There's a lot happening across the defense innovation ecosystem. But there's only one event that brings entrepreneurs, government, and industry together in one place to bridge the Valley of Death between commercial technology and DoD programs.

Implementing customer experience (CX) strategies and principles isn't just about making people happy. CX methodologies and strategies are a disciplined approach tht demonstrates a quantifiable impact on outcomes that matter - from achieving the mission to efficiencies through managing the budget, to improving employee engagement, strengthening equity in service delivery and strengthening trust in government. Government services change the live...

The federal government is facing the most complex and highly sophisticated cyber threats against their IT infrastructure and their mission. In addition, managing technology today is becoming even more complex with the increasing number of products in the IT infrastructure and the lack of full visibility into an organization’s IT estate. Federal IT departments are being encouraged to adopt enterprise software within record speed while man...

As public sector agencies develop plans for delivering on the objectives of the presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity, we at Lumen know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While agencies expand their cyber protections to combat cyber threats and protect against attacks, their focus should be on taking a holistic approach and not looking at this new directive as simply a set of compliance mandates. The attack surface wi...

DESCRIPTION As women navigate the path of higher management positions, they are challenged to proactively manage their growth and development to prepare for the leadership roles they desire. ACT-IAC is planning a forum that will bring together a diverse mix of successful women leaders, who will provide an understanding of the steps they have taken to climb the corporate ladder to a successful leadership position. It is the intent of this forum...

Federal agencies successfully using TBM know the rewards go further than just complying with another OMB mandate. While TBM supports meeting the requirements of CPIC and FITARA, it enables an agency to plan and manage its IT more effectively. TBM goes well beyond merely tracking technology costs. When adopted, it allows agencies to make more informed IT investment decisions, supporting them in delivering improved mission value. But getting the...

DESCRIPTION Much of life involves obstacles and challenges that are meant to wear everyone (government, industry, and individuals) down but yet teach us a lesson. However, resiliency over time becomes very important and can be strengthened as we continue to find solutions and gain intelligence from lessons learned. Today, after over a year of a pandemic, the health ecosystem, the mass vaccinations, and health care in general still continue to...

Agenda:Session 1: Aruba ESP & the New Data CenterSpeaker: Mark Pearson, Office of the CTO, ArubaSession 2: Aruba and HPE - Transforming Your Data CenterSpeaker: Sam Ceccola, Account Chief Technologist- DoD, HPEIn today’s world USG Customers are looking for some key characteristics as they continue down their digital transformation:1. Provide Total Turn-Key Solutions2. Provide a Secure Zero Trust & Secure Supply Chain across the e...

The challenges that Federal agencies face in building and developing their workforce are growing. Skills become obsolete more quickly and the amount of time to build expertise in new, more complex technical skills is increasing. These challenges require new ways of thinking about talent, centered on the digital talent enterprise. The concept of the digital talent enterprise uses IBM’s HR 3.0 paradigm to focus on better experiences, intro...

The future is full of potential! A variety of trends and market influences are converging to shape the enterprise of the future. 5G and edge computing, hyperautomation, intelligent composable business, and concepts from books like “Team of Teams” are enabling new operating models at scale. Many enterprises are transforming to harness these trends and create a new future. We’ve never been better prepared to take advantage of t...