Tuesday, May 14, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 

Registration Open (Auditorium)

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Vendor Exhibit Showcase (Rooms 116 & 121)
Visit with representatives from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, Cisco Systems, Fortinet Federal, Forward Networks, Google Cloud Platform, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE), Juniper Networks, Microsoft Federal, Palo Alto Networks and Riverbed Technology.

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

• CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

9:10 - 9:40 a.m.

NOAA | N-Wave | “N-Wave Program & Alaska Network Modernization Updates”

• Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave | “Voice of the N-Wave Customer”

• CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA

10:05 - 10:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion: “Meet Some of N-Wave’s Portfolio Managers”
Moderator: Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

Panelists: 

• CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA
• Jeffery Bowmar, N-Wave Cloud Services Federal Manager, OCIO/NOAA
• Eric Estes, N-Wave IT Security Program Manager and Information Security Systems Officer (ISSO), OCIO/NOAA  
• Adam Nemethy, N-Wave Deputy Director and Network Services Portfolio Manager, OCIO/NOAA
• Matt Smith, N-Wave Project and Process Portfolio Manager, OCIO/NOAA

10:45 - 11:15 a.m. 

Networking Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

NOAA | N-Wave | “Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Updates”

• Adam Nemethy, N-Wave Deputy Director and Network Services Portfolio Manager, OCIO/NOAA

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave | “N-Wave Agreements: Let’s Automate That!”

• Matt Smith, N-Wave Project & Process Portfolio Manager, OCIO/NOAA

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave Network Operations Center (NOC) | “Service Desk Perspective”

• Corey Donovan, Director, Service Operational Excellence, GlobalNOC Manager, Business Development and Outreach, GlobalNOC
• Ian Holtson, Supervisor, N-Wave Service Desk

2:30 - 3:00 p.m. 

Networking Break

3:00 - 3:55 p.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave NOC | “Customer-Facing Tools”

• Caren Litvanyi, Director and CRM, Federal Networks, GlobalNOC; Manager, N-Wave Transport Network Engineering Team
• David Ripley, Director, Software and Systems Engineering, GlobalNOC

3:55 - 4:00 p.m. 

Daily Wrap Up | Day 2 Preview

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 

Registration Open (Auditorium)

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Vendor Exhibit Showcase (Rooms 116 & 121)
Visit with representatives from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudflare, Cisco Systems, Fortinet Federal, Forward Networks, Google Cloud Platform, Hewlett-Packard Enterprises (HPE), Juniper Networks, Microsoft Federal, Palo Alto Networks and Riverbed Technology.

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. 

Opening Remarks

• CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA
• Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

9:20 - 9:45 a.m. 

Keynote Speaker: 

Jamie Holcombe
Chief Information Officer (CIO), 

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

9:50 - 10:30 a.m. 

Panel Discussion: 

“Chief Information Officer (CIO) Perspectives”

Panelists:

Moderator:
Lauren Hines, N-Wave Strategic Planning Subject Matter Expert (SME), Engagement & Outreach, OCIO/NOAA

Gerald Caron, CIO, International Trade Administration (ITA)

Major General Matthew Easley, Retired CIO (U.S. Army)

Zachary Goldstein, CIO, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Director, High Performance Computing (NOAA) 

Jamie Holcombe, CIO, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO)

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. 

Networking Break

10:45 - 11:15 a.m. 

NOAA | National Weather Service (NWS) | Central Region

• Sally Pavlow Johnson, Regional Director 

11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

NOAA | Office of Marine & Aviation Operations (OMAO)

• Donald Jones, Chief of Emerging Technologies

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. 

NOAA | NWS | NCO National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

• Joseph Fiscus, Chief Network and Security Branch, NCEP 
• Ben Kyger, Director, NCO

1:35 - 2:00 p.m. 

NOAA | Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) | Enterprise Data Centers

• Brian Cox, Program Manager

2:05 - 2:30 p.m. 

NOAA | NWS | Aviation Weather Center

• Joshua W. Scheck, PhD, Chief, Aviation Support Branch

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. 

Networking Break

2:45 - 3:15 p.m 

Department of Defense (DoD) | Radar Operations Center 

• Michael Prather, Systems Engineering Team Supervisor

3:20 - 3:55 p.m

Panel Discussion: “Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) Playbook”

Moderator: CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA

Panelists:

• Eric Estes, N-Wave IT Security Program Manager and Information Security Systems Officer (ISSO) 
• Brian Scott, Deputy Assistant National Cyber Director for Cyber Policy
• and Programs, Office of the National Cyber Director, The White House
• Steven Wallace, Director of Routing Integrity, Internet2

3:55 - 4:00 p.m. 

Daily Wrap Up | Day 3 Preview

Thursday, May 16, 2024

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 

Registration Open (Auditorium)

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. 

Opening Remarks

• CAPT Joseph Baczkowski, N-Wave Engagement & Outreach Manager, OCIO/NOAA
• Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. 

Department of Energy (DOE) | Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)

• Jason Zurawski, Science Engagement Engineer

9:50 - 10:05 a.m. 

Internet2

• Steven Wallace, Director of Routing Integrity, Internet2

10:05 - 10:35 a.m. 

Networking Break

10:35 - 11:15 a.m. 

NOAA | NWS National Data Buoy Center

• Joy Callaway, Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
• Jeremy Evans, Network Engineer
• Andrew Fritz, IT Project Manager (PM)
• Kevin Hill, IT Project Manager (PM)

11:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

NOAA | Research and Development High Performance Computing Systems (RDHPCS)

• Radhika Subramanian, Deputy Director, High Performance Computing and Communications, OCIO/NOAA

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. 

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. 

Panel Discussion: “Regional Optical Network (RON) Partners”
Moderator: Robert Sears, N-Wave Director, OCIO/NOAA

Panelists: 

• Thomas Araneta, International Engineering Program Manager, Internet2
• Dr. Forough Ghahramani, Assistant Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Sponsored Programs (NJEdge) 
• Stanley Han, Associate Vice President of Engagement, Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC)
• Amy Philipson, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Pacific Northwest Gigapop (PNWGP)

1:35 - 2:00 p.m. 

NOAA | N-Wave Network Operations Center (NOC)

• Andrew Lee, N-Wave Transport Network Architect/Engineer, GlobalNOC at Indiana University

2:05 - 2:30 p.m. 

NOAA | National Environmental, Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS)

• William Loveless, IT Specialist, Assistant Chief Information Officer - Satellites (ACIO-S)

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. 

Networking Break 

2:45 - 3:15 p.m. 

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) | University of Maryland

• Dr. Franz Klein, Director of the National Quantum Laboratory at the University of Maryland & HPC Engineer 
• Tripti Sinha, Assistant Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at the University of Maryland & Executive Director of Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX) 

3:15 - 3:45 p.m. 

NOAA | NWS Operations Proving Ground 

• John Brost, Director

3:50 - 4:00 p.m. 

Closing Remarks | Summit Concludes

All sessions are in Central Daylight Time (CDT)
*Meeting agenda subject to change without notice