Fed Supernova DC
Fed Supernova DC
Presented by Air. Hosted by STATION DC.
Fed Supernova DC brings technology and Washington into real conversation with one another.
November 5: Deliver Capability Faster, Closing the Readiness Gap
America can invent it, fund it, and legislate it. It still cannot field it fast enough.
This edition puts the administration writing the rules on the same stage as the leaders fielding them, alongside the founders building the answers. Where Fed Supernova Austin runs Department of War heavy, the DC edition leans into the administration. With eighteen months left, that is where the pressure that moves the dial comes from.
One afternoon, straight talk, no translation required.
1:00–1:10 PM | Welcome from STATION DC
Doors, registration and light lunch.
1:10–1:40 PM | Keynote: The Readiness Gap with Tara Murphy Dougherty
A keynote from Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Air, on what it takes to move a capability from proven to fielded, and where the time actually goes.
1:40–2:25 PM | De-Risking Adoption
A conversation across government leadership and industry on what makes adoption safe enough to happen at speed. It covers where the risk actually sits, who carries it today, and what would have to change for a program office to move on a commercial capability without waiting for someone else to go first. With Dr. Keith L. Hardiman, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of the Air Force, and Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Air. Moderated by Morgan Kaplan, Head of Public Sector, Vanta.
2:25–2:45 PM | Break
2:45–3:30 PM | A New Paradigm for Industry Access to Classified Information
A conversation on how industry gets access to classified information, covering classified infrastructure, cyber authorization timelines and test and evaluation access, and the work underway across the department and the intelligence community to open them up. With Sarah Pearson, Defense Innovation Unit; John Hennessy, Procurement Executive, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and David Wiggins, Associate Director for the Secure Space Network, Office of Industrial Base Growth. Moderated by Colleen Laughlin, former Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board.
3:30–3:50 PM | Startup Pitches
Four to six founders building for national security.
3:50–4:35 PM | Judged by Delivery, Not Paperwork
What changes when delivery is the measure. With Grant Verstandig, Founder and CEO of Red Cell Partners, and Tyler Robinson, VP, Technology Roadmaps, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
4:35–7:00 PM | Happy Hour, presented by Vanta
An opportunity to connect with the room after the programming closes.
Presented By
Air: Enterprise Readiness for national defense. Formerly Govini.
Vanta: Trust management and compliance automation, including FedRAMP, for companies selling to government.
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