Reasons to Attend and What You Will Learn

Join more than 800 leaders in government, technology, business, science and civil society to explore AI and intelligent automation technology and best practices, consider social and political issues, identify deployment and research priorities, and recommend solutions for policy.

  • Hear from Suzette Kent, Federal CIO, U.S. Office of Management and Budget and get an AI Update from the White House. Ms. Kent is responsible for setting federal IT policy and leading the Federal CIO Council.
  • Hear from the leaders of dozens of the largest public sector agencies how AI and intelligent automation technologies are being deployed successfully, including executives from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, NASA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, National Security Agency, U.S. Air Force, Jet Propulsion Lab, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, IRS, and more.
  • Attend the AI Governance, Big Data and Ethics Summit and participate in collaborative discussions with world experts who are helping to shape coalitions between private, public and research sectors who are coming together to build frameworks about governance and ethics.
  • Attend a half day seminar covering the state of the practice of machine learning and deep learning for the public sector.
  • Attend a half day seminar on AI and Cybersecurity led by Bob Gourley, the former Chief Technology Officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the first Director of Intelligence (J2) at DoD's cyber defense organization.
  • Attend a half day seminar on Conversational Interfaces - State of the Practice of Intelligent Assistants, led by Dr. Bill Meisel, author of the most comprehensive research report on digital assistants.
  • Attend our networking roundtable discussions where you can meet one-on-one with industry experts, conference speakers and colleagues and discuss specific topics that relate to your own work.
  • Hear about the latest research on Successful AI deployment in the Public Sector from the experts at IDC and receive your special report on AI Innovation following the conference.
  • Attend and network at special regional events hosted by Women in Technology, the Washington DC Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, Big Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence, and DC Cybersecurity Professionals.
  • Visit with NASA executives and learn about their latest AI research efforts.
  • Attend the AI World Government Expo networking receptions on Monday and Tuesday and meet with a wide variety of AI and intelligent automation solution providers.
  • Learn from public sector innovators how to accelerate your digital deployment intelligent automation projects.
  • Customize your learning experience by choosing conference session from six main topic areas including Big Data to AI, Deploying AI in Strategic Business Functions, Smart Cities, Powering AI Data Services, Emerging AI Technologies, and Compliance, Security & Trust.
  • Stay ahead of new developments and technological innovations and take advantage of the multiple networking opportunities.
  • Quickly find and connect with attendees who have similar interests and goals using our 1-On-1 networking service powered by Brella.

Who Should Attend?

  • Central and Federal Government Officials and Staff
    • Policymakers
    • Industry Regulators
  • State and Local Agency Leadership
    • Office of the CIO
    • Chief Data Officer
    • Office of the CTO
    • Department of Innovation; Chief Innovation Officer
    • Department of Education
    • Department of Transportation
    • Department of Health and Human Services
    • Department of Veterans’ Affairs
    • Internal Revenue Service
    • U.S. Government Military Agencies
    • Other key agencies including National Security Agency, US Immigrations and Customs
  • Government Solutions Providers
    • AI Startup organizations
    • AI Technology Hardware Providers
    • AI Technology Software Providers
    • AI Systems Integrator / Consulting Firms
  • Academic / Research
    • Agency research labs
    • Academic research programs
    • Scientific research and development companies
  • Service and Humanitarian Organizations
    • Non-profit / Non-governmental organization (NGO)
    • Universities
    • Hospital Systems
    • Public Safety
    • Security
    • Transportation
    • Utilities
  • Research and Media
    • Research / Analyst firm
    • Trade Press
    • Industry Press