IPA Members Only Social, Panel Discussion, and Live Podcast Recording

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On March the 9th 2022 from 1800-1930 ET – that this Wednesday evening – we will be having our first IPA members-only social and live Cognitive Crucible podcast recording session. We hope this will be the first of many such gatherings for the information professionals community.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a short ice breaker, we will have a panel discussion led by</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/austin-branch-8a07a919/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mr. Austin Branch</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">– one of the founding Board Members of IPA. Joining Austin will be</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-reynolds-4a480813/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">USMC ret., who before retiring from the Marine Corps recently, was the Deputy Commandant for Information. There may be some other surprise guests, as well. I can’t say anything more about that right now – you’ll have to attend the event to see who else joins the panel.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The primary topic will be the upcoming</span> <a href= "https://phoenixchallengedod.org"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">April 2022 Phoenix Challenge</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">conference, which is the United States Department of Defense premier convening event hosted by the Office of Secretary Defense of Policy. IPA is very proud to co-host this year’s Phoenix Challenge with the University of Maryland’s</span> <a href= "https://www.arlis.umd.edu/home"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in partnership with OUSD (Policy) and OUSD (Research and Engineering) as DoD sponsors and co-chairs. So, after the panel sketches out the conference agenda, there will be plenty of time for the virtual zoom audience to ask questions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, if you’re a