Breakfast Keynote

Mr. Wennergren will talk about the need to deliver capabilities faster to the warfighter and how open source software can help the military meet its missions and goals. He will discuss the recently released DoD 2009 OSS Guidance memo and hope to clear up some of the more common misconceptions of using OSS in the federal government and the military.

About the Speaker:

Mr. David M. Wennergren serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information Management and Technology / Deputy Chief Information Officer, providing top-level advocacy in creating a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and ensuring the delivery of the capabilities required to achieve the Department’s transformation to net centric operations. In addition to his duties as Deputy CIO, Mr. Wennergren is the Vice Chair of the U.S. Government’s Federal CIO Council. He also serves as the Chair of the Department of Defense Identity Protection and Management Senior Coordinating Group, which provides senior oversight and coordination of biometric, smart card, and PKI initiatives across the Department of Defense.