Face-to-Face Events: Government

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Face-to-Face Event Series Face-to-Face events are half-day, turnkey events designed to educate public sector IT professionals on missioncritical topics.

Backed by the same editorial teams behind FCW, GCN, Defense Systems and Washington Technology, these events feature top leaders in the government technology community and content-rich agendas that focus on realworld strategies and tech tactics to support agency missions and government initiatives.

Overseen by our professional project management, operations and marketing teams, Face-to-Face events provide our clients an opportunity to reach government IT decision makers in-person and within the context of a topic that is important to their jobs—all without the cost or hassle of planning their own event.

From our consultative sales process, to a fully executed marketing and event program, to helping you effectively leverage your leads, data and insight gained—Faceto-Face events are the highest quality program in the market.

Series Benefits These events are your opportunity to get in front of tough-to-reach public sector leaders, managers and IT decision makers! Direct live engagement is where connections are made, meetings are scheduled and deals are put into motion.

Attendee Titles Chief Cybersecurity Architect Chief Information Officer

2016 2016 Event Face-To-Face Calendar Calendar

Chief Information Security Officer Chief Technology Architect

JANUARY

Chief Technology Officer

Future Ready Enterprise

Valuable Leads Speaking sponsors receive the full registration list from the live event and all post-event eBook registrants for a minimum of 200 government leads.

Contracting Officer

Deputy Director

FEBRUARY

Thought Leadership Demonstrate your market expertise and showcase your organization’s core competencies by leading a 15-minute speaking session.

Director, Acquisition Management

Cybersecurity

Brand Recognition You will receive extended brand recognition before, during and after the event through promotional materials, on-site signage/ tabletop exhibit and the distribution of selected branded assets (whitepapers, case studies, etc.).

Enterprise Architect

Event Format

Contract Specialist Cyber Architect Deputy CIO

Director, Cloud Computing Division Chief Information Systems Security Officer Information Assurance Manager IT Director IT Governance Manager

APRIL

DOD

IT Specialist Network Manager

MAY

Procuring Contracting Officer

Cybersecurity

Program Director

• Three to four 40-minute sessions led by sought-after government speakers

Project Manager

Attendance Goals

Cloud

IT Manager

• Half-day live event in Washington, DC metro area

• Three 15-minute sessions led by industry sponsors

MARCH

Program Manager Senior Advisor Senior Procurement Official Senior Strategist

• 175-225 registrants per event

Workforce Development Analyst

• 75-100 live attendees

----and more!

OCTOBER

• Big Data • Enterprise Strategies

Sponsorship Packages Speaking Session Sponsorship

Exhibit Sponsorship

$25,000 (limited industry sessions available)

$10,000

Pre-Event

Post-Event

Pre-Event

• Sponsor recognition on the event website and attendee promotional emails

• Sponsor recognition on followup emails

• Sponsor recognition on the event website and attendee promotional emails

• Custom e-vite to share with customers and prospects

Event • 15-minute speaking session to all event attendees • Turnkey tabletop exhibit for enhanced networking and engagement (6ft. draped table, two chairs, wireless Internet and electrical outlet) • Sponsor recognition on all on-site signage and printed materials • Three complimentary passes to the event (includes exhibit staff)

• Promotional materials included in follow-up emails (white paper, case study or website link) • Event registration list with full contact information • One-page content asset recapping highlights of your session • High-quality video of your 15-minute speaking session • Event eBook n Features multiple articles

on select topic across FCW, GCN, Defense Systems and Washington Technology n Sponsor can provide a full-

• Custom e-vite to share with customers and prospects

Event • Turnkey tabletop exhibit for enhanced networking and engagement (6ft. draped table, two chairs, wireless Internet and electrical outlet) • Sponsor recognition on all on-site signage and printed materials • Two complimentary passes to the event (includes exhibit staff)

page ad for inclusion

Post-Event

eBook will generate an additional 100 federal leads – list will be provided to sponsor

• 75 government leads with full contact information

• Event Microsite n Microsite includes video,

sponsor assets and an eBook n Editor will create a 2-page

Event Summary which will appear in the eBook as part of the introduction n Significant sponsor

recognition

• Sponsor recognition on followup emails

FACE FUTURE READY FACE ENTERPRISE FEBRUARY 9

TRANSFORMING THE DELIVERY OF FEDERAL IT SERVICES This event will provide federal IT officials with insights into how they can begin to build a future-ready enterprise. Subject matter experts from government and industry will discuss strategies for moving beyond siloed solutions and taking full advantage of the latest generation of enterprise technology.

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Strategies for speeding the delivery of IT services • The management ramifications of an IT-as-a-Service delivery model • The latest thinking about the relative roles of private, public and hybrid cloud models • Key factors to consider when updating legacy IT infrastructure • The impact of converged and hyperconverged solutions on the IT infrastructure • Steps toward simplifying the IT infrastructure and strengthening its manageability and security

fcw.com/futureready “I learn so much each time I attend these events! They inspire me to research more to understand the topics presented.”

