The major climate trends and Challenges will continue to reshape society and we can only expect the impact to society to grow. For many within government, industry and academia, environmental, economic and health concerns are clearly at the top of the agenda, and the need to mitigate the impact of climate and Climate related disasters will bring profound Impacts this year and beyond. Often, we resort to technology and innovations to be the sol...

DESCRIPTION: The Shared Services concept of sharing a service or critical expertise across multiple business or mission functions within a particular agency or across multiple agencies has been around for many years with the intent of building high-quality capacity through economies of scale. The goal for Shared Services is to improve quality, consistency, and timeliness, reduce duplicative investments, and provide cost effectiveness of servic...

We’re bringing together the federal IT cyber community to tackle evolving cyber priorities during this full day in-person event. Federal and industry leaders break down how movements in zero trust, edge computing, identity management and more are impacting agency strategies to modernize IT and implement future solutions.

The long awaited executive guidance on artificial intelligence has been released by the current administration and Federal agencies have wasted little time getting to work. With the frameworks outlined in the executive order, agencies have started implementing the guidance into their operational networks, recognizing the imperative of swiftly integrating AI-focused strategies to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of their cybersecurity m...

DESCRIPTION: Government and industry leaders are embracing an accelerated pace of Change. Digital Transformation is an approach they use to identify potential disruptions, create or modify status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience, to meet the evolving challenges and promote used in government and industry to create or modify the status quo business processes, work culture, and customer experience to meet he evolving...

Join us in-person for a lively discussion about government challenges and ways that GovCon can better support them. Richard Spires, former federal CIO, Industry Expert, and Author, will talk with Moderator Kim Pack, followed by a panel discussion with current and former government executives. Following the panel discussion, we will wrap up with audience questions. Agenda: 5:30pm Networking w/ Light Fare & Refreshments 6:15pm Program Speake...

DESCRIPTION: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies have entered the government procurement environment and from everyone’s perspective these technologies are here to stay. These newer technologies enable us to re-imagine service delivery and provide more efficient operations; however, there are still concerns about ethical and legal implications, intellectual property rights, data and privacy protection, and more....

It is not necessary to be a member of AFCEA NOVA to attend our events. But once you come to an event, we think you'll want to be! The AFCEA NOVA Small Business Committee is hosting a Small Business Breakfast with Ms. Arveice Washington. Ms. Washington is the Director, Office of Small Business Programs, and serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Navy on all small business matters. Ms. Washington oversees small business acquisit...

Government and industry organizations utilize data to create superior products and services, streamline operations for cost savings and respond to customer needs and expectations. Emerging data trends include: Data-as-a-Service. As the future collaboration expands beyond the enterprise, the need to share governed data, models and insights within the same agency or organization is growing exponentially, prompting both government and industry to...

Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21) advances a national policy to strengthen and maintain secure, functioning and resilient critical infrastructure that is vital to the public and to the Nation’s safety, prosperity and well-being. The Nation’s critical infrastructure is diverse and complex, but policies and procedures are needed to reduce vulnerabilities, minimize consequences, identify, and disrupt threats, and hasten respo...