Conference Agenda

  • Welcome Remarks from Stanford DEFCON Leadership (Bryce Mitchell, Helen Phillips, and Ethan Klein)

  • Fireside chat w/ Trae Stephens, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Anduril

  • Panel Track #1: Building Startups for the Future of Defense

    Panel Track #2: Space — Launch, Observation, and Development

    Panel Track #3: The Future of the Industrial Base: From Steel to Silicon

  • Panel Track #1: Innovation in the Intelligence Community

    Panel Track #2: The R&D Ecosystem for Critical Technologies

    Panel Track #3: Innovation and Investing in Critical Minerals Resilience

  • Panel Track #1: Crypto/Web3 and National Security

    Panel Track #2: Autonomy in Action

    Panel Track #3: Powering the AI Future

  • Panel Track #1: Best Practices for Dual Use Technologies

    Panel Track #2: Spectrum Dominance and Electronic Warfare

    Panel Track #3: Defense Applications for AI

  • Closing Keynote from former USINDOPACOM Commander, Admiral (ret.) John Aquilino

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  • Closing Remarks from Dr. Joe Felter, Director of the Stanford Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation

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