GNSI Tampa Summit
Tampa Summit 3 Speakers
![Sample](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/abdollahian-hedshot-300x300.jpg)
Mark Abdollahian, PhD (Panelist)
CEO, ACERTAS
![Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD, USF](/gnsi/images/head-shots/faculty-advisors/alexopoulos-headshot-300x300.jpg)
Golfo Alexopoulos, PhD(Moderator)
Director, Institute of Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of South
Florida
![Heather Ashby, PhD, USIP](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/ashby-hedshot-440x520.png)
Heather Ashby, PhD (Panelist)
Associate Director, Disruptive Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, United States
Institute of Peace (USIP)
![Adriana Avakian](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/avakian-hedshot-900x900.png)
Adriana Avakian (Panelist)
Founder and CEO, TheIncLab
![Leslie Babich](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/babich-hedshot-400x400.jpeg)
Leslie Babich (Panelist)
Director, SOFWERX
![Lieutenant General (Ret) John Bansemer](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/basemer-hedshot-300x300.jpg)
Lieutenant General (Ret) John Bansemer (Panelist)
CyberAI Project and Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)
![Ylli Bajraktari, President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/bajraktari-hedshot-400x400.jpg)
Ylli Bajraktari (Keynote Speaker) President and CEO, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
![Avik Batra, Managing Director, Accenture Song](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/batra-hedshot-200x200.jpg)
Avik Batra (Panelist)
Managing Director, Accenture Song
![Todd Borkey, Chief Technology Officer, HII](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/borkey-hedshot-300x300.png)
Todd Borkey (Panelist)
Executive VP and Chief Technology Officer, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
![Peter Bovet Emanuel, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/bovet-emanuel-hedshot-299x299.jpg)
Peter Bovet Emanuel (Panelist)
PhD Researcher, Swedish Defense University, Centre for Special Operations Research
![Dr. Andrew Borkowski, MD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/borkowski-hedshot-300x300.png)
Dr. Andrew Borkowski, MD (Panelist)
Chief AI Officer, VA Sunshine Network
![Joel Brynielsson, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/brynielsson-hedshot-200x200.jpeg)
Joel Brynielssen, PhD (Panelist)
Research Director, Swedish Defense Research
![Angela Cough, Senior Advisor, CDAO](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/cooper-hedshot-400x400.jpg)
Vice Admiral Brad Cooper (Keynote Speaker)
Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
![Angela Cough, Senior Advisor, CDAO](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/cough-hedshot-150x150.png)
Angela Cough (Panelist)
Senior Advisor, Digital Talent, Chief Digitial and Artificial Intelligence Office
(CDAO), U.S. Department of Defense
![Sharon Daniels, Senior Leader, Arria NLG](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/daniels-hedshot-250x250.jpg)
Sharon Daniels (Panelist)
Senior Leader, Arria NLG
![Carolyne Davidson, PhD, National Defense University](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/davidson-hedshot-700x700.jpg)
Carolyne Davidson (Moderator)
Associate Dean, Administration and Outreach, College of International Security Affairs
at National Defense University
![Triparna de Vreede, University of South Florida](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/devreede-hedshot.jpeg)
Triparna de Vreede, PhD (Panelist)
Associate Director, School of Information and Management, University of South Florida
![Dr. Denis Edwards, Kforce](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/edwards-hedshot-545x545.jpeg)
Denis Edwards, DBA (Panelist)
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Kforce
![Eric Eisenberg, PhD, Senior Vice President, USF](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/eisenberg-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Eric Eisenberg, PhD (Welcome Remarks)
Senior Vice President University-Community Partnerships, University of South Florida
![Adib Farhadi, PhD, University of South Florida](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/farhadi-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Adib Farhadi, PhD (Conference Host)
Faculty Director for Executive Education, University of South Florida
![General Bryan Fenton, Commander, US Special Operations Command](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/fenton-hedshot-150x150.jpg)
General Bryan Fenton (Keynote Speaker)
Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
![Roberto González, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/gonzalez-hedshot-400x400.jpg)
Roberto González, PhD (Panelist)
Professor of Anthropology, San Jose State University
![Robert Hammond, PhD, University of South Florida](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/hammond-hedshot-800x800.jpeg)
Robert Hammond, PhD (Panelist)
Director for the Center of Marketing and Sales Innovation, University of South Florida
![Todd Helmus, PhD, Pardee RAND Graduate School](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/helmus-hedshot-300x300.png)
Todd Helmus, PhD (Panelist)
Senior Behavioral Scientist, Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
![Kathleen Hicks, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/hicks-hedshot-700x700.jpeg)
Kathleen Hicks, PhD (Featured Speaker)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
![Chris Hunter, IWP Family Office](/gnsi/images/head-shots/fellows/gnsi-non-resident-fellows/hunter-hedshot-600x600.jpeg)
Chris Hunter (Moderator)
Chief Legal Officer, IWP Family Office
![Jags Kandasamy, CEO, Latent AI](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/kandasamy-hedshot-700x700.png)
Jags Kandasamy (Panelist)
CEO, Latent AI
![Aleksandra Karolak, PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/karolak-hedshot-250x250.jpg)
