GIDE Industry Insights Forum

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with the Office of Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering’s (OUSD R&E) Joint Fires Network (JFN), will host the GIDE Industry Insights Forum on July 16, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA. The Forum will focus on the Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE).

The purpose of GIDE is to accelerate the development and fielding of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) capabilities and concepts for the Department of Defense in order to deliver information to warfighters and senior leaders at the speed of relevance and spur faster decision-making than our adversaries. Since its inception, 9 iterations of experiments have been conducted by the GIDE composed of leaders from the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, all service branches and international allies and partners. Future iterations of experiments are planned for 2024 and beyond.

The Joint Fires Network will support multi-domain operations through a multi-level security Persistent Targeting Common Operational Picture and integrated mission capabilities. In partnership with the Joint Fires Network, GIDE will serve as an avenue to explore JFN nominees. Nominees that are successful during GIDE, can be designated as JFN candidates for evaluation of inclusion in the JFN Baseline.

The objectives of the inaugural GIDE Industry Insights Forum are to:

Introduce industry to the learning from CY 23/24 GIDE
Enable industry partners to support GIDE experimentation teams for the purpose of generating faster and more comprehensive outcomes
Outline the acquisitions opportunities to join GIDE and CJADC2 ecosystem
Increase industry knowledge of the CDAO data marketplace concept
Present JFN 2.0 requirements and way ahead and GIDE as a nomination venue for JFN capabilities

Topics to be discussed at this Forum are planned to include:

Digital, machine-enabled Joint Force warfighting Planning
All-source intelligence fusion and early warning insights
Live digital wargaming
Collaborative global planning
Digital logistics planning and execution
AI-enabled warfighting workflow automation
Joint kill-chain automation
Joint digital authorities and tasking dissemination
Automated cross-domain solution digital engineering
Joint targeting/tasking message translation/resilient transmission
Resilient, multi-path automated data transport
Operational C2 Decision Aides
Scheme of Maneuver planning
National/Tactical ISR Orchestration and Prediction
Enterprise Service Bus Data Mesh Services

The 1-day Forum will feature plenary learning sessions and break-out discussion sessions with an overall desired outcome to spur engagement and collaboration between Government and industry leaders. Please note that all conversations will be held at the Controlled Unclassified Information level.

To participate in the CDAO’s inaugural GIDE Industry Insights Forum, please register by July 5, 2024.

Due to capacity, this event is limited to 650 participants. Please register no more than (3) participants from one organization, and only register if you plan to attend this event in-person.