DELIVERING INNOVATION ACCELERATING COMMERCIALIZATION Join leadership from America's largest angel investment fund, representing over $2.5B of early-state, high-risk technology funding for small business. SBIR/STTR programs are the nation's largest source of early stage / high risk R&D funding for small business. Learn how to participate and compete for funding, engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) and to commerci...

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are at the core of an organization’s culture. Having a diverse and inclusive culture will positively affect innovation and your organization’s bottom line. It’s no longer a nice-to-have; a strong D&I strategy aligned with your organization’s business objectives is imperative. Gone are the days when it was only about affirmative action. Join us in the vibrant city of Austin, Texas, f...

The Texas Public Sector CIO Academy is the premier leadership event for Texas’ senior level technology executives with the intent to improve their management and business skills and to develop the IT leaders of the future. The purpose of this invitation-only event is to foster discussion and dialogue on what it means to be a successful CIO in the public sector and how to use Information Technology as a strategic tool. This event is a one...

Experience Dell EMC’s debut and join us in Austin, Texas, to learn how the ultimate enterprise technology provider can transform your organization.Use our Top 3 Reasons to Attend Infographic or Justification Letter to make the case. Collaborate and connect This is your opportunity to rub shoulders with the top folks at Dell EMC for the first time. We’ll connect you with people from your industry, as well as peers from other industr...

SXSW Eco creates a space for business leaders, policy makers, innovators and designers to advance solutions that drive social, economic and environmental change.The conference features collaborative events to create new relationships, as well as dynamic sessions and exciting competitions that introduce attendees to transformative designs, technologies and ideas. Through provocative programming, strategic alliances and global participation, SXS...

The USENIX Security Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks. The 25th USENIX Security Symposium will be held August 10–12, 2016, in Austin, TX. All researchers are encouraged to submit papers covering novel and scientifically significant practical works in computer security. T...

The 2016 USENIX Summit on Hot Topics in Security (HotSec '16) will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, in conjunction with the 25th USENIX Security Symposium in Austin, TX. HotSec aims to bring together researchers across computer security disciplines to discuss the state of the art, with emphasis on future directions and emerging areas. HotSec '16 is not issuing a traditional "Call for Papers." Instead, leading researchers will be invited to...

The 2016 USENIX Advances in Security Education Workshop (ASE ’16) is a new workshop, co-located with the 25th USENIX Security Symposium, designed to be a top-tier venue for cutting-edge research, best practices, and experimental curricula in computer security education. ASE is the evolution of the USENIX Summit on Gaming, Games and Gamification (3GSE), expanded to welcome a wider range of contributions to security education research. Th...

Join us for the 10th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '16).WOOT aims to present a broad picture of offense and its contributions, bringing together researchers and practitioners in all areas of computer security. Offensive security has changed from a hobby to an industry. No longer an exercise for isolated enthusiasts, offensive security is today a large-scale operation managed by organized, capitalized actors. Meanwhile, the l...

Join us in Austin, TX, on August 8, 2016 for the 9th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test. CSET '16 invites submissions on cyber security evaluation, experimentation, measurement, metrics, data, simulations, and testbeds. The science of cyber security poses significant challenges. For example, experiments must recreate relevant, realistic features in order to be meaningful, yet identifying those features and modeling them is ve...