Federal Technology Symposium

2025 Post-Event Materials

• Attendee List
  • Available upon request.  Contact Jaycie Beam at beamj@ncmbc.us.
• Photos (coming soon)
• Presentations (approved for posting)
  • A Fireside Chat: Warfighting Challenges of the Chief Technology Officer
  • Welcome and Keynote Remarks: US Senator Thom Tillis, North Carolina; Scott Dorney, Executive Director, North Carolina Military Business Center A
  • Fireside Chat with KirstIn Riesbeck, Deputy Director, People, Finance and Management, Defense Innovation Unit
  • Forging the Future: Strategic Innovation Pathways for National Defense
  • Army Modernization in Contact: Major General Michelle Link, Commanding General, 75th US Army Reserve Innovation Command
  • Technology Innovation Showcase
  • Lunch and Remarks: Dr. Mark Sorrells, President, Fayetteville Technical Community College; Rob Braun, Chief Technology Officer, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; C. Glenn Ayers, Director, Growth & ARPA-x Account Manager, Leidos Innovations Center (LinC)
  • Building Tomorrow’s Force: Cultivating Talent for the Defense Industry
  • Bridging the Gap: Aligning Tactical Solutions with Strategic Goals
  • Frontline Technology Innovation: Rapid Iteration Under Fire: Colonel Vadym Sukharevskyi, Deputy Commander, Operational Command East, Armed Forces of Ukraine with interpreter provided by the Center for Slovic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

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