Charting a New Course

By invitation only, join Accenture and the Center for Maritime Strategy for a half‑day summit bringing together Congressional and senior Navy leaders, industry partners, and innovation ecosystem stakeholders

The focus: Advance a shared operational understanding of how technology can enhance the maritime industrial base to build more ships faster and maximize operational availability (A_O).

What to expect:

Strategic framing on the maritime industrial base
Moderated panel on technology accelerating shipbuilding
Immersive experience zones aligned to key Lines of Effort, covering production, workforce readiness, and sustainment modernization

The Future of Sustainment

Predictive analytics, digital sustainment, quantum maintenance planning

Workforce 4.0

AI-enabled workforce optimization, AR-guided training

Building the Arsenal at Speed

Digital thread, rapid-change engineering, factory orchestration

Modeling the Industrial Base

Virtual shipyard ecosystems & next-gen design concepts

OT/IT Cyber-Physical Security

OT Zero Trust, software & hardware supply chain illumination

ADM (Ret.) James Foggo

Dean, Center for Maritime Strategy

VADM Robert Gaucher

Director, Submarine Programs

RADM Todd Weeks

PAE Industrial Operations

RADM Casey Moton

PAE Maritime

Concialini Alessandro

Alessandro Concialini

CEO, Fincantieri NexTech

Ron Ash

CEO, Accenture Federal Services

Siemens Gov Tech

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Attire

Business Professional, Service Khakis

Getting Here

Forge Address: 1201 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005

Parking: A parking garage is located underneath the building (entrance on eye Street NW)

Capacity is first-come, first-serve and the daily maximum rate is $22 
Payment is taken via QR code located around the garage and the elevator is located on P2
If the garage is full, there is a parking garage right next door for the same rate

Metro:

5-minute walk:
Metro Center
5-minute walk:
McPherson Square

Checking-in

All visitors must check-in at the building lobby on floor G.

Please bring a government form of identification.