U.S and international special operations leaders will once again gather, with COVID19 safety precautions, at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. The event will include limited expo opportunities, Professional Development (Pro-Dev) sessions, and a line-up of engaging speakers. Highlights Include: Robust agenda to include a Professional Development Day, SOF for Life Transition Seminar, Speed Networking (exclusive to Corporate Partners), interactive panel...

Defense Strategies Institute’s 9th Annual SOF and Worldwide Operations Symposium provides members within the Special Operations community, regional combatant commands, Department of State, U.S AID, academia, industry, and other critical partners an open ‘Town Hall’ forum that serves as a conduit for information exchange, idea generation, and open dialogue in order to support strategic priorities and operational needs required...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) is the premier conference for the SOF community to interact with industry and to collaborate on the challenges, initiatives, and way-ahead in delivering the most cutting-edge capabilities into the hands of SOF operators.

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. USGIF’s GEOINT Symposium is the preeminent event of the year for the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities. Each year since 2004, GEOINT Symposia have brought together an exciting agenda of keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and provided attendees a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts,...

Join FBC and the Military Cyber Professionals Association for the IT and Cyber Day at MacDill Air Force Base. The goal of this expo is to stimulate exchanges of information between industry partners and MacDill AFB Information Management Officers, Information Technology personnel and Contracting Officers, as well as end-users, developers, scientists, researchers and project managers in the areas of cybersecurity and information technology. Bec...

Please join Women in Defense Greater Tampa Bay Chapter for the “Get Informed Luncheon” with guest speaker Dr. Lisa Costa, topic: Leading Data Driven Global Networks Networking opportunities begin at 11:30 followed by chapter announcements and Dr. Costa's presentation at noon. The lunch will consist of a 3-course meal with coffee and tea. A special thank you to Women In Defense of Tampa Bay Gold Sponsors Booz Allen Hamilton Jacobs O...

The milCloud® 2.0 Bootcamp Series continues – next stop, Tampa, Florida. Join GDIT and MeriTalk for a one-day, hands-on milCloud® 2.0 workshop that gives mission partners a “look under the hood” and a chance to get an up-close understanding of milCloud® 2.0’s unique capabilities. We’ll spend the day drilling down into the latest networking, storage, security, and compute technologies that enable milClo...

The Special Operations & Irregular Warfare summit is now, SOF & Worldwide Operations Symposium. In line with National Defense Strategy, DoD is working to institutionalize its approach to Irregular Warfare across the entire Department to meet the demands of an evolving and increasingly complex security environment. While IW remains a core element of Special Operations, the modern great power competition requires the SOF strategy to focu...

U.S. National Security increasingly relies on software to execute missions, integrate and collaborate with allies, and manage the defense enterprise. However, fielding new software-based capabilities takes too long, is too expensive, and exposes warfighters to unacceptable risk by delaying their access to tools they need to ensure mission success. The current approach to software development is based on traditional acquisition norms and has be...

Cybersecurity is one of the defining issues for the nation, but it is a crucial for the Defense Industrial Base. Protecting defense-related information now has the highest priority across the Defense Community. This workshop addresses current and emerging initiatives that are aimed at increasing the security of the Defense Industrial Base.