Databricks at The Forge®

Date: To be announced
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: The Forge - 1201 New York Ave NW, Washington DC 20005

Vanguard Forum at The Forge

Where emerging tech meets federal mission

Join Accenture Federal Services and Databricks for an immersive, three-hour experience at The Forge. Hear about the latest features unveiled at the Databricks Data + AI Summit in June and get hands-on with demos designed to accelerate mission delivery–securely, at scale. 

This event is exclusively for federal leaders–don't miss the opportunity to connect, learn, and envision what is possible in a setting tailored just for you. 

What you'll experience

Highlights from the Databricks Data + AI Summit

Catch up on the Summit's most important announcements and learn how these capabilities and features translate directly to federal missions.

Lessons learned

Hear how AFS and Databricks are helping agencies modernize data ecosystems, apply advanced analytics, and operationalize artificial intelligence to deliver faster, smarter mission outcomes.

Mission-focused demos across priority functions

Explore how solutions built to address real agency challenges can be applied to your agency's specific use cases.

Agenda

Check-in + networking

Connect with other federal and industry leaders

Welcome + executive perspectives
Hear opening remarks from leaders across Accenture Federal Services and Databricks–why we're here, the mission context driving priorities, and the solutions designed to support these missions

Databricks Data + AI Summit recap for Federal

Unpack the latest trends in data and AI for the federal sector

Demo experience

Dedicated time to explore Databricks capabilities in action

Featured demo areas

Bio Surveillance

Disease outbreaks act as a stress test for health data ecosystems, frequently exposing critical capability gaps between signal detection, analysis, readiness, and response. See how Databricks is helping health organizations bridge these gaps in real time through the lens of the Hantavirus outbreak.  

Object Identification

Public sector teams are sitting on massive volumes of video with traffic feeds, body cams, satellite imagery, but turning that into usable insight is still slow, manual, and expense. See how Databricks enables scalable, automated video analysis using server-less GPUs, event-driven pipelines, and a flexible, model-agnostic architecture.  

Cross-Agency Fraud Prevention

See how multiple agencies can work together via Delta Sharing powered fraud detection with “ontology” views and “real-time” detection. 

Genie Code @ The Department of Energy

Learn more about Quanta, the Department of Energy’s Databricks instance, and how it’s leading the way in advancing agentic AI across the federal government through Genie Code. Quanta now supports more than 20 DOE organizations with workspaces that allow federal staff and contractors to securely and autonomously build data pipelines, reports, dashboards, and custom applications.

and more to be announced

 

Speakers

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Dawn Zimmer

Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Energy

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Greg Dodson

Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Administration, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce

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Ron Ash

Chief Executive Officer, Accenture Federal Services

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Barnett Koven

Managing Director, Public Safety Portfolio AI & Data Lead, Accenture Federal Services

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Todd Schroeder

VP, Federal Government, Databricks

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Mike Daniels

VP & GM of Public Sector, Databricks

Accenture + Databricks

Engineer the future of AI-powered enterprises with Accenture and Databricks–combining industry expertise and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to deliver scalable and responsible AI outcomes.

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The Future is Now

At The Forge, federal leaders lean into disruption from a position of strength. Join us to see how next-generation data and AI capabilities can propel your mission forward.

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Joshua Powell

Chief AI and Innovation Officer at CBP

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Thomas Horan

AI/ML Portfolio Director, Defense Innovation Unit

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Sahil Arora

FedStart Lead and Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir

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Rita Waite

Partner, IQT

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Andrew Black

CEO, Kovr.ai

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Josh Powell

Chief AI and Innovation Officer, CBP

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Thomas Horan

AI/ML Portfolio Director, Defense Innovation Unit

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Rita Waite

Partner, IQT

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Garrett Berntsen

Chief AI Officer, Accenture Federal Services

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Sahil Arora

FedStart Lead and Forward Deployed Engineer, Palantir

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Andy Black

CEO, KOVR.ai

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Mandy Satterwhite

Executive Producer

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