2026 Intelligence and Tech Conference
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AGENDA
Day 1 (April 14, 2026)
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| 8:00am |
Registration and Check In |
| 9:00am |
Conference Welcome Dr. David Oakley Academic Director, GNSI |
| 9:10am |
Opening Remarks General (Ret) Frank McKenzie Executive Director, GNSI |
| 9:20am |
Panel 1 Discussion: Intelligence, Technology, and Society
 Matthew Ford, PhD (Panel Chair) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and Associate Professor, University of Stockholm
 Magda Long, PhD (Panelist) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and Visiting Research Fellow, King鈥檚 College London
 (Panelist) Chief Science Director, Naval Medical Research Unit San Antonio
 Stephen Gary, PhD (Panelist) Associate Professor of Instruction, Cybersecurity and Intelligence Studies, University
of South Florida
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| 10:35am |
Morning Break |
| 10:45am |
Panel #2 Discussion: Future of UAVs
 (Panelist) Senior Fellow, Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program, Stimson Center
 (Panelist) Advisor, General Catalyst, CAPSTONE Senior Fellow, National Defense University
 (Panelist) Founder, Seeing Systems

(Panelist) Research Fellow, Land Warfare, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
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| 12:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00pm |
Panel #3 Discussion: Intelligence and AI
 Garrett Melich (Panel Chair) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and President, Level Up, LLC
 Mark Grzegorzewski, PhD (Panelist) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University
 David Lyon (Panelist) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and Global Intelligence & Security Executive; former
CIA officer
 (Panelist) Professor of Practice; Senior Fellow, Intelligence Studies Project
 John Licato, PhD (Panelist) Founder/Director, Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning (AMHR) Lab, University of
South Florida
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| 2:15pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 2:25pm |
Panel #4 Discussion: Future of Intelligence
 Trevor Hough (Panel Chair) Non-Resident Senior Fellow, GNSI and VP for Strategic Partnerships, TurbineOne
 (Panelist) Professor of U.S. National Security, University of Warwick
 (Panelist) Visiting Research Fellow, Intelligence and Security Studies, King's College London
 (Panelist) CIA representative, U.S. Naval War College; George H.W. Bush Chair of National INtelligence
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| 3:40pm |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:50pm |
Fireside Chat: The NSA at 75

TBA
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| 4:50pm |
Closing Remarks |
| 5:00pm |
Attendee Reception and Social |