Schedule

HSS 2026: General Registration | Mar 17, 2026, 7:00 AM – Mar 18, 2026, 4:30 PM Gaines Theater CNU, 1 University Pl, Newport News, VA 23606, USA

Tue, Mar 17

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
1 hour
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Freeman Rotunda
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
15 minutes
Welcome Session
Main Stage
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
45 minutes
Keynote Address One
Main Stage
9:10 AM - 9:55 AM
45 minutes
Keynote Address Two
Main Stage
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
45 minutes
Keynote Address Three
Main Stage
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
15 minutes
Networking Break
Exhibition Hall
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel One: Intelligence Analysis and AI Data Systems
Main Stage
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Keynote Luncheon
David Student Union Ballroom
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
50 minutes
Panel Two: Enhancing Efficiency in Domestic and Global Supply Chains
Main Stage
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel Three: Leveraging AI in Field Operations to Counter Emerging Threats
Main Stage
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
15 minutes
Networking Break
Exhibition Hall
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel Four: Information Management for Disaster Response
Main Stage
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
1 hour 30 minutes
President's Reception
President's Board Room, DSU

Wed, Mar 18

7:15 AM - 8:00 AM
45 minutes
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Freeman Rotunda
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
50 minutes
Keynote Address Four
Main Stage
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel Five: Emerging Digital Threats, Deepfakes Deception, and Theft
Main Stage
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
45 minutes
Networking Break
Exhibition Hall
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel Six: AI-Driven Facility and Critical Infrastructure Protection
Main Stage
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Keynote Luncheon
David Student Union Ballroom
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
1 hour 15 minutes
Panel Seven: Overcoming Institutional Barriers to Technology Adoption
Main Stage
3:20 PM - 4:30 PM
1 hour 10 minutes
Panel Eight: Balancing Innovation, Ethics, and RIsk
Main Stage