INDUSTRY DAYS

About Industry Days

The CDAO is hosting a series of industry days to communicate with government and industry leaders the needs of the Department of Defense to spur innovation and scale AI and digital capabilities. The CDAO plans to host additional industry days in the future to deepen industry engagement and to build on Open DAGIR.

Past Industry Days

Sept. 18, 2024

Advana Industry Day

The Chief Digital & Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) hosted the Advana Industry Day on September 18, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA. The Advana Industry Day served as a collaborative event for the CDAO and its industry partners to engage in insightful discussions and knowledge-sharing. The event aimed to explore potential partnerships and opportunities for industry involvement in the ongoing enhancement and execution of the Advana platform. Advana is a common platform designed for mission owners, analysts, and data scientists to simplify more than 3,000 business systems.

July 16, 2024

GIDE Industry Insights Forum

The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in partnership with the Office of Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E) hosted the GIDE Industry Insights Forum on July 16, 2024. The Forum focused on the upcoming twelfth iteration of the Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE).