AI for Defense Summit

Name: AI for Defense Summit
Start: 2026-09-02
End: 2026-09-03
Location: AIA Global Campus for Architecture & Design®

The 2026 AI for Defense Summit will convene senior leaders and innovators from the Department of War, Intelligence Community, federal government, industry, and academia to explore how AI is being operationalized for national security. As AI continues to transition from experimentation to deployment, the 5^th Annual Summit will highlight real-world applications that are enhancing decision-making, accelerating intelligence analysis, strengthening C2, and enabling resilient and responsive warfighting capabilities across multi-domains.

Speaker Details

Patrick Lincoln, PhD

Director, Information Innovation Office, DARPA

Alexis Bonnell

Partnership Manager, OpenAI; Former CIO & Director of the Digital Capabilities Directorate, AFRL

Kim Sablon, PhD

Chief Technology Officer, Riverside Research; Former Principal Director for Trusted AI & Autonomy, OUSW R&E

Young Bang

Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group; Executive Vice President, Two Six Technologies; Former Principal Deputy, ASA(ALT)

Nancy Morgan

CEO, Ellis Morgan Enterprises; Former Intelligence Community CDO, ODNI

Jane Pinelis, PhD

Chief AI Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

COL (Ret) Christopher Korpela, PhD

Senior Roboticist, Intelligent Systems Center, JHU APL

Gregory Allen

Former Senior Adviser, Wadhwani AI Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Event Topic

Artificial Intelligence, Defense, Military

Relevant Audiences

All Military, All State and Local Government, All Federal Government, All Education, All Private Sector, All Government Contractors

Other Agency

Event Type

Onsite

Event Subtype

Conference / Summit

When

Wed, Sep 02, 2026 - Thu, Sep 03, 2026

Registration Cost

For Industry & Contractors: Advance Registration :

$ 1,090.00

For Industry & Contractors: Early Registration :

$ 1,290.00

For Industry & Contractors: Standard Registration :

$ 1,390.00

For Industry & Contractors: Late Registration :

$ 1,590.00

For NP, Academia, FFRDC, and FM: Advance Registration :

$ 790.00

For NP, Academia, FFRDC, and FM: Early Registration :

$ 890.00

For NP, Academia, FFRDC, and FM: Standard Registration :

$ 990.00

Location

AIA Global Campus for Architecture & Design®

1735 New York Avenue Northwest

Washington, District Of Columbia, US, 20006

Website

Click here to view event website

Organizer

Defense Strategies Institute (DSI)