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Apr. 2-4, 2012. FOSE claims to be the largest and most comprehensive government information technology event in the country, covering topics like cybersecurity, mobile government, defense innovations, records and information management, and Cloud & Virtualization. Cloud computing activity is rapidly changing IT architectures in government and industry, we heard, and is being used to support data center consolidation and other cost sharing initiatives. On one hand, there are significant concerns with controls over data, security, and reliability. On the other hand, government could get faster benefit from technology via cloud computing services. This conference looked at the latest issues facing the federal government. We kind of suspected that government had “its head in the clouds…”.
Mar. 28-31, 2012. The ASA is the American Society on Aging, and these people are definitely sitting on a growth market. ASA is committed to being the premier resource for education, training and information on aging-related issues. This is the largest gathering of a diverse, multidisciplinary community of professionals from the fields of aging, healthcare and education, along with business leaders from across the United States. Partly at issue were topics related to The Aging Business, which covered such areas as Boomer Lifestyles and Consumers, Business Development, Finances in Later Life, Age Discrimination and Other Legal Issues, Marketing and Communications, Older Adults as Consumers, Products and Services, Retirement Planning and Transitions. Kind of makes you feel old, doesn’t it?
Jan. 22-28, 2012. This was the Transportation Research Board’s 91st TRB annual meeting. The program covered all transportation modes, with more than 4,000 presentations in nearly 650 sessions, and workshops addressing topics of interest to all attendees—policymakers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops addressed the spotlight theme for 2012: Transportation — Putting Innovation and People to Work. Over 4500 technical papers, slides and posters from more than 7,000 program presentations, and videos of more than 80 high-profile seminars, were available by the close. Quite a lot to “transport”, if you wanted them all…
Nov. 30 – Dec. 01, 2011. This conference and exposition is where “Government Professionals Find Green Solutions”, in areas as diverse as energy, transportation, conservation, facilities and spinach soup. Actually we made that last one up. Attendance was free for government and military professionals, who could “gain a valuable overview of the sustainability requirements mandated for every agency and program”, not to mention “learning best practice from successful green leaders across civilian and military agencies as well as the private sector”. Washington was just the place for this since, surprisingly, it’s “where 70% of all federal government and military executives work”. Green leaders? They’re the ones eating the spinach soup.
Oct. 02-05, 2011. This was North America’s premier air traffic control conference, the Annual ATCA Conference and Exposition, taking an in-depth look at the future of air traffic control. As ATC/ATM industry thought leaders, the panel continued to make its Annual Conference the premier forum for aviation professionals. The Conference consisted of three days of presentations, seminars, networking opportunities and exhibitions, with the participation of internationally recognized experts in the ATC/ATM industry. It was the largest such conference in the Americas, with 3000 conference participants from over 40 countries, also playing host to over 120 exhibiting companies, government agencies and NGO’s. Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away.
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