The Must-Attend GovCon Events of 2026 Federal contracting is entering one of its most consequential years in over a decade. The $900 billion NDAA, paired with the sweeping investments of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, has pumped unprecedented resources into defense, homeland security, digital modernization and emerging technologies. At the same time, agencies are […]
On Jan. 29, Potomac Officers Club will launch its 2026 event slate with the Defense R&D Summit at the Hilton McLean in Virginia. With 10 panels, four keynotes, breakfast, lunch and an all-day agenda designed for maximum insight and networking, the summit arrives at a pivotal moment for the Department of War and the broader […]
Co-authored with Pat Host Homeland Security Secretary and Wash100 Award winner Kristi Noem opened the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 12 before a capacity-level audience at the Hyatt Regency Reston, setting a forceful tone around rebuilding DHS capability, modernizing mission systems and accelerating reform across the homeland enterprise. Through keynotes and […]
Michael Mistal’s career has centered around supply chain, working for logistics companies like Warehowz and BlueGrace, but he came into the federal consulting space when he joined Deloitte in 2022 as a supply chain and network operations consultant. As of September, Mistal is director of business development for Blue Yonder Defense Solutions, an AI-powered logistics […]
As 2025 draws to a close, the Potomac Officers Club and its sister publication GovCon Wire are hosting a powerful lineup of events that bring together public- and private-sector leaders to discuss the technologies reshaping defense, security and federal operations. From AI and cybersecurity to healthcare modernization, these conferences and webinars represent the quarter’s must-attend […]
Anthony Sweitzer has been involved in technology sales to the federal government and military for the last 30 years. He has worked with companies like Cisco and Zoom (fortunately in a period that included its early 2020s boom) and with products ranging from IT and cloud to HR management. Sweitzer joined Atlassian in July 2025 […]
Co-authored by Pat Host The 2025 Intel Summit, held Oct. 2 at the Hilton McLean in Tysons Corner, Virginia, convened just as the U.S. government entered a shutdown. Despite the timing, the event drew a strong lineup of recently retired intelligence community leaders, innovative industry executives and national lab experts who came together to explore […]
For the better part of the last decade, Jamie Burkhardt has led business efforts with budgets nearing a billion dollars for IT, information assurance, cybersecurity, software and more at McLean, Virginia-based contractor Agile Defense. He came into his current role as vice president of defense operations and general manager of Navy, Marine Corps and combatant […]
Aaron Angell notched a lengthy military career in a series of active duty and civilian roles before coming to industry. A U.S. Marine, Angell oversaw squadrons of hundreds of fellow Marines in training and operational deployment for the Iraq War as a company commander and logistics officer, and more recently was director of the Weapons […]
Potomac Officers Club has confirmed Secretary Kristi Noem as a keynote speaker for the 2025 Homeland Security Summit, its annual GovCon conference devoted to the Department of Homeland Security. The much-anticipated, all-day event will take place on Nov. 12 at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Virginia, and the announcement comes as the Trump administration places […]
