Firefox_Proposer_Day_Agenda_FINAL.xlsx

This file is an agenda for the Firefox Proposer Day event hosted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO). The in-person-only event is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at the DARPA Conference Center located at 675 N. Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia, with sessions running from 9:30 AM to 3:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The agenda includes a PSR security briefing, remarks from BTO Leadership (Dr. Michael Koeris, Director), and a Firefox Technical Program Overview presented by Dr. Pedro Irazoqui (Program Manager, DARPA/BTO). Additional sessions cover Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) remarks by Dr. David Blodgett from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, contracting information presented by Ms. Phuong "Thao" Tran (Contracting Officer, DARPA/CMO), and small business programs information from Ms. Sana Hoda Sood of DARPA's Small Business Programs Office.

The agenda incorporates interactive elements including a question-and-answer session with audience participation (with submissions directed to Firefox@darpa.mil), two-hour concurrent sessions consisting of sidebars with the DARPA team and a teaming poster session for proposers with conforming poster attachments, and concludes with a no-host social opportunity at Hawkers restaurant in Arlington. Advance registration is required, with in-person attendance limited to three individuals per organization. This Proposer Day is conducted in support of a planned Program Solicitation (PS) for the Firefox Program, as announced under Special Notice DARPA-SN-26-112.