GitLab

Events We Are Sponsoring

Review and reflect on a successful fiscal year at GitLab’s enablement training on March 12th. GitLab leadership is set to lead the discussion on the roadmap for FY27 and the partner initiatives that will help us stay on track.
Join the GitLab public sector community at the Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center or online for an insightful session where they will share:
- Insights from FY26: Reflect on the wins and growth areas within our strong partner ecosystem from the previous fiscal year
- The FY27 Public Sector GTM Plan: Understand our areas of focus for the new fiscal year and where they fall within our roadmap
- Partner Campaigns: Learn how you can help us move our FY27 goals forward with sales & marketing campaigns
Please also plan to join us for a networking happy hour following the event. We look forward to seeing you onsite and/or online!

Ideas become breakthroughs when shared. Challenges become opportunities when tackled together. That’s the Power of Community—a key focus for RSAC™ 2026 Conference. Real change happens when cybersecurity professionals unite.
Whether you're an RSAC™ Conference first-timer or a returning attendee you won’t want to miss what’s in store for RSAC 2026.

Sign up for our lunch and learn on March 26th to learn how to:
- Secure Your Pipelines from Day One: See how GitLab builds secure CI/CD pipelines and uses GitLab Duo to accelerate development while automating vulnerability detection and remediation
- Start with a Hardened Foundation: Learn how Chainguard’s minimal, hardened container images dramatically reduce security findings and generate the evidence required for accreditation and secure deployment
- Automate Secure Infrastructure: Discover how HashiCorp integrates infrastructure provisioning, dynamic secrets management and policy enforcement directly into the workflow using:
- Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
- Vault (Dynamic Secrets Management)
- Sentinel (Policy as Code)
- Accelerate Compliance: Watch GitLab’s STIG Analyzer automatically complete the DISA ASD STIG checklist for your project, cutting ATO prep for this checklist from months of manual effort to just hours
- Faster software delivery
- Fewer vulnerabilities
- Automated compliance and policy enforcement
- Secure-by-design from first commit to production

- Where AI is delivering efficiency gains in government and where it's falling short
- How to balance rapid AI adoption with workforce transitions and new talent onboarding
- How AI helps resource-constrained security teams combat escalating threats
- The differences between implementing AI for efficiency in government versus the private sector

Join us to uncover the latest cybersecurity insights and solutions with experts, CISOs and service providers to accelerate your business.
The 2026 agenda will deliver the latest cybersecurity, risk management, strategy and leadership insights across key topic areas, covering the challenges most critical to CISOs and their teams.
Explore the topics that will be covered at this year’s conference, informed by key challenges for CISOs and their teams.
- AI in Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity leaders play a critical role in AI. Explore how to govern the secure use of AI across your organization, integrate AI into all aspects of cybersecurity, defend against AI-generated attacks and navigate the AI hype to create real value.
- Cyber Resilience - In an ever-changing and increasingly complex environment and threat landscape, improving the ability of the organization to resist, absorb, recover and adapt to business disruption is vital. Cybersecurity leaders must embed resilience as a key element in every aspect of their cybersecurity programs.
- Cybersecurity Leadership, Management and Governance - Cybersecurity leaders must reframe their roles for a volatile, uncertain world and better support business outcomes. Learn how to develop a business-driven cybersecurity program, use metrics to prove value, deliver effective cybersecurity governance, and enhance leadership skills and effectiveness.
- Data Security, Privacy and Compliance - Discover how to build the right data security governance and controls to account for constantly changing data-sharing requirements, the increasing risks of using unstructured data with generative AI tools and privacy laws.
- Security Culture, Behavior and Awareness - Cultivating a robust cybersecurity culture within the organization is crucial for safeguarding assets and maintaining trust with key business partners. Explore how to reevaluate your awareness initiatives to foster a culture of security and enable increased secure behaviors.
Secure your spot at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026. See you there!
Events Where We Are Exhibiting

The Washington IT Leadership Forum is where tomorrow’s government leaders grow today.
This invitation-only gathering brings together state and local IT executives, emerging leaders, and visionary thinkers for candid conversations on the future of public-sector technology. Focused on leadership development, innovation, and strategy, the Forum goes beyond the tech to address the people, policies, and practices shaping digital government. Through peer exchange and practical sessions, participants gain the insights, relationships, and skills needed to lead their organizations and communities into the future.
This is an invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only.
For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Jennifer Caldwell.

The NLIT Summit is sponsored by the NLIT Society, a professional society founded to facilitate the exchange of best practices and ideas among IT and Cybersecurity professionals within the DOE complex, strengthen the infrastructure, and identify efficiencies within the DOE laboratory system. The Summit facilitates sharing information regarding all aspects of IT and Cybersecurity operations, technology, policies, and practices in support of research conducted at the Laboratories. It is open to all personnel in the IT and Cybersecurity fields working at Laboratories and Plants affiliated with government funded activities, as well as Federal government employees in the IT or Cybersecurity fields that work at agencies associated with the participating Laboratories.
The Summit consists of presentations, Community of Interest Network (COIN) collaboration sessions, panel discussions, tutorials, and technology demonstrations on a variety of topics of current interest to the IT community within DOE. There is an emphasis on providing opportunities for active participation and networking between attendees. Best practices, strategies, methodologies, implementations, lessons learned, innovative solutions, and emerging topics within the DOE community are shared during the Summit’s many sessions and events.

