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…

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65Speakers
0Sponsors
52Exhibitors
61On the bill · sessions
101Companies · in total
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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
Jake Robinson
Principal Product Manager · Clearview AI
Jorge Rivero
Russian/Unmanned Systems Analyst · Institute for Defense Analyses
Kathryn Wang
Principal, Public Sector · SandboxAQ
Kevin Burke
Chief Security Officer - EY Americas · EY
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Agenda

Selected from 61 sessions on the bill.
  • 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
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

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.

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

The Triple-Threat

BAE Systems·Moody's

Speakers by seniority

68% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1218%
  • Founder / Owner23%
  • VP-level69%
  • Director / Head of2437%
  • Manager / Lead23%
  • Product12%
  • Engineer · IC35%
  • Advisor / Investor23%
  • Other roles1320%

Of 65 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BAE SystemsEx1V
  2. 02INSA3V
  3. 03Moody'sEx1V
  4. 04AFCEA InternationalEx
  5. 05Air (formerly Govini)Ex
  6. 06AmentumEx
  7. 07Babel Street2V
  8. 08BroadcomEx
  9. 09Clearview AI2V
  10. 10CloudflareEx
  11. 11Commercial Space Office (COMSO), Space Systems Command (SSC)2V
  12. 12DarkOwl, LLCEx
  13. 13DatennaEx
  14. 14Defense Intelligence Agency2V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.