# OSINT Foundation Tech Expo **Entity class:** Open-source-intelligence technology expo **Organizer:** [[wiki/OSINT Foundation|OSINT Foundation]] **As of:** 2026-09-23 ## Definition The **OSINT Foundation Tech Expo** is a specialized venue for technologies that collect, process, authenticate, search, translate, enrich, and analyze [[wiki/Publicly Available Information|publicly available information]] for intelligence and national-security use. The 2025 expo listed 42 exhibitors and lightning talks from organizations including the Army Asian Studies Detachment, CIA, DIA, National Ground Intelligence Center, and NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre. The expo makes the commercial layer of modern OSINT visible. Web data, media, corporate records, geospatial content, language technologies, identity resolution, and graph analytics enter government workflows through tools demonstrated in forums of this kind. Security and registration restrictions remain edition-specific; the 2025 event did not permit on-site registration. ## Relationships - **organizer:** [[wiki/OSINT Foundation|OSINT Foundation]]. - **discipline:** [[wiki/OSINT|OSINT]] and [[wiki/Publicly Available Information|Publicly Available Information]]. - **event ecosystem:** [[wiki/Intelligence and Defense Conferences|Intelligence and Defense Conferences]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [OSINT Foundation — 2025 Tech Expo](https://www.osintfoundation.com/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=17) - [OSINT Foundation — event archive](https://www.osintfoundation.com/osint/Blog_Archives.asp) ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Open-source intelligence requires systems that sort, validate, connect the data and turn unclassified intelligence into a force multiplier." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* [[reminders/Information/Open-Source Intelligence Systems Must Sort Validate and Connect Data by Defense Intelligence Agency|Open-Source Intelligence Systems Must Sort Validate and Connect Data by Defense Intelligence Agency]]