Digital Technologies Are Taking Over Power Plants—Ready or Not! Next-generation digital technologies are already reshaping the power industry, far beyond the capabilities of now-standard distributed control systems. Do you understand the options and what’s at stake? Essential Issues the Connected Plant Conference Will Address: What is a connected plant, why would you want one, and how do you create one? Using connected digital tec...

The Army Scholarship Foundation will be holding its second Help Our Heroes luncheon on October 28th at Brook Hollow Golf Club, 8301 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX. The event will start at 11:30 am and will feature General Gordon R. Sullivan, U.S. Army (Retired), Former Chief of Staff U.S. Army as Guest of Honor. Admission is $150 per person. Sponsorships are available. Please go to http://www.armyscholarshipfoundation.org/help2016.html for more...

As an information security leader, you have a critical responsibility to your organization. You are expected to support the company's mission and stakeholders by managing a team of IT security professionals tasked with defending the organization from a constant stream of emerging threats. It's a tall order that requires vast technical knowledge along with a wide range of strategic and interpersonal skills.The Security Leadership Summit's aim i...

It is a pleasure to invite you to the 47th National Training Program (NTP) of Federally Employed Women (FEW), in Dallas, Texas, at the beautiful Hilton Anatole, from July 11-14, 2016. 2016 is another year where “Big things happen” in Dallas; so you don’t want to miss this training and networking opportunity! For 47 years FEW has been training federal workers for personal and professional career growth. Providing outstanding t...

An exclusive C-Suite conference series, connects senior level executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security experts. This educational and informational forum will focus on educating attendees on how to best protect highly vulnerable business applications and critical infrastructure. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the nation...

The SMU Geothermal Lab is hosting our 8th international energy workshop and conference, Power Plays: Geothermal Energy in Oil and Gas Fields, April 25-26, 2016 on the SMU campus in Dallas Texas. The conference goal is to advance understanding of energy production, helping companies successfully produce clean energy while extending the life of an oil and gas field. The event includes: Half-day Workshop, Monday April 25, 2016 Evening Networking...

In a world of increasingly global and uncharted threats, public health professionals must learn how to respond to a wide array of potential emergencies and disasters. Organizations may not have the resources to prepare for every potential threat but they can plan responses to make their communities more resilient. Recovery after a disaster impacts all levels of governmental public health and healthcare agencies and these organizations must wor...

CISOs must manage budgets, garner support from non-technical executive management and stakeholders, oversee a team of IT security professionals, support and enable the latest business innovations, and - oh yeah - keep the organization safe from hacks, intrusions, APT, malware and a constant stream of emerging threats. It's a tall order, one that requires both a breadth and depth of technical knowledge, experience and leadership skill.At this s...

Data Breaches are occurring at an alarming rate and increasing in their scope, frequency and impact and they don't discriminate by industry, geography or organization size. When a breach occurs, organizations, agencies and individuals need to learn how to more effectively:- Identify/Detect that the breach has occurred- Respond to the breach in an effective and timely manner- Investigate the breach- Prevent/Defend the organization from future b...

The Center for Digital Education, in conjunction with Dallas County Schools, is hosting a Market Briefing event in Dallas, TX and we hope you can join us. IT leaders from some of the largest districts in Dallas will be on hand for a special briefing on their technology plans for the coming years. Garland ISD is committed to the goal of developing processes and applications to achieve the equitable distribution of digital resources. Garland is...