Top 5 Government Contracting Events in August 2018
1. Reston Chamber of Commerce: Coffee & Contracting: GovCon Networking
Date: August 2, 2018
Cost: $10 – $20
Location: Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce in Reston, VA
Reston Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Coffee & Contracting networking breakfast on August 2. Attend to learn how you can bridge your workforce gaps, meet the Department of Labor’s 7% goal for Federal Contractors, and help drive down the unemployment rate of the 24 million working-age Americans with disabilities.
2. Space & Missile Defense Symposium
Date: August 7-9, 2018
Cost: $0 – $575
Location: Von Braun Center in Huntsville, AL
The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development, and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world.
3. FCW Cybersecurity Summit
Date: August 8, 2018
Cost: $239 – $299
Location: Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC
The Cybersecurity Summit will explore the technologies, policies, and management strategies that can help agencies to address the administration’s new cybersecurity priorities. Potential topics to be addressed include:
- Identification and authentication
- System and communications protection security controls
- Cryptographic key management
- Cross-domain security
- Automating information security processes
- Effective endpoint and data security technologies
- Cyber risk management
- Improving network situational awareness
- Blockchain-based data security
- Encryption strategies for data-at-rest and data-in-transit
- Compliance
4. Convergence: 2018 CMS IT Conference
Date: August 9, 2018
Cost: $75
Location: CMS Headquarters Auditorium in Baltimore, MD
At the 2018 CMS IT Conference, you’ll hear from those actively engaged in key enabler projects that are advancing CMS’ programs, as well as CMS’ ongoing journey to transform their delivery of services. You’ll learn about the innovations that are occurring, catch a glimpse of what’s happening today, and CMS’ vision for the future.
5. 8th Annual Peak Cyber – CSTTF
Date: August 22-23, 2018
Cost: $250
Location: Double Tree Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO
Peak Cyber – CSTTF is designed to further educate cybersecurity, information management, information technology, and communications professionals by providing a platform to explore some of today’s most pressing cybersecurity threats, remediation strategies, and best practices.
