OSS COnf: 4th DoD Open Technology Conference in DC, Oct. 29

conference to attend:

OPEN ARCHITECTURE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE OPEN STANDARDS

The 4th DoD Open Technology Conference expands the dialogue between government and industry on the business case, security and real-world military applications for open technology methods and paradigms.  This conference will address many of these critical issues from the perspective of both warfighter benefits and challenges for DoD implementation.  Topics include: Emerging open source software policy in DoD How open technologies will support DoD 2.0 Impacts to business models as primes and agencies move to open technologies Improving DoD access to innovation Federated - collaborative development environments and their impact of DoD software development processes Impacts on acquisition processes Intellectual property issues in open environments Attendees will hear from government leaders and industry experts on the use of open source software, open standards and open architectures across the military services, and potential for impact on defense industry business models.