Lunch Break
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Discussion with Mr. Marion
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Closing the Metadata Capability Gap in Enterprise Migration to Data-Centric Security in Zero Trust Environments
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Delivering the Enterprise Platform Stack
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
From Technical Debt to Digital Edge: Using AI Coding Agents to Modernize DAF Legacy Systems with Security and Control
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Civilian Leadership Development School Update
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
The New Bomber Mafia: Lessons from Maxwell/Gunter for AI Innovation in the DAF
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Leveling Up the Cyber Force: AI-Driven Serious Games for DCWF Mastery
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Measure Enterprise Knowledge Before AI Training to Maxmize Impact & Value - What Leaders Need
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Rationalize Before You Modernize: Building the AI-Ready DAF Financial Management Ecosystem
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Accelerating MTA from Operational Need to Fielded Capability at the Tactical Edge
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Building Cyber Warriors: Where Academia Meets National Security’
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
From Tier-0 Triage to Mission Readiness: How an AI Front Door Returns Time to the Workforce
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Identity First: DAF ICAM Enterprise Readiness
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
ACC - From Demonstration to Deployment
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Mission-Ready Automation: Orchestrating Zero Trust Response with Tines & Elastic
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
HQ CCC Meet with Vectra AI
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
DCDCI Meeting
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Discussion with NinjaOne Team
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Fireside Chat: Henrik Ohlsson, Jason Prow, Taylor Herron, Gaine Nazareth, Mr. Michael Black (moderator)
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Afternoon Pick-Me-Up Snack Break
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Fuel the Floor Snack Break, provided by Xage Security. Visit them in Booth #559!
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Base Infrastructure Modernization (BIM) Sync
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Mr. Gorak
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Lynn Hamilton
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
DoD 8140/DCWF Update
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
From Operator to Leader: Developing Mission-Ready Cyber Defenders Who Stay
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
From Legacy Constraints to Cloud-Native Kill Chains: How ABMS CBC2 is Using Microservices, MBSE, AI, and Intelligent Automation to Modernize Tactical C2 and Accelerate F2T2 Decision Advantage
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
From ATO Theater to Network Assurance: Automating the “Known” to Defend the Unknown
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Gut Checks, Guardrails and Grit: What BESPIN Airmen Taught Us about the Unseen Gaps in AI Fluency Training
Building AI-First Warriors: Lessons from a 10-Day Agentic AI Bootcamp
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Friction at the Edge: Dismantling the Roadblocks to 2030
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
[GOVERNMENT ONLY] From Reactive to Proactive: Aggregated Cyber Visualization for Risk-Based Command Decisions, PALADIN to the Rescue!
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Senior Leader Career Progression Fireside Chat
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Mission: Prompt Possible: Upskilling the Workforce for the AI Age
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
The Reality Test: Combating Artificial Credentials in an AI-Driven Acquisition Environment
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
How To Power Automated Security Through Cyber Data on Demand
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
The AI-Empowered Airman: Scalable Upskilling for the Modern Battlespace
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) Elimination Check In
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Quantum Sky Meeting
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Artificial Intelligence: Governing this Evolving Critical Infrastructure
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
AF IC CIO Update: Fulfilling AF Intelligence Role in Long Range Kill Chains
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
8140 Personnel Tracking Tool Demonstration
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
17X Career Field Management Update
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
From Compliance Artifacts to Continuous Cyber Assurance: An IL6 Case Study in Automated Security and cATO Readiness
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
From the Flight Line to the CSAF: How Shaw AFB Built 20+ Operational AI Tools in 90 Days
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
From Compliance to Combat-Ready: Building Offensively-Informed, Data-Centric Defense from Boot to Battlefield
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Continuous Authorization at Machine Speed: Eliminating the 12-Month Compliance Cycle
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Continuously Verify: Agentic Fuzzing to Improve Your Organizational Security
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Your Data at Mission Speed: Rapid Ingest, Real-Time Updates in WDP using Qlik Replicate
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Speed Mentoring/SES Cohort Testimonials
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Rebooting Talent: Navigating the Skills Revolution in the Current and Future Technological Era
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Mission-Ready Software: Accelerating Cloud Migration via Multi-Agent AI Systems
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
Measure Readiness, Not Seat Time: An AI Learning Platform for Training the Next Generation of Digital Warriors Session Abstract
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM
HQ CCC meet with FK Innovation Consulting, LLC
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
[GOVERNMENT ONLY] Guardian Town Hall
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
The Right Human in the Loop: Building an AI-Competent Force for Agentic Systems
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
Sovereign Dev: Solving the Agentic AI Integration Gap in DAF Developer Environments
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
Modernize in Place: How AI Is Transforming Legacy Modernization Without Stopping the Mission
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
From COBOL to Cloud: An AI-Powered Modernization of the Mainframe
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
