AFCEA TechNet Mid-America Conference

The AFCEA Scott-St. Louis Chapter is excited to host the AFCEA TechNet Mid-America Conference on June 24-25 at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, IL! Conveniently located just 20-25 minutes from both Scott AFB (SAFB) and downtown St. Louis, this venue offers an ideal central location for attendees.

Our mission is to deliver insightful keynotes, panels, and briefings focused on SAFB’s mission, key national security challenges, and emerging technologies, tools, and processes that support the Warfighter. Additionally, we are collaborating with AFCEA International to offer CPE credits for many sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to earn continuing education credits toward their professional certifications—all while engaging with key leadership, industry peers, and technical subject matter experts.

This year’s conference theme is: “Resilient Mobility: Securing Global Logistics in an Age of Hybrid Threats.”  Our focus is on strengthening the deployment and distribution enterprise against combined physical, cyber, and information operations attacks targeting supply lines, transportation nodes, and logistics IT systems.

This annual event welcomes over 500 attendees and features more than 20 sessions and workshops. Participants represent a cross-section of government, military, academic, and industry organizations supporting USTRANSCOM, Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Military Sealift Command (MSC), DISA, NGA, and numerous host wings and units from the Scott AFB community.

Speaker Details

Mr. Scott Heitmann,

Air Force Acting Chief Technology Officer, SAF/CN
The Pentagon

Rear Admiral Kristin Acquavella

Chief of Staff for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Mr. Patrick Grimsley

Executive Director for Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Systems (C4S) Directorate and Deputy Chief Information Officer, USTRANSCOM
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Colonel Van T. Thai

Deputy Commander, 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center)
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Event Topic

Cybersecurity, IT, Networking

Relevant Audiences

All Federal Government, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, City Government, Department of Defense, General Services Administration

Other Agency

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Other Federal Agencies
AFCEA TechNet Mid-America Conference
Event Type
Onsite
Event Subtype
Breakfast, Conference / Summit, Expo / Tradeshow, Industry Day, Job / Career Fair, Lunch & Learn, Social Networking, Workshop / Training
When
Wed, Jun 24, 2026 - Thu, Jun 25, 2026 | 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Cost

AFCEA Member: Military/Government:

$ 0.00

Register by 06/25/2026


AFCEA Non-Member: Military/Government:

$ 0.00

Register by 06/25/2026


Career Fair Only (Candidates):

$ 25.00

Register by 06/25/2026


Golf Tournament:

$ 120.00


AFCEA Member: Industry:

$ 480.00

Register by 06/25/2026


AFCEA Non-Member: Industry:

$ 610.00

Register by 06/25/2026

Location

Gateway Convention Center

1 Gateway Dr

Collinsville, Illinois, US, 62234

Website
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Exhibitors
Belkin
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