“CET Forum 2025” is an exclusive, invitation-only event in Washington, D.C., that will bring together Israel’s most promising battle-tested defense startups, and key players in the U.S. defense industrial base, including representatives from the DOD, defense contractors, venture capital firms, and national security experts.
CET Forum 2025 is produced by The CET Sandbox, the U.S.-Israel “innovation hub” on Critical and Emerging Technologies. The event will follow an “unconference” format, with an emphasis on small-group conversations, roundtables, workshops, networking, and trust-building between two allied countries that share national security interests.
Monday, October 27
- Afternoon: Visit to a leading U.S. defense facility, including executive briefings and tours
- Evening: Opening cocktail reception and networking
Tuesday, October 28
- Morning: Breakfast and networking, welcome remarks, framing discussions, and keynote/fireside chat
- Late Morning: Introductions and presentations from Israeli founders (Part I & II)
- Midday: Lunch and informal networking
- Afternoon: Roundtable discussions and thematic panels on defense innovation and procurement transformation, and additional founder sessions
- Late Afternoon: Closing keynote/fireside chat, wrap-up, and adjourn
- Evening: Closing reception & drinks
The CET Sandbox is a U.S.-Israel “innovation hub” on Critical and Emerging Technologies. A network of more than 350 Israeli defense-tech founders and a wide array of U.S. national security experts — including current and former officials at the Department of Defense, U.S. Primes, venture capital firms, and industry associations — The CET Sandbox helps Israeli CET startups succeed in the U.S., and assists the U.S. defense-industrial base in identifying battle-tested Critical and Emerging Technologies in Israel.