IDGA has made a proactive effort in light of emerging challenges in order to provide a senior-led, accessible event from the comfort of your own home! Our pivot to the online arena for our FGCV Summit comes off the heels of 8 successful years in providing ear to the ground content of benefit to the community. For our inaugural Online FGCV, our senior participating faculty has graciously provided theirtime to enable this shared virtual learning...

FGCV brings together more than 200+ industry executives, military program managers, academic researchers, engineer, and other key decision-makers together to discuss upcoming acquisition & modernization programs, new initiatives and technologies in the combat vehicle space for both manned and unmanned systems. FGCV provides a unique opportunity for the combat vehicles community to come and gather in an intimate setting to discuss and deter...

Advancing Training Capabilities to Maintain Battlefield Dominance and Soldier LethalityThe Synthetic and Simulation Training summit will discuss the current and future direction and utilization of virtual training & simulation technologies throughout the Military, Academia, Commercial Aviation, and Gaming sectors to ultimately allow military leaders the ability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess training events through minimal time, mo...

Cyber threats continue to originate from a wide variety (and ever-multiplying) range of entities from state-sponsored groups and terrorists to criminal elements and emerging hacktivist movements. As these groups exercise increasing sophistication in their use of advanced technology, the federal government is pressured to keep “ahead of the game” in protecting a wide array of disparate legacy systems with more limited resources. Th...

As aircraft for the military continue to age and operate beyond their design service lives, each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces face substantial challenges in mitigating and controlling overall operations and maintenance costs. Corrosion, structural integrity, weapon system sustainment, and depot repairs are all absorbing larger portions of a defense program’s sustainment budget. This ultimately takes away allocations towards necessary...

Protecting Our Nation From Faceless Enemies IDGA's flagship cyber event, the 3rd Annual Cyber Security for Defense is back! Last year’s event hosted over 200 attendees, and a variety of extraordinary speakers. This year, we are taking it to a whole new level! An exciting array of new additions will be the key highlight of this year's event taking place in Washington D.C. Bringing in law enforcement and international military perspectives...

Arctic Patrol and Reconnaissance 2017 will be a unique opportunity to debate the future development of High North capability. Senior commanders and leading solution providers will gather to discuss solutions to limited satellite coverage, poor communications and hostile climatic conditions. These operational issues will be set alongside high-level strategic discussions, which will identify the future priorities for enhanced Arctic security.

To remain competitive, Australian port operators must plan, design, manage and maintain their assets more creatively and proactively to meet future demands and drive profitability. With this in mind, the Coast and Marine Structures Summit 2017 will focus on key considerations relevant to ensuring your existing assets are maximised and prepared to accommodate bigger vessels. Attend this 2-day conference and learn about: Innovative planning and...

The 1st Annual Autonomous Vehicles Asia Summit is a one-stop conference that gathers key stakeholders including regional regulators, government stakeholders, car OEMs, research institutes, ride-sharing companies, technology companies, insurance and cyber security experts to discuss the regulatory, infrastructure, implementation, and technical issues pertaining to autonomous vehicles. Hosted in Singapore, the conference will be the definitive m...

The lending market is more competitive than ever before, with smaller margins, decreased cash rates, and the threat of disruptors challenging traditional lending models. With this change in focus, customer experience is now the biggest means for banks, credit unions, mutual funds and mortgage brokers to differentiate from the competition and ultimately maximise market share. Loan Origination Excellence will bring lending specialists together t...