[technatsec 2026]

Schedule

Friday, April 3

Location
Harvard Business School campus
Klarman hall & David Rubenstein Treehouse
address
11 Western Ave, Boston, MA 02163
3:30 PM
Registration
Klarman lobby
3:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Conference registration

4:20 PM
Keynote
Klarman hall
4:20 PM – 4:30 PM

Opening Welcome

lachlan price
conference co-chair
James sorensen
conference co-chair
4:30 PM
Keynote
Klarman hall
4:30 PM – 5:25 PM

A conversation with CQ brown

General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., USAF (Ret.)
Executive in Residence, Duke University
21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nicholas Hanson
War on the rocks, COO
05:35 PM
Keynote
klarman hall
5:35 PM – 06:15 PM

A conversation with matthew steckman

MAtthew steckman
Anduril, president & chief business officer
Mike Murray
Conference Co-Chair
Ryan Holte
Conference Co-Chair
6:30 PM
Connect
david rubenstein treehouse
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Conference happy hour at the david rubenstein treehouse

saturday, April 4

Location
MIT Kresge Auditorium
address
48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
8:00 AM
Connect
lobdell
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Women's Breakfast

9:00 AM
Registration
kresge lobby
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Conference Registration & Sponsor Expo

9:15 AM
Keynote
Kresge main
9:15 AM – 9:20 AM

co-chair opening remarks

Ryan holte
conference co-chair
mike murray
conference co-chair
moises navas
chair emeritus
9:20 AM
Keynote
Kresge main
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM

A word from Dean Locke

Dean Richard M. Locke
MIT Sloan School of Management
9:30 AM
Keynote
Kresge main
9:30 AM – 10:10 AM

the state of defense tech in massachusetts

Congressman Seth Moulton
US House, MA-06
Lt Gov. Kim Driscoll
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cait Brumme
MASSChallenge, CEO
Nick Larovere
Pryzm, Co-Founder & CEO
10:25 AM
Panel Discussion
Twenty Chimneys
10:25 AM – 11:10 AM

Energy Security: Powering the Homeland and the Battlefield

Adam Warmoth
Chariot Defense, Founder & CEO
the honorable meredith Berger
Principal, KinleyOne
Non-resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Global Energy Center
Emrah Ercan
Hitachi Energy, Vice President BU Service - North America
harsh sanghi
Moderator
Panel Discussion
Sala De PR
10:25 AM – 11:10 AM

Supply chain

Meg reiss
SolidIntel, Founder & CEO
emily benson
Minerva Technology Futures, Head of Strategy
Jonah Glik-Unterman
Vulcan Elements, Chief Strategy Officer
matt shieh
Canopy Aerospace & Defense, Chief Strategy Officer
ethan steen
Moderator
Panel Discussion
Kresge Main
10:25 AM – 11:10 AM

Public - Private Investments for National Resiliency

the honorable erik raven
beacon global strategies, managing director
Trevor Burns
Managing director, J.P. Morgan Security and Resiliency Initiative
Ivan Shyr
CapZone Impact Investments, Managing Director, Investments
Christina Alfonso
Council on Global Competition and Innovation, Executive Director & President
matthew bernard
Moderator
Panel Discussion
Mezzanine Lounge
10:25 AM – 11:10 AM

Tech for the Arctic Domain: High North, High Stakes

Dr. David Whelihan
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Technical Staff
Iris Ferguson
IAF Strategies, Principal
Matthew Hickey
Minnesota National Security Ecosystem / University of Alaska
Mike fischer
moderator
11:00 AM
Experience
Lobdell
11:00 AM – 2:15 PM

Exhibition Hall Opens

11:25 AM
Panel Discussion
Kresge Main
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM

Pacific Deterrence: Sustaining Advantage Across the Maritime Theater

Brian Katz
Vannevar, Mission Director
Eyck Freymann
Stanford University, Hoover Fellow
Akhil Iyer
Watchtower Labs, Founder
Caleb Workman
Student moderator
Panel Discussion
Sala De PR
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM

