Convening to Act

Convening to Act: Mission Assurance in Agentic AI Operations:
Building AI Security & Assurance to Accelerate National Security Adoption

December 3-4, 2025

DRAFT AGENDA as of 31 October

Day One 

3 December

• Registration and Continental Breakfast 
• Welcome: National Cryptologic Foundation (NCF)
• Opening Keynote: GEN Paul Nakasone, USA (Ret), Founding Director of Vanderbilt University's Institute of National Security
• Industry Keynote
• Beyond AI Security: Toward Mission Assurance in National Security AI
• Break 
• NSA’s Lessons Learned from Building High-Assurance Systems: 
• Agentic AI Opportunities in National Security  
• Lunch 
• Lightning round with Q&A 
• Break 
• Cybersecurity Challenges in Agentic AI Operations
• Break 
• Analytic and Software Engineering Workforce Integration and Implications of Agentic AI Operations 
• Future of AI in National Security Panel 
• Closing remarks by NCF 
• Cocktail Reception

Day Two 

4 December

• Registration and Continental Breakfast 
• Opening Comments
• National Security Implications of AGI 
• Break
• DoD/USIC Perspectives Panel 
• Lightning round with Q&A 
• Closing remarks and networking

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