DEFENSESCOOP PRESENTS DEFENSE TECH WEEK The time to revolutionize defense technology is now. Senior leaders across the Department of Defense continue to hammer home the point that to stay apace with great power adversaries, the U.S. military must invest in data-driven emerging technologies and prepare for conflict that takes place in cyberspace as much as it does on a traditional battlefield. Join influential leaders and innovators at Defense...

The SXSW® Conference & Festivals celebrate the convergence of the tech, film, and music industries. Located deep in the heart of Austin, Texas, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. From March 11-20, experience unparalleled discovery, learning, professional development, and networking with creatives from around the world. The event features Conference sessions, Film Festival screenings, Music Festival showcases, world-class Ex...

The time to focus on IT modernization is now. Join thousands of influential leaders and innovators at IT Mod Week, the nation’s premier week-long tech festival dedicated to all things IT modernization. During IT Mod Week, thousands of C-suite leaders from the government, tech, and education communities will come together online and in person to participate in community-driven events, interactive sessions, talks, and networking opportunit...

As machine learning expands and larger organizations begin deploying across bigger teams, the need to efficiently operationalize becomes critical for enterprises. In our discussions with leading organizations utilizing ML like The RealReal and Uber, we have compiled real-world case studies and organizational best practices for MLOps in the enterprise. Join us for a discussion where we'll explore the benefits of MLOps and discuss when and how t...

While NOAA has achieved local successes in applying AI, a central entity to coordinate activities across NOAA will enable it to more effectively integrate AI in all NOAA’s mission areas. Successful AI integration requires both domain knowledge and modern AI technologies. It requires careful stewardship with domain knowledge since many of the challenges NOAA faces are constrained by physical principles. The NCAI is an essential component...

At Shopify, we have over 1.7 million merchants across over 175 countries, with hundreds of millions of consumers shopping at their stores. We’re focused on leveraging the scale of our data to not only empower Shopify, but to create new experiences for our merchants that are impossible without data. In our daily operations at Shopify, we are highly data informed. Some of the ways we’re leveraging advanced analytics is by building an...

Data quality is of the utmost importance when it comes to actionable insights and model performance. In this presentation, Vinay Malkani, Figure Eight Federal's Chief of Engineering will discuss why quality data is critical, opportunities and challenges associated with data, and how to integrate multiple data sources to produce consistent, accurate, and useful information. Jack Hild, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Hall of Famer...

The pace of change in government IT has never been faster and data center optimization and cloud initiatives have driven digital modernization. Federal and state agencies continue to drive cloud adoption in an attempt to achieve additional savings, security, and faster service delivery.This SNG Live session will feature IT leaders on the front lines of cloud adoption exploring successes and challenges facing agencies at both the state and the...

It’s never been more obvious that cybersecurity is critical to the missions of every organization across the public sector. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasing and more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its networks and data against evolving threats and provide resilient services to Americans during this new normal. Join top public sector decision-ma...

Far too often, agencies, organizations, and consulting firms are running data and AI projects without taking the right steps to ensure their success. Agile and iterative approaches have become adopted best practices for application development projects, but why don’t we have something similar when it comes to advanced analytics, big data, and AI projects? Without using best-practices approaches that standardize steps for data preparation...