2026 ACG Next Conference

The 2026 ACG Next Conference: “Agentic Everything”

The 2026 ACG Next Conference will explore how autonomous, agentic systems are transforming the competitive landscape across defense, government services, and the broader national security technology ecosystem. As the world accelerates toward artificial general intelligence, the United States must not only harness emerging technologies — it must lead in defining how software agents, autonomous decision-making systems, and human-machine teaming shape mission execution and national power.

From adaptive logistics and autonomous strike systems to adversarial-aware cyber defense and automated program management, “Agentic Everything” is becoming the new operational reality. These technologies will not replace human judgment, they will scale it, accelerate it, and preserve decision advantage in an era defined by speed, complexity, and contested domains.

This year’s event will focus on the practical pathway from today’s AI to agent-driven autonomy at scale, and how industry, government, and the investment community must align policy, capital, and talent to ensure America remains the world’s innovation engine.

Our panels will focus on the following topics:

• Decision Advantage at Machine Speed: Command, control, and cognitive dominance
• Autonomy in the Physical World: Multi-domain unmanned systems, robotics, and battlefield agents
• Building the Agentic Ecosystem: Policy, infrastructure and trust