DSI’s Autonomous Capabilities for DoD Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across DoD and civilian organizations, industry and academia can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will focus on achieving and applying levels of machine-learning and narrow AI to DoD systems at-rest and in-motion across all physical and non physic...

World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest education event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. Individuals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. World Congress is what you make of it! Whether you want sessions focused on a specific topic, compelling keynote addresses, net...

Creating Agility and Speed for Advanced Multi-Domain Operations DaytonDefense (the Dayton Area Defense Contractors Association) will host the 12th annual Wright Dialogue with Industry July 18-20, 2017 at the Dayton Convention Center, Dayton, Ohio. Learn how the Air Force plans to develop and network military capabilities that create a common operational picture for our military to achieve success at a decision speed unrivaled by our adversarie...

Congress and the Trump Administration are re-examining longstanding acquisition reform efforts and seeking new ways to impact how the government acquires, and manages, technology and professional services. In addition, many federal agencies are already implementing streamlined acquisition processes to rapidly deploy new capabilities to support mission requirements. Attend the PSC 2017 Federal Acquisition Refor(u)m to learn what’s likely...

Acquisition is a Team Sport The acquisition process has several phases: research, proposals, pricing negotiations, accounting, legal, and ultimately, the integration of two, or more, entities. No one single person can be an expert in all of these segments, so teammates engage when needed and slip out when they've successfully completed their piece. While there is never really a large group of active people working on all of the tasks together...

Each year the Federal CPIC Forum puts on a two-day conference in Washington, D.C. called the CPIC Conference. The event allows the Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Governance and related CPIC communities to come together, share ideas, and learn from each other. It is also the PREMIERE CPIC and governance networking event of the year. To earn your 16 Continuing Learning Points (CLPs), you must attend the entire conference and partic...

Agencies such as Department of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, and General Services Administration are among the many that indicate they rely on the Agile approach to IT development. Additionally several agencies have recently urged their procurement offices to operate using Agile principles in addition to buying from known Agile Services vendors. As the pressure continues to mount on Federal agencies to embrace Agile development...

Join Bisnow on April 27 at the National Square Building (500 D St SW) for our Federal Properties Summit and learn all about the following hot topics: GSA Top Priorities and Initiatives Government Procurement Policy and New Opportunities Public/Private Partnerships New Real Estate Leasing Federal Budget Impacts on Federal Contracts Doing Business with the GSA New Initiatives in Federal Sustainability Trump and the GSA Possibility of FED Agencie...

The 35th Annual Government Contract Management Symposium (GCMS) is held annually by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) in the Washington, DC metro area. Formerly intended for those in the federal sector, it has grown to provide training for professionals in both government and industry contracting. GCMS brings together 900+ government contract management professionals for two days of keynote addresses, executive panel discussi...

The SMART Organization executes the vision of the SMART Congressional Caucus from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware by providing a membership organization promoting tech enterprise in the region. The conference goal is to build stronger relationships, provide teaming partnerships and discuss upcoming procurement forecasts among industry, community, government, and academia.