Upcoming Events &
Workshops for Government Contractors
Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2026
02-05 February, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
RMCS 2026 - The Rocky Mountain Chapter of AFCEA is once again honored to invite you to our annual forum for industry, academia, and government to discuss and propose solutions to the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and homeland defense facing our nation. Our theme this year is "Dominance Through Disruption: Emerging Tech and the Cyber Enterprise."
In an era defined by contested information, persistent engagement, and rapid technological change, success demands disruption. RMCS26 will explore how emerging technologies, empowered cyber forces, and integrated strategies are redefining the fight across domains
Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference
09-12 March, 2026
Honolulu, HI
Join NDIA and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command for the 2026 Pacific Operational Science & Technology (POST) Conference. This groundbreaking event promises to deliver an unparalleled platform for collaboration, innovation, and exploration of Department of Defense (DoD) opportunities for joint research, development, and experimentation.
Rub shoulders with renowned scientists, esteemed academia, influential industry stakeholders, and visionary government leaders. Forge connections that have the potential to shape the future!
Special Operations Symposium
19-20 February, 2026
Washington, DC
- Complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological, and intense – all are adjectives commonly used to describe modern conflict. Importantly, these are all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. While the return to great strategic competition has changed the stakes and arenas of conflict, its fundamental nature has not changed. If Special Operations Forces (SOF) can harness new tools to age old SOF truths, it can continue to be the tipping point it has been in the past, helping to quietly avoid conflicts and violently win when they do occur.
New Horizons 2026
9-11 March, 2026
Newton Marriott -Newton, MA
New Horizons 2026 brings together senior leaders from government, industry, academia, and non-profits with one clear mission to field lethal warfighter capabilities faster than our adversaries.
Under the theme: "Code to Combat Power: Accelerating Software for Integrated Defense and Strategic Advantage", this milestone conference is aligned with Secretary of War priorities focused on speed, operational relevance, and decisive combat advantage in an era of Strategic Competition.
As conflict timelines compress and threats evolve, the Department of War must deliver capabilities at warfighting speed. New Horizons 2026 focuses on execution, not experimentation, and on fielding, not future concepts. The program highlights how software, digital engineering, and integrated command and control architectures are transforming the delivery of combat-ready capability across air, land, cyber, and information domains.