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Join the Newhouse School to celebrate the winners of the 2023 Toner Prizes for Excellence in Political Reporting. U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah will serve as keynote speaker. The Toner Prizes recognize and reinforce quality, fact-based political reporting—work that illuminates the electoral process, reveals the politics of policy and engages the public in democracy. Two prizes are given: One for local and one for national political reporting. The prizes were established by the Newhouse School in honor of late alumna Robin Toner ’76, the first woman to serve as national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Washington, DC – Senior business leaders from the world’s leading automobile, mining, and transportation corporations as well as White House and senior government officials are scheduled to headline the SAFE Summit: A Pathway to Electrification from Minerals to Market, on March 28-29, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

The summit aims to seize the historical moment provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The two-day event, co-hosted by SAFE and the Electrification Coalition, will offer practical next solutions that will, in collaboration with U.S. allies and partners, build out robust and reliable supply chains and supporting infrastructure for the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the broader energy transition.

The SAFE Summit agenda includes formal presentations, fireside chats, and moderated panels on topics that include:

Overcoming critical mineral processing chokepoints
Transparency tools to build more secure and sustainable supply chains
Collaborating with allies and partners to avoid supply chain dependencies
Advancing innovative new EV technologies
Building a national charging network
Financing future transportation technologies
Fostering a transportation innovation ecosystem and qualified workforce

Over a three-day period, the Indian American International Chamber of Commerce (IAICC) Convention will seek to highlight and stimulate deeper interactions between India and the US in both political and trade/commerce arenas aimed at strengthening the bonds between both the countries.

Invited key guests from the United States Government include, The President, Vice President, Secretaries of State, Commerce, Health & Human Services, Energy, Agriculture, DOD, Transportation, Homeland Security, SBA, MBDA, OSDBU representatives, Acquisition & Mentor Protégé experts to name a few. We also expect key ministers and industry leaders from India and other countries to participate.

The convention will feature several forums, including networking breakfasts, lunches, keynote addresses, and convention sessions, for the convention delegates to learn and discuss key aspects of trade and commerce between India and US in multiple areas.

This one-day event, hosted by Scaled Agile will explore the challenges agencies face in implementing Agile acquisitions within the unique constraints of the US Government.

This year’s conference focuses on developing Agile Leadership skills for an Agile (SAFe) transformation.  The conference will provide insight and ideas around common United States Government staff concerns such as Agile contracting, measuring an Agile acquisition, and strategies to build an agile workforce.

Prior to the conference, there will be a one-day workshop on April 10th.  You can attend one or both days based on the pass you purchase.  Group discounts are available for teams with five or more attendees.

IT, operations, and cybersecurity professionals at U.S. Federal agencies must continually adapt to complex challenges and ongoing changes. They must pivot when adversaries evolve their attack methods and when new vulnerabilities threaten U.S. infrastructure. They reprioritize when faced with Executive Orders and regulatory mandates. All of these adaptations must be done at a massive scale with an ever-changing workforce of highly skilled and trained professionals in a competitive labor market.

Join your Federal IT and security colleagues to learn current IT and security challenges and solutions to overcome them, including Binding Operational Directive 23-01, M22-09, M21-31, SaaS management, and more, strategies to anticipate and address binding directives and executive orders, how leaders are incorporating a cyber asset management foundation into their zero trust strategies.