Hiroshima, Japan serves as an ideal setting for academics, practitioners, policy-makers, first-responders and students who desire to share ideas, knowledge, research and experience in a forum of peaceful dialog and constructive outcomes. This year marks the 4th anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan on March 11, 2011. Subsequent to the twin natural disasters, the health and safety of Japan as well as t...

The 2015 Government Social Media Conference & Expo (GSMCON) is the first social media conference for U.S. city, county and state government. Collaborate with a network of state and local social media managers. Learn strategy and technique from experts and peers. Maximize your program to bring value to your citizens. Who should attend? Everyone interested in learning how to strategically use social media in city, county and state government...

Prepare for the Super Reset The OMB Super Circular and significant economic and social changes have grant-funded organizations asking fundamental questions about the future of their organizations and how to adapt to the "Super Reset." The Spring 2015 Southern Grants Forum has vital answers for all types of grant-funded entities. Join a dozen speakers presenting two dozen sessions about the future facing the grant-funded community. The Southern...

The 2015 Synergy Forum brings together government and industry practitioners driving our collective technology futures. This is a multi-disciplinary event examining the emerging mashup of physical and digital worlds. Attendees include policy-makers, architects, program managers and influencers in the federal government and the most forward thinking engineers, architects and innovators in the American technology ecosystem. Organized by the anal...

The NRO IT Way Forward Conference is an annual event designed as an opportunity for the CIO and the IT Sub-Portfolio Managers to provide feedback to the NRO IT consumer base on approved enterprise responses to the needs, gaps, and opportunities identified out of the NRO IT Planning Conference this past fall. This conference is typically a one-day event with briefings from the functional IT SPMs on roadmap modifications that have been approved...

During this four-hour session at the Rayburn House Office Building, businesses with existing contracts, as well as those pursuing new business with the Department of Defense, Homeland Security and other federal agencies will learn about the promises and challenges of the 114th Congress. Participants will learn about the people, processes, tools and outcomes associated with legislative processes. With a focus on small business contacts, they wi...

The international oil and gas industry is continuously challenged by meeting production targets, ensuring safety and the respect of the environment. SMi proudly presents its 3rd annual M2M for Oil and Gas conference taking place on the 29th - 30th April 2015 in London, UK. This conference will explore how fast and easy access to reliable information is pivotal to enable senior members of upstream and downstream oil and gas companies to appropr...

SMi is delighted to announce its 4th Annual Smart Water Systems Conference on the 29th and 30th April 2015 at the Marriott Hotel, Regents Park in London. Smart Water systems involves the use of Smart Water meters together with the latest technologies and real time data to better monitor water usage and detect any problems such as leakage. The conference will strengthen knowledge of smart water meter data handling issues as well as looking at t...

We anticipate another great conference this year in Minneapolis. This year's conference will run from Tuesday through Thursday again. We have retained many of the features that our 2014 attendees told us they enjoyed the most. We look forward to providing exceptional education once again at the largest annual gathering of government meeting professionals. SGMP’s 33rd annual conference is April 28-30, 2015, at the Hilton Minneapolis and t...

Social Media the Internet and Law Enforcement - the Global leader for law enforcement training in social media, for community outreach, reputation management and preventing & solving crime since 2010. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE The SMILE Conference is the leading training conference devoted to Social Media, the Internet and Law Enforcement initiatives. The SMILE Conference has pioneered the adoption of social media by law enforcement ag...