The 38th annual AFCEA Spring Intelligence Symposium returns to the NGA Campus East in Springfield, Virginia on March 19-20, 2019. This classified (TS/SCI) two-day flagship intelligence event is a forum for Intelligence Community professionals and an ideal venue for learning and networking. The theme for the 2019 spring symposium focuses on the shift toward peer nation-state adversaries and its current, medium- and long-term impact on intellige...

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and AFCEA Intelligence will present the first Augmenting Intelligence using Machines (AIM) Industry Day on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at NGA Campus East, Springfield, VA. The event is part of ODNI’s outreach in support of its recently released publication, “The AIM Initiative, A Strategy for Augmenting Intelligence Using Machines.” The AIM strategy document and a supp...

Augmented Reality (AR) is a key technology that will facilitate a major paradigm shift in the way users interact with data. As commercial AR has enjoyed increasing success among marketers and gamers, industrial AR, especially in the defense industry, has only just recently been recognized as a viable solution for solving many critical needs (e.g., maintenance, training, operations). WHY ATTEND? Facilitate the development and adoption of AR tec...

The 2018 HSD Conference offers a dynamic exchange of technical information and dialogue among government, industry, and academic leaders from the Human Systems community who are interested in advancing the field through education, consultation, future research and collaboration oportunities. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter endorsed the value of this partnership, noting “our strength (DoD) also comes from the longstanding link between...

The Department of Defense continues to seek ways to improve the acquisition of military equipment and capability to assist the warfighter in protecting the U.S. and its Allies around the world in a complex environment of ever-changing threats and conditions. The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (WSARA) of 2009 defines Systems Engineering as a key enabler to effect improvements in defense acquisition and program execution that will produce...

This four-hour symposium is the first in a 3-part series by industry expert and author, David Kriegman. This interactive and collaborative session will prepare you for full and open competition and enable you to beat bigger companies.

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Mutual Adaptation Adapting agile to acquisition and acquisition to agile Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement The purposes of this event are: develop better understanding of how agile software development methods can be fit within prescribed processes of government acqusition to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implications these have for evolving Government approac...

Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker from the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to rsvp@usgif.org

Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker from the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions. Mr. Douglas P. McGovern, Director of InnoVision, NGA; and Ms. Karyn Hayes-Ryan, Compo...

In February of this year, the White House released the National Institute for Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. In it, it described the Framework Core establishing five functions of a cybersecurity program and three levels of maturity in implementing those functions. NDIA will host a two-day symposium on the framework and to discuss how member companies, large and small, can execute a progr...