2026 AFCEA North Carolina Innovation Summit
Decision Advantage
In today's modern national security environment, decision advantage is paramount. AFCEA-NC strives to connect national security professionals, industry leaders, academia, and think tanks to collaborate, innovate, and drive mission success. Building off of the 2025 AFCEA TechNet Ft. Liberty event - the largest national security convention in North Carolina - AFCEA-NC introduces the 2026 AFCEA North Carolina Innovation Summit at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC from 17-19 February 2026.
Our 2026 Innovation Summit begins with enabling career transition by connecting national security practitioners with industry, academia, and more. Come out for professional headshots, resume support, job opportunities, and networking across industry, academia, and government. Our goal is to connect the right talent, at the right time, with the right organization.
Days two and three feature senior leaders and speakers across USG National Security, government, industry, and academia with topics on the future of warfare ranging from artificial intelligence and autonomy, data advantage, adaptive networks, intuitive C2 and modular sustainment. Sessions will focus on digital transformation, empowering soldiers through innovation, and integrating human-machine teams across every echelon. In addition, there will be events in the evenings and other days in the week as we partner with the Robert E. Gray SCRA and other organizations in North Carolina and more broadly.