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FLORIDA NATIONAL
SECURITY SUMMIT

What to expect

The Experience

Meaningful conversations on today’s national security challenges, emerging innovations, and opportunities for collaboration.

Final speakers, sessions, formats, and schedules will be announced as they are confirmed.

The summit

What the summit will offer.

  • Expert Conversations

    Keynotes, panels, and fireside discussions exploring national security challenges and opportunities with leaders from government, the military, industry, investment, and academia.

  • National Security Innovation Expo

    Student projects, university and national laboratory research, prototypes, and defense and dual-use startups, shown to the people who can carry them forward.

  • Pitch Competition

    A competition for students and early-stage ventures tackling national security challenges, judged by leaders from government, industry, and investment.

  • Networking & Engagement

    Time for students, speakers, sponsors, researchers, and organizations to connect, potentially including tours, workshops, and receptions.

Topics

Conversations will touch on…

Tentative themes focus on strategy, innovation, operations, industry, and people, with topics such as these.
  • Florida as a strategic national asset
  • Defense innovation, acquisition, and capital
  • The defense industrial base, manufacturing, and supply chains
  • Space security and commercial space
  • Maritime security and the Western Hemisphere
  • National security talent and workforce development

Coming soon

Announcements on the way.

  • Coming soon

    Speakers

    Keynotes and panelists from government, the military, industry, investment, and academia will be announced as they are confirmed.

  • Coming soon

    Innovation Expo

    Details for student teams, researchers, and startups who want to exhibit are on the way.

  • Coming soon

    Pitch Competition

    Format, eligibility, and timelines for the competition will be shared with the mailing list.

Get notified

Get involved

Help shape the summit.

The program is being built now. If you’d like to exhibit or pitch, or know a voice or topic the summit should include, tell us.
Express interest in exhibiting or pitchingSuggest a speaker or topic

Mailing list

Be part of the inaugural Florida National Security Summit.

Join the mailing list to hear first as the summit takes shape.

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Subscribers receive

  • Speaker announcements
  • Program news
  • Innovation expo and pitch competition details
  • Ways to get involved

flnatsecsummit@gmail.com

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