OSINT Conference 2024 Program
October 23-25
The Citadel
Expanding OSINT Relationships
Wednesday, 23 October
1800 – Opening Reception with Welcome by Sally Selden (Provost, The Citadel), keynote Speaker Jason Barrett (OSINT Executive, ODNI) and conference toast by Charlie Fielden (Executive Vice President, QinetiQ US)
Capers Hall South Parking Lot
Thursday, 24 October
0730 – Registration & Continental Breakfast
0815 – Introduction with Brian M. Jones (Dean – School of Humanities & Social Sciences, The Citadel)
0830 – Keynote with Jason Barrett (OSINT Executive, ODNI)
0900 – ODNI OSINT Strategy and Vision for Expanding Partnerships moderated by Andrew Borene (Executive Director, Flashpoint) with Jason Barrett (OSINT Executive, ODNI), Chris Thornlow (Deputy Division Chief – Open Source Integration Center, DIA), and Stephanie Dorsey (Deputy Undersecretary, DHS)
1015-1030 – Break
1030 – OSINT – The Future of Intel with Melisa Stivaletti (OSINT Director, Guidehouse)
1100 – U.S. Army OSINT Strategy with Emily Long (Senior Consultant, Guidehouse) and Dennis Eger (Senior OSINT Advisor, U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command)
1130 – OSINT Support to HUMINT from the Perspective of a former Chief of Station and Senior Targeter with Patrick Weninger (Vice President & Deputy of the International Division, Orbis International) and Matthew Brock (Vice President for Digital Intelligence, Orbis Operations)
1200 – Lunch catered by The Citadel
1300 – OSINT Innovation at Department of Defense with Andrew Berman (Acting Director, Office of the Under Secretary of Intelligence & Security Innovation and Data Office at Department of Defense)
1330 – Sameh Yamany (Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI Solutions)
1355 – The Impact of Technology on OSINT: An Ever-Changing World moderated by Erik Probstfield (Senior Director – VALOR Program, VIAVI Solutions), with Shikik Johnson (Senior Member – Technical Staff , AT&T), Sameh Yamany (Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI Solutions), and Mike Cinnamon (CIA – retired)
1420-1430 – Break
1430 – Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and OSINT moderated by Terry Bullard (USAF – retired) with Trisse Hollis Kozick (Intelligence Specialist – DEA), Jason Scott (Section Chief – Intelligence Technology Section, FBI), and Sara Brown (Acting Director of OSINT Division – Office of Intelligence & Analysis at DHS)
1515 – OSINT and the U.S. State Department with Melissa Ullom (Senior Advisor for Verification & Compliance – Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability, State Department)
1530-1545 – Break
1545 – QinetiQ: Partnering with Government moderated by Rachel Hubbard with Maria-Elena Villarejo (OSINT Collector, QinetiQ) and Julie Jasper (Senior Principal/Governance and Innovation Advisor, QinetiQ), Jarius Mixon (Social Media Program Manager, QinetiQ), and Duncan Bell (Principal AI Engineer, QinetiQ)
1645 – Training & Tradecraft with Adam Udvig (Director of Training – Defense & Intelligence, Technical Operations Group, Parsons Corporation)
1700 – Reception Capers Hall South Parking Lot
Friday, 25 October
0730 – Continental Breakfast
0815 – Introduction with Melissa Graves (Department Head – Intelligence & Security Studies, The Citadel)
0830 – Keynote Address with Jim Ford (Director – Federal Partner Solutions, Microsoft)
0900 – University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS) with Austin Branch (Crescent Bridge), Andrew Berman (Acting Director, Office of the Under Secretary of Intelligence & Security Innovation and Data Office at Department of Defense), Matt Venhaus (Professor of Practice, Cognitive Security and Operations, ARLIS), and Clem Danish (Blank Slate Solution, LLC).
1045-1100 – Break
1100 – Ethics, Policy, and Law moderated by Jan Goldman (Professor of Intelligence & Security Studies, The Citadel) with Dana Dyson (Office of General Counsel – CIA, retired), Harvey Rishikof (Director of Policy and Cyber Security Research & Visiting Research Professor at University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence & Security – ARLIS), and Jonathan Fredman (Non-Resident Fellow at Princeton University School of Public & International Affairs)
1145 – OSINT & Financial Targeting with Hugues Verrier (CIA – retired)
1215 – Lunch catered by The Citadel
1315 – OSINT & Academia moderated by Greta Creech (Assistant Professor of Intelligence & Security Studies, The Citadel) with M. Patrick Hendrix (Assistant Professor of Intelligence & Security Studies, The Citadel), Brian Fuller (Executive Director, Center for Intelligence Research, Analysis, and Training at Mercyhurst University), and Taylor Clinker (Veteran Student, The Citadel)
1415 – Irregular Warfare Initiative with Guido Torres (Executive Director, Irregular Warfare Initiative)