Government & Public Sector

AFCEA/INSA Intelligence and National Security Summit 2026

The 2026 AFCEA/INSA Intelligence and National Security Summit brings together over 2,000 intelligence, defense, and national security professionals from government, academia, and industry for two days of mission-focused discussion. Co-hosted by AFCEA and INSA, the summit features plenaries, ignite rounds, and an exhibit hall showcasing the latest intelligenc…

Visit the official site
67Speakers
0Sponsors
52Exhibitors
62Sessions
101Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at AFCEA/INSA, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Lukas
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence · Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Adam Scheer
Director, Special Activities · Saronic Technologies
Amy McAuliffe
Distinguished Visiting Professor; Former Senior Executive · University of Notre Dame; CIA
Bill Solms
Vice President, U.S. Federal Sales · Clearview AI
Bob Ashley
CEO · Touchstone Futures LLC
Brian Drake
Chief Technology Officer · Accrete Federal
Cameron Stanley
Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Officer · Department of War
Cheri Benedict
Senior Cyber Supply Chain Advisor · Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, Executive Office of the President
Col Timothy Trimailo, USAF
Director · Commercial Space Office (COMSO), Space Systems Command (SSC)
Connie Jenkins, USA (Ret.)
Cynthia Kaiser
Senior Vice President, Ransomware Research Center · Halcyon
Dr. Constanza Vidal Bustamante
Fellow · Technology and National Security Program, CNAS
Dr. Eric Paterson
Executive Director · Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Dr. John Beieler
Executive Director · Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, University of Maryland
Dr. Ravi Ravichandran
VP and CTO, Intelligence & Security · BAE Systems, Inc.
Dr. Trent Maul
Acting Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Mission Integration · Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Efstathia Fragogiannis
Chief Procurement Officer · Central Intelligence Agency
Francis Rose
Host, Co-Founder · Fed Gov Today
Greg Ryckman
Special Advisor to the Director · Defense Intelligence Agency
Jake Robinson
Principal Product Manager · Clearview AI
Jorge Rivero
Russian/Unmanned Systems Analyst · Institute for Defense Analyses
Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector · SandboxAQ

Agenda

Selected from 62 sessions.

  • 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    Networking Break

  • 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    Networking Break

  • 10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    The Ethical Imperative to Use AI: Preserving Tradecraft Across the Intelligence Community

    Lightning Rounds
  • 10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    The Ethical Imperative to Use AI: Preserving Tradecraft Across the Intelligence Community

    Lightning Round
  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    Solving the AI Data Bottleneck: Enabling Mission-Scale Analytics for the Defense and Intelligence Communities

    Lightning Rounds
  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Thursday, August 27

    Solving the AI Data Bottleneck: Enabling Mission-Scale Analytics for the Defense and Intelligence Communities

    Lightning Round
  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 26

    Welcome Remarks

  • 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 26

    Welcome Remarks

  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Thursday, August 27

    From Counterterror to Tech-Driven Decision Advantage: The Evolution & Future of USG Information Sharing

    Breakout Session 2
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 101 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

101 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
50Exhibitingexhibitor only
49Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

BAE Systems·Moody's

Speakers by seniority

67% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1218%
  • Founder / Owner23%
  • VP-level69%
  • Director / Head of2537%
  • Manager / Lead23%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC34%
  • Advisor / Investor23%
  • Other roles1421%

Of 67 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.