Cybersecurity

DAFITC 2026

The Department of the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Training and Education Event (DAFITC) 2026 brings together thousands of Air Force personnel and private sector leaders in IT and cybersecurity. The conference features over 140 breakout sessions, an exhibit hall with more than 200 vendors, and expects over 4,000 attendees. Attendees will n…

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31Speakers
0Sponsors
67Exhibitors
156On the bill · sessions
89Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DAFITC, in alphabetical order.
Adrian Spain
Commander, Air Combat Command · Joint Base Langley-Eustis
Alexis Bonnell
Head of AI Adoption and Deployment · OpenAI for Government
Asan Q. Bui
Director of Cyberspace and Technology · Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command
Ashley Devoto
Chief Information Officer · Department of the Air Force
Bradford J. “B.J.” Shwedo
USAF Retired and former DISA Commander · DISA
Brad Pyburn
Managing Director · Deloitte & Touche
Charleen Laughlin
Deputy Chief of Space Operations (DCSO) for Cyber and Data (SF/S6) · United States Space Force
Dave DeWalt
Founder and CEO · NightDragon
Gaine Nazareth
CTO · ServiceNow
Henrik Ohlsson
Group Vice President and Chief Data Scientist · C3 AI
Jason Prow
Senior Partner, Service Line Leader, Data & Tech Transformation, Federal Market · IBM Consulting
Jeffrey A. Phillips
Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighter Communications and Cyber Systems · U.S. Air Force
Julianne M. LeFevre
Director of Business Enterprise Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer · Department of the Air Force
Keith Hardiman
DAF Deputy CIO · Department of the Air Force
Keith L. Hardiman
Deputy Chief Information Officer · Department of the Air Force
Kenneth C. McNeill
CIO, National Guard; Director, C4 Systems Directorate · National Guard
Kenneth McNeill
Chief Information Officer and Director of Command, Control, Communications Computers (C4) Systems Directorate · National Guard
Lauren Knausenberger
Board Member (EnerSys); Advisor (Numerous Private Capital and Private Sector Firms) · EnerSys / Various Firms
Luke Cropsey
Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics · Department of the Air Force
Michael Black
Vice President for Defense · AFCEA International
Michael Gerstenhaber
VP of Product Management for Agents, APIs, and Vertex · Google Cloud AI
Michael Rogers
United States Navy Retired · US Navy (Retired)
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Agenda

Selected from 156 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday 08:00 - 08:15

    Opening Ceremony

  • Monday 08:15 - 08:30

    Opening Remarks

  • Monday 08:15 - 08:30

    Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Monday 08/24 06:30 - 15:30

    Registration Open

  • Monday 08/24, 06:30 - 15:30

    Registration Open

  • Monday 08/24 08:00 - 08:15

    Opening Ceremony

  • Monday 08/24 08:15 - 08:30

    Opening Remarks

  • Monday 08/24 08:15 - 08:30

    Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Monday 08/24, 08:15 - 08:30

    Opening Remarks

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 89 companies show up, and 1 bet on three roles at once?

89 companies. one 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
1All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
64Exhibitingexhibitor only
24Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

ServiceNow

Speakers by seniority

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

  • C-suite1342%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level26%
  • Director / Head of516%
  • Advisor / Investor310%
  • Other roles723%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Department of the Air Force4V
  2. 02ServiceNowEx1V
  3. 03AkamaiEx
  4. 04ApptioEx
  5. 05AT&TEx
  6. 06August SchellEx
  7. 07AWSEx
  8. 08BelkinEx
  9. 09BroadcomEx
  10. 10C3 AI2V
  11. 11CDWEx
  12. 12ChainguardEx
  13. 13CienaEx
  14. 14CognitionEx
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.