Defense in Depth: A Look at Defense Industry Events

While the defense community is well acquainted with meeting and defeating big challenges, the dynamic nature of the cyber world is proving to be a daunting adversary for our military. From arming soldiers at the tip of the spear not only with weapons but also with data to fending off threats to cyber networks, defense professionals are in a constant learning mode while being on constant alert.[Tweet "The defense community is well acquainted with meeting and defeating big challenges. #GovEventsBlog"]

At GovEvents we are proud to be the defense community's one-stop-shop for finding training and networking events. We hope that our site takes some of the strain of this new tech frontier off their shoulders.

In this post we want to highlight some of the key events coming up for defense professionals through the end of the year.[Tweet "In this post we highlight some of the key events for defense professionals. #GovEventsBlog"]

• 2016 Naval IT Modernization Forum (July 13; Falls Church, VA) -This event will cover the U.S. Navy's information technology modernization efforts and how industry can assist the Navy in meeting its technology goals. The keynote speaker, Admiral Phil Davidson, will address the move to Asia-Pacific, the advanced persistent threat in cyber, and the IT modernization push from the naval fleet perspective.
• Multi-Intelligence Symposium (July 19-20; Alexandria, VA) - This educational symposium will engage U.S. military commands, government agencies, academia, and technology providers in a collaborative, open forum to discuss technological solutions and best practices that enhance the intelligence community's ability to process, exploit, and disseminate valuable information through an integrated intelligence enterprise.
• 19^th Annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium (August 16-18; Huntsville, AL) - The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development, and networking event in the space and missile defense community.  The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world.
• Air Force Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference (AFITC) (August 29-31; Montgomery, AL) - After a 4-year hiatus, this event is re-launching as a platform that brings together Air Force IT experts, prominent IT academics, and America's best cybersecurity vendors. It features exhibits, speakers, education, and discussion about how we can better defend America from cyber-attacks and advanced persistent threats and proactively lead in cybersecurity in this increasingly digital world.[Tweet "Defense in Depth: A Look at Defense Industry Events #GovEventsBlog"]
• Air, Space & Cyber Conference (September 19-24; National Harbor, MD) - Produced by the Air Force Association, this event gives airmen a platform to debate and discuss the most pressing trends and topics shaping the defense industry. This year's theme is Airmen, Industry, and Allies - A Global Security Team.
• Modern Day Marine (September 27-29; Quantico, VA) - This event is the premier military equipment, systems, services, and technology exposition bringing together technology and equipment vendors with military leaders and purchasers to share challenges and best practices.
• The AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition (October 3-5; Washington, DC) - This AUSA event is the largest land power exposition and professional development forum in North America. This event consists of informative and relevant presentations and panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops, and important AUSA business meetings. High-ranking military leaders present their vision to over 26,000 attendees.
• 11^th Annual Homeland Security Week (November 1-3; Washington, DC) - Homeland Security Week brings together top homeland security leaders from government, industry, and academia to take a deep dive into current challenges and future requirements necessary for numerous government agencies responsible for homeland security. The goal of the event is to facilitate a complex, joint, multilayered plan to combat the evolving challenges our country faces. The 200+ attendees will have access to expert speakers for interactive keynote presentations, large-scale panel discussions, project updates, case studies, intimate roundtables, product demonstrations, and more.
• MILCOM (November 1-3; Baltimore, MD) - Command, control, and communication challenges are presented and discussed end-to-end - from research and development through existing solutions to future needs.  The theme for 2016 is Securing Communications at the Speed of Cyber. The conference offers industry the opportunity to understand the breadth of requirements, the pace of change, and the state of play in a variety of C4I markets serving the DoD, federal agencies, and multinational entities.
• AFCEA Tech Net Asia Pacific (November 15-17; Honolulu, HI) - This event focuses on regional defense issues. Keynote speakers, panel moderators, and panelists will discuss defense policies and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and their relevance to both Industry and Government.

We'd love to hear from you. What are some of your favorite defense events that can't be missed?