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IBM Federal Anylitics Events for April

April 8, Washington, DC
The Intersection of Privacy and Analytics – What Every Government Agency Should Know
Agencies throughout the government are turning to analytics to improve their performance, gain greater insights into their business, and fulfill their agency missions.  But how do you employ analytics while maintaining compliance with the government’s privacy policies?  How do you use a Privacy Framework to guide your analytics programs?  Are there technology solutions coming to help you share or commingle data sources?

This session Includes a panel discussion with leading industry and IBM thought leaders:

  • Dan Chenok, Senior Vice President, Pragmatics Inc., Chair, Information Security & Privacy Advisory Board (NIST)
  • Ari Schwartz, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Center for Democracy and Technology, Member Information Security & Privacy Advisory Board (NIST)
  • Jeff Jonas, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Chief Scientist, Entity Analytics
  • Barbra Symonds, IBM Associate Partner, Security, Privacy, Wireless & IT Governance
  • David Alley, IBM Optim World Wide Solution Leader
    • Panel Moderator: Harriet Pearson, IBM Vice President, Security Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer

April 15, Washington, DC
Emerging Technology for Smarter Government: Using Next Generation Collaboration and Data Analytics
You’ve heard about cloud computing, and you may have heard about Hadoop; now it’s time to see it in action and learn how they can be used to build a Smarter Government.  In this session you’ll hear from Stewart Nickolas, IBM Distinguished Engineer and Dan Gisolfi from IBM’s Emerging Technologies group. Stew and Dan will demonstrate some of their group’s projects, and Proofs of Concept (POCs) they have been building out with the U.K. Government to leverage these new technologies. Dan will talk about leveraging telepresence technology to improve collaboration, increase productivity and drive decision agility.  Stew will then show how data analytics can easily be done on very large volumes of data using these emerging technologies.

April 22, Washington, DC
Threat Prediction and Prevention: Connecting the Dots in an Increasingly Complex Threat Environment
The challenge of maintaining national security has never been greater.  The issue is,,, how to "connect the dots?"  Meet Fred Walker from NSA and Dale Killinger from the FBI to learn about the challenges involved with connecting and analyzing huge volumes of data in real-time.  Then hear from IBM experts, Tim Paydos and Tony Curcio, on proven practices for "connecting the dots" to support national security.

Register for any of these events and check out the IBM Analytics Solution Center website !

Smarter Cities Virtual Leadership Forum

IBM Events – Agenda – IBM Smarter Cities Virtual Leadership Forum

Let's build a smarter planet, city by city.

By 2050, 70 percent of the Earth’s population will be living in cities – growing from 3.3 billion people today to a breathtaking 6.4 billion. This wave of urbanization presents enormous challenges and opportunities to all of us.

The Smarter Cities Leadership Forum on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 will begin at: 10:30 AM EST/9:30 AM CST/7:30 AM PST.

Join IBM for the Smarter Cities Virtual Leadership Forum, where forward-thinking public and private sector leaders converge to explore how our cities are getting smarter, driving greater innovation and transformation for competitive advantage while meeting the pressing needs of engaged constituents.

From the comfort of your office, discover how leaders from across North America are transforming their communities and businesses.

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Want to learn more about Mashups ? – check out Federal Mashup Day !

IBM is hosting “Federal Mashup Day” October 22nd at the Hyatt regency in Reston, Virginia …

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Learn how to unlock and easily view a wide range of information from multiple sources. In just minutes you can simply point-and-click, using a visual, browser-based tool, and assemble new applications, including feeds and widgets. Improve employee productivity by empowering self-service application development to address daily work challenges. Attend our half-day seminar and learn from the experts about the value of mashups for federal government.

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