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...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is currently transforming thousands of paper patent applications to enhanced digital copies. The captured patent content is published and disseminated on a regular basis. In order to increase efficiency, PTO needs a solution to help streamline this process. Adobe Digital Enterprise Platform (ADEP) can provide the tools and supporting services to create and deploy solutions that tightly integrate conte...

Performance based Lifecycle Product Support In a Time of Limited Resources Performance Based Logistics has become one of the Defense Industry's key strategies to extend the lifespan and improve the reliability of today's defense systems. Increased deployments and shifting acquisition budgets are driving logisticians to minimize system downtimes and improve warfighter support using innovative PBL approaches. The evolution of PBL is happening no...

Benefits Discover how to navigate the minefields of public contracting and procurement codes with ease. North Carolina public entities - and those who contract with them - face numerous legal and practical challenges unique to public construction. Do you want to know how to minimize the looming pitfalls inherent in construction contracting? Now you can - attend this seminar and enhance your knowledge of the complex and always changing system o...

Information Sharing in a Contested Cyber Domain, Post-Wikileaks What will be the ultimate impact of Wikileaks on information sharing initiatives? Many think that the impact will help drive information sharing into a standards-based approach with strong policy foundations. The unfortunate Wikileaks incident points to establishing fundamentally sound and responsible information sharing policies and procedures. Information is most powerful when...

Information Sharing in a Contested Cyber Domain, Post-Wikileaks What will be the ultimate impact of Wikileaks on information sharing initiatives? Many think that the impact will help drive information sharing into a standards-based approach with strong policy foundations. The unfortunate Wikileaks incident points to establishing fundamentally sound and responsible information sharing policies and procedures. Information is most powerful when...