Track 2

Is your agency truly ready for the AI era? While many aspire to harness the power of artificial intelligence, outdated applications remain barriers to innovation. Learn how forward-thinking organizations are transforming legacy systems into AI-ready assets - without sacrificing business continuity or exceeding budget. See how AI-powered automation is reshaping modernization efforts - and how the latest approaches to scalability, integration, and cost optimization can help you navigate your hybrid cloud journey with confidence and speed.

The key to success isn't just choosing the right AI tools but building on a platform that aligns with enterprise data, IT landscape, and business goals. A well-architected hybrid cloud strategy meets your operations where they are — on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge — while controlling costs and unlocking AI capabilities at scale. Instead of asking “which AI should I use?”, the smarter question is “which platform will allow AI to deliver the greatest operational impact for my cloud ecosystem?” With a hybrid cloud architecture, you can unify data across environments, leverage high-performance computing, and strengthen security posture. This strategic foundation accelerates your ability to apply AI across your operations — transforming complexity into actionable intelligence and driving efficiency across your hybrid cloud through enhanced visibility.

As IT environments grow more complex, so do the risks - downtime, security threats and escalating costs. Traditional tools often fall short in preventing disruptions before they impact operations. Federal agencies need a smarter, more automated approach to resilience. With AI-powered remediation, observability, cost governance, and security working in unison, agencies can move from reactive troubleshooting to proactive, intelligent resilience. Learn how this integrated approach helps optimize technology investments, ensure operational continuity, and drive measurable ROI across your hybrid IT landscape.

Quantum computing is moving from research to mission relevance. This fireside chat examines the key milestones on the path to fault-tolerant quantum systems, how integration with high-performance computing and data-center infrastructure is accelerating progress, and what these advances mean for federal agencies today. The discussion will highlight near-term applications in chemistry, high-energy physics, and national security, and explore how public-private partnerships are translating quantum innovation into practical federal roadmaps. Attendees will gain clarity on where quantum delivers value now and how to prepare for quantum advantage.