2026 Intel Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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The 2026 Intel Summit focuses on how technology is transforming intelligence operations in an era defined by global competition, rapid innovation and evolving mission demands. Discussions will center on data, AI, cyber capabilities and secure information-sharing, along with how intelligence organizations are modernizing while operating in a more constrained fiscal environment.
This premier forum brings together senior intelligence community leaders and industry partners delivering mission-critical solutions. Designed for government contractors, the summit provides a valuable opportunity to gain clarity on priorities, hear directly from top officials, build strategic relationships and connect with sponsors driving the future of intelligence technology and services.
Keynote Speakers
Speakers
Leo Alvarez
Principal, CFCM
Baker Tilly
Erik Blasch
Program Officer at Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Merrill Cook
Director, Customer Success
SAP NS2
Richard Durand
Client Executive VP, National Security
AT&T
Kevin Keeney
Head of DOD
Snowflake
Dr. Adele Merritt
Chief Information Officer
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dennis Wilder
Former China Military Analyst
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:15am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:15am | 8:40am | Opening Keynote |
| 8:40am | 9:05am | Mid-Morning Keynote: Maj Gen Brian Sidari |
| 9:05am | 9:30am | Morning Keynote: Ryan Lewis |
| 9:30am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Navigating the FEOC Frontier: What Emerging Regulations Mean for DoD and the Intel Community: Dr. Adele Merritt and Leo Alvarez
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| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: No Mission AI Without the Data: Building the Governed Foundation for Agentic Advantage: Kevin Keeney (Moderator) and Merrill Cook.
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| 10:50am | 11:00am | Networking Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: Open Secrets: The Power of OSINT in Counterespionage of Intellectual Property Secret and Protection of the U.S. RDT&E Enterprise: Dennis Wilder |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Agentic AI Across Mission and Enterprise: From Pilot to Production at the Decision Edge |
| 12:00pm | 1:15pm | Networking Lunch |
| 12:10pm | 1:10pm | Lunch Panel: Panel Title: Agentic AI and Quantum Risk: The Blast Radius Problem in Classified Environments
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| 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Panel A: Cybersecurity in the Age of Agentic AI |
| 1:15pm | 2:15pm | Panel B: Elevating Intelligence Operations with AI- Kevin Keeney Erik Blasch (Panelist) |
| 2:15pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 2:55pm | Afternoon Keynote: Carrie Thompson |
| 2:55pm | 3:20pm | Mid-Afternoon Keynote |
| 3:20pm | 3:45pm | Closing Keynote |
| 3:45pm | 3:50pm | Closing Comments |
