The Sponsorship & Exhibition Prospectus is your essential guide to all available packages, inclusions, and visibility opportunities designed to put your brand at the forefront of senior government and industry leaders. Whether you're looking to showcase cutting-edge solutions, or position your brand as a thought leader, this prospectus outlines exactly how you can get involved, and what’s still available. 

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Thinking about sponsoring the 2025 Border Technology Summit?

View the Border Technology Summit 2025 Attendee List to see which organizations have already confirmed their participation for this year, giving you a clear idea of the caliber of decision-makers your brand can engage with on-site at the 2025 event (September 23–24, 2025, at the Crowne Plaza San Diego – Mission Valley, CA). 

As a sponsor, you’ll have the unique opportunity to showcase your solutions directly to leaders shaping the future of border security — building brand awareness, generating leads, and positioning your organization as an essential partner in advancing border technology. 

Don’t miss your opportunity to connect with senior government officials, industry pioneers, and technology experts who are defining the next era of border security.

View the Border Technology Summit 2025 Attendee List to see which organizations have already confirmed their participation for this year’s event — giving you a clear idea of the caliber of attendees you can expect to meet on-site at the 2025 summit (September 23–24, 2025, at the Crowne Plaza San Diego – Mission Valley, CA).

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with industry leaders, build valuable connections, share best practices, and explore the latest advancements in border security technology.

View the Border Technology Summit 2024 Attendee List to get a sense of who has participated in past editions — giving you a clear idea of the caliber of attendees you can expect to meet on-site at the 2025 event (September 23–24, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza San Diego – Mission Valley, CA). Many of these organizations have already confirmed their attendance for this year.

Don’t miss your chance to network with industry leaders, build valuable connections, share best practices, and explore the latest advancements in border security technology.

Following the 2024 election, but before inauguration, IDGA sent out a Homeland Security Survey to individuals representing federal and local law enforcement, as well as those representing industry serving border security industries with the tools and resources they need to accomplish their missions. The results from that survey show that collaboration between American law enforcement agencies and their international partners is a work in progress.

In order to promote a cooperative environment in the border community, IDGA has established the Border Technology Summit, taking place September 28-29th in San Diego, California. The two-day summit spotlights the latest advancements in biometrics, non-intrusive inspection (NII), AI-powered surveillance, maritime domain awareness, and integrated border operations. The survey results provided in this report dive into some of these themes as well as topics such as training and resources.

In conjunction with a new administration in the White House, operations on U.S. borders have shifted drastically in 2025. Figures from Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) show apprehensions at U.S. borders are higher than they were at this time a year ago, and a recent travel ban has restricted entrance into the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries.

In its first six months, the Trump administration has moved quickly to mitigate what the White House is calling an “invasion” taking place on the southern border. On Inauguration Day, January 20th, the new administration moved quickly to sign a handful of new policies directed towards American borders. This report will highlight how executive orders, CBP mission areas, and DoD actions on the southern border have established a new normal for American border security. The first section will look at the instructions explicitly laid out in the executive orders signed by President Trump.

If you are interested in learning more about the future of border security, register for IDGA’s Border Technology Summit taking place September 23-24 in San Diego, California. The two-day summit provides a forum to explore the latest advancements in border security technology. This year, we are focusing on engaging our audience with high-level discussions surrounding advancements in biometrics, non-intrusive inspection, smart walls, current and future operations of border security, and much more.

The latest figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show that May 2025 was a historic month for the border agency. In the month of May, CBP released zero illegal aliens into the interior of the U.S., seized 708 pounds of fentanyl, and a 191% year over year increase in heroin seizures.

San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, California, is one of the busiest land-border crossings in the world and was the site of many of the apprehensions and seizures in May. Mariza Marin is the CBP Port Director at San Ysidro, where she leads many of the border officers responsible for the agency’s success so far in 2025.

This September, Director Marin will be on-site at IDGA’s Border Technology Summit where she will participate in a panel discussion with fellow CBP port directors. Before the summit, she sat down with IDGA to share her day-to-day duties as a port director, technologies shaping border operations, and the value of collaborating with staff at other ports of entry.

If you are interested in hearing from the officers responsible for securing U.S. borders, such as Director Marin, register for the Border Technology Summit taking place September 23-24 in San Diego, California.

Produced ahead of the 2024 Border Technology Summit (September 24–25 in San Diego, California), this exclusive interview with conference chair Nelson Balido offers timely insights into the evolving border security landscape between the United States and Mexico.

With nearly 250,000 migrant apprehensions at the southern border in December 2023 alone, U.S. border officials are under growing pressure to combat human trafficking, drug smuggling, and maintain secure, efficient cross-border trade. Leveraging cutting-edge technology is central to this mission — and a core focus of the Border Technology Summit.

In this interview, Nelson shares his perspective on:

• The technologies shaping border security in 2024
• What sets the Border Technology Summit apart
• What attendees can expect to take away from this year’s event

These insights remain highly relevant as we look ahead to the 2025 summit, where new challenges and innovations will continue to define the future of border operations.

Produced ahead of the 2024 Border Technology Summit, this report explores how border security in the 21st century is increasingly defined not just by physical infrastructure, but by the integration of modern surveillance technologies, skilled personnel, and forward-looking policy.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has developed a wide range of Border Surveillance Systems (BSS) to enhance national security — including video surveillance, thermal imaging, radar, ground sensors, and radio frequency sensors. These tools are central to CBP’s vision of a high-tech “virtual wall” along the southern border.

This report takes a closer look at the evolution of BSS, with a specific focus on surveillance towers and their role in detecting illegal entries and supporting apprehensions.

These insights remain highly relevant as we look ahead to the 2025 summit, where an updated report will be published to reflect the latest developments, technologies, and operational strategies shaping the future of border security.

As a preview of the caliber of content you can expect by attending the 2025 Border Technology Summit, we’re pleased to share an exclusive presentation delivered at the previous summit by John Cantú, Field Office Director at ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). 

This session dives into the latest technological innovations enhancing operational efficiency at ERO, from digital case files to language access tools and next-generation alternatives to detention. Access the full presentation to see how ICE is leveraging innovation to meet operational demands while supporting national security and humanitarian priorities.