S&T @ CES 2025
January 7-9, 2025
Las Vegas, NV
DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is pleased to participate in the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show. Visit us at booth #61311 in Eureka Park to learn more about our partnership programs and key technologies. We’re interested in growing our network of innovation partners to develop homeland security solutions and look forward to meeting you!
S&T Speakers in CES Panel Discussions
View S&T’s High-Definition Advanced Imaging Shoe Scanner Technology Demonstration at TSA Booth #8962 LVCC North Hall
S&T is developing a shoe scanner for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that will eliminate the need for travelers to remove their footwear during the screening process and increase airport checkpoint effectiveness. The cutting-edge shoe scanner is built on millimeter wave High Definition-Advanced Imaging Technology, which provides better quality images than current screening systems, reduces false alarms that lead to secondary screening, and is built on an open architecture that allows rapid software updates and the use of third-party detection algorithms to identify prohibited items.
Are you looking to work with S&T?
Meet our partnership program representatives to learn how!
The Homeland Security Startup Studio (HSSS) is an innovative program that brings together entrepreneurs, mentors, and inventors to deliver technology solutions for homeland security. Conducted in partnership with the venture-building company FedTech, HSSS pairs the next generation of entrepreneurs with federally funded, cutting-edge technologies to help move them from lab to market.
Recruiting for the 2025 Cohort is Now Open!
Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 cohort that will run from February through June 2025. Entrepreneur participants are expected to devote ~20 hours a week (evenings and weekends) to the program. Apply here through January 15, 2025.
Join S&T and FedTech for a virtual Information Session to learn more about the HSSS program. At these interactive sessions, the HSSS team will answer questions and discuss opportunities to engage with DHS-relevant technologies and explore launching a new venture through the HSSS. Visit the registration page for more information.
Upcoming Information Session dates:
- January 14, 2025, from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET
HSWERX, the Homeland Security Innovation Hub, is a unique platform designed to address DHS challenges and increase the effectiveness of DHS innovation and commercialization activities. HSWERX complements the department’s R&D activities by enabling the rapid discovery, engagement, and acceleration of innovative solutions for the safety and security of the homeland.
For any questions, please email: t2c@hq.dhs.gov.
The DHS S&T Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) connects with innovation communities across the nation and around the world to harness the commercial R&D ecosystem and expand DHS S&T’s reach to identify technologies that strengthen national security by co-investing in and accelerating developed technologies transition to the commercial market. SVIP is partnering with startups to tackle the hardest problems faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise.
SVIP offers U.S. and international startups non-dilutive funding to carry out prototype projects and possibly transition successful projects to production. SVIP is helping to reshape how government, entrepreneurs, and industry work together to find cutting-edge solutions.
SVIP partners with DHS’s operational agencies to identify use cases that align with emerging commercial technologies and announce funding opportunities throughout the year. Early-stage startups can apply for up to $2 million across four phases. If other DHS agencies are interested in testing the technology against their use case, an optional Phase 5 is available. Following successful prototyping, DHS operational agencies can acquire the technology without further competition.
Since launching in December 2015, SVIP has made significant progress in working with startups to develop cutting-edge homeland security solutions.
SVIP Start Up Companies Developing Homeland Security Solutions
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest public–private partnerships in the United States. The SBIR program encourages U.S. small businesses with fewer than 500 employees to provide quality research and to develop new processes, products and technologies in support of the missions of the U.S. government. Administered by DHS S&T, the DHS SBIR Program supports a full spectrum of SBIR initiatives serving all components.
Learn More about SBIR Companies
Technology Talks Schedule
Booth #61311, Eureka Park, Venetian Expo Center
- Jan. 7, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Jan. 8, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Jan. 9, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Jan. 10, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Synthetic Data for Enterprise AI, Analytics, Augmentation |
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Seamless Security for User-Friendly, Scalable Digital Credentials |
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Building Identity Infrastructure for the Digital World |
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | How to Be a Homeland Security Startup |
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Yotta’s Innovative Personal Navigation Systems |
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Breaking Barriers: AL-Powered Offline Translation |
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Cutting-edge Digital Credential Verifiers with Netis |
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | MOTT- Maritime Tracking and Communications Buoy |
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Seamless Security for User-Friendly, Scalable Digital Credentials |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | From Founding to Future: How a 235 Year Old Agency is Innovating |
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Navigating Resilience in Emergency Operations |
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | How to Do Business with S&T |
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | How Customs & Border Protection Uses Technology |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Breaking Barriers: AL-Powered Offline Translation |
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Zeteo Tech Talks Portable Biological Mass Spectrometers |
11:00 AM – 11:30 PM | Overcoming Data Silos with Synthetic Data |
11:30 PM – 12:00 PM | Work with Device Solutions On Embedded Engineering |
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Yotta’s Innovative Personal Navigation Systems |
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Overcoming Data Silos with Synthetic Data |
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Unlocking Privacy Safe AI with Synthetic Data |
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Harnessing Technology for Emergency Response with FEMA |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Credence ID Talks Authentication Solutions for Digital Credentials |
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Building Infrastructure for the Digital World |
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | How Customs & Border Protection Uses Technology |
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Using Plasma to Modernize Conventional Heating Processes |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Unlocking Privacy Safe AI with Synthetic Data |
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | How Caspia Streamlines Security Integration |
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | AI vs. AI: Fighting Deepfakes and Misinformation |
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | MOTT- Maritime Tracking and Communications Buoy |
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Synthetic Data for Enterprise AI, Analytics, Augmentation |
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | How to Do Business with S&T |
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Yotta’s Innovative Personal Navigation Systems |
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Zeteo Tech Talks Portable Biological Mass Spectrometers |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Credence ID Talks Authentication Solutions for Digital Credentials |
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Finding Rapid Technology Solutions Through the Homeland Security Innovation Hub |
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Cutting-edge Digital Credential Verifiers with Netis |
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Recruiting for the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Finding Rapid Technology Solutions Through the Homeland Security Innovation Hub |
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Synthetic Data for Enterprise AI, Analytics, Augmentation |
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | AMA with SVIP Managing Director |
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Harnessing Technologies for Emergency Response with FEMA |
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Cutting-edge Digital Credential Verifiers with Netis |