MilCIS 2026 Conference Program
We are pleased to release the conference program for MilCIS 2026.
Please note below that open sessions are available for ALL registration types to attend.
Concurrent sessions are only available for full conference delegates to attend.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6c: Conference Product Brief |
Session 1.6d Tutorial: Implementing Threat Modelling to Inform Security Risk Assessment: Interactive Walkthrough of a Space Support System |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7c: | Session 1.7d Tutorial: From Data Fatigue to Decision Advantage: Agentic AI for Space Domain Awareness |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8c Update: Model Checking Knowledge in Multi-agent Systems with MCK | Session 1.8d Update: Defence Supply Chains: Managing Disruption in Times of Crisis |
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Mini Product Briefs
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6e Update: From the Lab to the Field: Validating 3D GNSS Interference Simulation Models for CRPA Resilience | Session 1.6f: Mini Product Briefs - Various |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7e Update: "It's just a Matter of Time until your GNSS Goes Down" | Session 1.7f: Mini Product Briefs - Various |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8e Update: Why do I need a Quantum Computer and what can I do with it? | Session 1.8f Mini Product Brief - Various |
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6b: Conference Product Brief |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7b Conference Product Brief: Secure AI, Cyber Resilience and Private 5G at the Tactical Edge |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8b Conference Product Brief: Closing the Gap: How a Data-Centric Approach Empowers Mission Operations |
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6c: Conference Product Brief |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7c: |
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Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8c Update: Model Checking Knowledge in Multi-agent Systems with MCK |
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6d Tutorial: Implementing Threat Modelling to Inform Security Risk Assessment: Interactive Walkthrough of a Space Support System |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7d Tutorial: From Data Fatigue to Decision Advantage: Agentic AI for Space Domain Awareness |
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Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8d Update: Defence Supply Chains: Managing Disruption in Times of Crisis |
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6e Update: From the Lab to the Field: Validating 3D GNSS Interference Simulation Models for CRPA Resilience |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7e Update: "It's just a Matter of Time until your GNSS Goes Down" |
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Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8e Update: Why do I need a Quantum Computer and what can I do with it? |
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Mini Product Briefs
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Session 1.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 1.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 1 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 1.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 1.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
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Session 1.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 1 Lunch and Expo
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Session 1.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 1.6f: Mini Product Briefs - Various |
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Session 1.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 1.7f: Mini Product Briefs - Various |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Day 1 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 1.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 1.8f Mini Product Brief - Various |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
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Session 2.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 2.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 2 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 2.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 2.3b Update: Closing the Metadata Capability Gap in Enterprise Migration to Data-centric Security |
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Session 2.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 2.4b Conference Product Brief: One Network. Unlimited Reach. |
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Session 2.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 2 Lunch and Expo
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Session 2.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 2.6b Conference Product Brief: Establishing Trust in AI: Why Control and Verification Is Essential to Adopting AI to Achieve Asymmetric Advantage |
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Session 2.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.7b Conference Product Brief: Accelerating Sensor Data Fusion with Agentic AI |
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Day 2 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 2.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 2.8b Conference Product Brief: From Data to Decision: Building the Trusted Foundations for AI in Defence |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
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Session 2.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 2.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 2 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 2.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 2.3c Update: Defence CIS Workforce in 2026: Market Realities for Employers and SMEs |
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Session 2.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 2.4c Update: Cyber Civilian Reserve – From Concept to Capability |
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Session 2.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 2 Lunch and Expo
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Session 2.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 2.6c Conference Product Brief: Real-Time All-Weather Sovereign Intelligence from Space from the World's Largest SAR Satellite Constellation. |
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Session 2.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.7c: |
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Day 2 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 2.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 2.8c Update: Mid-project Retrospective - Lessons in Military CIS Integration in Land Platforms 2026 |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
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Session 2.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 2.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 2 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 2.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 2.3d Update: Who Controls the Mission? Trusted Communications. Trusted AI. |
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Session 2.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 2.4d Update: Decision Advantage: Operational Context, Agentic AI and the Future of Military Decision Advantage in MPEs |
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Session 2.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 2 Lunch and Expo
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Session 2.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 2.6d Update: Your Cyber Report is not a Decision: Translating Findings into Mission Impact and Executive Action |
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Session 2.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.7d Tutorial: Engineering the Mission, not just the Network: Introduction to Mission Engineering for Communications Systems |
