AWS Event

Date and Time: Monday, 2/27 | 3PM-6PM
Location: AWS Pop-up Loft | 1446 Market Street, San Francisco | View Map

Event Description:
Emerging technology has the power to change the way the country runs and affect people’s lives for better - it can create enhanced services for citizens, prevent a terrorist attack, or help stop a catastrophic viral outbreak. 
 
Join Dcode42, a government accelerator program, and AWS World Wide Public Sector at the AWS Loft in San Francisco to learn about how your company can help agencies run more efficiently and meet their missions. Also hear about how the new administration might affect the market.
 
Dcode42 and AWS will announce a new, joint program that helps emerging technology companies to launch rapidly into the public sector market.

3:00 - 3:10: Introductory Remarks - Meagan Metzger, Dcode42
3:10 - 3:35: Panel Discussion: Impacting change in the government
Melissa Ho, Department of Homeland Security
Amber Nightingale, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Sean Singleton, DIUx, Department of Defense
3:35-3:55: Panel Discussion: The VC's view of the government market.
Erin Grody-Kingsley, Former A16z
John Chen, Emergence Capital
Enrique Salem, Bain Capital Ventures
3:55-4:05: Break
4:05-4:20: Will Trump Affect Tech in Government?
Erica McCann, Amazon Web Services, Public Policy
4:20-4:40:  Succeeding in Government with Marketplace
Mathew Soltis, Amazon Web Services, Public Sector Marketplace
Candice Charlton, Amazon Web Services, Public Sector Bid and Capture
4:40-5:00: "Going Government" with AWS GovCloud(US)
Keith Brooks, Amazon Web Services, GovCloud(US)
5:00-5:10: Announcing the Dcode42 accelerator, powered by AWS!
Meagan Metzger, Dcode42
Tad Anderson, Global Manager, Venture Capital, Startups and Development for Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services
5:10- 6:00: Refreshments and Networking