COVID-19 crystalized America’s innovation imperative. MerITocracy 2022: American Innovation Forum is an event produced by MeriTalk in partnership with Hill and White House leadership as well as industry visionaries. More than a talk shop, this program will underscore the requirement for tangible outcomes and practical operational plans. MerITocracy will focus on creative thinking around critical issues that sit at the nexus of policy and...

In October 2020, DOJ announced a policy that permits state and local officers on DOJ Task Forces to wear and activate BWCs when the use of force is possible - while serving arrest warrants, executing other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants. On June 7 2021, based on recommendations from the Department's law enforcement components, the Attorney General directed the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, To...

Join the Security Symposium, where IT security professionals can learn and network with Red Hat® and Intel security experts, partners, and peers to solve security issues together as a community. The Security Symposium is a full-day event with presentations from experts and a Q&A panel with all speakers. Attendees will learn about hybrid cloud security challenges organizations face and solutions to tackle these challenges. Why attend Se...

The role of Chief Information Security Officer is important making security is front and center in protecting organizations in a post SolarWinds and Log4j world. As the need to share information between different agencies with both connected and disconnected applications increases, agencies need to think beyond DevSecOps and Zero Trust. Existing approaches to building software and the use of automation need to be reevaluated. The Department of...

WELCOME TO INTERFACE Phoenix 2022! IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to needs for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations, to help educa...

Cloud Services: US Marshals Service (USMS) delivery of Law Enforcement Mission The journey from concept to plan to operational services is challenging in any environment, introducing the challenges of security and deputy safety adds to the complexity. Add the demands of various physical environments and 24x7 availability and you have complexity square. Mr. Bruner who has led that journey for the USMS will share with us their experience, challe...

This in-person one-day unclassified and two-day classified event is designed to continue the exploration of intricacies and significance of Joint All Domain Warfare; the key objective is to further understand how this remarkable construct will shape the future warfare by maximizing the potential of connecting many sensors to the best effectors through the appropriate command and control system. JADC2 will be the linchpin of this construct to s...

The 3rd Annual DoD Energy and Power Summit will focus on the technologies and policies necessary to support greater energy efficiency, resiliency, affordability, and environmental sustainability for the Department of Defense for both fixed and mobile environments. Attendees will hear from Military and US Government leaders about current efforts to meet the need for increased power systems in response to new, innovative, and rapidly developing...

The 4th Annual Human Performance & Biosystems Summit will bring together DoD, Military Research Labs, Industry, & Academia to have a ‘Town-Hall’ style discussion on current/future initiatives toward advancing human capabilities with innovative research and development in the areas of training, cognition, nutrition, medical care, and machine-human interfaces. At this forum, senior level leaders from across the military servi...

Building the modern cloud data stack on the data lakehouse The world’s largest data and AI conference returns live, June 27-30 in San Francisco and virtually in our new hybrid format. Four days packed with keynotes by industry visionaries, technical sessions, hands-on training and networking opportunities. Highly technical content, presented by leading experts, plus a full slate of hands-on training workshops for everyone from data engin...