Social Media for Government Communications How To Engage Citizens & Enhance Transparency Using The Latest Web 2.0 Technologies Building on the success of over 25 social media for government programs, comes the latest forum from the Advanced Learning Institute – designed to help you transform the way you communicate. Several agencies are making dramatic strides in developing approaches and systems that work for them in their engagemen...

New Opportunities in Volatile Global Markets Hear from the Industry's Leading Companies about the Outlook for Aluminum in 2012: Aluminum outlook for 2012 — What to expect in the year ahead The state of the global economy and impact on aluminum Demand outlook for alumina and bauxite Aluminum fundamentals and trends Aluminum trading and supply — Critical factors affecting the markets Secondary scrap markets and the aluminum supply chain

The National Infrastructure Renewal Summit (NIRS) is the premier knowledge exchange and networking event for senior-level public works administrators. America’s infrastructure is in need of attention. The infrastructure that was built decades ago was not engineered with materials that have been able to withstand our growing population. With new and advanced engineering technologies local governments are doing their best to repair the de...

Building on the success of the 2010 conference, the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), premier provider of information for the defense community, will host its 37th Annual Conference themed DTIC: Your Authoritative Source of Defense Information for the Front Line and the Homeland. The 2011 event will address DTIC's role as the Department of Defense (DoD) technical information broker. Speakers from government, private industry, and DT...

Automate and optimize energy distribution to improve reliability, increase efficiency and reduce waste Optimizing the grid’s distribution system is THE discussion of 2011 and with it comes enormous opportunity. Smart Grid Update’s inaugural Distribution Automation Conference zones in on the key distribution issues facing utilities right now - deciding which project (s) to undertake, discovering how to deploy them and ensuring a pos...

This is the annual planning meeting for academic science and engineering teaching and research program administrators, capital project teams, finance and capital planners, facility and space planners, facility engineering managers, faculty, deans, and science department heads to benchmark their plans and programs, and build on the latest successes and innovations. Attend this conference to benchmark your academic science and engineering facili...

The Summit is designed for active members of the Military Services, VA, Federal Healthcare Agencies, Academia, and Industry HIT solution providers, and those in attendance will be expected to have a strong working knowledge of the issues at hand. The sessions are created to offer a full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA's efforts at iEHRs, and Federal HIE initiatives. The forum is also created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discu...

Earn Continuing Education Credits for ASQ & Six Sigma Recertification With the current budget situation and the focus on efficiency, Continuous Process Improvement is critical to the future success of your department. IDGA will bring together the public, private and non-profit sector leaders to highlight trends and look toward the future of Business Transformation and Process Improvement. Whether it be in supply chain improvement, human r...

Hilton North Raleigh Midtown 3415 Wake Forest Road Raleigh, NC 27609 August 31 − September 1, 2011 North Carolina is facing one of its most difficult budget situations since the 1930s, and comfortable solutions are in short supply. It is clear that IT will be depended upon to find creative ways to increase government efficiencies and reduce costs, but to what extent? What are the expectations? How will investments be prioritized within t...

After a successful 3-day unconference with over 200 attendees last June, CityCampers are finally getting out of the summer slump. Join us on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 6:30pm at Cafe Cattura for our first CityCamp Raleigh meetup. If you’re a techie, govie, or a citizen who wants to create solutions for our local government, then CityCamp is the right group for you. We are focused on improving access to data and creating solutions that...