ACCELERATE 2025

Join us on June 4, 2025, for ACCELERATE 2025, where AI, data, and innovation accelerate efficiency, streamlined acquisitions, and mission-driven outcomes. This premier event unites top leaders from government and industry to break down barriers, fast-track innovation, and drive high-impact results. Through powerful collaborations, actionable strategies, and cutting-edge insights, experts will share how they are accelerating transformation and delivering real, measurable success.

As part of this dynamic event, we will honor recipients of the Accelerate Awards, which recognize the top Federal Government, DoD, and Industry mission-focused programs, solutions, products, and tools that are not only developing but accelerating the application of the latest AI, data, efficiency-driven solutions, streamlined acquisitions, and digital transformation to achieve rapid, impactful mission success. These awards highlight efforts that go beyond innovation, fast-tracking the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, driving operational efficiency, and delivering measurable results that transform operations and drive sustained success.

Nominations are now open! Join us in celebrating those who are shaping the future of digital transformation. NOMINATE: https://bit.ly/4jg31rV

PANELISTS

Rear Admiral Ivonne Arena, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Defense Health Agency*

Jill Barnholtz-Sloane, Ph.D., Acting Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, National Institues of Health*

Alexis Bonnell, former, Chief Information Officer and Director of Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory*

Brian Bordelon, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce*

Karen Brazell, Senior Advisor, Department of Veterans Affairs*

Keith Busby, Chief Information Security Officer, Acting, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services*

Jesus Caban, Ph.D., Chief Data Scientist, PEO DHMS/EIDS PMO*

Katherine Crompton, Director of the Procurement Innovation Lab, Department of Homeland Security*

Chandra Donelson, CDAO & Director of Data, Artificial Intelligence and Software, United States Space Force*

Jothi Dugar, Chief Information Security Officer, Center for Information and Technology, National Institutes of Health*

Bonnie Evangelista, Acting Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer for Acquisitions, DOD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office*

Michael Gomes, Director, Contracting Operations, Army Contracting Command, APG*

Susan K. Gregurick, Ph.D., Associate Director for Data Science and Director of the Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health*

Cheryl Ingstad, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Digital Platforms and Developer Ecosystem, Defense Innovation Unit*

Luwanda Jones, D.BA., Chief of Staff, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs

Christopher Kraft, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, AI/Emerging Technology, Department of Homeland Security*

Kameke Mitchell, Director, Procurement Strategic Operations, NASA*

Patrick Newbold, CIO and Director for the Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services*

Eddie Pool, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acting Assistant Secretary and Chief Information Officer, Office of Information and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs*

Lisa Rosenmerkel, Chief Data Officer & Executive Director for Data Governance and Analytics*

Kristin Ruiz, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security*

Ankur Saini, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation*

Lynette Sherrill, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Information Security, Office of Information and Technology*

Jeffrey Shilling, CIO and Chief of IT, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health*

Paul Shute, Assistant Deputy Undersecreatary for Benefits Automation, Department of Veterans Affairs*

Christopher Wallace, Chief of Cybersecurity, PEO Defense Healthcare Management Systems, Defense Health Agency*

*invited, awaiting confirmation

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