TechNet Indo-Pacific 2026

Date

October 26

Organization

AFCEA Hawaii

Format

In-Person

Location

Honolulu, HI

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Conference co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii under the theme “Decision Superiority in the Pacific: Accelerating AI Integration, Information Advantage, and Allied Interoperability.” The program addresses cyber, data, artificial intelligence, space, influence, human performance, resilient architectures, the PACOM Mission Network, zero-trust architectures, AI-enabled decision support, and allied information sharing. Featured sessions include “MARFORPAC Industry Day: Turning Pacific Opportunity into Executable Capability,” “Powering Warfighter Mission Advantage: Data Centricity, Zero Trust, and Mission Data Resilience,” “DoW Cyber Workforce and Analytics Update,” “The Physical Layer of Decision Superiority: Engineering Resilient, High-Density Connectivity for Portable AI at the Mission Edge,” “Governing the Enterprise AI Ecosystem: Compliance, Observability, and the Economics of Scale,” “Panel Session: Mission Readiness in the Age of AI and Cyber,” “Biological Risk in the Indo-Pacific,” “Navigating FAR Compliance: Essential Requirements, Recent Overhauls, and Best Practices for Contractors,” “The Approach to Securing Marine Corps Operational Technology,” “Good News! Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Is Finally Available. But Here Is the Challenge…,” “Securing Today's Critical Infrastructure: Quantum, AI, and Operational Technology in the Age of Connected Risk,” and J6 panels on C4, cyber, and industry coordination. Named keynote and featured speakers include GEN Ronald P. Clark, USA; LTG Paul T. Stanton, USA; LtGen George B. Rowell IV, USMC; MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.); Charity Dean, CEO & Founder, PHC Global; and Christine M. Sakuda, Chief Information Officer, State of Hawaiʻi.

Speakers(35)

Dr. Amanda Bullock

Enablement Lead, OpenAI for Government

Lina Coss

Adoption, Content and Community Manager, OpenAI for Government

Thomas (TJ) Johnson

Senior Principal Engineer for Combined and Joint Command and Control (C2), Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA)

Maj Steven G. (Norm) Norris, USMC

All-Domain Attritable Autonomous (ADA2) Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific

Robert Sholtis

Chief Information Officer and Deputy A/CS G39 and G6, U.S. Marine Forces Pacific

Col Arlon Smith, USMC

Director of Project Dynamis, U.S. Marine Corps

GEN Ronald P. Clark, USA

Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific

Adam Heitke

VP Solutions Architecture, Virtru

CAPT James Mills, USN (Ret.)

VP Customer Success and Partnerships, Virtru

Matthew Isnor

Division Chief, Cyber Workforce Development, Office of the DoW Chief Information Officer

Alfredo Rodriguez

Deputy Director and Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Data and Analytics, Office of the DOW CIO

Jay Nusbaum, RCDD

Senior Systems Engineer - Federal, CommScope

Javy Sanchez, RCDD, DCDC, FOI

Data Center Systems Engineer - Western U.S., CommScope

Darin R. Stevenson

Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, Apex Systems

MG Neil Hersey, USA (Ret.)

Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence; Former Deputy Commanding General (Operations), U.S. Army Cyber Command

Brad Christ

Vice President Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, University of Hawai'i

Brig Gen Francisco J. Dominguez, USAF

Operations Vice Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Enterprise Directorate (J6), Defense Information Systems Agency

Christine M. Sakuda

Chief Information Officer, State of Hawaiʻi

Richard Williams

Technical Director, N6, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Charity Dean

CEO & Founder, PHC Global

Summer Kozai

Auditor, Defense Contract Audit Agency

GEN Xavier T. Brunson, USA

Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Commander, United Nations Command; Commander, Combined Forces Command

James D. Mahoney

Facility Related Control Systems Program Manager, Marine Corps Installations Command

LtGen Michael S. Cederholm, USMC (Ret.)

Chief Executive Officer, Blue Yonder Defense Solutions (BYDS)

LTG Paul T. Stanton, USA

Commander, Department of War Cyber Defense Command; Director, Defense Information Systems Agency

MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.)

Vice President, DoD Customer Relations, General Dynamics Information Technology

Brig Gen Greg Touhill, USAF (Ret.)

Director, CERT Division, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute

September Secrist

BOND Advisor, Office of the DoW CIO

Rich Johnson

Principal Sales Engineer, Zscaler, Inc.

Dennis Kraft

CEO, Cyberkraft

James A. Stanger, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Evangelist, CompTIA

Roy Stephan

Chief Technology Officer, SOFtact Solutions

Sarah Nather

Deputy Director IT Portfolio Management, Office of the DoW CIO

BG Michael L. Smith, USA

Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Cyber (C4/Cyber), J6, U.S. Pacific Command

LtGen George B. Rowell IV, USMC

Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

Topics

AI
Defense Tech
Policy

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