A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD/ VA and the Federal Governments efforts towards creating a connected health ecosystem through leveraging health IT tools and technologies. The forum is created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all in attendance. We bring together leaders from across the Armed Services & Government Agen...

DSI's 3rd Military Tactical Communications Summit " A networked apprach to communications at the tactical edge" September 9 - 10 , 2014 The Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA DSI’s Military Tactical Communications Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across U.S. military and U.S. civilian organizations can come together for actionable disc...

Improving identity management is a critical step towards improving national security as well as increasing the efficiency of Government internal operations. Forensics and biometrics have provided DoD and Federal Civilian Organizations with dramatic advancements in capacity to identify threats, reduce costs, and target valuable resources where they are needed. When combined with other tools and technology, biometrics and forensics form the basi...

As the Cyber Domain expands dramatically, technology must keep up with rapid advancements in malicious activities designed to interfere, deter, and degrade our defense networks. Cyber threats also threaten the lives and safety of our Defense Forces as well as the civilian population. This symposium will focus on policy and technology designed to defend US Federal Networks as well as public/private partnerships and authorities to defend civili...

The United States Government’s ISR community (Intelligence Community, Law Enforcement Agencies and Military Services) face a new challenge in media exploitation: technological advancements in collection platforms’ capacity now exceed ISR community intelligence collection requirements. The sheer volume of information that can now be collected and ingested from UAVs, full motion video, surveillance video, intercepting electronic comm...

“Advancing Operational Energy to Ensure Readiness, Efficiency, and Stability” The DoD is the biggest institutional energy consumer in the world, with over 75% deriving from “operational energy” (OE): the energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations. Reducing the cost of power and energy needs is critical to the mission success across the Services. Wit...

Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium - Advancing Efficiency, Agility, and Innovation in the Cloud Environment DSI’s Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium’s overall theme will focus...

Intelligence organizations across the Government must build the capacity to harness information being generated and collected at an alarming rate. Dramatic advances in IMINT and Open Source Intelligence alone are providing an unprecedented volume of data. Large data sets lead to more reliable information and intelligence, but the volume of unstructured data requires sophisticated capabilities in order to provide any actionable use. DSI's Big D...

U.S. Border Security Summit “Enhancing Security for Trade, Travel & Commerce”November 13-14, 2013 – Mary M Gates Learning Center – Alexandria, VA DSI’s Tri-National US Border Security Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across a U.S., Mexican, and Canadian local, state, and federal law enforcement offices can come together...

Now in it's 5th iteration, this non-partisan educational and training Summit is designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA’s efforts at an iEHR , along with HIE initiatives across federal, state, and private sectors. The forum encourages a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all in attendance. The Sumit will bring together leaders from across the Military Services, VA & Gover...