The AFCEA Pacific Northwest Chapter invites you to join us as a sponsor, exhibitor, or attendee at TechNet Pacific Northwest (formerly the Enabling Distributed C2 Symposium) set take place at the American Lake Conference Center - JBLM North on Wednesday 26 - Thursday 27 FEB 2025.

The primary objective of this event is to enhance the knowledge of cyber, IT, and communications warfighters serving in the Pacific Theater on a variety of cybersecurity and IT topics. The overall goal of TechNet Pacific Northwest is to equip and enable leaders with the knowledge necessary for making informed decisions based on the most recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, cybersecurity, data management, information technology (IT), intelligence, and networking.

With over 7,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center.  This means that our Monthly luncheons, IT Days, Breakfast and special events connect you with Government speakers that provide current policy and future program technology content with relevant business connections to meet your bottom-line goals.

We connect with our membership through a variety of meetings and events to enhance your experience and provide an ethical setting to connect with Government.  These include our popular monthly luncheons that run September through June featuring leading Government speakers on how information technology enables National Security and other relevant DOD topics.  We also hold larger one Day IT Day conferences featuring speakers on information technology from the Army, Navy, USMC, Air Force, DOD and other Federal agencies.  We also provide our members with more intimate settings to connect one on one with Industry  and Government leadership including: Small Business Breakfasts, Annual Golf Outing, Women in NOVA speaker series and our popular Young AFCEAN social events.

Our IT Days require months of planning and are a great way to connect with industry and government.  You will be part of a larger team that will plan and execute form both a strategic and tactical day of support level. On average we do 4 IT days a year to support the chapter. If you are interested in the event please click on the hyperlink below and register for each IT day committee. Some of the duties you will be asked to perform include but not limited to include: Setting IT Day Themes & Topics, speaker recruitment, sponsor recruitment, working with government liaison offices, materials prep, marketing support, Social Media, Onsite day of logistics support including check In and  speaker escorting. Please join us for another exciting year as we adapt to hosting virtual programs.

The Data Centric Summit 2025 is a premier event focused on empowering organizations to navigate the complex data landscape. Attendees will gain valuable insights into data management strategies, discover innovative solutions, and network with industry experts. The summit will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, and breakout sessions covering a wide range of topics, including data governance, data security, AIML, and emerging data technologies. Join us to unlock the full potential of your data.

Six (6) women leading their respective individual roundtable sessions (up to 10 attendees per session) sharing their insights with attendees (i.e. career journeys, lessons learned, guiding principles, and Q&A- intended for mentorship). The 6 individual sessions are Government Leadership, Program Management, BD/Capture/Proposals, Small Business Leadership, Talent Acquisition, and Technical Leadership. This event is more intimate with the small groups, and is meant to be conversational between the session lead and attendees.

Fort Belvoir is home to many of our Army’s best trained, equipped, and led soldiers. AFCEA Belvoir is honored to be affiliated with such a dedicated community, and to facilitate the sharing of information and networking between the US Military and the IT industry sector. Our monthly luncheons feature guest speakers from the Fort Belvoir community and our Small Business networking events encourage activity in that sector. Your participation in our events enhances this knowledge sharing and helps to pave the way for future collaborative endeavors.

Our Symposium provides a national forum for industry, government and academia to work together to help solve the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and national defense.