| NATIONAL CYBER LEAP YEAR |
| SUMMIT 2009 |
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| August 17-19, 2009 |
| Crystal Gateway Marriott |
| 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway |
| Arlington, Virginia 22202 |
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| "Working in partnership with the communities represented here today, we will develop a new comprehensive strategy to secure America's information and communications networks." |
| - President Barack Obama, May 29, 2009 |
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| "…it is imperative that we achieve a “leap forward” in cybersecurity through development of “game changing” technologies." (Full Text) |
| - Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer |
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| The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program, under guidance from the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Networks and Information Integration held a National Cyber Leap Year Summit. The Summit gathered innovators from the academic and commercial sectors for an unconventional exploration of five fundamentally game-changing concepts in cybersecurity. |
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| For questions or comments, email to: leapyear@nitrd.gov. |
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| The Summit was managed by QinetiQ North America at the request of the NITRD Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Networks and Information Integration, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. |
