Integrating capabilities to increase value to the enterprise IDGA’s DoD and Government Architecture Forum is designed to provide a candid space to discuss these challenges, share lessons learned, and walk away with strategies to solve the most difficult problems, as well as silence the architecture critics once and for all. This is your place to: Learn about architecture success stories and how you can apply them to your work Hear from c...

GTRA Infrastructure/Security/Enterprise Architecture Council Meeting - May 22-24, 2011 - Bedford, PA The invitation-only GTRA Technology Council Meeting is an opportunity for Government IT leaders to come together to collaborate, network, and share best practices and lessons learned across the areas paramount in ensuring success around our nation’s technology initiatives. Sessions will focus on critical issues such as OMB's "25-Point Fe...

Defence IQ’s fourth summit is back in Germany at a time of great restructuring with responsibilities for most air and missile defence being transferred from the Army to the Air Force. The event is also positioned in the key final stage of the NATO Lisbon process; after the interim summit in April but before the action plan paper in June. This is an intimate, considered and altogether focussed event taking in: Operational case studies lik...

The Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG), will direct and sponsor the eighth Force Protection Equipment Demonstration (FPED VIII) from 17-19 May 2011 at the Stafford Regional Airport, Stafford, Virginia. This event is co-sponsored by: Department of Defense (DOD)'s Physical Security Equipment Action Group (PSEAG) Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) The FPED VIII objective is to provide leaders and decis...

The 42nd International Symposium on Forms and Business Processes will be held on May 16 - 19, 2011 at the Tremont Plaza in Baltimore, MD. BFMA is the only provider of training and information specifically developed for forms and business process professionals. This year BFMA Symposium Baltimore will be offering a dedicated track about government form processes entitled the Evolution of the US Department of State's Electronic Forms Program plus...

U.S. and Swedish defense companies have a several decades-long history sharing defense technology to their mutual benefit. This one day event is structured to bring together industry and government representatives from both countries and leverage their talent and experience. Participants at previous conferences consisted largely of government officials directly engaged in the identification and championing of new areas for collaboration; and e...

Security Assistance has increased substantially over the last three years and the organizations tasked with effectively administering the process have been working flat out to achieve mission success. This conference will review the landscape of FMS and look at the programs of record. ComDefs are known for multiple nations participating with the United States in a lively and informative presentation and Q&A format, ComDef arrives in Huntsv...

Increasing information exchange to coordinate fires and battlefield assets Building on the success of our 2009 and 2010 events, Defence IQ’s 3rd Annual Air/Land Integration & Joint Fire Support Conference is set to be the biggest and best yet. Current Operations have again highlighted the necessity for militaries to increase the levels of battlefield coordination and planning between the services. Sharing situational awareness, coord...

Agenda Thursday, May 12 8:00 am Registration and Morning Refreshments 9:00 am Opening Remarks David Taylor, Chief Information Officer, State of Florida 9:15 am Opening Keynote Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem SolvingSteve Uzzell, Renowned PhotographerSteve Uzzell is a veteran National Geographic photographer and one of the nation’s leading corporate photographers. Steve's award-winning approach to his photographi...

The much lauded 2011 Energy/Facilities Connections event is scheduled for May 2011. The theme is Now...More than Ever. The conference attracts top-of-the-line facility experts to provide attendees with critical resources for tackling fiscal and operational restraints. A potpourri of disciplines, such as facilities, energy, construction, custodial, business, safety, regulatory and associated professionals would be well-served to attend. Attende...