WEST 2024 Sponsorship and Branding Opportunities


AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute have developed an enhanced sponsorship program for WEST 2024 that will offer maximum visibility to those who participate! What better way to make sure you stand out and increase your exposure than at this foremost event in which industry leaders can learn about military requirements and connect with decision makers and operators, where senior military and government officials can gain feedback from sea service warfighters, and where industry thought leaders will discuss and demonstrate sea service solutions? Sponsorship opportunities are offered at a several investment levels, ensuring your ability to participate.

Browse available options below, or jump to specific categories: Patron Packages, Individual Sponsorships and Branding Opportunities.

Have an idea for a sponsorship not listed below? We are here to ensure you have the best conference experience. We are happy to create a custom sponsorship package to meet your specific needs. Let us know your vision, objective and budget and we’ll create a customized opportunity just for you.

The deadline to submit contracts and sponsor artwork is Friday, January 5th.

WEST Innovation Showcase


The Innovation Showcase provides the opportunity to demonstrate cutting-edge solutions to government representatives and potential industry partners. Located in the Innovation Theater, at the rear of the 1900/2100 aisle on the exhibit floor, the showcase provides a platform for the broad exposure to government, military, and industry attendees. Solutions will be presented in the Innovation Showcase on all three days of WEST. Presenters will have 20 minutes to brief and field Q&A.

Presentation Schedule

Tuesday | February 13, 2024

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"Decision and Data Dominance for the Warfighter"

Randy LeBlanc
VP, Data Analytics
Altair

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"Moveworks AI Enterprise CoPilot"

Peter Barrett
Director of Federal
Moveworks

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"AI and Decision Advantage"

Terry Halvorsen
VP, Federal
IBM

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Decoding the Seas: How Observability Enables Better Decisions Faster"

Ken Wick
Solutions Engineer
Dynatrace

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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

"Integration Solved: Sharing Our Blueprint for Zero Trust Adoption"

Herb Kelsey
Project Fort Zero Team Lead & Industry CTO Government
Dell Technologies

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12:10 PM – 12:30 PM

"How Militaries Can Build, Buy, and Deliver Capabilities in a Digital Age"

Lauren Dailey
Senior Manager
Deloitte

Adam Routh, Ph.D.
Defense and Space Research Lead
Deloitte

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12:40 PM – 1:00 PM

"Securely Delivering Information from Anywhere to Everywhere at the Speed of the Mission"

D.R. Carlson
Senior Director, Segment Marketing
Equinix

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1:10 PM – 1:30 PM

"The Zero Trust Imperative: Building a Core of Security around Mission-Critical Data"

Jim Cosby
Chief Technology Officer
NetApp

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1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

"Building Highly Resilient Defense Systems Using Agile at Scale"

Cynthia Ferreira, Ph.D.
Federal Strategic Advisor
Scaled Agile Inc.

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2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

"Next Generation Navy Mobility Access-As-a-Service to Classified Data"

Melissa Adams
Director, Archon Division
ID Technologies

John Dunn
Senior Solutions Architect, Archon Division
ID Technologies

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4:00 PM – 4:20 PM

"Don't Let the IO Blender Destroy Your AI Model Training"

Chris Zurich
Principal Systems Architect
WEKA Federal

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4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

"Innovations in Cloud Security for Mission Success"

Steve White
Field CISO
Wiz

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Wednesday | February 14, 2024

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"Build Winning Sales Plans for the Department of Navy"

John Slye
Senior Advisory Research Analyst
Deltek

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"Designing for Sustainability - Women in Cybersecurity"

Teresa Duvall
Faculty Lecturer
Old Dominion University

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"Data Protection at the Edge"

Gina Scinta
Deputy Chief Technology Officer
ThalesTCT

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Using Flank Speed Teams to create Service Requests"

Adam Prem
Manager, Solution Consulting
ServiceNow

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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

"Coalition Information Sharing During Great Power Competition"

Russ Smith
Field CTO
ZScaler

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12:10 PM – 12:30 PM

"Accelerate Mission-Critical Decisions with KPMG Aperture"

Phillip Sutton
Director, Optimization and Simulation
KPMG

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12:40 PM – 1:00 PM

"Optimizing Data Security to Support the DOD’s JADC2 Strategy"

Chris Brown
Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector
Immuta

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1:10 PM – 1:30 PM

"Accelerated Product & Business Innovation with Altair Open Architecture Digital Engineering"

Keshav Sundaresh
Global Director of Product Management - Digital Twin and Model-Based Systems Engineering
Altair

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1:40 PM – 2:00 PM

"SOAR/Swimlane - Order from Chaos"

David Maphis
Cyber Security Solutions Architect
Merlin Cyber

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2:10 PM – 2:30 PM

"BMC Helix Edge"

Michael Alonso
Senior Solutions Engineer
BMC Software

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4:00 PM – 4:20 PM

"Accelerated Data Access Impact on Naval Operations"

Russel Davis
Chief Operating Officer
Vcinity

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Thursday | February 15, 2024

9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

"How to Speed up Acquisition Lifecycles with the #1 CRM"

Matthew Jacobs
Executive, Digital Transformation
Salesforce

David Nava
Principal Solution Engineer
Salesforce

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10:10 AM – 10:30 AM

"Realizing Digital Modernization of Operational Platforms"

Michael Griesi
Technical Account Manager, High-Frequency Electromagnetics
Altair

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10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

"Identity Trends Driving Zero Trust Programs in the DOD"

James Imanian
Senior Director, US Federal Technology Office
CyberArk

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11:10 AM – 11:30 AM

"Private 5G- Be Your Own Mission IoT Mobile Operator"

Andrew Beaty
Chief Network Design Engineer/Chief Marine Corps Networks Design/Engineer, Global Maritime Defense Team
Ciena

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11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

"How to Increase Warfighter Efficacy Through Innovations in Edge Computing"

Andres Giraldo
Deputy Director, Product Development
SealingTech

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