The Second Annual Health Innovation Day will focus on two main themes - Emerging Technology in Health and Public Health Initiatives with individual presenters from government and industry in both sessions along with comments from a panel of Subject Matter Experts. The day event will include a separate government and industry “Innovation” panel with government moderators, Lightning Round presentations on health innovative or unique...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory council (ACT-IAC) will have a half-day Healthcare Blockchain forum that will provide the attendees with a better understanding of where the healthcare sector is headed and/or what they have accomplished to date in regard to the Blockchain platform. Presentations will be provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Operating Divisions (OPDIVs), Veterans Affairs (...

NexUS's premier event features government and industry leaders engaging and speaking to effective ways to inspire a shared vision as driven professionals. This half day forum will include a mix of Ted Talk style presentations, roundtable activities, engaging key notes, and interactive panels. Topics to explore throughout the forum will include Government and Industry Acquisition Communication, Engaging Acquaintances, Inspiring Creativity and I...

Responsible for small business acquisition policy and strategic initiatives, the Department of Navy Office of Small Business Programs works to ensure that small firms can best support the warfighter’s need for innovation and responsiveness. Learn how to work with the Department of the Navy and the many opportunities for small businesses to support their mission on March 20th at the Fairview Park Marriott for Straight talk featuring Depar...

The most expansive explosion of innovative activity in federal acquisition in a quarter of a century is continuing to gain power as it spreads across the government, bottom to top, and side to side. The theme of this year’s Acquisition Excellence (AE) Conference is Acquisition Innovation in Action. The impact of successful acquisition innovation is truly remarkable, and the opportunities continue to multiply. AE will focus on how we are...

This forum will provide government and industry with a much clearer understanding of Robotics Process Automation (RPA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Automation. To set the stage for this half-day forum, we are providing a short description of these terms. RPA promises to speed up and automate routine processes while reducing the amount of errors, which in turn will enable human team members to pursue higher value tasks that can...

Join the ACT-IAC Federal Insights Exchange on December 5, 2018 at the City Club of Washington DC featuring Rod Turk, Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce. Mr. Turk's discussion will focus on Department of Commerce’s modernization efforts to improve the security posture of IT to align with ongoing mission work to improve services, technology solutions, and advance security across the Federal enterprise. In response to...

In the Federal IT workforce, success often depends on discerning professionals who are adept at juggling responsibilities that require both strong technical knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills. ACT-IAC's NexUS community will host the final forum of 2018 focusing on the skills required for success in this career field. This forum will feature experts from industry and government who will share insights on what it takes to thrive and ex...

Don’t miss this opportunity between Thanksgiving and the Holidays to get caught up on the latest developments in the ACT-IAC community. Stay afterwards for the reception and networking! Thomas Michelli, Department of Defense Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity will be our featured guest speaker. Mr. Michelli is responsible for ensuring the department has a well-defined and well-executed $8 billion cybersecurity prog...

ACT-IAC is planning a “Shark Tank” event focused on the viability of solutions that use Blockchain technology in addressing potential healthcare agency use cases (needs). Potential blockchain use cases have been pre-vetted by a variety of health sector participants from the ACT-IAC Blockchain Working Group, government representatives from HHS and its Operating Divisions (OPDIVs), the VA and DHA.Our health agency participants, alo...