Key Takeaways
- • Capital Factory, Texas' innovation and mentorship hub, will host Fed Supernova, presented by IBM, September 27-29, 2022 in Austin, Texas, according to a Business Wire release.
- • The event targets industry, academia, military, venture capitalists, startups and acquisition experts seeking to bridge commercial technology and defense needs.
- • Fed Supernova hosted more than 140 speakers and 2,000 registrants last year, focused on bringing new technology into the Department of Defense and partner nation defense.
- • More than 60 sessions and panels are planned, with IBM, DuploCloud, Raytheon Technologies, and Second Front Systems among event partners.
- • Speakers include senior Department of Defense, Army, Air Force, DARPA, Defense Innovation Unit, and AFWERX officials, with funding opportunities and acquisition priorities on the agenda.
Summary
Capital Factory will host Fed Supernova, presented by IBM, from September 27 to 29, 2022, in Austin, Texas, according to a Business Wire release. The three-day conference is designed to help global defense decision makers bridge the gap between commercial technology and defense requirements by connecting industry, academia, military personnel, venture capitalists, startups, and acquisition experts.
The event followed a format that drew more than 140 speakers and 2,000 registrants last year, according to the release. This year's program, which includes more than 60 sessions and panels, will focus on how startups can span the "Valley of Death" between development and adoption, and will highlight market trends in space, software development, and artificial intelligence. IBM, DuploCloud, Raytheon Technologies, and Second Front Systems are among the event partners.
Planned speakers include Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology); Lieutenant General Thomas Todd, Deputy Commanding General, Acquisition and Systems Management, U.S. Army Futures Command; Maj. Gen. Alice W. Treviño, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; ShaChelle Manning, Chief of Commercial Strategy at DARPA; Steven "Bucky" Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit; and Col. Martin Salinas, Chief Operating Officer of AFWERX.
Joshua Baer, Capital Factory founder and chief executive, described the Center for Defense Innovation as the only place in the country where multiple defense innovation units from different forces and agencies work together in the same physical space. Capital Factory describes itself as the most active early-stage investor in Texas since 2010, according to PitchBook.
The event followed a format that drew more than 140 speakers and 2,000 registrants last year, according to the release. This year's program, which includes more than 60 sessions and panels, will focus on how startups can span the "Valley of Death" between development and adoption, and will highlight market trends in space, software development, and artificial intelligence. IBM, DuploCloud, Raytheon Technologies, and Second Front Systems are among the event partners.
Planned speakers include Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology); Lieutenant General Thomas Todd, Deputy Commanding General, Acquisition and Systems Management, U.S. Army Futures Command; Maj. Gen. Alice W. Treviño, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Contracting in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; ShaChelle Manning, Chief of Commercial Strategy at DARPA; Steven "Bucky" Butow, Director of the Space Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit; and Col. Martin Salinas, Chief Operating Officer of AFWERX.
Joshua Baer, Capital Factory founder and chief executive, described the Center for Defense Innovation as the only place in the country where multiple defense innovation units from different forces and agencies work together in the same physical space. Capital Factory describes itself as the most active early-stage investor in Texas since 2010, according to PitchBook.
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