Enterprise Learning Management System
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
C&IT Career Field Update
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
1D Career Field Update
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
The Warrant Officer Perspective: Experiences from the Field and the Future of Technical Leadership
4:45 PM - 5:35 PM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Registration + Help Desk
6:30 AM - 2:00 PM
First Cup Coffee Break
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Block for innovateDAFITC
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Block for AFCEA HS ED Day
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Hours, Not Days: Reverse Engineering Legacy Business Systems into Modern Applications Using BES Agentic AI
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
From Detection to Mission-Ready Remediation: Securing the Air Force Open Source Supply Chain with Red Hat Project Lightwell
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Rapid Testing at the Speed of War: How an experimental OTA Unlocked Ephemeral IL5 Environments for Secure Tech Assessments - A Joint Case Study from ICBM Digital Futures & Their Small Business Partner SHE BASH LLC
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Automated Evidence and Cryptographic Integrity: Achieving Data-Centric cATO across the CJADC2 Kill Web
Accelerating Mission Readiness with AI-Enabled Training
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Decision Authority at Machine Speed: Securing the Human Edge in Agentic Cyber Operations
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Skills Over Credentials: Reimagining Cyber Workforce Development in the AI Era
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Ghost in the Code: Using Agentic AI to Rebuild Understanding of Legacy DAF Systems
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
From Chatbots to Agents: Training Digital Warriors to Govern the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
Clean Indicators, Real Mission Risk: AI-Enabled Supply Chain Context for Incident Response
7:55 AM - 8:45 AM
DoW CIO WID Skills-Based Assessment Demo
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
DAF Authorizing Official (AO) Summit
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ms. Devoto and Dr. Hardiman
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Vendor Engagements with DAF CTO Office
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mr. Burse, PEO BES, Meeting Space
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
GovExec Media Interviews
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
AF/A6/ACC
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
SF/S6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Cyberspace & IT PAQ Acculturation
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blocked for Protocol
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ms. Davenport Meeting
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Exhibit Hall Hours
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Breaking the Silos: A Data-Centric MBSE Cybersecurity Model for the DAF Battle Network. How a Common Reference Architecture Across C3BM Programs Delivers Automated, Continuous Authorization from Enterprise IT to the Warfighter
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Solving for Burnout: Forging the Air Force's Cognitive Edge
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Cyber Civilian Career Navigator
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Cyber Panel Insights
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Building an AI-Fluent Workforce
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Empowering the Next-Gen Cyber Warrior: Hands-On AI Agent Creation and Knowledge Synthesis on GenAI.mil
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Best Practices for Implementing Quantum-Resistant Security
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Proving Zero Trust Under Fire: Autonomous Red Teaming at the Speed of the Adversary
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
From Technical Debt to Mission Advantage: Agentic AI for Air Force and Space Force Modernization
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Building AI-Fluency across the DAF
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
“Aim High, Build Low: Leverage Low-Code App Development to Refactor Legacy Systems and Accelerate Cloud Transformation Across the DAF”
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
Agentic-AI Software Development Lifecycle -- What We've Learned From Over 1,000 Release Cycles
8:50 AM - 9:40 AM
A6 Manning Meeting
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Senior Leader Keynote: Admiral Michael Rogers (Retired)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Lt Gen Hensley
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Hanscom PMO Meeting
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Block for A6
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
HQ CCC Brief to 688 CW (Booker)
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Building AI-Ready Airmen and Guardians: A Competency-Based Approach to Workforce Transformation
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
AI-Accelerated Cloud Migration: Modernizing DAF Enterprise IT with AWS
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
You Have an ATO, Now What? Operationalizing Continuous Monitoring
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Preparing Digital Warriors for AI-Enabled Cyber-Physical Conflict
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
From Static ATOs to Assured Cybersecurity: Understanding the Modern Software Supply Chain
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Speed Mentoring/SES Cohort Testimonials
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Modernizing Authorization Without Modernizing the System: Automated ATO for Legacy Platforms
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Mission-Ready or Mission-Risk: Closing DAF’s OT Cyber Gap
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Accelerating the Digital Edge: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on AI-Driven HCM Modernization from Enterprise to Orbit
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
The Machine-Speed Security Gap: Defending Air Force Software in the Age of Agentic Development
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Mr. Gorak and Lt Gen Hensley
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
DAF CIO Industry Day
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
HAF/A6 Awards
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Senior Leader Keynote: Lt Gen Hensley, 16AF
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
DoW CIO WID Skills-Based Assessment Demo
11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
1B/1D CMSgt Town Hall
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Break
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
O-6 Leadership Sync
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Sage Executive CIO Panel: Ms. Lauren Knausenberger, Lt Gen (ret) Bradford Shwedo, Lt Gen (Ret) Bill Bender, Mr. William Marion, Gen Bradley Pyburn (moderator)
