DNI OPEN SOURCE CONFERENCE 2007
Expanding the Horizons
16-17 July 2007


Monday, 16 July 2007
7:00-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
Exhibition Begins
8:00-8:30 Welcoming Remarks and Address - "Open Source: Finally Prime Time"
Mr. Eliot A. Jardines, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source
8:30-9:00 Address - Media Representative
9:00-9:30 Break
9:30-10:45 Break-out Sessions - Module One

  • Managing the Information Tsunami
  • Regional Focus: OS in Africa
  • The Academic-Open Source Connection
  • Open Source on the Web
  • Data Fusion and Data Enrichment
  • 10:45-11:15 Address - "The Nexus of Open Source and Analysis"
    Dr. Tom Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis
    11:15-1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00-2:15 Break-out Sessions - Module Two

  • Social Sciences and the Human Terrain
  • Regional Focus: OS in Asia
  • Maximizing Information Sharing Access
  • Media: Telling the Story through Open Sources
  • Technology: Improving the Use of Open Sources
  • 2:15-2:45 Address - Senior US Government Official
    2:45-3:15 Break
    3:15-4:30 Break-out Sessions - Module Three

  • The Need for Speed
  • Regional Focus: OS in Latin America
  • Media as the Open Source
  • Private Sector Sources of Information
  • Training: Open Source 101
  • 4:30-5:00 Address
    Mr. Doug Naquin, Director of the DNI Open Source Center

    Tuesday, 17 July 2007
    7:00-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
    Exhibition Begins
    8:00-8:05 Welcoming Comments - Mr. Eliot A. Jardines, Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Open Source
    8:05-8:40 Address - Senior Government Official
    8:40-9:10 Address - "Open Source: The Source of First Resort"
    Senior US Government Official
    9:10-9:45 Break
    9:45-11:00 Break-out Sessions - Module Four

  • Enabling Civil Liberties through Open Source
  • Regional Focus: OS in the Middle East
  • Improving OS Analysis and Production
  • Academic Outreach
  • Training: Open Source 101
  • 11:00-11:30 Address - "The Open Source Public-Private Partnership"
    The Honorable Robert R. Simmons, Connecticut's Business Advocate
    11:30-1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00-2:15 Break-out Sessions - Module Five

  • Libraries of the Future
  • International Partnerships
  • Outreach to State, Local, and Tribal Partners
  • Knowledge Management
  • Training: Accessing Open Sources
  • 2:15-2:30 Break
    2:30-3:45 Break-out Sessions - Module Six

  • Meeting IC Collection Priorities
  • Private Sector Partnerships
  • Trends in Business Intelligence
  • Beyond Simple Searching
  • Training: Accessing Open Sources
  • 3:45-4:00 Break
    4:00-4:30 Address - "Open Source: Mission Critical"
    Mrs. Mary Margaret Graham, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection
    4:30-4:45 Adjournment
    Ms. Sabra Horne, Senior Advisor for Outreach