Annoucing our 2026 Speakers
Shaping the future of cyber, defense, and tech
Acting CISA Director Nick Andersen
Special Assistant to the President Alexei Bulazel
White House National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross
Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly
NSA Deputy Director Tim Kosiba
Congressman Don Bacon
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Economist Anup Malani
FBI Deputy Assistant Director Todd Hemmen
White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Andrew McCarthy
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ben Kohlmann
Department of War Acting Principal Deputy CIO Aaron Bishop
Department of Treasury Chief Information Officer Sam Corcos
IonQ Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington
Anduril Chief Information Security Officer Joe McCaffrey
Elastic Chief Executive Officer Ash Kulkarni
Forgepoint Capital Managing Director Andrew McClure
DoW General Counsel Earl Matthews
U.S. Army Principal Cyber Advisor Brandon Pugh
Anthropic Head of Cyber and National Security Policy Rob Bair
Surefire Cyber Chief Executive Officer Billy Gouveia
Simbian Chief Executive Officer Ambuj Kumar
Snowflake Head of Corporate & Government Affairs Matthew Rose
Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy Katie Sutton
Silverado Policy Accelerator Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch
Schellman President Doug Barbin
Method Security Chief Executive Officer Sam Jones
Center for European
Policy Analysis
President Alina Polyakova
ForeScout Vice President of Government Affairs Alison King
Congressman James Walkinshaw
Center for European Policy Analysis Senior Fellow Laura Galante
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Forescout Government Systems President Mike Walsh
Huntress Labs Chief Security Officer Eric Stride
National Review Editor Ramesh Ponnuru
Carahsoft Director Alex Whitworth
State of NY Director of Security and Intelligence Colin Ahern
National Security
Institute Executive Director Jamil Jaffer
OpenAI Head of Government Joe Larson
HiddenLayer Chief Executive Officer Chris Sestito
Paladin Capital Managing Director Chris Steed
Former White House Director for Cyber Policy Tim Neslony
Conference Agenda
9:00 AM
Check-In & Networking
10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
10:10 AM
Opening Keynote: President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America
10:35 AM
Fireside Chat: Working with Industry
11:00 AM
The Security Leaders Roundtable
11:35 PM
A View from the Hill
12:10 PM
Networking Lunch
1:10 PM
A View from the C-Suite – Industry Perspectives on Driving Cyber Innovation
1:40 PM
Cyber, Quantum, AI and the Workforce to Win
2:10 PM
A View from the National Security Council
2:40 PM
Going on the Offensive
3:10 PM
Networking Break
3:40 PM
The Future of AI and National Defense
4:10 PM
The Deputies Meeting – Priorities for Cyber and National Defense
4:50 PM
Combating Fraud – A View from the Frontlines
5:25 PM
Closing Remarks
5:30 PM
Reception
Join the 2026 NCIF
Space for the 2026 National Cyber Innovation Forum is limited and registrants may be put on a waitlist.