Registration is not available for TechNet Cyber. Check back in Winter 2025.
Adversaries have taken to cyberspace to conduct continuous confrontations. Protecting cyber assets requires more than a single entity, it demands multiple organizations. Join us for this three-day event and interact with IT professionals, hear from experts and develop solutions to ensure technology can connect people to information.

The 14th annual 930gov (Digital Government Institute’s annual convention) is a premier conference designed to bring together leaders, innovators, and practitioners from across the public and private sectors. Strategically timed toward the closeout of the federal fiscal year, 930gov focuses on the intersection of mission-critical objectives and innovative technologies, providing a platform for exploring how emerging technologies can drive enterprise transformation and enhance mission success. Attendees gain insight into the latest trends in enterprise architecture, records management, cyber security, data management, artificial intelligence, business transformation, and technology integration, all aimed at enabling agencies to achieve their strategic goals more efficiently and effectively.
930gov’s multi-track, multi-sponsor approach offers a unique opportunity to break out of siloed conversations about key topics in government technology advancement, including digital transformation, doing more with less, and the integration of AI and machine learning into enterprise systems using enterprise architecture principles. By fostering cross-discipline and cross-agency collaboration and knowledge sharing, alongside actionable insights from industry solution providers, 930gov aims to equip public sector attendees with the tools and strategies needed to navigate the complexities of modern enterprise environments and continue to drive mission success amidst rapid technology innovation.

Registration information will become available during Summer 2026.
TechNet Indo-Pacific is co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii. It is the largest event in the Pacific Rim focusing on regional defense issues. Keynote speakers, panel moderators and panelists will discuss defense policies and challenges in the Indo- Pacific region and their relevance to both industry and government. Industry exhibitors will demonstrate products and solutions to meet the services' requirements and needs.

The annual OODAcon event brings together the hackers, thinkers, strategists, disruptors, leaders, technologists, and creators with one foot in the future to discuss the most pressing issues of the day and provide insight into the ways technology is evolving.
Our theme for OODAcon 2025 is: Accelerating Disruptive Technologies, recognizing that the pace of technological advancement demands new frameworks for assessing, adopting, and scaling innovation in support of mission success across both government and industry.
We will explore national security, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, space, BioTech, FinTech, and government service delivery, bringing together thought leaders from both public and private sectors. For high-tech firms selling into the government, OODAcon provides direct access to key decision-makers shaping the future of technology adoption, policy, and procurement.
At OODAcon you can expect to engage in enriching discussions, peer to peer networking, and plenary speaker sessions that not only challenge the status quo but also offer a unique perspective on integrating these advancements into our daily lives and industries.
The conference will feature an impressive lineup of speakers, pioneers who are steering the direction of their respective fields towards a unified vision of the future. OODAcon 2025 is your arena to witness, participate, and contribute to the dialogue that drives innovation forward. Join us in hacking the future, together, as we navigate the complexities of convergence and pave the way for a technologically integrated tomorrow.

Each year, SC provides the leading technical program for the HPC community. The Program is designed to share best practices in all areas of high performance computing. Become a contributor and share your excellence. Presenting at SC is extremely rewarding.
Here’s your opportunity to meet and interact with industry, research organizations, universities, and startups joining us from across the globe. As an exhibitor, showcase your cutting-edge technologies, products, and services to thousands of attendees.
The Students@SC program offers a broad range of volunteer experiences, cluster competitions, and networking opportunities. Put your professional development into overdrive and identify the possibilities within the field of high performance computing.
Industry, academia, and government experts volunteer to design, build, and administer the cutting-edge SCinet infrastructure, providing internet connectivity for attendees and pushing the boundaries of network innovation through research and demos.

The Florida IT Leadership Forum is where tomorrow’s government leaders grow today.
This invitation-only gathering brings together state and local IT executives, emerging leaders, and visionary thinkers for candid conversations on the future of public-sector technology. Focused on leadership development, innovation, and strategy, the Forum goes beyond the tech to address the people, policies, and practices shaping digital government. Through peer exchange and practical sessions, participants gain the insights, relationships, and skills needed to lead their organizations and communities into the future.
For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Jennifer Caldwell.

Registration is not yet available. Check back in the Fall of 2026.
Sea Service leaders today confront profound and rapidly changing threats in a landscape of increasingly complex challenges. Join us and engage with leaders from the Navy, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard as well as industry and academia experts in this extraordinary opportunity to explore the depths of the unique issues they confront. Engage in discussions, network with peers and be a part of devising the needed solutions to enhance operational capabilities that overcome evolving threats. Gain knowledge and forge connections while discovering the latest platforms, cutting-edge technologies and advanced capabilities crucial to supporting maritime operations.