Top 5 Government Contracting Events in September 2018
There are tons of valuable government contracting events in the DC metro area, from networking happy hours to training seminars to opportunity overviews. We’ve narrowed down the top 5 events that you should attend in the upcoming weeks.
While you’re here, check out Red Team’s event calendar for upcoming government contracting events that we are hosting.
Event #1: Free Breakfast Seminar with Berenzweig Leonard – Uncover Your Competitor’s Strategies to Improve Your Own
Date: September 12, 2019
Cost: FREE
Location: Berenzweig Leonard Offices in Tysons Corner, VA
Winning a government contract is never easy and has become more difficult over the years as the competitive landscape has expanded. More and more companies are pursuing the same government programs, making it increasingly important to know your competition’s strengths and weaknesses. Join us on September 12, for a free breakfast seminar presentation on the fundamentals of conducting competitive analysis.
Event #2: AFCEA Bethesda September Breakfast – Modernizing the IT Infrastructure
Date: September 13, 2018
Cost: $70 (Member) | $80 (Non-Member)
Location: Bethesda North Marriott in Bethesda, MD
This event will look at the key IT issues agencies must address as they modernize their underlying infrastructure. The discussion will look at tactical issues, such as the role of the cloud, modernization priorities, and funding strategies, as well as strategic issues—namely, how to translate modernization into enhanced mission effectiveness. Other potential topics to be addressed include:
- The current and future impact of the Centers of Excellence initiative
- The “real” impact of the MGT Act
- How the PMA is changing the approach to modernization efforts
Event #3: PSC Key Actions to Build a GovCon Subject Matter Expert Platform
Date: September 18, 2018
Cost: FREE (Members Only)
Location: PSC Office in Arlington, VA
Everyone talks about it, but few do it well – how do you build subject matter expertise for your company and executives? Results from the 2018 Federal Government Contracting BD & Marketing Survey shows building a GovCon subject matter expert platform is not going away anytime soon. Promoting your company’s thought leadership can help make you a preferred source for future government contracts and task orders – but what is the best way to do that and what are the favored communication channels to use? The PSC Marketing and Communications Network meeting will answer these questions and more at the next meeting.
Event #4: HIMSS NCA: Artificial Intelligence within Federal Healthcare – Where Are We Today and Where Will We Be Tomorrow?
Date: September 20, 2018
Cost: $55-60 (Member) | $65-70 (Non-Member)
Location: Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA
The rapid growth in the availability of healthcare data through electronic health records, medical devices, telehealth and other health technology provides increased opportunity to utilize and transform the data to influence and improve decision making for patient care delivery. With the help of researchers & developers, artificial intelligence (AI) provides the ability to analyze and logically process large data sets to understand patterns and machine learning. AI provides the ability to process and teach the data human logic beyond human capability and have been applied to healthcare to aid clinicians to improve the delivery of patient care using legacy data as evidence.
Attend the HIMSS NCA event on September 20 to discuss to following topics:
- What and where are the other areas that AI are being used within Federal healthcare?
- What does the road look like to get us into the future?
- How will the large data sets and AI change the delivery of healthcare?
- How does AI actually improve patient care and with clinician participation?
Event #5: Washington Technology Power Breakfast – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about Debriefings and Bid Protests
Date: September 21, 2018
Cost: $99
Location: Tower Club in Tysons Corner, VA
Losing a competition after spending hundreds of hours doing research, building a team, and crafting a proposal is a great disappointment. Most contractors try to build off of a loss by gathering lessons learned to improve future proposals. Agencies are supposed to debrief losing bidders; this is a key component of learning what went wrong. Often times, there are problems with the quality and consistency of agency debriefings which drives many companies to file bid protests to force agencies to share more information.
In this Power Breakfast, discussions will focus on the findings of the latest WT Insider Report on debriefings and bid protests that reveal industry frustrations with the process and where they want it to improve. You’ll also hear from experts who can advise you how to get the most from your debriefings and help you decide when to file a bid protest.
