Monday, August 11 | Carahsoft Innovation and Conference Center, Reston, VA
Date Monday, August 11
Time 2 – 5pm EDT
Where Carahsoft Innovation and Conference Center, 11493 Sunset Hills Road Reston, VA 20190
Join us on August 11, 2025, for ACCELERATE 2025—the premier event where AI, data, and innovation converge to drive mission-first outcomes. Designed for leaders across government and industry, ACCELERATE 2025 delivers the insights, strategies, and connections needed to fast-track transformation and overcome the barriers to innovation. From streamlining acquisitions to scaling emerging technologies, this one-day experience is focused on unlocking real, measurable results that move missions forward faster.
Attendees will hear from experts at the forefront of digital transformation, explore proven approaches to increasing efficiency, and discover actionable ways to implement change at scale. Whether you’re shaping policy, deploying solutions, or driving outcomes, ACCELERATE 2025 is where collaboration meets impact.
The event will also feature the presentation of the Accelerate Awards, recognizing outstanding Federal Government, DoD, and Industry programs that are rapidly advancing the use of AI, data, digital solutions, and acquisition innovation to achieve mission success.
FOCUSED SESSIONS
1:30-2 pm: Registration/Check-In
EVENT BEGINS AT 2 pm
- Keynote Address
- COO Fireside Chat: Priorities & Initiatives: Drivers of Efficiency
- CIO Panel: Driving Transformation through Innovation, AI, Data, Cyber, and Next-Gen Tech
- Data Driven Impact: Powering Mission Success
- Acquisition at the Speed of Innovation
- Accelerate Award Recognition
- Networking Reception
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services*
Keynote Panelists
Barclay Butler, Ph.D.
Deputy Commissioner for Operations and Chief Operating Officer, Food and Drug Administration
Jesus Caban, Ph.D.
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Defense Health Agency
Jennifer Johnson
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acquisitions and Senior Procurement Executive, Department of Health and Human Services
Jennifer Layden, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Public Health Data, Science and Technology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kameke Mitchell
Director, Procurement Strategic Operations, NASA
Jeffrey Neill
Associate Executive Director, Technology Acquisition Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Patrick Newbold
CIO and Director for the Office of Information Technology, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Lisa Rosenmerkel
Chief Data Officer, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Scott Simpson
Strategic Change Advisor and Coach, General Services Administration
Alastair Thomson
Acting Chief Data Officer, ARPA-H, Department of Health and Human Services
Jim Traficant
Chief of Staff, Food and Drug Administration*
Christopher Wallace
Chief of Cybersecurity, PEO Defense Healthcare Management Systems, Defense Health Agency
*invited, awaiting confirmation
Agenda
9:40 – 10:15 AM
Title
Description
9:40 – 10:15 AM
Title
Description
Sponsors
2025 Accelerate Award Winners
ACC Enterprise Technology Support Services (ITSS)
PingWind
Air-hr
Pyramid Systems, Inc & YRCI
Automated Decision Support (ADS)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
BDForce
PN Automation, Inc.
Benefits Discovery Service
Veterans Experience Service Portfolio, OIT Product Delivery Services
Centennial Healthcare Agentic AI Platform (CHAAP)
Centennial Technologies Inc.
Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics Program
Peraton
ComplySyncATO
ASSYST Inc.
CORAS Enterprise Decision Management Platform
Department of Defense
Data Access Service (DAS)
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information Technology, Product Delivery Service
Delta AI Code Modernization
Alpha Omega
Early detection and intervention services for PTSD and other trauma-induced disease
Blue Rose Consulting Group, Inc. and iXpressGenes (iXG)
Fraud Prevention System (FPS)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
HHS Indian Health Services (IHS) National Patient Information Reporting System (NPIRS) MicroHealth Project Team
MicroHealth, LLC
Hospice CAP
National Government Services
House Center for Well Being
Foodsmart
Integrated Financial and Acquisitions Management System (iFAMS), Financial Management Business Transformation (FMBT)
Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration
myAuth
DHRA
Rapid Fraud Intelligence (Rapid FI)
Peraton
ReDuX
Karsun Solutions
REI’s FDA SCAIL Team
REI Systems
Transforming Grant Analytics with AI-Powered Workforce Classification
NIH NIGMS and A-TEK
U.S. Department of Energy | Facilities Information Management System (FIMS) and Condition Assessment Information System (CAIS) MicroHealth Project Team
MicroHealth, LLC
VA Health Connect
Veterans Experience Services Portfolio, Product Delivery Service
VA Logistics Redesign Program (VALOR)
TISTA Science and Technology, VA, DOD
Website Management Support (WMS) Program
A Square Group
Zero Trust Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Resilience Strategy
Sentar
