Symposium Agenda
As of July 28, 2025. Speakers are being added often - check back to see who else will join us!
Classification: Unclassified Distro-A
Tuesday, December 9
8:30 - 10 AM
Main Stage
OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION
1 - 2:30 PM
Main Stage
SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Strategic Vision for EW in 2035 (DOTMLPF-P Focused)
As the electromagnetic spectrum becomes increasingly contested, congested, and complex, the EW community must adopt a forward-leaning strategy to ensure dominance in EW by 2035. This panel will explore a comprehensive vision for EW transformation through the lens of Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P). Panelists will examine how emerging technologies must be integrated with adaptive doctrine and agile acquisition models. The discussion also will address the cultural and organizational shifts required to build a resilient EW force, the training and talent development needed to sustain it, and the policy frameworks essential for interoperability and coalition operations. Attendees will gain insight into how strategic investments and cross-domain integration can shape the future of EW and ensure spectrum superiority in the era of multi-domain operations.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom A/1-3
BREAKOUT SESSION
Multi-Domain Operations
As militaries advance toward a fully integrated multi-domain operations (MDO) construct by 2035, the role of EW becomes increasingly pivotal. This breakout session will explore how EW capabilities must evolve to seamlessly operate across land, air, sea, space, and cyber domains. Panelists will discuss the operational and technical enablers required to synchronize kinetic fires and EW effects, ensure resilient communications in contested environments, and ensure joint and coalition interoperability. Emphasis will be placed on the DOTMLPF-P implications of MDO – particularly how doctrine, training, and materiel development must adapt to support dynamic, cross-domain maneuver and decision dominance. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how EW can serve as both a sensor and an effector in the MDO battlespace, and what strategic investments are needed to realize this vision.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom B/4-6
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
Technical briefings are a platform for experts, researchers, and practitioners to present concise, data-driven, and highly specialized information. These sessions delve into technical details, research findings, and cutting-edge innovations within the EMSO industry.
Session titles coming soon.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom C
BREAKOUT SESSION
Defense/Threat & Industry View
The electromagnetic operating environment (EMOE) is becoming increasingly contested as adversaries adopt advanced technologies like AI, machine learning, cognitive EW, and autonomous systems to disrupt and exploit the spectrum. This session examines how defense organizations, allies, and industry are responding with cost-effective, modular, and scalable EW solutions – emphasizing open architectures, rapid fielding, warfighter capability development, and the use of low-cost, attritable, or disposable systems to stay ahead. Framed within the DOTMLPF-P construct, the discussion will highlight strategies for integrating these capabilities across doctrine, acquisition, and force design to ensure spectrum superiority in multi-domain operations.
Wednesday, December 10
8:30 - 10 AM
Main Stage
KEYNOTE PANEL
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom A/1-3
BREAKOUT SESSION
Cybersecurity RMF and Test & Evaluation
As EW systems evolve to become more software-defined, interconnected, and data-driven, traditional cybersecurity Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Test & Evaluation (T&E) processes are being pushed to adapt. Current operations demand faster Authority to Operate (ATO) timelines and more responsive cyber resilience. This session explores the shift from legacy, compliance-based models to modernized approaches that emphasize automation, continuous monitoring, and agile, risk-informed decision-making. New methods – such as mission-based testing and cyber survivability assessments – are helping validate EW systems in realistic, contested environments. Panelists will compare the current state to future goals, highlighting how integrated cybersecurity and advanced T&E are enabling faster, more secure fielding of EW capabilities essential to maintaining dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum.
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom B/4-6
BREAKOUT SESSION
Requirements Generation for the 2035 Fight
This panel will explore how reimagining the requirements process – beyond the traditional Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) – can enable agile, threat-informed development of future EW capabilities. Emphasizing speed, adaptability, and cross-domain integration, the discussion will highlight how real-time intelligence, rapid prototyping, digital engineering, and iterative upgrades are accelerating delivery timelines. Panelists will examine lessons learned from allied and partner nations with more responsive requirements systems, as well as how Foreign Military Sales (FMS) can be better aligned with emerging operational demands. Attendees will gain insight into collaborative approaches across services, industry, and international partners to ensure EW overmatch in the dynamic spectrum environment of 2035 and beyond.
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom C
PROGRAM MANAGER BRIEFING SERIES
Navy Programs
This session is open to booth personnel and master pass attendees only—closed to media.
