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10 Trending GovCon Events on G2X | September 5, 2026
Ten upcoming GovCon events drawing attention on the G2X calendar, with date, location, audience, and program context for each listing.
These ten upcoming GovCon events drew the most attention on The GovCon Calendar in the past 24 hours. The set spans a Professional Services Council preview of its Vision Federal Market Forecast, Modev’s two day Global Agentic AI Summit in Reston and the Billington CyberSecurity Summit in Washington. Other listings pair large defense and technology gatherings with narrower forums such as a Creech Air Force Base site visit and a virtual acquisition community meeting. Together they give growth, capture and delivery teams a practical mix of market signals, customer access and program context to compare before opening individual calendar pages.
1. Vision Insights: A Federal Market Forecast Preview
The Professional Services Council hosts this virtual forecast preview on September 24, built for federal business development and growth leaders, capture professionals and proposal managers planning across IT, defense, cyber and civilian markets. Vision Federal Market Forecast research leaders Mike Rielly and Cierra Earl lead the webinar, covering macroeconomics and the defense topline, IT management and budget, acquisition trends, defense services and cyber, customer experience, military health and outlooks for six civilian departments. The takeaway is practical planning input for account plans, pipeline assumptions and pursuit priorities rather than delivery training or a buyer briefing.
2. The Global Agentic AI Summit
Modev brings enterprise, public sector and AI leaders to Reston, Virginia on October 6 and 7 for a two day program on agentic, physical and sovereign AI. Sessions run across The AI House and the Carahsoft Conference Center, with executive programming plus workshops, breakouts and panels on defense AI, government automation, AI security and trust, compliance, responsible AI and enterprise automation. The public sector thread follows approaches from the Navy, Library of Congress, Energy Department and local governments around secure automation, governance and data risk. It fits capture and growth leaders chasing public sector AI work and delivery teams building governed workflows.
3. 2026 Post-Quantum Cryptography Summit - In Person
The General Services Administration hosts the 2026 Post-Quantum Cryptography Summit on September 16 in Washington, DC at the Department of Transportation West Atrium. The program centers on how federal agencies are preparing for quantum threats, including migration strategy, crypto agility, identity management and procurement. Federal agencies, industry experts and implementation partners are expected to discuss readiness and how GSA contract vehicles could support quantum safe technology buys. The audience is federal cyber and identity contractors, agency technology and security leaders, modernization delivery teams and growth professionals tracking GSA routes for quantum safe solutions.
4. Applied AI Technology Conference 2026 | Free Online AI Conference
Community Day hosts the Applied AI Technology Conference 2026 as a free online conference on October 1 for business analysts, product managers, solution architects and other practitioners. The theme is applied AI for current business problems, with talks on AI mindset and new ways of working, AI assisted workflows for discovery, validation and delivery, plus everyday productivity for analysis, documentation and execution. Organizers promise practical talks, enterprise case studies, live demonstrations, coding sessions and workflow walkthroughs focused on products and processes that can be tested and measured. Registration is free and the format is fully virtual.
5. Unmanned Systems West
The American Conference Institute hosts Unmanned Systems West on September 8 and 9 as an in person conference on unmanned systems, defense and national security. The West Coast venue was still to be announced in the listing, with programming framed as a touchpoint for defense contractors and technology vendors to meet U.S. and foreign military representatives and track unmanned technologies. The listed audience includes defense contractors, unmanned systems vendors, solutions providers and military and government professionals. Standard pricing runs $1,545 for academia, nonprofit and foreign military attendees and $1,845 for vendors and private sector professionals.
6. 17th Annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit
Billington CyberSecurity hosts its 17th Annual CyberSecurity Summit on September 8 through 10 in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The summit is billed for more than 3,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers, with collaboration between government and industry on AI enabled threats, zero trust, workforce development and supply chain security. Listed speakers include Kirsten Davies of the Department of War, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Brett Leatherman and State Department cyber official Manny Medrano. Attendance is complimentary for government and military professionals, with corporate, small business, nonprofit and academic attendees also named in the audience.
7. 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference
The Air and Space Forces Association hosts the 2026 Air, Space and Cyber Conference on September 14 through 16 in National Harbor, Maryland at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. The in person program pairs more than 40 sessions with technology exhibit halls and nearly 300 booths around air and space dominance, force development and sustainment, cyber capabilities and emerging requirements. Military leaders, defense companies and government stakeholders are the core audience, with the Department of Defense identified as the agency stakeholder. For contractors, the draw is a concentrated look at technology priorities plus exhibit and partnering time with prospective customers.
8. 432 SFS Crash Beam Barriers
The U.S. Air Force 432d Security Forces Squadron holds a site visit on September 8 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada tied to a crash beam barrier requirement. The in person visit covers the statement of work, base access coordination, installation requirements and related physical security infrastructure. It is aimed at small businesses and specialty trade contractors in crash barriers, installation, shipping and defense facility construction, along with capture, proposal and field delivery leads. The listing frames the visit as preparation for an upcoming total small business set aside, where seeing access and delivery constraints should help sharpen responses.
9. ACT-IAC Acquisition COI
ACT-IAC hosts its Acquisition Community of Interest meeting as a virtual member forum on September 16 focused on federal acquisition and procurement. The single session format centers on current procurement trends and discussion between government acquisition professionals and industry participants. It suits capture and business development professionals tracking acquisition signals and government personnel looking for an industry facing exchange. The forum offers a chance to compare perspectives on procurement practice with government and industry peers.
10. Coffee Series Featuring LTG Edmond Brown
The Association of the United States Army hosts this Coffee Series breakfast on September 29 in Arlington, Virginia at the General Gordon R. Sullivan Conference and Event Center. The small format program combines coffee and networking with opening remarks, a discussion with Edmond Brown, Acting Commanding General of T2COM, and audience questions as time allows. Topics center on Army leadership, T2COM command priorities and military government engagement. It is built for Army and defense capture and growth leads, government program personnel and delivery leaders who want a direct leadership read outside a formal industry day or procurement briefing.
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