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Stanford DEFCON

Speakers

40 speakers
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Abby Reinhold
Abby Reinhold
Co-President, Stanford DEFCON
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Ahmad Nasir
Ahmad Nasir
Co-President, Stanford DEFCON
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AJ Bertone
AJ Bertone
Managing Partner, In-Q-Tel
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Andrew Couillard
Andrew Couillard
Co-President Stanford DEFCON
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Andy Markoff
Andy Markoff
Co-Founder & CEO, Smack Technologies
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Andy Yakulis
Andy Yakulis
Co-Founder & CEO, Vector
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Artem Romaniukov
Artem Romaniukov
Digital Innovations Lead, Ministry of Defense Ukraine
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Billy Thalheimer
Billy Thalheimer
CEO, Regent
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Bohdan Sas
Bohdan Sas
Co-Founder Buntar Aerospace
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Brian Katz
Brian Katz
Head of IC and Interagency, Vannevar Labs
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Cameron McCord
Cameron McCord
Co-founder & CEO, Nominal
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Chris Moran
Chris Moran
GM Lockheed Martin Ventures
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Christian Keil
Christian Keil
Vice President, Astranis
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COL Dave Webb
COL Dave Webb
US Army War College
COL Matt Leclair
COL Matt Leclair
Commander, Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center
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Conor Love
Conor Love
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Dan Magy
Dan Magy
CEO, Firestorm
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Dan McKee
Dan McKee
Governor of Rhode Island
Dan Tradoss
Dan Tradoss
Head of Public Sector, Scale AI
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Dmytro Kushneruk
Dmytro Kushneruk
Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco
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Dr. Jeff Decker
Dr. Jeff Decker
Managing Director, Technology Transition for Defense Program
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Emily Long
Emily Long
CEO, Edera
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Eric Demarco
Eric Demarco
CEO, Kratos
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Eric Menser
Eric Menser
Former Startups Fellowship Lead, Palantir
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Erin Price-Wright
Erin Price-Wright
General Partner, American Dynamism, a16z
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Gauthier Vasseur
Gauthier Vasseur
DTSA Accelerator lead, SRI
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Iryna Paragraf
Iryna Paragraf
Chief of Detection and Intelligence Section, Special Operations, Ukraine
Jack Cable
Jack Cable
CEO, Corridor
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James Brown
James Brown
Co-Founder & CEO, Schemata
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Joe Felter
Joe Felter
Director, Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation
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Jonathan Pan
Jonathan Pan
Co-Founder & CEO, Exia Labs
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Keith Flynn
Keith Flynn
SVP of Production, Anduril
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Larsen Jensen
Larsen Jensen
General Partner, Harpoon Ventures
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Linden P. Blue
Linden P. Blue
CEO, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
LTC Matt Etheridge
LTC Matt Etheridge
Corporate Ventures, Army Applications Lab
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LTC Nate Foust
LTC Nate Foust
National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover Institution
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MAJ Chris Cioffoletti
MAJ Chris Cioffoletti
General Wayne A. Downing Scholar
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Michael Obod
Michael Obod
Co-Founder Moodro
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Michael Sulmeyer
Michael Sulmeyer
Professor of the Practice, Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service; Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy
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Mike Brown
Mike Brown
Partner, Shield Capital
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Nate Low
Nate Low
Co-President, Stanford DEFCON
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Patrick O'Brien
Patrick O'Brien
CEO, Autonomous Cyber
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Qasar Younis
Qasar Younis
Co-founder Applied Intuition, Former COO Y Combinator
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Raj Shah
Raj Shah
Managing Director, Shield Capital
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Scott Sanders
Scott Sanders
Chief Growth Officer, Forterra
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Stephen Rodriguez
Stephen Rodriguez
Operating Partner, DCVC
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Steve Blank
Steve Blank
Adjunct Professor Stanford University
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Steve Bowsher
Steve Bowsher
CEO, In-Q-Tel
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To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Former Secretary of Defense
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Keynote Confirmed
T.S. Allen
T.S. Allen
Replicator Director, DIU Replicator
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Veronica Daigle
Veronica Daigle
President, Red Cell Partners
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Yoav Ravid
Yoav Ravid
MBA Candidate, Stanford GSB
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