1 - 2:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom A/1-3
BREAKOUT SESSION
How to Fund Future Capabilities
This panel will explore how updates to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, particularly around more agile and flexible Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funding, can accelerate the development and fielding of next generation EW capabilities. As reform efforts gain momentum, including Secretary Pete Hegseth’s push to fund by mission area rather than discrete programs, the panel will examine how new budgeting models can better align with operational urgency and emerging threats. Discussion will focus on enabling faster experimentation, prototyping, and transition of EW technologies through adaptable funding mechanisms that support iterative development and cross-domain integration. Attendees will gain perspective on how these changes could reshape resource allocation to meet the pace and complexity of the 2035 operational environment.
1 - 2:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom B/4-6
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
Technical briefings are a platform for experts, researchers, and practitioners to present concise, data-driven, and highly specialized information. These sessions delve into technical details, research findings, and cutting-edge innovations within the EMSO industry.
Session titles coming soon.
1 - 2:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom C
PROGRAM MANAGER BRIEFING SERIES
Army Programs
This session is open to booth personnel and master pass attendees only—closed to media.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom A/1-3
BREAKOUT SESSION
Recruitment and Training
As technology, tactics, and operational environments evolve at unprecedented speed, the demand for a highly skilled and adaptable EW workforce has never been greater. This panel will explore innovative approaches to recruiting, training, and retaining talent in a mission area defined by constant change. Panelists will discuss how to modernize training pipelines, leverage emerging technologies like AI and simulation for accelerated learning, and build a culture of continuous development. Attendees will gain insight into how the services and industry can collaborate to cultivate a diverse, tech-savvy EW force ready to meet the challenges of 2035 and beyond.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom B/4-6
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
Technical briefings are a platform for experts, researchers, and practitioners to present concise, data-driven, and highly specialized information. These sessions delve into technical details, research findings, and cutting-edge innovations within the EMSO industry.
Session titles coming soon.
3 - 4:30 PM
Maryland Ballroom C
PROGRAM MANAGER BRIEFING SERIES
Air & Space Force Programs
This session is open to booth personnel and master pass attendees only—closed to media.
Thursday, December 11
8:30 - 10 AM
Main Stage
KEYNOTE SESSION
10:15 - 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom A/1-3
BREAKOUT SESSION
Future EMS Dominance in the European Theater
This session will look at what EMS dominance in the European theater will require in the future. While earlier sessions at the AOC International Symposium & Convention have looked at experiences from a Ukrainian perspective, this year’s session will explore what the Russia has learned through its aggression toward Ukraine that NATO and European countries need to build EW and EMSO capabilities to address? How does the multi-domain operations (MDO) construct and emerging technologies on either side of a future conflict impact the collective ability to generate EMS dominance in the Euro-Atlantic area? Attendees will learn of current flows from continental Europe on what the future threat posed by Russia may look like, and what it will take to achieve the required capability to generate EMS dominance in a future conflict in the Euro-Atlantic area.
10:15 – 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom B/4-6
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS
Technical briefings are a platform for experts, researchers, and practitioners to present concise, data-driven, and highly specialized information. These sessions delve into technical details, research findings, and cutting-edge innovations within the EMSO industry.
Session titles coming soon.
10:15 – 11:45 AM
Maryland Ballroom C
BREAKOUT SESSION
The Cornerstone of Indo-Pacific Deterrence and Operational Success: EMSO
With the Indo-Pacific as the epicenter of strategic competition, the ability to maneuver within, control, and exploit the EMS will define success or failure in both deterrence and decisive military operations. This breakout session convenes senior defense leaders, technologists, and regional experts to examine the evolution of EW as the linchpin of integrated deterrence in the theater. From converged effects in multi-domain operations (MDO) to cognitive and automated electromagnetic maneuver to the vital role of ISR-EW integration, attendees will gain insights to how the US and its allies must modernize doctrine, develop adaptive capabilities, and institutionalize spectrum superiority across all echelons.
1 - 2 PM
Main Stage
CLOSING SPOTLIGHT SESSION
Challenges and Opportunities in Today's EW Landscape
This session will look at the challenges and opportunities in today's global EW landscape. What are the trends that are impacting the threat landscape in the new or redefined geopolitical and technological appreciation? Attendees will learn what current approaches to gaining an EMS edge in the near future competition and conflict look like conceptually and by technological means.