ONLINE: AI, Semantic Operations, and Decision Advantage in Defense

Building the Future Fight: AI, Semantic Operations, and Decision Advantage in Defense
NOTE: This is a collaborative exchange focused on lessons learned, future requirements, and practical implementation ,not product marketing or business development event.

ONLINE details: Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/237378663016483?p=7G5C3WYwJZMr4wNOhJ

In-person event in separate link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-semantic-operations-and-decision-advantage-in-defense-tickets-1989605140534?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact info: Events@NeptuneSHIELD.com
Event Overview:
This event brings together operators, technologists, and innovators from defense, industry and academia to focus on one mission: accelerating real-world decision advantage through next-generation semantic technologies and operational AI.
The conversation will move past abstract concepts and into practice, examining knowledge graph architectures, digital engineering, logistics modernization, rapid acquisition pathways, and the infusion of AI/ML into operational workflows that matter on the battlefield and in contested environments. This session is focused on shaping faster, smarter, more connected defense systems that deliver trustworthy information and decision advantage. The future belongs to organizations that can continuously process, adapt, and execute faster than their adversaries.
Event Moderator – Lucien Niemeyer
Opening Remarks: 1100 – 1120
Dr. John Matyjas, Dr. Don Pellegrino
Framing the technical and operational imperatives for semantic decision advantage.
· Knowledge graph architectures in ISR and logistics
· Digital engineering and MBSE in defense acquisition successes and lessons learned.

Panel Discussion: 1125 – 1220 – Denise Ferniza (Moderator)
Overcoming Data and Interoperability Barriers
· Siloed systems, standards of adoption, and bridging commercial and government solutions.
Panelists
Dr. John Matyjas, Dr. Don Pellegrino, Mr. John Sayoun

BREAK – LUNCH: 1225-1240
Solution Focused Discussion: 1245 –1345
· Logistics Modernization & Data-Driven Decision Support
· Open discussion of current requirements and how they’re being piloted

Solution Focused Discussion: 13:50 – 14:20
· Best practices for leveraging OTAs and accelerating tech transfer

Action Planning: 14:25 –1500 – Lucien Niemeyer (Moderator)
From Insights to Action – Operator Next Steps
· Wrap up and distilling days discussions into actionable next steps
· Identify projects, technical working groups, and next steps for cross-organizational collaboration.

Technical Focus Areas to be covered during the event:
1. Semantic Decision Advantage Architectures
· Exploring how semantic technologies like knowledge graphs and ontologies give commanders faster, more accurate decision advantage across operations and logistics.
2. Digital Engineering & Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
· Discussions on how digital twins and MBSE accelerate requirement validation, de-risk acquisition, and speed MVPs into operational use.
3. Logistics Modernization & Data-Driven Decision Support
· How data-driven logistics, 5G-enabled warehouses, and AI tools cut friction, break silos, and keep forces supplied at the edge.
4. Rapid Acquisition & Tech Transfer
· Practical playbooks for using OTAs and rapid pathways to field new capabilities faster and avoid duplicate efforts across services.
5. Operator and Stakeholder Engagement
· What’s working, what’s not, and where semantic, AI, and digital engineering must go next.