Surface Warfare: Combat Ready Warfighters for 250 Years

Join experts and decision makers in the military, industry, and congress. Leadership will discuss how the Surface Force is a critical element of national defense and security in an era of great power competition. With 90+ exhibitors, 4,000+ attendees, this is one of the most influential professional development and networking opportunities in the defense community.

Focusing on honing the skills, strategies, and technologies that shape the future of surface warfare, this event brings together leaders, innovators, and warriors from across the maritime domain to collaborate, learn, and prepare for upcoming challenges. Emphasizing readiness, operational excellence, and continual improvement, it is dedicated to "sharpening the sword" to ensure our surface forces maintain superiority on the seas.

With over 6,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center.  This means that our Monthly luncheons, IT Days, Breakfast and special events connect you with Government speakers that provide current policy and future program technology content with relevant business connections to meet your bottom-line goals.

More information coming soon!

Members of the Florida Local Government Information Systems Association (FLGISA) have been instrumental in helping to guide and lead positive change at various organizations throughout the state. We do this because we care; about our state, our organization, our residents and customers, and the future. 

Join us at our 2026 Winter Symposium! More details to come in November 2025.

Our Symposium provides a national forum for industry, government and academia to work together to help solve the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and national defense.