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."

Fort Benning Human Performance Symposium

November 04, 2025

MCoE HQ
Fort Benning, GA
Event Manager:Dave Johnson davej@fbcinc.com

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The Human Performance Symposium will take place 4-5 November in McGinnis-Wickam Hall (MCoE HQ, Building 4) at Fort Benning, GA. This event will focus on the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) program that has revolutionized how the Army views individual Soldier health, fitness and readiness.

The event will feature presentations from Army leaders and H2F domain subject matter experts from the health and fitness community, industry and academia and breakout sessions on each of the H2F readiness domains: physical, mental, nutritional, spiritual and sleep readiness.

The industry exhibition, held on the first day of the event (November 4th), will feature products and services that support the health and readiness of the everyday soldier.

FedExpo 2025

November 13, 2025

Holiday Inn Capitol Inn
Washington, DC
Event Manager:Alec Munns alec@fbcinc.com

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The Fed Expo event is back at the Holiday Inn Capitol-National Mall. Now that federal government workers are back in their offices, this event provides a great opportunity to engage with multiple federal agencies. The location of the event is central to several government agencies, such as FEMA, HHS, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Education.

Public Sector Workforce Modernization Summit - ATARC Technology Showcase

November 20, 2025

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

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As the federal workforce adapts to shifting mission demands and evolving workplace expectations, agencies are rethinking how they recruit, retain, and empower employees. From hybrid work models to targeted upskilling programs, the transformation of the public sector workforce is redefining how agencies deliver services, build resilience, and achieve long-term success.

ATARC proudly presents the Public Sector Workforce Modernization Summit—a premier gathering of federal leaders, HR innovators, and workforce experts focused on shaping the future of government talent. Through in-depth panels and collaborative discussions, this event will address key priorities such as hybrid workforce management, upskilling and reskilling initiatives, diversity and inclusion strategies, and innovative approaches to recruitment and retention.

Attendees will:

• Explore strategies to maximize efficiency and collaboration in hybrid work environments
• Learn how agencies are upskilling employees to meet emerging technological and mission needs
• Gain insights into fostering diverse, inclusive, and future-ready workplace cultures
• Examine solutions for overcoming recruitment and retention challenges in today’s job market

Join us for a day of meaningful conversation and actionable insight as we chart a path toward a stronger, more agile, and mission-driven public sector workforce.

CMS Industry Forum 2025

December 10, 2025

CMS HQ Conference Center
Woodlawn, MD
Event Manager:Bob Jeffers bj1@fbcinc.com

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Industry Day conference will be hosted by Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) in-person at CMS Headquarters (HQ). The one-day conference is scheduled for December 10, 2025. The format will include briefings from various CMS components, executive leaders, and industry leaders.

Sponsorships and Exhibitor spaces will be available based on the needs of OAGM, including in-person tabletop displays by both small and large businesses available for information exchange and networking. 

From the CMS website:

Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) Functional Statement:

• Serves as the Agency's Head of the Contracting Activity. Plans, organizes, coordinates and manages the activities required to maintain an agency-wide acquisition program.
• Serves as the Agency's Chief Grants Management Official, with responsibility for all CMS discretionary grants.
• Ensures the effective management of the Agency's acquisition and grant resources.
• Serves as the lead for developing and overseeing the Agency's acquisition planning efforts.
• Develops policy and procedures for use by acquisition staff and internal CMS staff necessary to maintain efficient and effective acquisition and grant programs.
• Advises and assists the Administrator, senior staff, and Agency components on acquisition and grant related issues.
• Plans, develops, and interprets comprehensive policies, procedures, regulations, and directives for CMS acquisition functions.
• Represents CMS at departmental acquisition and grant forums and functions, such as the Executive Council on Acquisition and the Executive Council for Grants Administration Policy.
• Serves as the CMS contact point with HHS and other Federal agencies relative to grant and cooperative agreement policy matters.
• Coordinates and/or conducts training for contracts and grant personnel, as well as project officers in CMS components.
• Develops agency-specific procurement guidelines for the utilization of small and disadvantaged business concerns in achieving an equitable percentage of CMS' contracting requirements.
• Provides cost/price analyses and evaluations required for the review, negotiation, award, administration, and closeout of grants and contracts. Provides support for field audit capability during the pre-award and closeout phases of contract and grant activities.
• Develops and maintains the OAGM automated procurement management system. Manages procurement information activities (i.e., collecting, reporting, and analyzing procurement data).

Public Sector CIO Summit - ATARC Technology Showcase

December 11, 2025

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

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As agencies race to modernize, public sector CIOs are steering mission-critical change—balancing legacy constraints, cybersecurity risk, and the promise of AI and automation. This summit brings senior IT leaders together to trade practical playbooks for resilient infrastructure, secure-by-design operations, and smarter service delivery.

ATARC proudly presents the Public Sector CIO Summit—a focused gathering of government technology executives and industry partners. Through keynotes and expert-led panels, we’ll dig into modernization at scale, evolving cyber imperatives, responsible AI and automation, and executive strategies for leading digital government.

Attendees will:

• Learn actionable approaches to modernizing legacy infrastructure and reducing technical debt
• Explore cybersecurity frameworks and incident readiness to counter evolving threats
• Examine AI and automation use cases that improve services while addressing ethics and bias
• Hear C-level strategies for efficiency, agility, and measurable mission impact