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Neighborhood Watch: The Inaugural Billington State and Local CyberSecurity Summit will take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. On 19 – 20 March. This new conference was created to help typically under-sourced state and local governments that are facing increasing numbers of cyber attacks, by providing them with information and best practices. Speakers will include Dr. Brian Gardner Chief Technology & Information Security Officer of the City of Dallas and Bruce Coffing CISO of the City of Chicago (both of which suffered a cyber-attack in the past year), Dave Frederick Assistant Deputy Director for China at the National Security Agency (NSA); and Brigadier General Teri D. Williams Vice Director of Operations (CYBER) at the National Guard Bureau, to name a few.
A Cog in The Conference Machine: Started in 2017 with a focus on “The Impact of AI on Industry, Government and Society” CogX has since expanded its focus to cover the latest trends shaping the defining decade ahead. And in May, Europe’s “leading festival of AI and transformational technology” will come to Los Angeles. On 7 May CogX Festival LA will bring executives from around the country together to discuss topics such as generative AI, climatetech, life sciences and quantum. The conference expects approximately 2,000 leaders and will include a robust agenda of keynotes, panels and presentations.
Submission Opportunity: All Things Open is one of the largest open-source/tech/web events based on the East Coast of the U.S. Held in Raliegh, NC from 27 – 29 October, the conference will include 15-minute keynotes delivered from the main stage, 15-minute “burst” talks designed to highlight a topic/micro-topic, traditional 45-minute sessions delivered on tracks, and extended 1.4 – 4.0-hour workshop sessions. If you have a topic idea to share, submit your idea prior to the 22 March deadline. The All Things Open selection committee is seeking “talks from established technologists with many years of experience, technologists and community members that may be new to “open”, and talks from traditionally underrepresented groups and organizations.” Before you fill in their form, review their cheat sheet on the types of topics they typically include.
Lunchtime Learning: The IEFA, a non-for-profit organization founded in 1994 dedicated to the promotion of an open dialogue on pressing economic issues, now hosts six conferences worldwide. Attendees are treated to thoughtful conversations on topics such as The Pathway to Decarbonization; Medical Innovation: A Sustainable Engine for Growth; The New Rules of Fintech; Building Tomorrow’s Tech Today: Perspectives from the Forefront; Intellectual Property and the Government: Improving your Competitive Position; and Reinventing the Supply Value Chain. If you were unable to be in Paris, Toronto, Montreal or Miami last year, you may want to check out the discussions online.
Coming Up Next Week: SXSWedu gets underway 4 March, kicking off the first of two festival weeks in Austin, and convening K-12 administrators along with a diverse range of stakeholders in education, including teachers, students, and government officials. Across the globe, the 3rd annual Informa LEAP Summit (4-7 March; Riyadh) expects an attendance exceeding 100k from 183 countries across the tech event’s four days of programming. For the second year, LEAP will host the DeepFest track, dedicated to changemakers in AI. Conference Board’s 28th annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference runs 5-6 March in Atlanta, offering practitioners a chance to learn how to apply DEI knowledge and solutions in different situations for successful outcomes. Montgomery Summit covers the intersection of innovation, technology, and capital when it’s held 5-6 March in Santa Monica. And in Berlin, the event previously known as HUB.Berlin has been reimagined as Transform. Like its previous iteration, Transform (6-7 March) will cover the technologies and best practices enabling the digitization of business processes.