Unrestricted Warfare Symposium, Sponsored by JHU’s APL and SAIS

For enterprise technologists and national security professionals and most of all for those who fit both of those descriptions, please check out Johns Hopkins University's 2009 Unrestricted Warfare Symposium at: http://www.jhuapl.edu/urw_symposium This symposium seeks to advance our understanding of and solutions for some very complex problems related to our nation's defense.  I'll be speaking on a panel at the conference (on issues of cyber war and … [Read more...]

I hope to see you at the Synergy Conference

The second annual Synergy Conference and expo will be held 12-15 August 2008 at Marco Island, FL.  Last year's conference provided a great way for participants to learn from each other and interact with speakers from both operational and intelligence backgrounds.   I sure enjoyed it. It was one of my last official events before leaving DIA.    I had a couple speaking parts, so I got to solicit feedback on my views of the future of technology, and I … [Read more...]

Admiral Stavridis: Think, Read, Write and Publish, and Blog Too

In a previous post I mentioned the AFCEA/JFCOM Joint Warfighting Conference.  I've e-mailed friends and associates more detailed thoughts on the significance of the conference.  If you would like my views drop me a note and I'd be glad to share. During the conference there were several very important messages for CTOs, including a few controversial points I'm still trying to think about how to diplomatically blog a bout.  One topic I'd like to … [Read more...]

AFCEA, JFCOM, Blogs and Twitter

AFCEA just pulled together another great conference (Joint Warfighting 2008).  They have been real pioneers when it comes to using new Web2.0 technologies during these events, and that really came out during this conference.  For example, some of Signal Magazine's greatest writers, including Maryann Lawlor, were at the conference blogging the highlights of the key events as they were occurring (they also encouraged other bloggers to post, … [Read more...]