Defense PPM San Diego 2026
San Diego, USA
What to expect
San Diego, home to the U.S. Pacific Fleet and one of the nation’s largest defense innovation hubs, provides the perfect backdrop for this high-level summit. The Defense Innovation & PMO Strategy Summit is the premier West Coast platform for senior leaders from the Department of Defense, service branches, and industry to align on modernizing project and portfolio management for mission success.
Over two days, participants will gain actionable insights on leveraging digital transformation, AI-driven decision support, and agile methodologies to deliver complex defense programs faster, more efficiently, and with greater resilience. With an exclusive and senior-level audience, this summit offers unparalleled opportunities for knowledge exchange, strategic partnerships, and cross-service collaboration.
Conference format
This 2-day conference addresses key challenges in mega-project delivery, focusing on:
In addition to our traditional formats—keynotes, panel discussions, and expert presentations—we’re introducing interactive sessions for enhanced learning and practical application.
DAY 1
Focus: Aligning national infrastructure visions with mega-project execution. Explore how senior leaders, PMOs, and investors collaborate to deliver giga-scale infrastructure efficiently and sustainably. Learn about governance, risk management, and project prioritization within Vision 2030 portfolios.
DAY 2
Focus: Driving execution through technology, AI, and sustainable practices. Discover how digital twins, predictive analytics, smart city solutions, and ESG frameworks are applied in Gulf mega-projects. Learn practical strategies for workforce upskilling, supply chain optimization, and leveraging technology for resilient infrastructure.
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Why is this event right for you?
Join senior leaders from the DoD, service branches, innovation hubs, and industry primes shaping the next generation of U.S. defense program delivery. Explore how AI, digital engineering, and agile PMOs are accelerating complex portfolios across the Pacific-focused defense landscape. Learn proven approaches for risk reduction, budget optimization, and cross-service collaboration. If your mission is to modernize capabilities, integrate emerging tech, or drive PMO excellence, this summit is the platform built for you.
Event partners
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Lumivero provides leading research and decision software, empowering organizations to simplify data complexity, find insights, and get clarity for greater business and academic success. By combining data analysis, AI-powered workflows, and expert-developed scientific methodologies, Lumivero helps researchers, industry experts, and business leaders discover new innovations and make mission-critical decisions.
Lumivero’s Decision solutions empowers organizations to make confident, continuously informed decisions by connecting risk, predictive modeling, and portfolio decision-making into a single, living system. By uniting @RISK, Predict!, and SharpCloud, Lumivero ensures decision-makers always have current insight, shared context, and clear visibility into trade- offs as conditions change. Whether you are managing a multi-billion-dollar capital project portfolio or making high-stakes decisions on an individual project, Lumivero’s tools turn uncertainty into clarity.
Event registration
2 DAY CONFERENCE
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Access to all conference sessions
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Access to all networking activities during the conference
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Conference materials
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Coffee breaks with snacks and refreshments
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Networking lunch
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