Across the Logistics community the challenge exists to sustain forward operating Commands and Organizations with limited resources. Policy leaders are working diligently to create strategies that address the warfighter’s needs and tasking Defense Support Agencies to do more with less. Logistics has evolved significantly since initial operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan. Efficient use of resources and process improvement technologies...

A non-partisan educational and training Summit designed as a “Town Hall” full spectrum view towards the DoD & VA’s efforts at the iEHR and Federal HIE initiatives. The Summit will be benefiting the 501c3 nonprofit Wounded Warrior Project. The theme for May 2012 will be : Being Successful Across Domain Data Sharing and the iEHR: working towards clinically relevant, technically feasible, and financially viable innovations....

Overcoming System Challenges to Achieve Greater Capabilities and Efficiencies In today’s austere fiscal climate, unmanned air systems are assuming greater roles and continue to increase in importance for the US military. The DoD FY 2012 budget includes $4.8 billion for UAVs. While they are relied upon more and more heavily for a variety of missions, UAVs still face key challenges in regards to communications infrastructure, data manageme...

This one day Information Security Day is the only chance to get in front of USPTO employees at this facility in 2012. The event host, the IT Security Management at USPTO, and FBC will work together to promote the IT Security Day to all personnel.The USPTO will be promoting the event internally through their "USPTO Weekly" newsletter and via an electronic flyer. They will also be participating in the expo with a table to hand out giveaway items...

Defending the Enterprise Against Modern Cyber Attack and Espionage Through the supply chain to new mobile devices to mobile apps to cloud computing, today’s vulnerabilities and exploits are expanding with every passing second. At the same time, nation states, organized crime and industrial espionage threats are becoming more sophisticated, willing and funded. Simply put, companies and governments are under unprecedented attack – an...

Where Leaders Meet to Build Smarter Organizations Join the country’s policy, HR and workforce management leaders all in one place. Network, share and learn from the Learning! 100, America’s top learning organizations. Over two days, you will meet 60+ industry experts, analysts and practitioners eager to share their best practices. Plus, earn access to selected content on-demand to share with your peers and colleagues. New in 2012,...

The Association of the United States Army’s Institute of Land Warfare (AUSA ILW) will produce an unclassified Winter symposium for members of industry and the military community at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL from 22-24 February 2012. The theme of this year's event will be, "America's Army - Decisive Force".The three-day event will include participation from the United States Army Mat...

New Opportunities in Volatile Global Markets Hear from the Industry's Leading Companies about the Outlook for Aluminum in 2012: Aluminum outlook for 2012 — What to expect in the year ahead The state of the global economy and impact on aluminum Demand outlook for alumina and bauxite Aluminum fundamentals and trends Aluminum trading and supply — Critical factors affecting the markets Secondary scrap markets and the aluminum supply chain

The National Infrastructure Renewal Summit (NIRS) is the premier knowledge exchange and networking event for senior-level public works administrators. America’s infrastructure is in need of attention. The infrastructure that was built decades ago was not engineered with materials that have been able to withstand our growing population. With new and advanced engineering technologies local governments are doing their best to repair the de...

Automate and optimize energy distribution to improve reliability, increase efficiency and reduce waste Optimizing the grid’s distribution system is THE discussion of 2011 and with it comes enormous opportunity. Smart Grid Update’s inaugural Distribution Automation Conference zones in on the key distribution issues facing utilities right now - deciding which project (s) to undertake, discovering how to deploy them and ensuring a pos...