THE ANNUAL NUCLEAR DETERRENCE SUMMIT gathers U.S. and international leaders, experts, and industry executives in the field of nuclear deterrence to discuss management of the nuclear complex, the security of the stockpile, arms control negotiations, and strategic policy. Gather information through conference sessions, such as deterrence outlook, modernization strategy, updates from the National Nuclear Security Agency labs, Congressional initia...

“Improving Energy Optimization in Buildings & Utilities through Big Data Capabilities” The 2020 Summit is a senior level educational forum that will focus on optimizing energy management through advanced data capabilities for utilities, C&I facilities and buildings, and institutional campuses. Tying together the groups is a future look to developing a Grid-Interactive Efficient Building Ecosystem. From near term energy mana...

The 2019 Directed Energy Symposium will provide a forum to discuss the efforts to develop and leverage DE technologies in support of U.S. national security needs. As the global climates shifts back to great power competition new and advanced weapons systems will need to be rapidly developed and fielded to provide the United States a continued advantage over its potential enemies. With countries advancing their development of hypersonic and oth...

The 2019 Summit is a senior level educational forum. It will focus on the technical capabilities and innovations that are allowing for advanced microgrid projects and increased penetration of renewables and DERS into the grid. Equally, the Summit will also serve as a conduit for developing the strategic business models and use cases while discussing the current regulatory and market landscape. The agenda brings together top leaders from Utilit...

The 2019 Summit is a senior level educational forum. It will focus on the technical capabilities and business models supporting the use of big data in the energy sector: from creating digital strategies that lead to business value and help inform capital investments, to current and near term technical capabilities including automation, advanced analytics and AI applications. Business / Leadership Focus: Creating Digital Strategies that Lead to...

In the evolving threat landscape, the United States military has recognized a need to reduce its dependence on established logistical networks for power generation and refueling. The current system leaves warfighters vulnerable to attack and is financially, as well as environmentally, unsustainable. In an effort to effectively compete against great power competitors, the United States military is shifting towards a more resilient energy strate...

The 2019 Geospatial Data Summit brings together members of the GIS community across Agriculture, Utilities, Transportation, Infrastructure, and Government for an open dialogue about how the current revolution in Geospatial technologies is transforming real time decision making through enhanced data collection. This Summit will address the current implementations of Geospatial solutions that are unleashing the data’s full potential in ord...

IDGA is proud to announce the return of our 12th Operational Energy Summit this January 28-30, in Washington, D.C. This summit provides a forum for policy makers and technology leaders to come together to solve some of DoD's operational energy challenges. Our 2019 summit will explore how to identify and provide the most innovative and cutting edgy energy solutions to the government, military and war-fighters. Join us this January to get an In-...

Spanning four days in 2018, the agenda will include 11 pre-conference tutorials, eight conference tracks divided in four streams, 115+ technical presentations, one training seminar, an exhibit hall of 90+ companies, 18 interactive breakout discussion groups, and dedicated poster viewing and networking sessions. Thought leaders will present best practice case studies and joint partner presentations relevant to the technologies, research, and re...

"Leveraging Directed Energy to Enhance Warfighting Dominance" DSI’s Directed Energy Day will focus on the efforts across the military branches to advance and utilize directed energy technologies. The discussion will cover latest the initiatives to apply directed energy to existing platforms and recent efforts to further develop the technology. 2017 Topics to Include DoD Perspective on Directed Energy Based Non-lethal Weapons Transitionin...