Registration is now open for the July 9 meeting of AFCEA Bethesda's Health IT SIG Membership Meeting. The SIG provides open discussion and information exchange of ideas concerning all aspects of the partnership between the federal government and industry. This meeting with feature two speakers from the Department of Health and Human Services: There is no cost to attend. But register now to reserve your seat.

Both man-made and natural disasters, climate change and population growth continue to take a toll on the global energy ecosystem. To meet these challenges, government, private industry and academia need to foster an environment that secures our energy future, reduces disaster risks, ensures security for our food and water supply and promotes climate solutions. On June 26th, held at The Hamilton Live in Washington, DC, AFCEA Energy & Earth...

U.S. Army Intelligence is evolving to be more adaptive and agile to provide asymmetric support to this regionally aligned, globally engaged service. This classified (Secret/NOFORN) event focuses on opportunities for the private sector and the importance Army Intelligence places on its relationship with industry. The event is co-sponsored by AFCEA Intelligence and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, U.S. Army.

There’s a good reason that the Report on Federal IT Modernization identifies the cloud as an essential platform for IT in the years ahead. Cloud has the potential not only to improve the efficiency of existing services, but also to enable the development of a new generation of services. But there are still a lot of questions to be answered. To fully leverage cloud computing, agencies need to rethink their IT architecture, address lingeri...

"Cyber threat intelligence" has different meanings to different organizations and intersects with other activities and disciplines. Increasing levels of malicious cyber activity complicate the ability to detect and prevent activity. This classified (Secret/NOFORN) forum will focus on how this changing threat affects intelligence, homeland security and cybersecurity from a technology, policy and substantive/information perspective. Sessions wil...

NATO’s Digital Endeavour: Expanding the Ecosystem Organized in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany, NITEC18 conference will bring together over 600 senior government, military and industry leaders, as well as defence and security experts. These senior officials will be joined by NATO Directors, Service Line Chiefs and industry leaders to discuss NATO’s digital transformation (the largest in decades), business...

Held in the spring, the annual AFCEA DC The 11th Annual Military Information Technology Leadership Awards recognizes individuals globally whose contributions to their fellow Warfighters through the use of information technology. A total of 14 awards are presented, one enlisted and one officer from each of the Armed Services and four services members who were in joint billets. The recipients of this award take a day to be recognized by their pe...

Montgomery IT Summit is an annual event hosted by the Montgomery Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). The event begins on Monday May 21nd, 2018 with the annual Montgomery AFCEA Charity Golf Tournament, with proceeds benefiting the Montgomery AFCEA Chapter Educational Foundation. Since its inception, the Educational Foundation has invested over $3 million dollars in scholarships and other benefits for...

The AFCEA/GMU Critical Issues in C4I Symposium brings academia, industry and government together annually to address important issues in technology and systems research and development. The agenda for 2018 focuses on: Innovations in software engineering Advances in data securityBlockchain impact on C4IExploiting machine learningCollaborative community resilienceIoT impact on national securityUnderstanding information warfareInnovations i...

Cyber operations are a challenging mission for the U.S. Defense Department and government community that builds, operates and defends networks. Cyber leaders and warriors must continually evolve to adapt to future innovations and develop and leverage cutting-edge tools and technologies. Participants will discuss requirements and solutions to ensure that the networks within DoD are adaptive, resilient and effective across a range of uses and ag...