Avoid the afternoon rush and gather with industry and government peers for unstructured discussion and networking. Focused Networking is a pilot in response to requests from attendees for increased opportunities to engage both industry colleagues and government peers to discuss shared challenges and collaborative solutions in more depth. For this first iteration, we have chosen four key subject areas to align with topics of key interest to the Department of Defense: Enterprise Capabilities, Mobility, Network Modernization, and Cyber. Each room will focus on a different topic.
We hope to attract experts from both industry and government for a productive exchange of innovative ideas. The sessions are designed to be interactive and conversational as possible. This is a PowerPoint free zone with only a podium, minimal seating and high boy tables to facilitate networking flow. We’ve asked our subject matter experts to assist in getting things started by introducing the discussion topics with a few framing remarks, but to limit their remarks to 5-7 minutes to allow the balance of the time for discussion. Members of the DISA's recently formed Corporate Connections team will also be present to engage with industry.
Four discussion topics:
Enterprise Capabilities or Unified Capabilities
Room 152A
Discussion Topic:
Changing the way individuals and teams work through integrated processes and collaboration services.
DISA Subject Matter Expert: Dr. Glen White, Technical Director/Deputy CTO, CAE
Cyber
Room 152B
Discussion Topic:
Strengthening the resiliency of defense in depth cyber security posture to absorb major attacks without any significant disruption to DoD operations. Ensuring the continuity of Cyber Domain operations in the face of disruption and attack, adversary activity and cyber threats.
DISA Subject Matter Expert: Mr. Greg Matthias, DCTO Shared Services, EIS
Mobility
Room 154A
Focused Discussion Topic:
Providing freedom of action for personnel to securely work in any location, over any device across any network.
DISA Subject Matter Expert: Ms. Kimberly “Kim” Rice, Mobility Program Manager
Network Modernization
Room 154B
Focused Discussion Topic:
Collapsing today's multiple encrypted network enclaves (NIPRNET, SIPRNET, Coalition, etc.) into a single transport network. Protecting the Data, not just the Network.
DISA Subject Matter Expert: Ms. Lisa Belt, Civilian Deputy, Infrastructure Directorate
We appreciate your time and your willingness to participate in this inaugural offering. Our hope is that these types of facilitated small group interactions will become an integral component of the symposium in future, providing an opportunity to build upon the high-level concepts discussed on the plenary stage and technical presentations in the theater spaces. There is a lot of effort that goes into all the pieces of the program and we envision these discussions as continuing the thread to build in greater value to all.
No prior sign-up necessary; open to all registered symposium attendees.