Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is pleased to announce the "DNI
Open Source Conference 2008" to be held on Thursday, 11 September and Friday,
12 September, 2008 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
in Washington DC. The conference is free; however, all who wish
to attend must register online in advance.
The two-day conference will explore a wide range of open source issues and open
source best practices for the Intelligence Community and its partners. We invite
participants from the broader open source community of interest including academia,
think tanks, private industry, federal, state, local and tribal entities, international
partners, and the media to attend.
NEW! This year's event features the "Open Source
Innovation Challenge," a unique session where attendees can present
their solutions to current intelligence community open source challenges directly
to the ODNI. Conference registrants are invited to submit ideas and solutions to a set of open source challenges; selected applicants will be announced
at the conference and will present their solutions at the final plenary session
of the conference. The Innovation Challenge presents an ideal opportunity for
private industry, academics, and open source practitioners to share their ideas
before a welcoming audience.
In conjunction with the conference, a commercial exhibition
will showcase open source information and technology vendors and will feature specialized
open source demonstrations. Contact Nicole McCracken at the Federal Business
Council on 800-878-2940 ext. 202, Nicole@fbcinc.com, or visit
https://www.fbcinc.com/opensource/
for more information about how your organization may participate.
Conference Information
The conference will include speakers from across the broader open source community
participating in panel discussions and focus group sessions. Updated information
about the
agenda,
speakers,
and
break-out sessions
is now available.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers Include:
The DNI Open Source Conference 2007 was held 16-17 July 2007 at the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center. More than 900 registered participants and
speakers attended. Presentations made at the conference break-out sessions are available
on the DNI Open Source Conference 2007
website.
Application for Registration
Conference registration and the conference wait list are now closed. There was extraordinary demand for this conference. More than 1,000 people had to be placed on the wait list. We have now accepted the maximum number of people off the wait list that can be accommodated. No more conference registrations will be granted to those still on the wait list.
For those whom we could not offer conference registration: Thank you for your interest in the DNI Open Source Conference 2008. Please check the web site again after the conference as we will be posting speaker slides and other materials from the event. The DNI Open Source Innovation Challenge -- open to all submissions -- and the Exhibition provide other ways for you to participate and we hope you will look into those options. Again, thank you for your interest.