Quantum Systems and the Future of Strategic Competition

Nate Gemelke
QuEra Computing Inc., Chief Technology Strategist
Stephen Rodriguez
DCVC, Partner
Jessi Olsen
Elevate Quantum, COO/CFO
Walé Lawal
MesaQuantum, Co-Founder & CTO
Stephen Buchanan
moderator
Panel Discussion
Twenty Chimneys
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM

Advanced Manufacturing

Will Edwards
Firehawk, CEO
Kevin Kassekert
VulcanForms, CEO
Benjamin Worrell
Rochefort Asset Management, Senior Advisor
Lukas Czinger
Divergent Technologies, Co-Founder, CEO and President
Steve Varshavsky
moderator
Panel Discussion
Mezzanine Lounge
11:25 AM – 12:10 PM

acquisition reform

Matt MacGregor
Creative Defense Network, COO
Nate Diller
Mach, President & CSO
Nick LaRovere
Pryzm, Co-Founder & CEO
Sherayln Fallon
Draper, Principal Director, Supply Chain
Mike McGinley
Wilson Sonsini, Senior of Counsel
12:15 PM
Connect
Sala De PR
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM
Keynote
Kresge Main
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

War in the middle east: A New Era of Conflict

Nimrod Tzukert
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center
Michael Singh
The Washington Institute, Managing Director and Senior Fellow
MaRK Pascale
Intelligence Project, Director
1:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Kresge Main
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

venture capital

Matt Cronin
a16z, Senior National Security Advisor
Laura rippy
Alumni Ventures, Managing Partner
daniel gwak
In-Q-Tel, Chief Investment Officer
Chip Walter
Marlinspike, Partner
molly hassell
moderator
Panel Discussion
Sala De PR
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

ukraine's battlefield lab

Brian Streem
Vermeer, Founder & CEO
Brian Retherford
Aventra, Co-Founder & COO
Gene Keselman
MIT, Executive Director, Lecturer
Cam Heard
moderator
Panel Discussion
Twenty Chimneys
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Decision Dominance: Artificial Intelligence for the Modern Front Line

cameron mccord
nominal, founder & CEO
Aaron brown
lumbra, ceo
andy markoff
smack technologies, co-founder & CEO
Naveen krishnan
Moderator
Panel Discussion
Mezzanine Lounge
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Space

Halen Mattison
General Galactic, CEO
AC Charania
Zeno Power, Senior Vice President
Zach Tolley
Blue Origin
Harshini Sivakumar
moderator
2:45 PM
Panel Discussion
Kresge Main
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Drones & Autonomy

Dan Magy
Firestorm Labs, CEO & Co-Founder
Oliver Palmer
Swarm Aero, COO
Nelson Mills
Vatn Systems, CEO
Tom Huntley
REGENT Defense, General Manager & Vice President
Shai Cohen
moderator
Panel Discussion
Sala De PR
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Economic security

Greg Levesque
Strider, CEO & Co-Founder
David Rader
Department of War, Deputy Director - Economic Defense Unit
Michael Brown
Shield Capital, Partner
The Honorable Nazak Nikakhtar
Wiley Rein LLP, Attorney at Law
Bethany Russell
moderator
Panel Discussion
Twenty Chimneys
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

Security in the Americas: Beyond the Border

GENeral (Ret) Alberto Mejia
Military forces of colombia,general commander (former)
Whitney Palacios
BigBear.ai, Chief Information Security Officer
Alex Brockwehl
Brookings, Visiting Researcher
RADM John Mauger, USCG (Ret.)
(PORTS) LLC, Principal
Panel Discussion
Mezzanine Lounge
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM

The Biological Domain: Building Resilience and Unlocking Human Performance

Angela Belcher
MIT, James Mason Crafts Professor
Matthew McKnight
Ginkgo Biosecurity, General manager
Jake Adler
Pilgrim, Founder
Jake Becraft
Strand Therapeutics, CEO & Co-Founder
Molly Shapiro
Moderator
3:45 PM
Keynote
Kresge Main
3:45 PM - 4:25 PM

A conversation with brandon tseng

brandon tseng
Shield AI, President & Co-Founder
ryan holte
conference co-chair
4:30 PM
Experience
Kresge Main
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Innovation Showcase Pitch competition

5:30 PM
Connect
Lobdell
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Closing Reception

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