PNNL Office Professionals Seminar (OPS)

August 28, 2025

PNNL Discovery Hall
Richland, WA
Event Manager:Dave Johnson

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The professionals who attend the Office Professional Seminar (OPS) are critical enablers of the Laboratory’s scientific and operational excellence. Their roles are deeply multi-faceted—blending administrative mastery with high-level technical acumen. These individuals coordinate complex programs, streamline cross-functional collaboration, and drive process improvement by leveraging advanced digital tools, data systems, and enterprise platforms.

Often serving as embedded experts within technical and programmatic teams, OPS attendees lead training efforts, optimize workflow efficiency, and help scale operations across the organization. They are key contributors to digital transformation initiatives, government partnerships, and mission-critical projects—offering insight, structure, and trusted support. Their adaptability, systems knowledge, and strategic coordination skills make them indispensable to both scientific innovation and operational integrity.


An overview of the OPS 2025 event schedule is:

8:00- Doors Open
8:15- Welcome/kickoff
8:30-9:00 Presentations
9:00-9:30- Coffee Chat with EA's
9:30-11:30 (with break)- Keynote
11:30-1:00- Lunch/visit industry partners
1:00-3:00- Breakout sessions & visit industry partners
3:00-3:30- Close out & visit industry partners

2025 FEIAA Executive Forum

September 04, 2025

Carahsoft Conference & Collaboration Center
Reston, VA
Event Manager:Bob Jeffers bj1@fbcinc.com

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The 2025 Executive Forum brings together Senior Executives from across government to network, learn, and collaborate on upcoming priorities. The Forum is geared toward helping participants be a better Federal leader. 

The forum offers both in-person and virtual experiences. Attendees from across the country will participate in deep-dive discussions, leadership learnings, and resources to maximize their leadership potential.

Visit the Conference Website 

About the Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association

The Federal Executive Institute Alumni Association is the exclusive network of graduates of FEI executive training programs. We offer our 600+ members the opportunity to continue the FEI experience in the months and years after graduation the professional training, personal development, individual connections, social opportunities, and more. 

FEIAA formed 50 years ago (1970) when a dedicated group of senior leaders wanted to continue the connections and development they started during their FEI experience. FEIAA gives FEI alumni the opportunity to stay connected to classmates, network with other FEI alums across government, and keep ties to FEI through news and training opportunities. 

Agenda Topics

The 2025 forum will focus on topics to help manage through a changing administration including the following:

• Managing Through Change
• Leading Through Change
• Partnerships & Collaboration
• Continuity
• 2025 Federal Priorities

2025 Fort Benning Maneuver Warfighter Conference

September 09 - 11, 2025

MCoE HQ, McGinnis Wickam Hall, Building 4
Fort Benning, GA
Event Manager:Dave Johnson davej@fbcinc.com

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Display your Army-relevant* products, vehicles, hardware, weapons systems, soldier-support items, innovations, training, methodologies and mission support to thousands of Fort Benning's best.

At the 3-day-long Maneuver Warfighter Conference Expo, you'll find your best chance to showcase the latest technology, products, and services geared toward the U.S. Army and the Maneuver Center of Excellence's mission areas. Here's why. The Maneuver Warfighter Conference Expo:

• Attracts key Maneuver personnel, senior leadership, soldiers, NCO's, procurement officers and individuals connected to the ongoing mission of the Maneuver Center of Excellence.
• Reaches a diverse group of military decision makers and theater-deploying soldiers from across the U.S.
• Enjoys strong & consistent attendance and participation from the Fort Benning community.
• Is a cost-effective way to educate hundreds of military professionals about your company, in person.

There are 800 residents of McGinnis-Wickam Hall (where the industry exhibitors will set up) and 27,000 active-duty members stationed at Fort Benning – all of whom are actively encouraged to attend this event for specialized and refresher training, tactical information exchange, networking and education. Happening concurrently with the weeklong Maneuver Warfighter Conference, this expo also provides a unique opportunity for exhibitors to reach 1,000+ senior military leaders from both Fort Benning and installations around the world.

Have products/services beneficial to the U.S. Army mission? We'll see you there.

*FBC & MCoE reserve the right to review all industry registrations for applicability to mission areas within The Maneuver Center of Excellence.

DISA J6: Cyber Awareness Forum

September 25, 2025

Pentagon Library Conference Center (PLCC)
Washington, DC
Event Manager:Alec Munns alec@fbcinc.com

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DISA J6 will be hosting their only Cyber Awareness Forum in 2025 with an in-person opportunity for industry to present and network with the top DISA J6 cybersecurity gate keepers.  The theme for this year is "Empowering Digital Resilience: Protecting Yourself in the Evolving Cyber Landscape".

The theme for this event "Empowering Digital Resilience: Protecting Yourself in the Evolving Cyber Landscape". Each forum is designed to help DISA J6 examine the agencies' cybersecurity readiness, learn better security practices, complete trainings, and look for new technologies to protect their cyberspace.

Participation in this event is a must if you can help DISA J6 with any of the following:

• Modernize the technical infrastructure that supports their 38,000 customers in the National Capital Region?
• Advance their full range of IT equipment, services, solutions and customer support for the Office of the Secretary of Defense?
• Standardize their servers?
• Migrate the Pentagon's networks to the joint regional security stacks?

About DISA J6

DISA J6 provides IT and secure communications services across the DOD and military service branches. It is in charge of the funding and personnel that offer most of the IT services for the Pentagon and other DOD offices inside the National Capital Region and has superior mission- and budget-authority.

2025 USDA Cybersecurity Expo

October 15 - 16, 2025

Virtual
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Event Manager:Bob Jeffers bj1@fbcinc.com

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The 2025 USDA Cybersecurity Expo will provide its active participants with information and resources on today's vulnerabilities, incidents, security lifecycle, risks and mitigations. It will also identify ways to work together and build a solid security foundation program to meet future challenges and trends in cybersecurity.

The USDA forecasts high attendance at this event. Attendees will include senior executives, chief information officers (CIOs), information systems security program managers (ISSPMs), personnel from the USDA workforce, and federal and industry partners. The expected attendee audience is both IT professionals and those non-IT professionals who are assigned IT security roles.

Over 2,200 attendees participated in the 2024 event!

INFOPAC 2025

October 21 - 22, 2025

Alohilani Resort Waikiki
Honolulu, HI
Event Manager:House Account davej@fbcinc.com

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INFOPAC 2025 will take place in Honolulu, HI. This annual event is the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's (INDOPACOM) only professional development, international engagement, and operational problem-solving event focused on the operational needs of INDOPACOM and component commands. The theme for the 2025 INFOPAC Symposium, “Credible Deterrence” follows guidance from the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to continue strengthening their deterrence posture alongside allies and partners in the AOR and beyond.  

USINDOPACOM Personnel, Service Component Commands, allied partners, and industry contractors are encouraged to participate in this official event. With the heightened activity in the region, we are looking forward to collaboration, idea sharing, and improving USINDOPACOM's ability to operate more effectively in support of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

Industry Exhibits will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday in conjunction with the unclassified segment of the conference at the Alohilani Hotel. Industry partners and academic institutions are invited to display programs, products, technology and services of interest to USINDOPACOM. Registration is required.

Overview:
INFOPAC 25 will examine how Operations in the Information Environment in peacetime will magnify deterrence efforts against our adversaries. The purpose of the symposium is to bring together government, military, industry, academia, small business, and other stakeholders for discussions on the operational challenges facing the practitioners of these IRCs, and to explore possible technological and tactics/procedural solutions. To stimulate wider interest and inquiry into these issues, the symposium and related activities and events will be open to registration by government, industry and academia representatives without regard to their AOC membership status (both AOC Members and non-members may register) except that access of foreign and any other persons may be restricted as necessary in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The agenda will focus on the role of information operations in maintaining the conditions for continued peace and stability within the region and will feature presentations and panels from senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders.

