this is pretty neat - its part of the DNI's big push to open up its intelligence gathering a la Wikipedia
Begin forwarded message: > From: DNI Opensource 2007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2 May 2007 5:06:13 PM EDT > To: DNI Opensource 2007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: DNI Open Source Conference 16-17 July 2007 - Save the > Date Announcement > > The Director of National Intelligence (DNI) is pleased to invite > you to the "DNI Open Source Conference 2007: Expanding the > Horizons" to be held in Washington, DC, on Monday, 16 July and > Tuesday, 17 July, 2007. The conference is free and open to the > public. > > > > The conference will raise awareness about open source and encourage > information sharing among the Intelligence Community and its > partners in academia, think tanks, private industry, and with > federal, state, local and tribal entities and international > partners. The two-day conference will host participants from local, > national, and international organizations from both the public and > private sector. Over 25 panels will explore the following topics: > > > > *Social Sciences and the Human Terrain* Regional Focus: OS in Asia* > The Need for Speed* > > *Managing the Information Tsunami* Regional Focus: OS in Africa* > > *Academic Outreach* Open Source on the Web* Meeting IC Collection > Priorities* > > *Technology: Improving the Use of Open Sources* Media: Telling the > Story through Open Sources* > > * Data Fusion and Data Enrichment* Training on Accessing Open Sources* > > *Maximizing Information Sharing Access* Media as the Open Source* > > *Libraries of the Future* Private Sector Partnerships* > > *Regional Focus: OS in Latin America* Private Sector Sources of > Information* > > * Enabling Civil Liberties through Open Source* The Academic-Open > Source Connection* > > *Regional Focus: OS in the Middle East* Improving OS Analysis and > Production* Open Source 101 Training* > > *International Partnerships* Outreach to State, Local, and Tribal > Partners* > > *Knowledge Management* Trends in Business Intelligence* Beyond > Simple Searching* > > > > Limited training sessions on Open Source intelligence will also be > offered; priority will be given to US Government employees. > > > > Participants may register online at www.dniopensource2007.com > <http://www.dniopensource2007.com/> . Conference registration can > only be made via the Web site starting the week of 23 April. All > registrations must be received no later than Monday, 9 July 2007; > early registration is encouraged to due space limitations. > > > > In conjunction with the conference, an outside exhibition featuring > 65 Open Source organizations will be open for conference > participants to explore. Please contact INSA at http:// > dnios.insaonline.org <http://dnios.insaonline.org/> or (703) > 224-4672 for more information about the exhibition. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TELECOM-CITIES Current searchable archives (Feb. 1, 2006 to present) at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Old searchble archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
