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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2021

Join a community of end users, technologists and policymakers working together to write the next chapter of autonomous innovation and assure its safe and seamless integration into everyday life. XPONENTIAL 2021 is a reimagined hybrid experience offering fresh insight across the full spectrum of unmanned innovation, from AI, to sensors, to cybersecurity. It’s more than an in-person gathering or a virtual event. It’s the best of both worlds.

2021 Cultivating Innovation-Driven Defense: A Roundtable Discussion with Air Force Experts

Innovation fuels the global economy and provides a competitive advantage to our national defense. America’s defense communities provide the essential element for that success. A supportive and nurturing environment that sets the stage to fuel discovery, breakthroughs, and well-being for those who serve and protect. Our discussion combines a unique mix of seasoned defense leaders, veterans, and community leaders to share their winning formula for successful defense communities.

Innovare ASPIRE Series

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate seeks transformational research and development partnerships with industry, academia, and other public and private organizations through the inaugural year of the Innovare Aspire Series. 

Defense Industry: New Transformative Market for South Florida for Founders, Funders and Innovators

Join us online June 8th for an informative morning to learn more about how you can engage with the expanding innovation and tech ecosystem within the Department of Defense. Officials from key DOD innovation organizations, hubs, accelerators and matchmakers, along with prime defense contractors will discuss tech innovation, streamlined funding, the role of venture capital, acquisition and contracting mechanisms, and growing federal/academic research and partnership opportunities. Learn from recent success stories how you can get involved today!

Trusted Artificial Intelligence Challenge Series

Hosted by Innovare Advancement Center, the Trusted AI Challenge series is designed to cultivate, define and fund creative solutions to a set of challenge problems in trustworthy AI. The Trusted AI Challenge Committee has developed four challenge problems that are critical for the widespread acceptance and adoption of AI systems. The challenges are open to US based academia and small businesses, and the Air Force Research Lab international community. The submission period for white papers to the four challenge problems is OPEN NOW, with a due date of June 4th, 2021.

2021 Air, Space & Cyber Conference

AFA's Air, Space, & Cyber Conference is the leading professional development event for Air Force and Space Force officers, enlisted members, civilians, veterans, and defense industry leaders and representatives. Our conference brings together top Air Force and Space Force leadership, industry experts, and government officials to discuss challenges facing the aerospace and cyber communities today and in the future.

Global Futures Series: China Edition

As China continues to implement science, technology, and innovation efforts at a rapid pace, the greater the threat that China will not only assume science & technology (S&T) dominance, but also become an S&T alternative to the United States. Gordon Chang is a subject matter expert (SME) on China, Asia, nuclear proliferation, and the relationship that exists between China and the US. As an established columnist, historian, professor, and public speaker, Mr.