Solar Business Festival is a highly interactive conference and exhibition dedicated to creating a significant solar business platform in Texas, for knowledge sharing and connectivity. It is a fantastic event which provides an excellent industry platform for manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, service providers, and partners in the Texas solar industry. The event is focused on Texas and it brings together solar companies to connect directly...

DELIVERING INNOVATION TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE Join global innovation, business and defense leadership as they accelerate state-of-art technology solutions in support of national security and the warfighter. The Defense Innovation Technology Acceleration Challenges brings the Nation’s largest technology prospecting program to deliver state-of-the-art solutions for National Security needs. DITAC 2016 is co-located with the 4th Annual Defen...

DELIVERING ENERGY INNOVATION TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE Join the stakeholders and working groups building the foundation for a new Defense Energy Center of Excellence. The summit's focus will center on this proposed initiative and how to accelerate clean energy and infrastructure solutions for the DOD. DEFENSE ENERGY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE: Featuring the national leadership developing the backing for a Defense Energy Center of Excellence. Join the...

DELIVERING INNOVATION ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION Join leadership from America's largest angel investment fund, representing over $2.5B of early-state, high-risk technology funding for small business. SBIR/STTR programs are the nation's largest source of early stage / high risk R&D funding for small business. Learn how to participate and compete for funding, engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) and to commerci...

SXSW Eco creates a space for business leaders, policy makers, innovators and designers to advance solutions that drive social, economic and environmental change.The conference features collaborative events to create new relationships, as well as dynamic sessions and exciting competitions that introduce attendees to transformative designs, technologies and ideas. Through provocative programming, strategic alliances and global participation, SXS...

DELIVERING INNOVATION TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE ENERGY • CYBER • MEDICAL • MATERIALS • SYSTEMS Join global innovation, business and defense leadership as they accelerate state-of-art technology solutions in support of national security and the warfighter. Co-located with the Defense Energy Technology Acceleration Challenges (DITAC). The Challenges are designed to deliver state-of-art Energy, Cyber, Medical, Materials and Syst...

About the Summit: Join the stakeholders and working groups building the foundation for a new Defense Energy Center of Excellence. The summit's focus will center on this proposed initiative and how to accelerate clean energy and infrastructure solutions for the DOD. Defense Energy Center of Excellence: Featuring the national leadership developing the backing for a Defense Energy Center of Excellence. Join the stakeholders and working groups de...

The GOVERNING Texas Leadership Forum brings thought leaders from GOVERNING's award-winning editorial team, Texas and around the nation to you. The day is designed to be interactive, and will include sessions on some of the most important challenges facing Texas. The forum will feature a highly interactive format and an agenda created in partnership with the Advisory Board. Learn from your peers in different agencies and jurisdictions, hear fro...

What is the Power to Purchase Technology Expo? Power to Purchase brings DIR contracted technology vendors together with IT and purchasing staff from state agencies, local and county government, K-12 and higher education to raise awareness about our Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Cooperative Contracts program. ICT Co-op Contracts is a streamlined cooperative purchasing program for state and local government, public education, a...

Digital Government Trends Managing in Challenging Times New Technologies Innovation Web 2.0 Security. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE •Where's Your Focus - How to Market Solutions to Business •Reaching Citizens through 2.0 •Texas Department of Information Resources DBITS Update •Texas ERP Project Update •Are You Ready to Star on YouTube? Policies to Support New Service Models •Doing the Right Things - Dashboards and Per...