The year 2009 saw significant changes in American's national security leadership and a new Quadrennial Defense Review published. Even outside the Department of Defense, the prevailing thoughts on our future security challenges talk of smaller conflicts, irregular warfare, insurgencies, terrorism, and increasing use of special operations forces. There continues to be an evolving National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy that cal...

The International Colloquium on Environmentally Preferred Advanced Power Generation (ICEPAG) is a three-day international colloquium focused on advanced distributed generation and central plant technologies. The conference will be held February 9-11, 2010, at The Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California, which is just minutes away from John Wayne Airport; the University of California, Irvine; and Newport Beach. The colloquium is orga...

Advancing situational awareness with the next generation of SDRs: Cognitive Radios and Networks! IDGA’s Software Radio Communications Summit is the annual can’t-miss event for the SDR community. Members of the military, industry, and academia convene each year to discuss solutions and forge potential new partnerships for the continuous advancement in radio communications for DoD and Coalition forces. The goal of the 2010 Summit is...

Improving youth development through positive youth program outcomes Earn up to 15 CPE Credits! Address the Needs of Today’s Youth to Inspire Success in the 21st Century Focus on youth development initiatives in social media, entrepreneurship and leadership to promote positive outcomes Leverage Funding and Resources to Sustain Your Youth Services Programs Implement strategies to win grants and comply with key federal financial standards f...

Assess the public and political environment for health care reform and understand the agenda that rural hospitals must pursue, with or without national legislation, to achieve more effective, efficient and safer care. Gain strategies for achieving performance excellence in an environment of shrinking resources, changing hospital-physician relations, and new demands for collaboration. Learn how values-driven cultures translate into sustained co...

2010 GN&C Conference The Rocky Mountain Section of the American Astronautical Society (AAS) originated as a joint effort between Martin Marietta, Ball Aerospace, and the University of Colorado in 1977. The charter for this newly formed section was to advance the technology and provide forums for exchange of information related to research, development, production, and performance of techniques, devices, and systems concerning the guidance...

First West Coast Government 2.0 "Un-Camp". This will be focusing on the language and marketing needed to bring the dialog around Government 2.0 innovations and technology to fruition. There is a tremendous interest in the depth and scope of these transformational changes that are occurring. 2009 was the Year of "What is Government 2.0?" " How does it get defined and what lingo gets assigned?" 2010 is going to be the Year of "Agile Implementati...

WSDM 2010 WSDM (pronounced "wisdom") is a young ACM conference intended to be the publication venue for research in the areas of search and data mining. Indeed, the pace of innovation in these areas prevents proper coverage by conferences of broader scope. The high attendance at the first two WSDMs, held at Stanford University and Barcelona in February 2008 and 2009, has confirmed community interest in a more focused venue. WSDM publishes ori...

The 2010 NASEO/ASERTTI State Energy Policy and Technology Outlook Conference will be held February 1 – 5, 2010 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. This year’s State Energy Policy, Program, and Technology Outlook Conference comes as the States and the nation are in the midst of an historic energy efficiency and renewable energy transformation. New policies and investments are moving rapidly and at an unprecedented scale, with additional pr...

There’s still a tough road ahead when it comes to abating the nation’s foreclosure crisis. Government officials and regulators, along with lenders, servicers, and their service providers must work together to bring about economic recovery and stability in the housing market. The hard, but necessary, conversation that needs to be addressed: What are the challenges that are keeping servicers from modifying loans under HAMP? Is the p...