Defense Strategies Institute is pleased to announce the 26th Biannual DoD/VA & Gov Health IT Summit, taking place at the Sunset Room in National Harbor, MD on May 1-2, 2024. The Summit will bring together leaders from across the VA, DHA, DoD, federal government, and industry to discuss efforts and future strategies to advance innovative health information technologies, capabilities, and solutions that improve the delivery and quality of Veteran/Active-Duty healthcare.
The Spring 2024 Summit will examine current and future initiatives to drive a seamless, unified experience for veterans, utilize innovative commercial technologies & capabilities, and advance the delivery of safe, integrated, patient-centered care. Senior leaders at this event will discuss efforts to expand access to Veteran healthcare services and the complex challenges of incorporating new HIT and medical solutions that will improve the delivery of healthcare to Veterans and active-duty military.
The Summit will feature high-level speakers including:
– Michael Parrish, SES, Chief Acquisition and Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC) – Don Johnson, SES, Assistant Director, Support/Component Acquisition Executive, DHA – Neil Evans, MD, Acting Program Executive Director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office – William Tinston, SES, Director, Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) Office – Brig. Gen. James Parry, USAF, Acting Director, Medical Operations, Office of the U.S. Air Force/U.S. Space Force Surgeon General – BG Thad Collard, USA, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command – Col. Marcus Moss, USA, Chief, Solutions Delivery Division (SDD) & Risk Management Executive Division (RME), DHA – Chanel Bankston-Carter, Acting Program Executive Director, VA Logistics Redesign Program Management Office
Topics to be covered at the 2024 Summit
– Leading VA in delivering world class care to the veteran community through innovation & partnership – Providing sustained health services to enable Army readiness – Leveraging emerging tech to enhance patient care & access – Supporting DHA digital transformation through innovation & collaboration – Deploying the Federal EHR to ensure interoperability & responsiveness – Acquiring innovative, cost-effective solutions to effectively support service members, veterans, & families – Improving the veteran digital experience by utilizing innovative technologies
DSI is now welcoming Sponsors and Exhibitors for the forum. Reserve your spot to showcase your organization’s cutting-edge technologies to attendees from VA, DHA, DoD, federal government, and industry. To learn more please contact Dudley Duverne at dduverne@dsigroup.org.
In order to allow for actionable discussion and dialogue amongst speakers and attendees, seating will be limited. Register now to reserve your seat. Active military and government and state personnel attend complimentary. Those interested in participating in the DoD/VA & Gov Health IT Summit can visit Defense Strategies Institute’s website at healthit.dsigroup.org
Anyone interested in learning more or sending questions contact Erica Noreika at enoreika@dsigroup.org, 201-896-7802.
Defense Strategies Institute Erica Noreika 201.896.7802 https://healthit.dsigroup.org/
This PLM-focused event will take place in May in the Washington D.C. area.
PLM Road Map & PDT NA 2024
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Jan. 3, 2024 – PRLog — CIMdata and Eurostep announce details about PLM Road Map & PDT 2024 North America, scheduled for May 8-9 at the Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA. This PLM-focused event, under the theme “Value Drivers for Digitalization of the Product Lifecycle: Insights for the PLM Professional—Why the investment, what are the returns, and how are they achieved?” promises an exploration of the critical enablers of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the digital transformation it enables.
Focusing on the PLM Professional, our agenda will feature a blend of reports and case studies from industry experts. Covering technologies, processes, and people, PLM Road Map & PDT 2024 seeks to help move product lifecycle digitalization forward and will highlight the shift toward data enablement.
Agenda topics seek to answer the following questions:
What factors drive investment in product lifecycle digitalization?
How are digital threads and twins strategically positioned in a product lifecycle digitalization program?
How do MBSE and MBE support and build on product lifecycle digitalization?
How does AI build on and enable product lifecycle digitalization?
How are companies extending product lifecycle digitalization across suppliers and customers while addressing security concerns?
How can a data perspective reshape established processes like configuration management?
What is the role of data governance, and how is trust designed into the data to enable increased automation?
Which standards are relevant to product lifecycle digitalization?
How should we be developing people skills?
How do you explain product lifecycle digitalization to stakeholders outside of PLM?
What is the role of CXOs in driving product lifecycle digitalization, and how do you get their sponsorship?
How do you build on product lifecycle digitalization to achieve an environmental, social, and governance operation?
How do you capture sustainability and circular economy opportunities?
CIMdata’s President & CEO, Peter Bilello, emphasizes the critical importance of the data perspective in the digital transformation landscape. He notes, “With more companies than ever actively participating in a digital transformation initiative, it is imperative to realize that elevating the data perspective is critical for success. A paradigm shift from document-based to model-based representations of product information has been in motion for decades. Now is the time to enable ready access and interpretation with these digital representations. PLM Road Map and PDT North America is not just a gathering; it’s a convergence of ideas, innovation, and a collaborative platform for shaping the future. This year’s theme focuses on the elements vital to enabling a successful PLM strategy.”
“A digital transformation is or should be an indispensable component of any business transformation,” says Håkan Kårdén, a Strategic Advisor and part of the PDT Europe organizing team since 2004. “While certain processes take advantage of new technologies with a data-centric focus, some processes within PLM or linked to PLM are still playing catch up. The time has come to shift our focus to a holistic and integrated view where the enterprise, or actually the complete value chain, moves towards a data-driven paradigm. Many benefits of digitalization are available today, but it is still very much uncharted territory. The potential business values around the corner are huge, and both established enterprises and emerging players are exploring the art of possible in the digitalization race. For 2024, we will look at the value being delivered through real cases and at the bigger picture of what is needed to fulfill the promise with concepts and technologies that place data at the very core,” ends Håkan Kårdén.
In addition to the event in North America, PLM Road Map & PDT EMEA, is scheduled for October of 2024 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
For more information, visit the CIMdata website https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-conferences/2024-plm-road-map-pdt-north-america.
In its 3rd iteration, the Joint Fires Summit will bring together DoD, military services, industry, and academia to discuss the current initiatives towards delivering cutting-edge surface-to-surface fires systems that will significantly increase range and effects over currently fielded US and adversary systems. The 2024 Joint Fires Summit will focus on the technologies and policies necessary to modernize weapons systems and processes across the joint force as well as to develop and field cutting edge fires and strike capabilities to meet the growing challenges of strategic competition across the globe. These efforts are part of a growing priority as potential enemies continue to invest in their defense capabilities while also developing hypersonic and other standoff weapons systems.
Topics of Discussion Include: – Driving Army Modernization Efforts through Advanced Air & Missile Defense Capabilities. – Providing Strategic Deterrence, Global Strike, and Combat Support to increase Fires Capabilities. – Expediting Delivery of Critical Capabilities to Advance Fires Modernization Priorities. – Delivering Integrated Air Warfighting Capability to Meet the Needs of Modern and Future Operation Environments. – Modernizing Multidomain Fires Capabilities to Achieve Cross-Domain, Cross-Warfighting Strategic Advantage. – Enhancing Pacific Fires Capabilities for Strategic, All-Domain Advantage. – Increasing Resiliency and Agility of U.S. Army Field Artillery Systems to Deliver More Precise Effects on Future Battlefields. – and much more.
DSI is now welcoming Sponsors and Exhibitors for the forum. To learn more please contact Dudley Duverne at dduverne@dsigroup.org, or (201) 987-1803.
Active military and government and state personnel attend complimentary. Those interested in participating in the Joint Fires Summit can visit Defense Strategies Institute’s website at https://fires.dsigroup.org/. Anyone interested in learning more or sending questions contact Emma Watters at ewatters@dsigroup.org or 201.987.0183.
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Health Canada has named Dr. Eric Liberda as the new co-chair of the Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products (SAC-PCP). Dr. Liberda was appointed to this position following the resignation of the former SAC-PCP co-chair, Dr. Bruce Lanphear. Health Canada thanks Dr. Lanphear for his contributions to the Committee over the past year…
Government of Canada moves forward on commitments to strengthen the pesticide review process
June 20, 2023 | Ottawa, ON | Health Canada
The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring responsible pesticide management across the country.
Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, along with the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), announced next steps toward a sustainable approach to pesticides management while giving farmers the tools they need to keep providing reliable access to safe and nutritious food.
In addition, Health Canada published a Notice of Intent, which began consultations on proposed amendments to the Pest Control Products Regulations (PCPR). These proposed amendments are a result of the 2022 consultations on targeted review of the Pest Control Products Act.
Following consultation with stakeholders to better understand Canadians’ expectations about the pesticide regulatory review process and its transparency, Health Canada has restarted the science-based process of evaluating acceptable increases to pesticide residue limits, in line with international guidelines. The health and safety of Canadians will remain at the forefront of the process.
Additionally, the Government of Canada is eliminating the use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes on federal lands through amendments to the Greening Government Strategy (GGS), led by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS). The GGS specifies how the Government of Canada will transition to net-zero carbon and climate-resilient operations by 2050, while also reducing environmental impacts beyond carbon, including on waste, water and biodiversity.
ECCC will generate real-world data to help make progress on this sustainable approach to pesticides management in Canada and to better understand the impacts of pesticides on the environment.
These next steps from the Government of Canada are aligned with Canada’s commitment to implementing the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), which aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The Framework includes a focus on reducing the overall risk from pesticides by at least half by 2030. There are many ways to reduce risk that are not correlated to reduction in pesticide use, for example, the timing of application, the effectiveness of a given product, science, and other pest management approaches. As such, the GBF target focuses on the overall impacts and risk management of pesticides and does not command a specific target reduction in pesticide use.
Health Canada has been and will continue to increase the transparency and accessibility of decisions, including posting plain language summaries of key decisions online and disclosing applicants’ names as applications enter the review stage for both pre- and post-market. Health Canada has also launched the external Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) for pest control products and consulted key stakeholders on a transition to a continuous oversight approach and systematic review of emerging science.
“It is only through a whole of government approach that we will be more successful in creating a sustainable way forward in pesticide management for the safety of our health, the environment, and wildlife. By taking these initial steps today, we are paving the way towards stronger pesticide management in Canada.”
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Health
“Real-world data is critical to enhancing our understanding of the impacts of pesticides on the environment. By increasing monitoring and research on this issue, and eliminating the unnecessary use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes on federal lands, the Government of Canada is taking important first steps to support its commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.”
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada
“Pesticides are part of the toolbox agricultural producers use to protect their crops from pests and contribute to their productivity. The measures announced by our government today help to ensure responsible access, framed by reliable data, to these essential inputs, while protecting health and the environment.”
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
“Today, a new approach was put forward to eliminate the non-essential, cosmetic use of pesticides on federal lands. Our commitment to leading by example through the Greening Government Strategy is not just about the fight against climate change, but also about protecting biodiversity and greenspaces. This amendment will put these goals into action and further expand our efforts.”
The Honourable Mona Fortier
President of the Treasury Board of Canada
To further strengthen the transparency and sustainability of pesticide management in Canada, on August 4, 2021, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $50 million in Health Canada’s PMRA and AAFC’s pest management research, to be supported by ECCC and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Health Canada, ECCC, CFIA and AAFC have been working in collaboration on PMRA’s Transformation Agenda.
At the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) in December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted; this framework sets out direction for global actions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, including four goals to achieve by 2050, and 23 targets to reach by 2030.
ECCC is leading work on a whole-of-government approach to implement the GBF, including the development of Canada’s 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy.
The Science Advisory Committee on Pest Control Products (SAC-PCP) was launched in January 2022 and act as an advisory role to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA).
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is working to develop the Sustainable Agriculture Strategy, which will be a coordinated approach to agri-environmental issues. Discussions that are currently underway provide an opportunity to consider the sustainable use of pesticides and potential impacts on water, soil health, and biodiversity. Working together with the agriculture sector, AAFC intends to set a shared direction for collective action to improve environmental performance over the long-term while supporting farmer livelihoods.
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Office of the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos
Minister of Health
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