Oracle Corp.
Events We Are Sponsoring
The Gala supports the mission of The Inn to provide “A Place Like Home” to children, teens, and young adults with rare and serious diseases whose best hope for a diagnosis or treatment is an NIH clinical research study. An Evening for Hope brings together leaders and supporters from across the region to celebrate The Inn’s role as a partner in hope and discovery alongside the NIH and its groundbreaking work.
The evening features an expanded cocktail reception, silent and live auctions, a formal dinner and a music-filled after-party. Proceeds help ensure families can stay at The Inn free of charge while participating in clinical research that advances treatments and improves health worldwide.
As emerging technologies redefine what’s possible across government, GITEC 2026 convenes senior federal leaders, industry innovators, and academic experts to explore the path forward for secure, data-driven, and AI-enabled government operations. Over two and a half days of collaboration, attendees will examine how cybersecurity, zero trust, artificial intelligence, generative AI, and digital modernization are converging to advance mission outcomes and strengthen public trust.
Hosted in historic Charlottesville, Virginia, GITEC 2026 offers a unique forum for dialogue and partnership among the nation’s top public and private-sector technology minds. Guided by the GITEC Board—comprised of leaders from government, industry, and academia—this year’s programming features dual-track sessions, strategic discussions, and networking opportunities designed to translate bold ideas into tangible progress. From Sunday evening’s opening reception to Tuesday’s closing sessions, participants will gain forward-looking insights, forge lasting connections, and help shape the next era of federal technology and workforce innovation.
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.
Please see our website to view our FAQ's!
AFCEA Washington, DC Chapter invites you to join us for our monthly luncheon!
Topic: Agentic AI
AFCEA Washington DC largely focuses on the Department of Defense, intelligence community, national security and military health related agencies.
See you there!
When demand for unemployment services surged during the pandemic, many states found their legacy systems pushed to the breaking point. In Nevada, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR) faced the same pressures — along with aging infrastructure that limited flexibility, scalability and resilience.
In this webinar, hear how Nevada DETR transformed its approach by moving critical systems to the cloud — shifting from a reactive, constrained environment to one that can support new use cases and adapt to whatever comes next.
Join us to learn how modernization is helping Nevada DETR:
- Scale to meet unpredictable surges in demand
- Reduce operational risk and technical debt
- Reallocate staff time toward higher-value work
- Explore emerging technologies like AI to improve efficiency
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how your agency can modernize to prepare for whatever challenges lie ahead.
Attend the live webinar to obtain your complimentary certificate of attendance!
Join us to uncover the latest cybersecurity insights and solutions with experts, CISOs and service providers to accelerate your business.
The 2026 agenda will deliver the latest cybersecurity, risk management, strategy and leadership insights across key topic areas, covering the challenges most critical to CISOs and their teams.
Explore the topics that will be covered at this year’s conference, informed by key challenges for CISOs and their teams.
- AI in Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity leaders play a critical role in AI. Explore how to govern the secure use of AI across your organization, integrate AI into all aspects of cybersecurity, defend against AI-generated attacks and navigate the AI hype to create real value.
- Cyber Resilience - In an ever-changing and increasingly complex environment and threat landscape, improving the ability of the organization to resist, absorb, recover and adapt to business disruption is vital. Cybersecurity leaders must embed resilience as a key element in every aspect of their cybersecurity programs.
- Cybersecurity Leadership, Management and Governance - Cybersecurity leaders must reframe their roles for a volatile, uncertain world and better support business outcomes. Learn how to develop a business-driven cybersecurity program, use metrics to prove value, deliver effective cybersecurity governance, and enhance leadership skills and effectiveness.
- Data Security, Privacy and Compliance - Discover how to build the right data security governance and controls to account for constantly changing data-sharing requirements, the increasing risks of using unstructured data with generative AI tools and privacy laws.
- Security Culture, Behavior and Awareness - Cultivating a robust cybersecurity culture within the organization is crucial for safeguarding assets and maintaining trust with key business partners. Explore how to reevaluate your awareness initiatives to foster a culture of security and enable increased secure behaviors.
Secure your spot at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026. See you there!
NASCIO conferences facilitate relationship building, peer learning and collaborative solutioning among members
view an agenda from a past event for a better feel
There are no demos or an exhibit floor: the focus is relationships and partnerships centered on the needs of the states
NASCIO excels as the premier community and trusted resource for state CIOs
- Support transition planning, processes and mentoring for state CIOs
- Identify and promote leading practices and innovations to support, enable and transform the business of state government
- Promote and cultivate additional information technology communities of practice in support of the state CIO and transformational government services
- Improve the sharing of experiences and expertise among members, trade associations and strategic partners
- Curate and promote content on information technology issues, implications and solutions
The Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community (IC) are increasingly leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance their capabilities in areas such as intelligence analysis, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, predictive maintenance, and decision-making processes. AI has the potential to revolutionize defense and intelligence operations by enabling faster data analysis, improved situational awareness, and the automation of repetitive tasks, ultimately enhancing mission effectiveness and efficiency.
AFCEA DC is pleased to bring you our 50th Annual Winter Gala, which will be hosted again at the iconic National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
We have an exciting lineup of experiences featuring the beautiful colors and ambiance of the Northern Lights planned at this year’s event. Join the who’s who in the federal IT community in enjoying all-new immersive experiences and sensory delights for your eyes, ears, and taste buds.
Combining classic elegance with modern luxury, the Winter Gala brings together more than 1,400 senior leaders from the Department of War, Intelligence Agencies, Federal IT community, and Industry together to network and welcome the holiday season in style—all while giving back to the community. We hope you will join us!
Events Where We Are Exhibiting
The NLIT Summit is sponsored by the NLIT Society, a professional society founded to facilitate the exchange of best practices and ideas among IT and Cybersecurity professionals within the DOE complex, strengthen the infrastructure, and identify efficiencies within the DOE laboratory system. The Summit facilitates sharing information regarding all aspects of IT and Cybersecurity operations, technology, policies, and practices in support of research conducted at the Laboratories. It is open to all personnel in the IT and Cybersecurity fields working at Laboratories and Plants affiliated with government funded activities, as well as Federal government employees in the IT or Cybersecurity fields that work at agencies associated with the participating Laboratories.
The Summit consists of presentations, Community of Interest Network (COIN) collaboration sessions, panel discussions, tutorials, and technology demonstrations on a variety of topics of current interest to the IT community within DOE. There is an emphasis on providing opportunities for active participation and networking between attendees. Best practices, strategies, methodologies, implementations, lessons learned, innovative solutions, and emerging topics within the DOE community are shared during the Summit’s many sessions and events.
The 2026 Military Health System (MHS) Conference will be held May 26 - 29, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Dallas, TX.
The theme of this year's conference is "Military Health: Delivering Readiness, Driving Innovation, and Strengthening Partnerships"
The MHS Conference is a four-day annual conference, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs. Conference attendees are comprised of government, military, and industry health care professionals. The conference provides a unique venue for knowledge sharing, innovative ideas, discussions of lessons learned, and the introduction of exciting new developments within the Military Health System. The MHS Conference offers Department of War (DoW) health care professionals and industry partners the opportunity to engage across the MHS as we work towards our vision of becoming the world's role model of an integrated health system.