Day Two of the NatSec + Space Innovation Summit convenes government innovation units, investors, founders, and veteran technologists for a full program of panels, briefings, and firesides, closing with the Blue Angels flyover over San Francisco Bay.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| Opening | |
| 8:30 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks Katherine Webster, CEO, VetsinTech |
| 9:10 AM | Special Remarks Libby Schaaf, CEO, Bay Area Council |
| Setting the Landscape | |
| 9:20 AM | Panel: The Bay Area Defense Tech Report Sean Randolph, Bay Area Council |
| 9:50 AM | Briefing: The Defense Tech Market in the U.S. — A Bay Area Focus |
| Morning Panels | |
| 10:05 AM | Panel: DIU & the National Labs Where Government R&D Meets Commercial Speed |
| 10:35 AM | Panel: Military Innovation Units AFWERX, SpaceWERX, Army Futures Command & Marine Corps Innovation |
| 11:05 AM | Academic Panel UC Berkeley, Stanford, and the Naval Postgraduate School |
| Keynote & Lunch | |
| 11:35 AM | Keynote Fireside Chat Speaker to be announced |
| 12:05 PM | Working Lunch & Networking |
| Afternoon Panels | |
| 12:30 PM | Fireside: Apollo to Artemis Speakers to be announced |
| 1:00 PM | Hardware Panel Drones, Robotics & Autonomous Systems — Lessons from Ukraine |
| 1:30 PM | Software Panel AI at the Edge of National Security |
| 2:00 PM | Vets In Space Panel |
| 2:30 PM | VC Panel Capital Behind the Mission |
| Fleet Week Experience | |
| 3:00 PM | Break: Blue Angels Flyover & On-the-Bay Technology Demonstrations |
| Closing | |
| 4:00 PM | Reconvene: Closing Plenary |
| 4:45 PM | Closing Remarks Katherine Webster, CEO, VetsinTech |
| 5:00 PM | Program Concludes |
All panel sessions are capped at 30 minutes, inclusive of moderated Q&A. Speaker confirmations for each panel are in progress; sessions and times are subject to change.