This educational Summit will engage the Intelligence Community, DoD, DHS, industry and academia in a collaborative, open forum to discuss technological solutions and best practices that enhance the Intelligence Community’s ability to process, exploit, and disseminate open source data. TOPIC AREAS TO INCLUDE: 1. The growing mission need to incorporate openly available information into traditional GEOINT and Multi-INT analysis workflows an...

A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD, VA and Federal’s efforts at improving a connected health IT ecosystem. The forum is created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all in attendance. We bring together leaders from across the Armed Services & Government Agencies and the Industry and Academic leaders that can help them...

“Controlling the Fight in the Electromagnetic Spectrum” DSI’s Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across U.S. military and U.S. civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will focus on Supporting capabilities & technology that enables full spectrum ope...

Held since 2011, DSI's Health IT Summits are a unique forum that allows for personnel from DoD, VA, Federal and State agencies to convene in one location along with leaders from Industry and Academia that support them. Our "Town Hall" format is designed to encourage challenging discussion and dialogue amongst all in attendance. By keeping our forum off-the record and non-attribution, we allow for a level of stream of consciousness and shared i...

The focus for this iteration of the Summit will be :“Leveraging IT solutions to Broaden the Context of Connected Health in the DoD and VA” . We will expand our discussion to look at the context of connected health in a way that addresses areas such as analytics, workflow & improved patient engagement, and what does that require from the IT tools that can help us get there? The Summit brings together active members of the DoD an...

“Advancing Operational Energy to Ensure Readiness, Efficiency, and Stability” The DoD is the biggest institutional energy consumer in the world, with over 75% deriving from “operational energy” (OE): the energy required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and weapons platforms for military operations. Reducing the cost of power and energy needs is critical to the mission success across the Services. Wit...

Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium - Advancing Efficiency, Agility, and Innovation in the Cloud Environment DSI’s Defense and Government Cloud Computing Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium’s overall theme will focus...

Now in it's 5th iteration, this non-partisan educational and training Summit is designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA’s efforts at an iEHR , along with HIE initiatives across federal, state, and private sectors. The forum encourages a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all in attendance. The Sumit will bring together leaders from across the Military Services, VA & Gover...

A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards improving the efficiency and effectiveness of tactical communication networks. The forum is created to encourage a real, pragmatic level of discussion and debate amongst all in attendance. We will bring together leaders from across the Armed Services & Government Agencies, and the industry and academic leaders that can help them...

EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium Maintaining EOD, IED & Countermine Capabilities Force Structure within a New Environment July 24 – 25, 2013: Alexandria, VA Over the past ten years, continuous IED combat operations have enhanced available technology and training to adapt to the new evolution of threats. Response tactics have also improved to achieve mission success. However, in the persistent conflicts to come for generations IEDs...