Events

The AFCEA TechNet Mid-America Conference is an event sponsored by the Scott-St. Louis Chapter of AFCEA International. With accomplished government, military, industry, and academia thought-leaders promoting change and the opportunity to network with hundreds of professionals, the Conference will showcase new concepts and ideas, while promoting efficiency and effectiveness as it relates to the cyber mission.

The theme of this year’s conference is DIA Next: Intelligence Technologies for Battlespace Lethality. America’s intelligence and military power are key to shaping perceptions and deterring strategic competitors. Military readiness and lethality across warfighting domains, theatres, and the spectrum of conflict are critical to preventing and decisively winning wars. Intelligence technologies serve as the linchpin of America’s advanced weaponry, intelligence, and command and control systems. When America wields a modernized, connected, and resilient technology enterprise, it bolsters global combat credibility, provides overwhelming battlespace advantage, and ensures that America’s strategic competitors incur significant costs for aggression and conflict.

The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world.

With assistance from the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and industry, this three-day conference is designed to open the lines of communication between the military and commercial sector and provide a space where government and industry professionals can discuss issues and share solutions surrounding cyber electromagnetic activities and unified land operations.

This year, thousands of Air Force peers, along with private sector leaders in the IT and cyber security field convened to network, discuss, connect, and learn about the newest and most prevailing threats to our global networks and national defense. DAFITC 2026 is expected to featured 140+ breakouts, an exhibit hall with over 200 vendor booths, and over 4,000 attendees, speakers, and exhibitors.

Co-hosted by AFCEA and INSA, the nation’s leading non-profits dedicated to public-private partnership, the summit brings together leaders from government, academia, and industry for two days of mission-focused discussion. From plenaries and ignite rounds to an exhibit hall featuring the latest IC innovations, the program fosters genuine collaboration across the community.

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TechNet Indo-Pacific is the largest strategic event of its kind in the Indo-Pacific Rim. USINDOPACOM works closely with partners to enable resilient, survivable and secure collaboration across the spectrum of contingencies. TechNet Indo-Pacific, now in its 41st year, features speakers and discussions, many qualifying for Continuing Education, on how industry, academia and government can address and solve regional challenges. Exhibitors demonstrate solutions and services to meet the military services' requirements. TechNet Indo-Pacific is co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii.

The ACE is an annual event with a national draw supporting the military community. We welcomed 4000+ attendees at the 2024 ACE. This year’s event will feature three flights of golf to be played on the prestigious Valero Open course on Monday, 1 December and Tuesday, 2 December supporting our Wounded Warrior and Military Families Endowment Fund. The ACE program will kick off on Wednesday, 3 December with an expanded cybersecurity exposition format; two and a half days of esteemed keynote speakers and panels; robust professional development and training; STEM and robotics demonstrations; acquisition updates (industry day), and a classified session.

The Eastern Defense Summit is the premier defense-focused event on the East Coast, bringing together more than 2,300 government, military, academic, and industry leaders to address the most pressing threats to national security. As global challenges intensify, the Eastern Defense Summit is mission-essential - driving collaboration that ensures the United States out paces our adversaries in strategic foresight, technical capabilities, and operational execution.