The 2025 format will be as follows:

• Day 1- Virtual briefings will be conducted on Monday with an invite only social that evening for visiting allied and partner military, meet and greet social sponsors, and INDOPACOM J39 and Service Component IO and EW personnel.
• Days 2 and 3 - Unclassified plenaries/briefings and keynote sessions will take place in-person in conjunction with exhibits. An evening reception follows at the end of the first day in the exhibit area.
• Days 4 and 5 - CLASSIFIED plenary sessions begin with the morning session set at S/REL TO USA, DEU, FRA, JPN, KOR, AND FVEY. That afternoon and the following day are set at SECRET. Space is limited.

Past Attendance:
The 2024 symposium hit capacity with over 460 in-person attendee registrations, including 90+ Allied and partner military officers from 14 other countries. Participating nations included: United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The J39 held the highest number of bilateral engagements in the history of the symposia series. Altogether between the UNCLAS and S/REL plenary sessions there over 45 unique sessions/presentations.

DoD and other government agencies in attendance included USINDOPACOM (including PACAF, USARPAC, MARFORPAC, USPACFLT), USSOCOM (including SOCPAC, USASOC), USSTRATCOM, USCENTCOM, USCYBERCOM, USMC, The Joint Staff (including JIOWC), OSD, ANG, USSPACECOM, NSA, Department of State, Office of Naval Research, NDU, Naval Postgraduate School, and GSA to name a few.

NIH Innovation Day

October 30, 2025

NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD-Building 10 FAES Terrace
Bethesda, MD
Event Manager:Bob Jeffers bj1@fbcinc.com

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The nation's medical research agency - the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - has a massive campus running cutting edge research and development, supported heavily by advanced technology and innovation. With this comes a unique audience of scientists and personnel with special applications. 

Reach them face-to-face at NIH Innovation Day! All personnel on the NIH campus receive FBC's wide-reaching promotions for this exciting event. Now's the time to show them that your product or service is what they've been missing.

NIH Mission and Goals:
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life and reduce illness and disability. To carry out this mission, NIH’s goals are:

• to foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies and their applications as a basis for ultimately protecting and improving health
• to develop, maintain and renew scientific human and physical resources that will ensure the nation’s capability to prevent disease
• to expand the knowledge base in medical science and associated sciences in order to enhance the nation’s economic well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research
• to exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public accountability and social responsibility in the conduct of science.

Organization:
NIH is an operating division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responsible for helping the Department realize its strategic goal of advancing scientific knowledge and innovation. NIH consists of 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs), along with Program Offices, which collectively are referred to as ICOs. These ICOs have individual strategic plans and specific research agendas, which are aligned with the legislative mandates that are often related to specific diseases or body systems. Most of NIH’s ICOs receive a specific appropriation from Congress, and support research and research training through extramural funding awarded to universities, academic health centers and other research institutions. Many also conduct research and research training in their own intramural laboratories, the majority of which are located on the NIH’s main campus in Bethesda, MD.

From the NIH Strategic Plan:
NIH will support a broad, balanced portfolio of basic research across a wide range of scientific disciplines, a portfolio that will be complemented by vigorous support of innovations in technology and data science. By maintaining and strengthening its already impressive foundation of fundamental science, biomedical research will be poised to identify and capitalize upon potential opportunities for revolutionary breakthroughs with the potential for preventing, treating and curing disease.

Technological innovations will also be instrumental for research aimed at making advances in the early detection, diagnosis and prevention of disease. At the forefront of this effort will be the NIH-led PMI cohort. Taking advantage of emerging biomedical tools and technologies, such as availability of electronic health records, DNA sequencing and exposure monitoring, PMI’s longitudinal research cohort of 1 million or more U.S. volunteers will establish a base of scientific knowledge that can be used to develop prevention and screening strategies tailored to individuals at the most opportune times across the course of their lives.

PMI will also take advantage of the latest methods and approaches in data science, including advances in large-scale databases, computational tools and -omics methodologies to characterize individuals. In addition, PMI will offer researchers the ability to test whether mobile technologies are useful in adapting preventive strategies to individuals’ needs and preferences, enhancing delivery of interventions and improving monitoring of compliance and outcomes. PMI will pioneer efforts to merge, integrate and analyze data from a wide variety of sources with implications for prevention, including basic biological data, health status NIH-Wide Strategic Plan 26 information from electronic health records, individual data on environmental exposures, geospatial data on community environmental exposures and so on."