Why You Can’t Miss the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Intel Summit

Each year, the Potomac Officers Club’s annual Intel Summit brings together the most prominent leaders and decision makers from across the U.S. intelligence community to discuss the trends, technologies and priorities shaping the global intelligence landscape. The event is always packed with incredible insights, elite keynote speakers, dynamic Q&A sessions and informative panel conversations.

This year, the Potomac Officers Club is gearing up for its tenth annual installment of the highly anticipated Intel Summit. If you’re a GovCon executive working with U.S. intelligence agencies, we invite you to join us as we celebrate a decade of leading the intelligence conversation. Here’s why you won’t want to miss the 2024 Intel Summit on September 19:

Hear Directly from Intelligence Community Decision Makers

The U.S. intelligence community engages with industry through safe, supportive and collaborative platforms like our annual Intel Summit. For the past decade, IC leaders have uncovered their top priorities, shared relevant insights, conversed with attendees and illuminated their challenges at the Potomac Officers Club’s yearly event.

Here are just a few of the IC officials who have participated in past Intel Summits:

• Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• Stacey Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
• VADM Frank Whitworth, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• Adele Merritt, Intelligence Community CIO
• Doug Cossa, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) CIO
• Margaret Augustine, Senior Acquisition Executive for the CIA
• Mark DeVido, Director of the Office of Contracts at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
• And so many more!

 

 

This year, Dr. Richard Muller, director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), will headline our 2024 Intel Summit. Check out the Intel Summit event page for the latest updates on confirmed speakers, panel discussions and more. 

Gain Insights into Intelligence Community Trends & Priorities

At our annual Intel Summit, speakers discuss the most pressing issues, most urgent priorities and most consequential initiatives influencing U.S. intelligence. Take a look at some of GovCon Wire’s coverage of the 2023 Intel Summit to learn more about what kinds of topics are typically discussed:

• Stacey Dixon shared how strategic competition and data are changing U.S. intelligence. 
• Former CIA executive Jennifer Ewbank foresaw the U.S. heading toward a “digital Sputnik” era.
• Panelists spoke about how zero trust and open source are impacting their organizations.
• Acquisition professionals said IC agencies were moving toward non-traditional contract vehicles to speed up innovation.
• Frank Whitworth shared how the NGA is harnessing digital twin technology.

Looking ahead, the 2024 Intel Summit will focus on topics such as:

• How ubiquitous data is increasing the importance of AI and publicly available information (PAI) to open-source intelligence (OSINT) within the IC
• The intersection of enterprise IT and data
• How AI, cloud and enterprise IT are combining to accelerate outcomes for the IC
• How IC agencies and their industry partners can foster closer collaboration
• And more

Harness Elite Networking Opportunities

The annual Intel Summit is one of the Potomac Officers Club’s most widely-attended and highly-anticipated events of the year. Often, speakers participating in the summit will engage with the audience Q&A sessions, networking breaks and other breakout sessions throughout the event, giving attendees plenty of opportunities to meet and dialogue with senior-level officials. 

The most elite industry executives, government officials and intelligence experts convene at this event to augment their education of the landscape, expand their networks and meet fellow intelligence leaders. Here are just some of the many companies that have participated in or attended past Intel Summits:

• Recorded Future
• Redhorse Corporation
• CACI
• AT&T
• GDIT
• Peraton
• Splunk
• Leidos
• ECS
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Intel
• AWS
• Primer AI
• E&Y
• Appian
• LMI
• Maxar Intelligence
• And more!

Will your company be part of the conversation this year? Join the discussion on September 19th at the 2024 Intel Summit to unlock opportunities and propel your business forward in the intelligence market.