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Object Management Group Announces March Special Events Program in DCThe Object Management Group® (OMG®), an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium, today announced its Special Events program being held during the OMG Technical Committee meeting from March 20-24, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Reston, Virginia, USA. Registration for the Special Events program is open to the public. Media can register for a complimentary press pass using the code TCVAP17. The program is supported by OMG annual sponsors, No Magic, Sparx Systems and Orbus Software. The program will feature ten Information Days-in-depth public forums-throughout the week.
Monday Special Events Highlights Dr. Shane McNamee, M.D., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will discuss how the OMG Business Process Modeling Notation™ (BPMN™) standard offers the potential to stabilize health care processes that support both patients and providers as organizations strive toward improved efficacy and high reliability. A foremost expert in BPM standards, Denis Gagne, CEO/CTO of Trisotech and Chair of the OMG BPMN Interchange Working Group, will deliver a presentation titled "Overview of OMG Business Standards." Registration costs $149 USD. Workshop attendees are invited to join the OMG Healthcare Committee Meeting on March 21 for an in-depth discussion about OMG's healthcare standards work. They can also participate in the Committee Meeting for two extra days from March 21-22. The one-day, add-in option costs an additional $99 USD and the two-day, add-in option costs an extra $198 USD.
Monday and Tuesday Special Event Highlights
On the morning of March 21, Dr. Dale Meyerrose, Major General, U.S. Air Force (retired) will keynote at the half-day Cyber Resilience Summit. He was the first President-appointed, Senate-confirmed chief information officer and information sharing executive for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Additionally, the popular "Titans of Cyber" panel returns, featuring federal agency and intelligence community heads who will share critical issues facing their organizations as they battle cyber risk. Government admission is complimentary. Use the code CSQVA27 during registration to redeem the complimentary pass. Otherwise the registration fee is $95 USD. To learn more the agenda and speakers, please visit http://it-cisq.org/cyber-resilience-summit-2017/. In the afternoon, Lieutenant Commander Rollie J. Wicks, interviewed in the 60 Minutes program, "The Coming Swarm," will present at the complimentary Cybersecurity Workshop. An associate advisor of the Secretary of the Navy Naval Innovation Advisory Council and an expert in autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, and robotics, Lt. Cdr. Wicks will discuss autonomous systems and the cyber challenges his team is addressing. Cyber experts will also take part in the "Economics of Cybersecurity: Cost vs. Protection" panel to discuss security versus budgetary tradeoffs when building a cyber infrastructure.
Wednesday Special Events Highlights Running concurrently, the OMG IEF Chairs will unveil a family of specifications that enables policy-driven, data-centric information sharing and safeguarding under the umbrella of the OMG's Information Exchange Framework™ (IEF™) standard. The information sharing session will highlight the finalized IEF Information Packaging Policy Vocabulary™ (IEF IPPV™) specification and the IEF Reference Architecture (IEF RA) specification (which is nearing completion). Visit http://omg.org/meetings/va-2017/index7.cgi?noid=yes to register.
Thursday Special Events Highlights In the afternoon, the Industrial Internet Consortium will host the complimentary Industrial Internet Innovation Forum. Industry experts and organizations who have deployed or are currently deploying Industrial Internet solutions will present best practices. Visit http://www.iiconsortium.org/reston-forum-2017/index.htm for registration information. The full-day Workshop on Information Sharing & Safeguarding Standards will feature government, standards development organizations and industry leaders charting the future for architecture and standards frameworks for the national information sharing environment. Registration is $445 USD.
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