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Meetings Industry Feels Impact of Shutdown

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Originally posted by Jessica Boudevin on Venues Today

Already hurting from sequestration, the meetings and events industry is further challenged by the gridlock in Washington

With approximately 800,000 government workers furloughed and all federally-run facilities closed, the effect of the United States Federal Government shutdown on the meetings and events industry continues to swell. Not only is the federal government a large buyer of convention space, but many government employees travel for conferences each year.

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GovSec Conference Delivers Comprehensive Agenda to Prepare Government Security Professionals to Handle 21st Century Threats

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Originally posted on Fort Mill Times

Seven Tracks Focus on Strategies and Tactics for Addressing Emergency Situations, Disasters and Cyber Attacks

WASHINGTON --

With an increase need to prevent and respond to incidents impacting our nation on a local, state and federal scale, government agencies, law enforcement and first responders have realized that they all have a stake in protecting their communities and the homeland from natural disasters and manmade threats. Scheduled for May 13-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., GovSec - the Government Security Conference and Expo, taking place in conjunction with TREXPO and CPM East - is presenting seven paid conference tracks that will help enable these security professionals to engage effectively in a national approach to prevention, mitigation and response to 21st century threats.

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FOSE 2013 Offers Comprehensive Conference Program to Government Attendees for Free

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Event Responds to Market Demands, Opens all Educational Sessions, Keynotes and Workshops to Government

Vienna, Va - FOSE 2013 will provide an extended value to government attendees by offering free admission to its entire educational program, including its executive-level conference featuring five tracks and over 40 comprehensive sessions.  Program topics will focus on the technology and management drivers affecting government today, including cloud and virtualization; cybersecurity; mobile government; big data and business intelligence; and project management.  Government attendees will also have complimentary access to the event's keynotes, workshops and training in the exhibit hall.  FOSE 2013 will take place May 14-16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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FOSE Meet Up: Feb 2012

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Organizers of the FOSE Conference & Expo, 1105 Media, Inc., hosted a third meet-up Friday, February 24 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Held specifically for top-notch government technology influencers, the meeting concentrated on expanding the depth of focus & connection to the government IT community via FOSE 2012.

A room full of influencers, as can be imagined, is not a quiet one - nor does it lack ideas. The topics ranged throughout the morning, all directly or indirectly supporting the core purposes of the meet-up: Creating a stronger depth of focus & connection to the government IT community via FOSE 2012.

Topics and ideas discussed include:

Go Micro-Topical: Maximize the importance of the larger topics being focused on at FOSE 2012. Instead of emphasizing the dedicated conferences that will be represented, FOSE planners were encouraged to highlight the problems, concerns and uses of each. In addition, it was highly recommended that the message attached to promotions clearly underlines how attending FOSE will, "Help me do my job better".
Cross-Channel: Utilize panel speaker's upcoming opportunities to reference topics being represented at FOSE 2012. The cross-representation can enhance the importance & necessity of FOSE 2012 topics, increasing interest levels & understanding of the matter.

Twitter: Maximize the use of official conference tweets by ensuring the Hashtag(s) being used by organizers, exhibitors, speakers, and attendees are one in the same. A few ways mentioned to ensure this happens are as follows:

  • Introduce the Hashtag(s) in 'sneak-peak' posts
  • Make Hashtag(s) the Internet Connection name at the conference
  • Add Hashtag(s) to all print & digital promotions
  • Create Hashtag(s) for sub-stations to maximize 'places' at FOSE 2012 a participant could be

FILL NEEDS: What will participants want to know before attending the event & what will they need at the event? Ideas mentioned include:

  • Before the event: What's for lunch?
  • At the event: Electricity--set up Power Stations

Ideas were also suggested for after the show.

  • TOP THINGS you should have (or would have) learned @ FOSE
  • Updates on implementations/new products/launches, etc. that were discussed/displayed at conference--Where are they now?

We are looking forward to a very successful FOSE 2012 - Hope to see you there!