Event
Mission Ready AI: Navigating the Path to Measurable Outcomes
Date:
June 24, 2026
Time:
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM ET
Venue:
Hotel Melby Downtown Melbourne, Florida
Event Overview
AI is reshaping the aerospace and defense industry at speed. Yet, the true differentiator is no longer experimentation, it is the ability to scale intelligence securely, responsibly, and with outcomes that matter.
Mission Ready AI: Navigating the Path to Measurable Outcomes is an exclusive, in person gathering that brings together senior leaders across the aerospace and defense industry to explore how organizations are moving decisively from experimentation to execution. The focus is clear: turning AI ambition into real world impact across acquisition, engineering, supply chains, manufacturing, and sustainment.
This curated afternoon of insights and dialogue will throw a spotlight on how leading organizations across this industry are charting a clear AI flight path, balancing innovation with security, responsibility, and resilience, while keeping outcomes front and center for the warfighter, the customer, and the enterprise.
Through keynotes, executive conversations, and interactive working sessions, participants will exchange perspectives on what it truly takes to make AI mission ready.
Agenda
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Meet & Greet: Arrival, registration, and networking. Light refreshments served. |
| 3:30 – 3:45 PM | Opening Address: The Intelligent Flight Path Speaker: Rakesh Gollapalli, SVP & Industry Head, Aerospace and Defense, Infosys |
| 3:45 – 4:10 PM | Keynote: AI and the Future of Aerospace & Defense Speaker: Venice M. Goodwine, CIO &AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions & Former CIO, U.S. Air Force |
| 4:10 – 4.40 PM | Executive Panel: From Strategy to Scale Panelists: Kristin Colacchio, VP, Information Technology, L3Harris Technologies Venice M. Goodwine, CIO &AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions & Former CIO, U.S. Air Force Erik Swedberg, EVP, Americas, Dassault Systèmes Moderated by: Jeff Kavanaugh, Global Head of Infosys Knowledge Institute |
| 4:40 – 5.10 PM | Partner Presentation - Cognition: Enabling the AI Flight Path |
| 5:10 – 5.55 PM | AI Canvas Workshop Hosted by: Rajiv Puri, VP – AI GTM & Manufacturing Strategy, Solutions & Partnerships, Infosys |
| 5:55 – 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 6:00 PM onwards | Executive Cocktail & Dinner |
Featured Speakers
Rakesh Gollapalli
SVP & Industry Head, Aerospace and Defense, Infosys
Opening Address: The Intelligent Flight Path
Rakesh will set the tone for the evening, outlining how AI is reshaping the future of aerospace and defense. With a deep understanding of industry challenges and opportunities, he will share how organizations can navigate their transformation journey by leveraging AI to drive innovation, strengthen resilience, and deliver mission-ready outcomes.
Venice M. Goodwine
CIO & AI Product Owner, Arlo Solutions I Former CIO, U.S. Air Force
Keynote: AI and the Future of Aerospace & Defense
In this session, Venice brings a rare, frontline perspective on how leaders can operationalize AI securely, responsibly, and at scale, without slowing mission outcomes. Expect candid insights, real world lessons, and practical takeaways from someone who has led AI and cyber decisions where the stakes could not be higher.
Kristin Colacchio
VP, Information Technology, L3Harris Technologies
Panel: From Strategy to Scale - AI That Delivers Customer Impact
Kristin will be part of an executive panel discussion where she will share hard-won lessons in moving AI from experimentation to enterprise-scale impact across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and sustainment.
Erik Swedberg
EVP, Americas, Dassault Systèmes
Panel: From Strategy to Scale - AI That Delivers Customer Impact
Erik will bring an industry-wide perspective to the panel, sharing how AI is helping organizations move from strategy to scalable, mission-critical outcomes. Drawing on his experience in driving business transformation, he will highlight how companies within the A&D industry can leverage AI to unlock new possibilities, reach broader stakeholders, and deliver tangible customer impact.
Jeff Kavanaugh
Global Head of Infosys Knowledge Institute
Panel: From Strategy to Scale - AI That Delivers Customer Impact
Jeff will moderate this executive panel, guiding the conversation on how organizations are translating AI strategies into scalable, real-world outcomes. Leveraging his deep expertise in industry research and insights, he will draw out diverse perspectives from the panel to spotlight practical approaches for delivering real customer impact across the aerospace and defense industry.
Rajiv Puri
VP – AI GTM & Manufacturing Strategy, Solutions & Partnerships, Infosys
Session: AI Canvas - Turning AI Vision into Measurable Value
Rajiv will guide an interactive working session mapping AI opportunities across the full A&D value chain — Acquire, Build, Sustain, that will help attendees align AI strategy with measurable business and mission outcomes, and walk away with pointers that will help them build a concrete roadmap for their enterprise AI journeys.
Our Technology Partners
About us:
Infosys is a Global Leader in Next-Generation Digital Services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.
With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in 59 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.
