DSI’s 5th Annual Military Additive Manufacturing Summit is designed as an educational “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders & key policy-makers across military services, defense agencies, & civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions & debate. This year’s Summit will focus on the latest 3D printing technologies being developed & the push across the DoD to provide rapid equipmen...

U.S and international special operations leaders will once again gather, with COVID19 safety precautions, at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. The event will include limited expo opportunities, Professional Development (Pro-Dev) sessions, and a line-up of engaging speakers. Highlights Include: Robust agenda to include a Professional Development Day, SOF for Life Transition Seminar, Speed Networking (exclusive to Corporate Partners), interactive panel...

Defense Strategies Institute’s 9th Annual SOF and Worldwide Operations Symposium provides members within the Special Operations community, regional combatant commands, Department of State, U.S AID, academia, industry, and other critical partners an open ‘Town Hall’ forum that serves as a conduit for information exchange, idea generation, and open dialogue in order to support strategic priorities and operational needs required...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) is the premier conference for the SOF community to interact with industry and to collaborate on the challenges, initiatives, and way-ahead in delivering the most cutting-edge capabilities into the hands of SOF operators.

DSI’s 2020 Military Additive Manufacturing Summit & Technology Showcase is designed as an educational & training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders & key policy-makers across Military services, defense agencies, & civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions & debate. This year’s summit will focus on the latest revolutionary technologies & innovations being developed...

Please join Women in Defense Greater Tampa Bay Chapter for the “Get Informed Luncheon” with guest speaker Dr. Lisa Costa, topic: Leading Data Driven Global Networks Networking opportunities begin at 11:30 followed by chapter announcements and Dr. Costa's presentation at noon. The lunch will consist of a 3-course meal with coffee and tea. A special thank you to Women In Defense of Tampa Bay Gold Sponsors Booz Allen Hamilton Jacobs O...

The Special Operations & Irregular Warfare summit is now, SOF & Worldwide Operations Symposium. In line with National Defense Strategy, DoD is working to institutionalize its approach to Irregular Warfare across the entire Department to meet the demands of an evolving and increasingly complex security environment. While IW remains a core element of Special Operations, the modern great power competition requires the SOF strategy to focu...

U.S. National Security increasingly relies on software to execute missions, integrate and collaborate with allies, and manage the defense enterprise. However, fielding new software-based capabilities takes too long, is too expensive, and exposes warfighters to unacceptable risk by delaying their access to tools they need to ensure mission success. The current approach to software development is based on traditional acquisition norms and has be...

This is the 22nd year that NDIA has sponsored the Systems and Mission Engineering Conference in conjunction with the Department of Defense. This conference will convene on October 21-24, 2019, in Tampa, Florida. It will focus on improving acquisition and performance of defense programs and systems, including system - of - systems engineering, systems security, net-centric operations and data/information interoperability, and all aspects of sys...

Formerly known as the Global Identity Summit, the Federal Identity Forum & Exposition (FedID 19) has been the U.S. federal government’s primary outreach and collaboration-building event with the worldwide identity community since 1995. FedID provides an immersive environment where identity professionals from the federal government, private sector and academia can dedicate three days to strategic planning, information sharing, needs a...