As the maternal age is increasing and the American population is becoming more obese, the number of pregnancies complicated by diabetes and obesity also is increasing. The 14th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of North America serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of data, gathered through collaboration among basic, translational and clinical researchers and research centers, both nationally and internationally. This...

This timely one-day conference is intended to provide new evidence-based strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment, including many newly approved biologic therapies and surgery of common arthritic, rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. Local experts and renowned invited speakers, nationally known for their clinical and clinical research achievements, will provide state of the art summaries. In addition to lectures with questions and...

Announcing the inaugural CSX 2015 North America Conference. An ISACA® cyber event. 19 – 21 October 2015. ISACA’s Cybersecurity Nexus™ (CSX) was created as a result of our commitment to address the urgent global need for skilled cybersecurity professionals. CSX is a knowledge platform and professional program designed to be a single source for all things cybersecurity that will help you through every step of your career, n...

Register today for the second event in the Federal IT Acquisition Summit series on October 20th in Washington, DC. Hear from seasoned government professionals and decision makers as they provide insight on key issues that are reshaping the federal acquisition environment, as well as contract-specific training opportunities. Featured vehicles include GSA Alliant (including an Alliant 2 update), Army ITES-3S and ADMC-3, NASA SEWP V, and NIH CIO-...

Predictive Analytics World for Government 2015 in Washington, DC is a practically-focused conference that highlights case studies of how government agencies are currently using data analytics to solve real world problems. We are holding our fifth annual conference at the Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel. PAWGOV is designed to help agency managers understand how they can apply predictive analytics to more effectively and efficiently accomplish thei...

The amount of data used by organizations has been exploding -- 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last three years alone, and much of it is unstructured. It's not just the amount of data that presents challenges; the types of data being collected are changing and coming from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos posted online, transaction records...

Overview: A One-Day Training Workshop for professionals to understand techniques and methods to implement UGG requirements, prepare for single audit updates, and glean insights on how to avoid common audit findings. The provisions of the far reaching guidance (2 CFR 200) are applicable for grants and co-operative agreements issued on or after December 26, 2014. Accordingly, grantors and grantees must follow two sets of guidance for the next f...

There are two types of people – those who know they’ve been hacked, and those who don’t. Federal agencies, companies, and individuals are under attack every day from hackers, and our wealth of data is the ultimate prize. With outdated government data centers taking much of the blame in recent attacks, agencies are increasingly turning to the cloud for security. Still, no defense is impenetrable, and it’s only a matter o...

Thisone-day educational symposium will examine kidney and pancreas transplantation with a special emphasis on the multidisciplinary approach in pre and post transplant care. In addition, the conference will provide updates on clinical trials in kidney transplantation and immunosuppressive therapies, offer insight on complex post-transplant issues, and focus on the care of waitlisted patients and those with a failing allograft. Furthermore, liv...

This interdisciplinary, one-day conference will provide a clinical update on the biology, therapeutic modalities and management decision making in patients with kidney and bladder (urothelial) cancers. Engaging didactic lectures will present current science, ongoing clinical trials and future research directions including many revolutionary advances in multi-disciplinary management approaches to patients with early stage, high risk, and metast...