FACE CYBER FACE SECURITY FEBRUARY 17

-2015 Face-to-Face Attendee

MAY 11

UNIFIED SECURITY: STRENGTHENING THE CYBER ECOSYSTEM This event will provide federal IT leaders with insights into how to build a cyber ecosystem that reduces their vulnerabilities and strengthens their capacity to respond to the rising tide of cyber threats.

BUILDING ADVANCED CYBER STRATEGIES This event will provide federal agency IT and security managers an update on options available to them for acquiring the hardware and tools necessary to establish baseline threat and cybersecurity monitoring services at their agencies.

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Building on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework • The role of advanced analytics • Improving real-time situational awareness • Insider threat mitigation • Advances in fraud management • Cyber procurement trends • Integrated mobile security • Comprehensive continuous monitoring

Potential topics to be addressed include: • How to implement a CDM program at your agency • Preparing for the upcoming 2nd and 3rd phases of t he CDM program • CDM and Einstein 3 security acquisition basics • Continuous monitoring toolkit: dashboards, sensors, and services • Automated security threat sharing initiatives • Options for CDM identity and authentication management

fcw.com/cybersecurity2016

fcw.com/cdm2016

FACE FACE CLOUD MARCH 30

OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO THE CLOUD This event will provide federal IT leaders with insights into the barriers to cloud adoption – security, tracking/ managing risk, office cultural issues, migration, integration and data portability changes – and how they can overcome them.

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Developing a realistic cloud migration path • New approaches to data migration • Overcoming cultural barriers to cloud adoption • The evolution of FedRAMP (and the road ahead) • Best practices in security and management governance • Cloud contracting avenues • Understanding the ROI of cloud

fcw.com/cloud2016

FACE FACE DOD DATE: TBD

DEFENSE GAME CHANGERS The Joint Information Environment is a centerpiece of the Defense Department’s plans. JIE can put multiple services and coalition partners on the same platform while also better protecting data and the network through the underlying Joint Regional Security Stacks. What will make it happen are game-changing technologies and practices that allow greater network access and data sharing while improving security. This event will address what DOD is doing to bring out the necessary changes.

“Good mix of government and industry speakers—an excellent event overall.”

-2015 Face-to-Face Attendee

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Building the cyber workforce • JIE and secure access • The future of analytics • Improving the operational picture • Safeguarding data in the cloud • The wearable revolution

defensesystems.com/gamechangers

“ A great event for an important topic.

Well worth the morning.”

-2015 Face-to-Face Attendee

FACE BIG FACE DATA OCTOBER 5

BUILDING A DATA-DRIVEN AGENCY Big data is in a period of experimentation and uneven adoption in government that is typical when powerful technologies enter new markets. Maturity will depend on agencies aligning the necessary IT solutions, policies, management strategies and data expertise to fully leverage the power of big data tools and techniques. This event will provide federal IT officials with insights into how to put these pieces together to create a data-driven agency.

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Building an effective data management strategy • Strategies and systems to support agency data requirements • The intersection of big data and cloud • Balancing the need to both protect and share data • The search for big data subject matter experts • Procurement trends to watch

fcw.com/bigdata2016

FACE ENTERPRISE FACE STRATEGIES OCTOBER 26

THE 2017 ENTERPRISE ROADMAP: FROM CONSOLIDATION TO TRANSFORMATION This event will provide federal IT officials insights into adopting future-proof data center strategies, including how to decide which functions of the data center – from network, storage through application – should be virtualized. Subject matter experts from government and industry will also discuss how to work around latency challenges presented by data centers linked to clients from longer distances without resorting to high cost fixed networks.

Potential topics to be addressed include: • Infrastructure Solutions • The role of Agile • Driving efficiencies through the workforce • New strategies for virtualization Management • The case for hyperconvergence • New and emerging game-changing solutions

fcw.com/mission2017

“I appreciate the opportunity to hear from and engage with government representatives involved in this program.”

-2015 Face-to-Face Attendee

RESERVE YOUR FACE-TO-FACE EVENT SPONSORSHIP TODAY! Event Sponsorship & Sales Stacy Money Senior Sales Director, Events 1105 Public Sector Media Group (415) 444-6933 smoney@1105media.com

Event Management Carmel McDonagh Chief Marketing Officer 1105 Public Sector Media Group

Nicole Szabo Director, Custom Events 1105 Public Sector Media Group

(703) 876-5040 cmcdonagh@1105media.com

(571) 234-1513 nszabo@1105media.com

Christina Hong Event Manager, Custom Events

Casey Stankus Senior Event Coordinator,

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Custom Events 1105 Public Sector Media Group

chong@1105media.com

(703) 876-5040 cstankus@1105media.com

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