GTRA Council Meeting December 6-8 2009 Awards!
GTRA Research Briefs
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A Tipping Point: The Fight for Our Nation's Cyber Security (Security Brief) |
The Acceptance of Cloud Computing in the Federal Government (Enterprise Architecture Brief) |
GTRA Council Meeting December 6-8, 2009 Press Releases
The GTRA Council Meeting is an invitation-only executive-level meeting for government and IT leaders who come together to collaborate, network, share best practices and lessons learned across the areas paramount to achieving the goals and objectives set forth by the new administration including:
Cloud Computing: Public vs. Public Clouds, security implications of each, and case studies of government cloud implementations
Cyber Security: How the “Cyber Czar” will impact you, how FISMA 2.0 will change your role , 800-53 revisions that incorporate Intelligence/DoD/Civilian controls, and how Web 2.0 & Clouds can be secure
Web 2.0: Successful government Web 2.0 implementations, Web 2.0 security best practices, and what the administration expects from you in your Web 2.0 deployments
Enterprise Architecture: FSAM updates, Infrastructure Optimization, CPIC/EA/Security collaboration, and the various “.gov” initiatives
Leadership: Managing change, the importance of cross discipline collaboration, and how to motivate through effective leadership
Over the course of three days, attendees will participate in roundtable discussions, presentations, live demonstrations and networking functions designed to focus on the topics most critical to supporting the areas mentioned above.
At the GTRA Council Meeting, cutting edge curriculum is delivered by government and industry leaders through a dynamic blend of presentations, panels, live-demonstrations, roundtable discussions, and boardroom meetings designed to be highly interactive and facilitate information exchange at the executive level. Complimenting the curriculum, a heavy focus on networking functions is designed to foster and solidify peer relationships through collaborative banquets, networking events, cocktail receptions and entertainment.
TESTIMONIALS
"Of the 30 events that I have attended this year, GTRA is by far the best organized event and the technology presentations surpass all others!" - Peter Mell, Senior Computer Scientist, NIST
“FAR, FAR, FAR, better environment that is conducive to feds and private sector feeling comfortable working together - awesome opportunity to meet and build relationships with key thought leaders.” - Rolf Pemberton, Director, Project Performance Corporation
"GTRA brings in the 'cream of the crop' in the government and industry! No other event provides us the opportunities and access to high level government executives that GTRA does. For three days we get to connect with people and foster relationships through roundtables, casino night networking and strategy sessions. GTRA gets the right people; the number of high ranking officials is amazing!" - Sue Davaro, Customer Service Director, GSA
"I got more meetings with senior executives here in 3 days than I have been able to get the last 6 months on my own in DC." - Bill Niester, Director, Public Sector Markets, Qualys
"The GTRA Council Meeting was an easy way to cut down on our federal sales cycle. All of our top targets were here! GTRA is very efficient provides a great way to actually build a relationships." - Matt Hauler, Program Manager, LexisNexis
"This small intimate setting is definitely the best. At most conferences you hear one speaker speak and then 400 vendors try to speak to them and give their their business card. It’s nice to have the one-on-one time. GTRA runs a well-oiled ship!"
- Matt O’Flynn, HBGary
"This is definitely the best conference event I have been to. We will definitely be re-booking every six months!" - Rich Cummings, CTO, HBGary
"GTRA has great opportunities and these events keep getting better and better! The business meeting system works very well. This is a world-class organization!"
- Max Berman, Vice President, Authernative
"Very good meeting where the setting was intimate and the delegates were eager to meet with us!" - Scott Morin, VP Sales, Titus Labs
"We’ve been to six events and they have all been great! The opportunity to network with the right executives has been very successful!" - Adel Harris, EA Solutions Director, Citizant
"It’s been great! This event has been paced well. It’s very organized - we’ve loved it!" - Charles Ross, Director, Sales Engineering Federal, McAfee
GS-15 and SES Leaders From Civilian, DoD, Military, and Intelligence Agencies and Department including:
All GTRA Council Meetings place a heavy emphasis on networking to allow participants to build new contacts and share best practices and lessons learned with peers, and will include the following networking opportunities:
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