BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260618T224103 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Welcome & Kickoff: Advance. Protect. Lead PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20201022T110000 DTEND:20201022T111000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:We’ve heard it before and will probably continue to hear the same theme in every DoD circle, conference, or conversation where technology is involved, “we need to close the gap between the speed to need.”  Technological advances are happening at an exponential rate and often outpacing its usefulness once implemented in the DoD spaces.  That’s why it’s important for government and industry to have continuous conversations and tight-knit partnerships to close that gap.  As we team together to work through cutting edge solutions, we must ensure they are secure, functional, and most importantly satisfy the requirement. We are an intricately, technologically connected world and our ability to meet today’s challenges on the world stage is not a matter of technology for technology’s sake but another cog in the wheel of our National Security. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR