2009 Unified Information Assurance User Conference & Training

May 27-28, 2009
The Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

Conference Overview

The Unified Information Assurance (IA) User Conference & Training event is a technical forum for attendees to learn more about IA technologies, standards and product solutions. This two day conference includes:

• Insight from distinguished guest speakers
• Technical Tracks and Working Group Sessions
• Product Training (certificates of attendance provided)
• Hands-on Interactive Demonstrations in our Solution Center
• Opportunities to provide feedback and requirements to product design teams

Featured Speakers Gen. James E. Cartwright Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton Gen. Peter Pace Read more …

Who Should Attend?

The conference is ideal for network engineers, support staff, administrators, COMSEC custodians, procurement, policy plan and program managers, equipment trainers and users of both Type 1 and non-Type 1 network encryption and telephony equipment.

Interactive Demonstrations

Gain hands-on experience and learn to operate our products in the Interactive Solutions Center where engineers are available to answer your questions. Vendors and service providers will also be demonstrating interoperability with our products.

For a list of interactive demonstrations and displays, please click here.

Tentative Topics

Secure Solutions – Core to Edge

• IP, ATM, GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi, ISDN, VoIP, PSTN, space and satellite communications security and encryption
• Data-in-Transit Encryption, Data-at-Rest Encryption
• Multi-Level, Enterprise Service, and Cross Domain Solutions
• Embedded and Avionics Security
• Key and Identity Management

Technology Tracks

• IA Overviews and Roadmaps
• HAIPE®, SCIP Interoperability Specifications and Releases
• Network, Desktop, Individual encryption solution roadmaps
• VoIP, PSTN, and Networking Technologies
• IPv6
• Foreign Interoperability

U.S. DoD Service-Only Tracks

Training Tracks (Certificates of Attendance Provided)

• TACLANE® family of Encryptors and GEM X™ Encryptor Manager
• Sectéra® vIPer™ Universal Secure Phone
• Sectéra Edge™ Smartphone (SME PED)
• Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE) Desktop User and Administrative Overview (Incorporating High Assurance Platform® technology)

Agenda

For the latest agenda, please click here (PDF).

Registration Information

There is NO CHARGE to attend the Unified IA User Conference & Training event. Please visit www.iauserconference.com to register for the conference. All information is presented at the unclassified level and clearances are not required. More registration information will be posted soon.

An active duty military ID, federal government issued ID, or Common Access Card (CAC) must be presented at registration for admittance into the conference.

For those attendees not directly associated with a government agency, a letter of sponsorship is required that identifies the attendee’s name, the company name that the attendee works for, and the government entity that their organization is working with. The original sponsorship letter must be presented by the attendee at registration. Please click here for a sample sponsorship letter.

Foreign Nationals will require final approval by the U.S. Government to attend this conference. Any Foreign National that does not receive prior approval will not be permitted to attend the conference.

SECURITY NOTICE: Bags WILL NOT be permitted into the conference area. Plastic bags will be provided for your convenience. Badges must be worn at all times. Please note security guards will be enforcing this request, and General Dynamics cannot be responsible for your bags.

Conference Location/Accommodations

The Paris Las Vegas
3655 Las Vegas Boulevard, South
Las Vegas, NV 89109-4343
888-266-5687

Check-In
Tuesday, May 26: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 27: 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

A block of rooms is being held at The Paris. The official 2009 per diem rate of $124 plus tax will be offered. Please reference the General Dynamics 2009 User Conference code SPNEU9 when calling to make reservations.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please email the Conference Manager (conferencemanager@gdc4s.com) or call 781-455-2800.