Agenda 

George Mason University

Fairfax Campus
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030

Johnson Center

The DI2E Plugfest and Mashup is being held on the ground floor of the Johnson Center of GMU's Fairfax Campus.  The DI2E demonstrations will be held in Dewberry Hall and presentations will be held in the adjacent theater. 

Download floor plan here.

Directions

GMU's Fairfax Campus is bounded by Rt 123 on the west and Braddock Road on the south.  For maps and driving directions visit the GMU web site here.

Parking

All visitors to the Fairfax Campus are strongly encouraged to park in the Visitor Parking at either the Mason Pond, Shenandoah Parking Deck (formerly Sandy Creek Parking Deck), or Rappahannock River Parking Decks at the prevailing rates ($3 per hour, $14 per day). Visitors may also park at parking meters at the prevailing rates. See GMU Parking web site.

The closest parking areas to the Johnson Center are he Mason Pond and Shenandoah Parking Decks.  Download GMU parking map here.
The parking decks have Pay Kiosks prior to parking deck departure or pay at the exit booth. (Visa and Master Card accepted)

Lodging

The Mason Inn

Room Block Extended! Book your reservation today!

The current room block is extended thru May 6th due to the event date change of May 20th. Those traveling out of town may need reservations for Sunday, May 19th.  After this date you may call the Mason Inn directly (703) 865-4279 to check on availability and receive the special rate.

The Mason Inn located at the GMU Fairfax Campus has offered a courtesy room block with a rate for $162.00 per night.

Click on the link to Book your reservation today! 

To check out The Mason Inn website at www.themasoninnva.com.

Other hotel options available through the GMU link below
www.gmu.edu

Registration to Close 5/15/2013 EOD

Online registration is closed for Government and Industry attendees.

Please select the appropriate link for your registration type.

FREE FOR GOVERNMENT

Government/Academia Online Registration 

Online Registration is now CLOSED!

This registration is for active duty military, civilian government or a full-time employee of an academic organization. Military/Government Employee or Academic Institution ID badge must be shown at time of registration check-in.  This offer does not apply to on-site contractors or part-time/adjunct academic instructors who are bona-fide employees of business organizations.

Industry Online Registration

Online Registration is now CLOSED!

This registration is for industry attendees. A government issued ID (driver's license) will be requested at time of registration check-in.

Special Discounted Rates for Industry

If you are registered for the DI2E Plugfest you are eligible to receive a discount on registration to attend the Critical Issues in C4I Symposium.  AFCEA is offering a $100 discount for attendees already registered for the DI2E Plugfest.

Save today! Register at the early rate and attend the Critical Issues in C4I Symposium event to reach a total savings of $140!

Critical Issues in C4I Symposium Attendees
If you are already registered to attend the Critical Issues in C4I Symposium then you are eligible to receive a discount off the registration fee for the DI2E Plugfest. (see For Attendees tab)

You must be registered for one event at full price to receive a discount at the other (registrations will be verified).

See the "For Attendee" tab for details

Unable to register online? You may download and complete the Attendee Registration form and return via email, fax or mail
(please note cut-off dates below for the processing).

 Attendee Registration Form - fill out this form and bring onsite as registration processes has now closed. 

** Only available for active-duty military and civilian employees and full-time University/Academia employees.

Registration Policy
Deadline for online or fax registration is by COB Wednesday, May 15, 2013.  After this date registration must be done at the event. 

The Registration Form may be downloaded, completed, and brought to the technology event for onsite registration. Please do not mail any registration forms after May 6th. Registrations will not be taken over the phone; payment must be made at the time of registration.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations request received before Monday, May 13, 2013 will receive a refund less a $75 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after Monday, May 13, 2013. Substitutions are welcome in lieu of cancellations, as long as there is no financial transaction. All substitutions and cancellations must be made in writing to Brant Murray, bmurray@ndia.org.

Sponsorship Investment 

An opportunity for your company to invest in the DI2E Plugfest and market your message.  We welcome your company's sponsorship for this marketable event. 

Sponsor one or more of the following opportunities:

 * DI2E Plugfest Command Center/Mashup Showcase Sponsor
 * Showcase Luncheon
 * Showcase Networking Break
 * QR LiveScan T-shirts
 * DI2E Plugfest Registration
 * DI2E Plugfest Partner
 

See the Sponsorship Detail Sheet for details

Get your company's logo in prime locations at our DI2E Plugfest and Mashup. Please contact Tammy Kicker at tkicker@afei.org or (703) 247-9494

How to Get the T-Shirt

To get the free t-shirt you must visit 15 booths and use your smart phone to scan the QR code found on the Gold Star Recognition certificate at each booth.  Then you visit the Plugfest Command Center, vote for a Mashup Challenge team by filling out the voting card, and receive your t-shirt.  more

Special Guest Rate offer for Attendees at C4I Center Symposium

Guest Registration Form

The DI2E Plugfest and Mashup is the third day of a three day co-located event with GMU C4I Center and AFCEA SYmposium, Critical Issues in C4I. 

Attendees who would like to attend the DI2E Plugfest and Mashup will be given a reduced rate if they are registered attendees with the AFCEA program (to be verified) http://www.afcea.org/events/gmuc4i/

Registered attendees at the DI2E Plugfest may attend the GMU C4I Center - AFCEA Symposium on May 21-22 at a discounted rate.   Click the link below to receive the special promotional rate and save $100.

Note: Gov/Mil are free to attend the C4I program – you may use this link or their normal link on their website to receive the No Fee ($0) rate by making Gov/Mil selection. http://www.afcea.org/events/register.cfm?ev=191&specp=y

This DI2E Plugfest offer of reduced fee is only available by completing the Guest Registration Form. Click on the link to download the form.
Fax (703) 522-1885 or email to Brant Murray at bmurray@ndia.org

 Registration Fees

Note: To receive this discount you must have already registered for the Critical Issues in C4I Symposium. 

Points of Contact:

Vendor Plugfest Registration - Tammy Kicker (tkicker@afei.org)
PX Technical Info - Kim Holladay(kimberly.holladay@baesystems.com)
OUSD(I) - Gerhard Beck (gerhard.beck.ctr@osd.mil)
Attendee Registration - Brant Murray (bmurray@ndia.org)
Sponsorship Opportunity - Tammy Kicker (tkicker@afei.org)

DI2E Framework: It’s how Defense Intelligence does business in the future!

DI2E Plugfest May 20, 2013

Download the Presentations

DI2E Plugfest Technical Description presented by Gerhard Beck, DI2E EFT and Plugfest Team Lead

Plugfest-Tech-Presentation-v3.pdf

The DI2E Story presented by Mr. Kevin West

DI2E Summary-20Mar2013_v3.pdf

A Summary of the DI2E Plugfest

This first DI2E Plugfest effectively demonstrated the ability of vendors and Government agencies to use the DI2E Framework to achieve re-use and interoperability.  Data, components such as Ozone widgets and services were combined is various ways by participating vendors to demonstrate their capabilities.   The DI2E framework provided the structure of specs and standards that vendors demonstrated conformance to in showing flexible, agile and data-driven solutions.  Companies worked hard to achieve Gold Star ratings for their capabilities, which were verified in conformance tests performed by the DI2E Test Functional Team out of JITIC at Ft Huachuca.

The Mashup Challenge was a competition by teams to develop a solution by combining their capabilities with the capabilities provided by the vendors and the data streams provided through the Plugfest eXchange.  The teams created their solutions that were a distinct set of capabilities.  The objective of the Mashup Challenge was to demonstrate the DI2E vision of a pluggable environment usable by multiple Programs of Record. This first DI2E Mashup Challenge featured two Government teams and one industry team.  The teams were:

• DIA/Chrome-P,
• NGA/GEOBUS, and
• TerraPixel

Plugfest Exchange (PX) is a cloud-based environment where capabilities can be hosted, and where all Plugfest capabilities will be listed in the PX.  The Plugfest Exchange has been developed by the DI2E EFT to provide support to the creation of the DI2E plugfest on-line environment.

PX is a virtual, integrated, services environment that where vendors can have their capabilities hosted by the PX.  Vendors not wanting to integrate their products/capabilities into PX can still have them in the Plugfest electronic mall by hosting themselves and tunneling into the PX environment.