Aleksandra Karolak, PhD (Panelist)
Assistant Member, Department of Machine Learning, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
Institute
![Juha Kukkola, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/kukkola-hedshot-300x300.jpeg)
Major Juha Kukkola, PhD (Panelist)
Associate Professor, Finnish Defence Forces
![Walter Kulzy](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/kulzy-hedshot-400x400.png)
Walter Kulzy (Moderator)
Senior Operations Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University
![The Honorable Laurel Lee, Congresswoman, Florida 15th](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/lee-hedshot-400x400.jpg)
Congresswoman Laurel Lee (Welcome Speaker)
Florida 15th District
![John Licato, PhD, University of South Florida](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/licato-hedshot-250x250.jpg)
John Licato, PhD (Moderator)
Assistant Professor, Founder of Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab,
University of South Florida
![Vilma Luoma-aho, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/luoma-aho-hedshot-900x900.jpeg)
Vilma Luoma-aho, PhD (Panelist)
Professor and Vice Dean of Education, University of Jyväskylä
![Craig Martell](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/martell-hedshot-500x500.jpg)
Craig Martell, PhD (Featured Speaker)
Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, United States Department of Defense
![General (Ret) Frank McKenzie, Executive Director, GNSI](/gnsi/images/head-shots/frankmckenzie-square.jpg)
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie (Featured Speaker)
Executive Director, GNSI
![Prasant Mohapatra, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/mohapatra-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Prasant Mohapatra, PhD (Welcome Speaker)
Provost, University of South Florida
![Schuyler Moore, CTO US Central Command](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/moore-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Schuyler Moore (Panelist)
Chief Technical Officer, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
![Julian Mueller-Kaler, Stimson Center](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/mueller-kaler-hedshot-700x700.jpg)
Julian Mueller-Kaler (Panelist)
Director, Strategic Foresight Hub, Stimson Center
![Matthew Mullarkey, USF](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/mullarkey-headshot-150x150.jpg)
Matthew Mullarkey, PhD (Moderator)
Director/Founder, Doctor of Business Administration at the Muma College of Business,
University of South Florida
![Kirstjen Nielsen, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security](/gnsi/images/head-shots/board-of-advisors/nielsen-headshot-300x300.png)
Kirstjen Nielsen (Keynote Speaker)
former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
![David Oakley, Academic Director, GNSI](/gnsi/images/head-shots/oakley-hed-shot-300x300.png)
David Oakley, PhD (Moderator)
Academic Director, GNSI
![Dr. Haru Okuda, Executive Director, USF Health, CAMLS Chief Executive Officer, USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/okuda-hedshot-700x700.jpg)
Dr. Haru Okuda, MD (Moderator)
Executive Director, USF Health, CAMLS
Chief Executive Officer, USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation
![Dr. Nishit Patel, MD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/patel-nishit-hedshot-512x512.png)
Dr. Nishit Patel, MD (Panelist)
Professor, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery in the USF Health Morsani
College of Medicine, Vice president and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Tampa
General Hospital
![Joe Partlow, CTO, ReliaQuest](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/partlow-hedshot-150x150.jpg)
Joe Partlow (Panelist)
Chief Technology Officer, ReliaQuest
![Daniel Remler, Policy Advisor Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/remler-hedshot-700x700.jpg)
Daniel Remler (Panelist)
Policy Advisor, Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
![Joshua Sacco, PhD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/scacco-headshot-485x485.jpg)
Joshua Scacco, PhD (Moderator)
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Communication, University of
South Florida
![Alexandra Seymour, U.S. Senate Commitee for Commerce, Science and Transportation](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/seymour-hedshot-440x450.jpg)
Alexandra Seymour (Panelist)
Staff Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee with the
House Homeland Security Committee
![Lieutenant General (Ret) John Shanahan](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/shanahan-hedshot-300x300.jpg)
Lieutenant General (Ret) John Shanahan (Panelist)
Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for New American Security (CNAS)
![John Turner, Acting Deputy CDAO for Policy, CDAO](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/turner-hedshot-200x200.png)
John Turner (Panelist)
Acting Deputy CDAO for Policy, Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)
![Eric Vogelpohl, CTO, Presidio](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/vogelpohl-hedshot-400x400.jpg)
Eric Vogelpohl (Panelist)
Chief Technology Officer, Presidio
![Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD, National Defense University](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/whiskeyman-hedshot-300x300.png)
Andrew Whiskeyman, PhD (Moderator)
Associate Professor, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University
(NDU) and GNSI Non-Resident Senior Fellow
![Damon Woodward, Director, Florida Institute for National Security](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/woodward-hedshot-640x640.png)
Damon Woodard, PhD (Panelist)
Director, Florida Institute for National Security, Professor, University of Florida
![Peter Yu, JD](/gnsi/images/head-shots/event-head-shots/yu-hedshot-200x200.png)
Peter Yu, JD (Panelist)
Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual
Property, Texas A&M University