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Day 2 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 2.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 2.8d Update: Do you Know Who - and What - Can Act Across the Mission? |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
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Session 2.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 2.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 2 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 2.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 2.3e Tutorial: Sovereignty and Governance in the AI era - how to Understand and Protect your Systems |
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Session 2.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 2.4e Update: From Prompt Injection to System Compromise: using MITRE ATLAS to Detect and Disrupt the AI-cyber-kill-chain |
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Session 2.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 2 Lunch and Expo
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Session 2.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 2.6e Update: When the Wolf only needs One Chance: using ATT&CK and D3FEND to Disrupt the Cyber-kill-chain |
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Session 2.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.7e Update: Beyond Statistical AI: Applying Causal Inference for Robust Military Communications |
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Day 2 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 2.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 2.8e Tutorial: Machine-speed Conflict: What Internet-scale Data Reveals about Threat Actor Evolution |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
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Session 2.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 2.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 2 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 2.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
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Session 2.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 2.4f Update: From Backlog to Battlefield - Accelerating Defence Capability with AI |
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Session 2.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 2 Lunch and Expo
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Session 2.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 2.6f Update: Power at the Edge: Ultra-efficient Pulsed Lasers for Space-borne Defence, Communications and Sensing |
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Session 2.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.7f Update: Architecting Sovereign Resilience: Integrating Multi-band, Multi-orbit SATCOM for the Contested Indo-Pacific |
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Day 2 Afternoon Tea and Expo
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Session 2.8 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
Session 2.8f Tutorial: Project Hummingbird: Zero CVEs for Zero Cost |
| 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
Thursday, November 19, 2026
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3c Tutorial: Exploring LoRa as a Low-bandwidth Resilient Communication Layer for DDIL Operations | Session 3.3d Tutorial: Cognitive Load and the Impact on Decision Advantage |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4c Update: Agile and the Art of War in Cyber and Space | Session 3.4d Tutorial: After the Epochalypse - Assuring Defence and Critical Infrastructure in 2038 and Beyond |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6c Tutorial: Deploying Secure Collation Multinational Networks with CSfC (Commercial Solutions for Classified) | Session 3.6d Update: Why Humans Factor in the Age of AI |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7c Update: Future HF Communications Architecture – A Technology Update | Session 3.7d Update: Future Opportunities for Integration in Land Platforms |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Session 3.1 Breakfast Product Brief: |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
Session 3.2 Expo Session: Amazon Leo for Government |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3a Expo Session: C4 Design and Interoperability in the ADF |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4a Expo Panel Session: C4 Design and Interoperability in the ADF |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
Session 3.5 Lunch Product Brief: General Dynamics |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6a Expo Product Brief |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7a Expo Product Brief |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3b Update: Poisoning the Hive Mind: Manipulating and Defending A2A Inference at the Tactical Edge |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4b Update: A Look at Modern Iranian Hybrid Cyber Operations |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6b Update: Engineering Cyber Resilience into Defense Systems: From Secure Architecture to Mission Decision Advantage |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7b Update: Beyond the Perimeter: Proximal Attack Surfaces in Defence Communications, Wireless and OT |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3c Tutorial: Exploring LoRa as a Low-bandwidth Resilient Communication Layer for DDIL Operations |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4c Update: Agile and the Art of War in Cyber and Space |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6c Tutorial: Deploying Secure Collation Multinational Networks with CSfC (Commercial Solutions for Classified) |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7c Update: Future HF Communications Architecture – A Technology Update |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3d Tutorial: Cognitive Load and the Impact on Decision Advantage |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4d Tutorial: After the Epochalypse - Assuring Defence and Critical Infrastructure in 2038 and Beyond |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6d Update: Why Humans Factor in the Age of AI |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7d Update: Future Opportunities for Integration in Land Platforms |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3e Update: Domain Zero: Instrumenting the Human Domain before AI Does |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4e Update: Adaptability: Defence's Last Sustainable Capability Advantage |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6e Update: Adaptability: Defence's Last Sustainable Capability Advantage |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7e Update: The Australian Defence Force's Evolving Approach to Operations in the Information Environment |
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Session 3.1 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Session 3.2 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM |
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Day 3 Morning Tea and Expo
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Session 3.3 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM |
Session 3.3f Update: "Not on my Network": Saying Yes to AI on Classified Data |
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Session 3.4 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM |
Session 3.4f Tutorial: Securing AI-Driven Mission Networks and Autonomous Agents |
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Session 3.5 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Day 3 Lunch and Expo
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Session 3.6 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
Session 3.6f Tutorial: The Fog of Lies: Deceiving Agentic Attackers by Poisoning Trust |
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Session 3.7 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 3.7f Update: Building an EW Swarm: Lessons from AI-Assisted Engineering in a Market that Doesn't Exist |
