DEF2020: Pivot & Press, a one-day distributed conference

Friday, 23 October 2020, 8:15AM Eastern

Oct 21, 2020

About this Event

With the same interactive workshops, panel conversations, Agora updates, and incredible speakers we have had in years past, this year's event is going to be one of the best conferences in years! The schedule below is subject to change but we are excited to come together as a community to celebrate and collaborate this crazy year and look to the future!

(All times EST)

08:15AM Conference Stream Opens

08:30AM Opening comments

Michael Madrid
Heath Murray

08:55AM Morning Workshops

Dan Manning - #HumanIntelligence Training
Lisa Gaisford - Dcode Mini Training Workshop

10:30AM Firestarter Fellows Panel

Conrad Hollomon (Moderator)
Michele Atkinson
Raymond Kaplan
Todd Coursey
Eric Romero

Lunch

12:05PM Keynote

Frans Johansson

1:15PM Afternoon Workshops

John Grigg - CyberWinter Studios - Hack (Apart) Your Career - How to Fund Doing What You Love
Daniel Hulter - Agitare

2:50PM X-Work Update

3:15PM Panel - Pivot and Press

Ryan Benitez - Decisive Point (moderator)
Jake Chapman - Alpha Bridge
Tommy Hendrix - Decisive Point
Rebecca Gevalt - Dcode

4:05PM DEF State of the Union

Updates from DEF agoras
DEF projects
Looking forward

Closing Remarks

Michael Madrid - Executive Director, DEF

We have all had an interesting year thus far, but DEF is committed to Pivot & Press in building the culture of innovation in the national security community we all want to see!