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3/21 - 3/23
7th Military Antennas
IDGA’s 7th Military Antennas is a unique forum for dialogue of ideas between individuals in the military communications and antennas communities. IDGA’s first Military Antennas event of the year is your opportunity to claim your place in the C4ISR community. You will be able to meet with key decision-makers and top-notch innovators to hear cutting-edge advancements that can enrich your own programs.
3/21 - 3/23
Retrograde, RESET and Redistribution Summit
IDGA’s Retrograde, RESET and Redistribution Summit offers relevant, unique sessions directly applicable to this dynamic world of military logistics. Session topics include:
•Enhancing property accountability and visibility for military equipment
◦Pursuing equipment modernization and Warfighter protection initiatives
◦Providing equipment retrograde and redistribution forecasting
◦Continual assessment of advisory and assistance mission to identify non-essential items
◦New approaches in open communication to improve collaboration and provide efficient, trained, and ready forces.
3/21 - 3/23
2nd Annual Non-Traditional ISR Summit
Non-Traditional Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (NTISR) is still a relatively new concept in the military. Requirements, equipment concept, concepts of employment, and funding are all loosely defined all while the new NTISR solutions are needed today!
IDGA’s 2nd Annual Non-Traditional ISR Summit will provide the most up-to-date information on the latest NTISR advancements in technologies and the lessons learned from recent efforts and aircraft enhancements. This event will take a closer look at military strategies for integrating ISR capabilities into existing platforms as well as active operations in intelligence starved regions. Due to increasing challenges, acquisition decisions are currently being made, as well as new requirements for industry.
3/21 - 3/23
Full Motion Video for Defense
IDGA’s Full Motion Video for Defense summit will provide the venue to discuss the growing demand for full motion video in intelligence operations and will offer an understanding on how to overcome current challenges.
Full Motion Video for Defense will provide insight into:
•The latest full motion video needs, strategies, applications and initiatives
•Growing demand for full motion video to enhance counter-insurgency
•Overcoming challenges in data storage and retrieval
•Biometric recognition within video
•Bandwidth constraints
•Challenges in processing, exploitation and dissemination
•Turning intelligence into actionable data
3/28 - 3/30
Offshore Patrol Vessels Summit
IDGA’s 2nd Offshore Patrol Vessels Summit will examine the key considerations and issues ensuring effective sea zone security and traditional offshore patrol responsibilities including search and rescue, maritime interdiction and fishery protection. IDGA’s OPV Summit will explore the requirements and plans of the current fleet and the updates necessary to keep it maintained and modernized. As the US faces the long-term struggle against radical extremism in a period of persistent conflict, those responsible for Maritime Security must be prepared to conduct operations across a broad spectrum of threats and hazards
The Summit will allow the Coast Guard, Navy, ship builders, ship designers, and industry related professionals to gain a greater understanding of:
Maritime Security Evolution and Increased Importance of OPVs
Ship Structural Integrity and Mission-Readiness Advancements
OPV Concept Solutions for Emerging Asymmetric Threats
4/11 - 4/14
9th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit
As the Maritime Community defines priorities, builds partnerships, and modernizes capabilities, it is vital to disseminate these advances to all stakeholders. IDGA’s Maritime Homeland Security Summit brings together departmental policy makers, uniformed service leaders, law enforcement, and industry partners to exchange and share best practices and opportunities to improve the security of our Nation's maritime borders.
At IDGA’s 2011 Maritime Homeland Security Summit you will hear:
•Coast Guard Leadership Vision for the 21st Century
•DHS Release of the Implementation Plan for the Small Vessel Security Strategy
•Best Practices for Coordinated Maritime Security Integration and Partnerships
•Latest Capabilities and Technology for Maritime Surveillance, Safety, and Security
•Intelligence Fusion in Support of MDA
4/18 - 4/20
4th Annual Tactical Vehicles Summit
IDGA’s Tactical Vehicles Summit is proud to announce its fourth installment as the nation’s foremost tactical vehicle event addressing the strategy, procurement, challenges, and opportunities with both an exhibition floor and summit.
This year’s event will focus on the challenges ahead for the MRAP, M-ATV, and FMTVs in Afghanistan, including what will be done in the coming year to address the RESET of vehicles as overseas contingency operation shift focus.
As the Afghanistan battlefield continues to evolve, and the theater faces an assortment of threats in terrain and mission, this summit highlights and addresses the future outlook and requirements for the tactical vehicle fleet.
This year’s pre-summit focus day addresses the most important issue that touches on every member of the tactical vehicle community - Weight! Above all, vehicles need to be lighter and continually increase survivability. Monday’s in-depth and interactive Focus Day will examine the latest technologies and best practices that support the continuous development of new weight reduction! From composites to communications these advancements will show you how to create lighter and stronger co components to the overall vehicle design.
4/26 - 4/29
UAV Summit
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide the intelligence, armament and sensors for very long periods of time which could dramatically decrease the number of casualties. The role of UAVs is expanding, and their unlimited role on the future battlefield is inevitable. Rapid technological advances promise to radically alter the art of the possible for unmanned aerial warfare and next-generation models. There is a need to discuss developments in propulsion, Artificial Intelligence, multi-spectral sensors, and energy use.
IDGA’s 2010 UAV Summit will deliver a comprehensive overview of these focus areas, requirements, emerging policies, programs, methods and technologies that are accurate and responsive to mission managers’ and commanders’ needs.
