Meet the Voices Shaping AI Defense Innovation
Meet the leaders, innovators, and changemakers you’ll hear from at MDIS 2025.
Our speaker lineup is growing, so check back often for new additions.
Hon. Jim Banks
United States Senator (IN)
Amber Smith
Former Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Outreach
Dr. Angela Lewis
Technical Director for NSWC Crane
Mitch Frazier
President of IBJ Media
John-Clark Levin
Kurzweil Technologies
Dr. Pae Wu
General Partner, SOSV & CTO, IndieBio SF
Alex Moore
Investment Team, 8VC
Vivek Ramaswamy
Biotech Entrepreneur, Author, Former Presidential Candidate
Dr. Alexander Titus
Commissioner
Dr. Kyle Werner
Deputy Technical Director for NSWC Crane
Neal Patel
Founder, Patel Partners
Alina Alexeenko
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics & Chemical Engineering
Co-director, Young Institute
Co-director, LyoHUB
Dr. Ness Shroff
Ohio Eminent Scholar in Networking and Communication, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Tarek Abdelzaher
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar
Raj Shah
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Shield Captial
Jennifer Thabet
Program Director, Small Business Programs Office, DARPA
Jeffrey Zaleski
DARPA Program Manager, Biological Technologies Office
David Crandall
Director of Luddy Artificial Intelligence Center
Dr. Aniket Bera
Associate Professor of Computer Sciences, Purdue University
Dr. Tim Ferguson
VP of Technology & Engineering, Kratos Defense
Gordon Heil
Account Executive, Appian