Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States later this month, please join ITIF on September 17 for an expert panel discussion exploring the ramifications of China’s economic and trade strategies and delving into potential remedies and responses. Despite commitments China made when it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 to embrace key tenets of rules-governed, market-based trade, it remains wedded to...

GITEC Presents "The Power of Two" Join GITEC for "The Power of Two" an upcoming local event and reception as a special follow-up to Summit 2015. This session was originally scheduled as the closing session for Summit 2015, due to travel difficulties into Baltimore at that time, this particular session was cancelled. We are pleased to have the opportunity to bring these two speakers together to present this much anticipated session as its own e...

The promise of big data is great, but the gap between promise and reality may be even greater. Getting value from big data begins with a business case that drives choices of the right data among many big data possibilities—social media data, machine-to-machine data, e-commerce data, geospatial data, and more. This TDWI Seminar in Washington, DC, offers a sequence of carefully selected courses to help you do just that. Join us to understa...

Nigeria's agricultural sector is being reshaped and reinvigorated as the center of the country's economic growth and prosperity. The key challenges facing this new chapter of sustainable intensification and productivity are widespread. Modernisation, new ideas and new technology are required across all aspects of agricultural practice. Significant improvements in infrastructure, storage, distribution and waste management must also be introduce...

AFFIRM & GITEC Present InformationTechnology: Catalyst for Innovation, Accelerator for Change At the core of public sector innovation is solving problems for people, both citizens and government employees alike. It’s about delivering on your agency’s mission more effectively and more efficiently. It’s about having a positive impact on the lives of Americans. Public sector organizations are being charged to use information...

Intensive training for effective design and troubleshooting for handling bulk solids in silos, stockpiles, feeders and transfer chutes _ strategies for alleviating costly flow problems, and proven techniques to design equipment to improve efficiency, safety and reliability. Key Learning Outcomes: Review common flow problems (eg. bridging, ratholing, flooding, segregation). Understand silo/hopper/stockpile flow patterns (funnel, mass, expanded...

Managing Agile BI for the Enterprise You’re well aware of the benefits of agile—increasing productivity and flexibility, providing faster time to value, and supporting collaborative relationships between users and IT developers. One problem: it’s becoming increasingly complex to marry agile techniques with enterprise databases, and handle complex modeling in an agile environment. Whether you’ve tried agile before or are...

Big Data potentially is one of the most important technology trends in recent years in the government IT community. Agencies can take advantage of a booming market of commercial tools and techniques for extracting insights from their data to inform decision-making and improve operational efficiencies. Additionally, they can generate even greater insight by collaborating with the public on information innovation. The challenge, however, is that...

In today’s digital environment, citizens and employees have high expectations for government services. Whether they are checking employee benefits, accessing tax records, or conducting a transaction, they assume that information or services will be available whenever they need it and on whatever device they are using. But to make this possible, agencies need to understand both the tools and tactics for delivering and securing mobile enga...

Attend this course to improve your knowledge and confidence in the technical aspects of the design, implementation, and operation of bulk material handling equipment and system installations - to make better decisions about equipment selection. Key Learning Outcomes: Review case studies for systems handling iron ore, coal, and other mining materials. Understand bulk material flow properties and their use in design and troubleshooting. Examine...