Each year, The Honorable William H. Webster Distinguished Service Award is given to an individual who has embodied the values of our esteemed friend, mentor, and leader – Judge William H. Webster. This year’s honoree is someone known for his invaluable service and contributions to the Intelligence Community, someone that has worked from the ground up and has been both a provider and consumer of intelligence with more than 20 years...

In the wake of numerous well-publicized cases of data breaches and misuses, attitudes towards data privacy and protection are changing fast. Governments, domestically and abroad, have started responding to these challenges, fueling an intense debate around the need for a harmonized and federal approach to consumer privacy in the US. The Data Privacy Conference USA 2019 will provide a top-level meeting space for the data protection community in...

Presented by the Security Industry Association, the 2019 SIA GovSummit focuses on how government leverages security technologies to drive success across a wide spectrum of missions. Held annually in Washington, D.C., GovSummit examines emerging policy trends, technology needs of the government and changes in the risk environment that shape development of products and advanced systems integration to meet evolving security challenges.

Terrorism has changed: are you changing with it? Vehicle rammings, nightclub attacks, school shooters, the Boston Marathon attack...the list goes on. How can you best prepare for this new face of terrorism and mass casualty incidents? What do you need to know—both in terms of best-practice preparation and response? Insight Exchange Network's conference brings together federal, state and local authorities, along with industry subject matt...

This 12th Annual Homeland Security Week will bring together top homeland security leaders from government, industry and academia to dive into current challenges and future requirements necessary for numerous government agencies directly or indirectly responsible for U.S. homeland security. Through interactive keynote presentations, large scale panel discussions, project updates, case studies, and intimate roundtables, we’ll facilitate a...

With recent threats from various terrorist organizations, radical factions, and lone wolves becoming more and more sophisticated, the need to ensure that our nation’s security at home and abroad are strongly monitored at all times by a multifaceted, interagency effort, is a necessity. Without superb intelligence, operational assets, and flawless unified communication across all stakeholders, the threat of a catastrophic outcome is an eve...

Homeland Security Conference 2016: "Securing the Nation - Solving Technology and Human Capital Challenges: People, Partners, Priorities"More than any other operations, homeland security missions call for coordinated and end-to-end collaboration. Success depends on preparing for the unknowable, preventing the unthinkable and planning recovery from the unimaginable.To assist in the process, AFCEA International brings together the people in charg...

The confluence of machine intelligence and aeronautics is the next great revolution in air transportation. In attempting to introduce an entirely new approach to vehicle management into the world’s safest transportation system, the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry must merge two entirely different cultures: 1) Aviation safety-based and inherently risk averse2) Market-driven and experiment-based — while managing performance an...

STRENGTHENING OPERATIONAL IMPACT For the eighth year, AFCEA Bethesda is gathering the law enforcement IT community, plus expanding the scope this year to include first responders. The Law Enforcement and Public Safety Technology Forum will bring together more than 400 executives, IT professionals and operators from across federal, state and local law enforcement, homeland security and public safety agencies with alignment around three focus ar...

Land, Air & Sea: 360° Protection of Our Borders Through Effective Inter-Agency Communication Threats to the United States come from many places and in many manners. Protecting our country's borders is a 24/7 job 365 days a year; and the policies and procedures and tools used must constantly evolve with the changing threat environment. The Border Management Summit 2015 will bring together key leaders from federal, state and local agenci...