5/23 - 5/25
2nd Annual Irregular Warfare Summit
IDGA’s 2nd Annual Irregular Warfare Summit will present latest advancements for concepts, capabilities, requirements and the lessons learned from recent Irregular Warfare efforts. This event will take a closer look at military strategies for irregular warfare including special forces and counter insurgency operations. Due to increasing challenges, acquisition decisions are currently being made, as well as new requirements for industry.
5/23 - 5/25
2nd Annual Border Management Summit Southwest
The challenge to manage our nation’s borders can only be answered by advancing surveillance, biometrics, detection and information sharing technologies, as they are pushed forward by policies and mandates of government. With the suspension of SBINet, a recent uproar for immigration reform, and the constant violence along the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders, this year’s Summit is a must-attend event for homeland security experts across all agencies and levels of government.
In its 2nd year, IDGA’s Border Management Summit Southwest brings together thought leaders and key policy-makers across local, state and federal law enforcement, the DHS, and international government organizations, as a forum for the discussion of current and future border security initiatives.
5/23 - 5/25
10th Annual DoD Architectures
IDGA’s DoD and Government Architecture Forum is designed to provide a candid space to discuss these challenges, share lessons learned, and walk away with strategies to solve the most difficult problems, as well as silence the architecture critics once and for all.
This is your place to:
Learn about architecture success stories and how you can apply them to your work
Hear from customers how architectures are working out in practice
Find out what IT acquisition reform means for architects
Overcome stumbling blocks in the transition to DoDAF 2.0
Discuss quality standards and metrics for good architectures
Understand the latest approaches to improving and using architecture to add value
6/6 - 6/9
ArmorCon
IDGA’s ArmorCon is the premier forum for the military armor community to exchange ideas on new armor technologies, challenges and developments in protective equipment for vehicles and personnel, and recent research on armor systems and materials.
This is the only annual event that focuses exclusively on military armor solutions for both vehicle and individual body armor while catering to both engineers and business development managers by addressing the many different uses of armor, including Warfighter protection, vehicle, chemical protection, fire protection, and structural armor.
6/6 - 6/8
Army Aviation Exhibition & Conference
IDGA’s Army Aviation Exhibition & Conference is the premier forum for bringing together the leaders in Army aviation with the most relevant experience, intriguing ideas, and feasible solutions to best support the warfighters at risk in theater. With the all-new conference and exhibit hall format, we can join more people together than ever before – from PMs to Commanders, from OEMs to small companies that have something to offer but don’t know how to bring it in front of the military – and help facilitate the creation of new partnerships.
The conference will give you access to:
•Latest updates, developments, research, and solutions for CBM, MUM-Ts, JMR, Common Avionics Enablers, CICMs, Improved C2 and Situational Awareness, ATC Programs and Platforms, MEDEVAC needs, and Advanced Weaponry among others
•Program updates and reviews of Army Aviation PMs: UAS, Attack Scout, Apache, Cargo, Utility, Fixed-Wing
•Cutting-edge solutions to the biggest capabilities challenges in Army aviation
6/27 - 6/30
Military Logistics Summit 2011
U.S. forces and their industry partners are facing unprecedented challenges transporting the materiel supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; representing the most substantial logistics undertaking in the modern era. The Military Logistics Summit 2011 will address the transportation and product support challenges involved in making this enormous undertaking a success.
The complexity of logistics operations on land, in the air, and by sea has never been more challenging. Commanders are relying on the expertise of the logistics community to ensure the rapid and safe transportation of supplies, troops, and weapons through dangerous territories. Join us again this June as the Military Logistics Summit tackles the most critical and difficult themes from RESET to TAV!
6/27 - 6/29
Cyber Warfare Summit
Defending against and defeating cyber attacks requires combined efforts by both public and private sectors, working to develop new technologies and approaches for maintaining real-time protection of their individual networks. To this end, IDGA’s Cyber Warfare Summit is designed to primarily focus on the topic of cyber warfare and cyber security. Attendees will be able to partake in discussions and debates on the framework for collaborative efforts with leaders from the Military Services, Government Agencies, the Administration, and leaders in Industry and Academia.
IDGA’s Cyber Warfare Summit will present discussions on mission critical subjects:
•Emerging DoD-wide cyber warfare doctrine and policies: Appropriate roles and responsibilities
•Distinct perspectives from all Services’ efforts towards investigating ways to build and support offensive and defensive information warfare systems at tactical, operational, and strategic levels
•Operationalizing cyber warfare doctrine
•Coalition involvement in cyber operations
•Cyber security: Improving warning, defense, and response to the challenges of tomorrow's cyber environment
•Cooperative efforts and emerging technologies for securing critical national, government, and private infrastructure
•Training and testing: Preparing for tomorrow’s fight today
6/29 - 7/1
3rd Annual Command and Control Summit
IDGA’s Third Annual Command and Control Summit will address the policy, doctrine, requirements, and materiel development for Command and Control systems. This joint service conference will provide you with warfighter needs assessments, mission command migration timelines, and current development of C2 systems.
The goal of the Command and Control Summit is to further the development of essential command and control capabilities in support of the battlefield commander.
Major issues to be discussed include:
Materiel Development for Command and Control Systems
Capability Development Requirements
Army plans and policy for the Future Tactical Communication Network
Net-centric C2 systems for the Joint and Coalition Operator
