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    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSO Meeting - September 2026 (Wednesday, September 16, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The VSO meets every two months to discuss, plan, and develop standards to support its members' interests. Observers are welcome. A meeting registration fee of $160 is charged for all in-person attendees when held at a member company facility, and $230 for all in-person attendees when held at a hotel conference center. Non-members are welcome to attend (in-person or remotely) but a special registration code is required.&amp;nbsp; Please &lt;a href="mailto:executive.director@vita.com" target="_blank"&gt;email VITA&lt;/a&gt; with a request to attend with some details on your areas of interest.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are happy to announce that Leonardo DRS has stepped up to host our September 2026 VSO F2F meeting at their facility in Frederick, MD.&amp;nbsp; We also have a greatly reduced hotel room block less than a mile from the DRS facility. See details below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;We have a maximum in-person attendance of 38 members so please register early!&amp;nbsp; To assist with DRS security vetting, the &lt;strong&gt;in-person attendees registrations will be cut off on September 7, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Virtual Attendees registrations will still be allowed after that date.&amp;nbsp; Attendance by both US Citizens and Non-US persons is welcome.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Meeting Facility&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Leonardo DRS&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;4910 Executive Ct South&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Frederick, MD 21703&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Recommended Hotel:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Home2 Suites by Hilton Frederick&lt;br&gt;
4850 Buckeystown Pike&lt;br&gt;
Frederick, MD 21703&lt;br&gt;
Phone: (301) 695-0001&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Distance to DRS:&lt;/strong&gt; 0.8 miles&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discounted Group rate:&lt;/strong&gt; $154/night (regularly $200)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Group Code:&lt;/strong&gt; VITA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hotel rate cutoff:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday August 25, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#221F1E" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hilton.com_en_book_reservation_deeplink_-3Fctyhocn-3DFDKBUHT-26groupCode-3DCHT90A-26arrivaldate-3D2026-2D09-2D15-26departuredate-3D2026-2D09-2D18-26cid-3DOM-2CWW-2CHILTONLINK-2CEN-2CDirectLink-26fromId-3DHILTONLINKDIRECT&amp;amp;d=DwMGaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=XwaqMbMaHnP6n8Bn9BhwMncin1hIwuN8cUZydpPBjpw&amp;amp;m=VpMcAg75bVtJwPdiIfy_eBktUGYTdu8emqSH8Ca9l-gCxnMNZguW9ZTs4OrQZ6kX&amp;amp;s=JsNFdbW3XniEzq1_jgYl14qUwaTbOYIpwZpzq45G9Ts&amp;amp;e="&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Click here for the special hotel group rate.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you would rather call the hotel at (301)695-0001, mention "VITA" or group code 90A when making your reservations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For Agenda and Docs visit VITA Workspace at http://workspace.vita.com.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;VITA Workspace login is required&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;To participate via Zoom:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The zoom link is located on the main landing page at &lt;a href="http://workspace.vita.com" target="_blank"&gt;workspace.vita.com&lt;/a&gt; under the central "Face to Face Meetings" section.&amp;nbsp; Alternately you can always go to the &lt;a href="https://workspace.vita.com/concallcalendar2" target="_blank"&gt;Concall Calendar&lt;/a&gt; page. Your VITA Workspace login is required.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://vita.com/event-6530138</link>
      <guid>https://vita.com/event-6530138</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSO Meeting - November 2026 (Wednesday, November 18, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The VSO meets every two months to discuss, plan, and develop standards to support its members' interests. Observers are welcome. A meeting registration fee of $160 is charged for all in-person attendees when held at a member company facility, and $230 for all in-person attendees when held at a hotel conference center. Non-members are welcome to attend (in-person or remotely) but a special registration code is required.&amp;nbsp; Please &lt;a href="mailto:executive.director@vita.com" target="_blank"&gt;email VITA&lt;/a&gt; with a request to attend with some details on your areas of interest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;We are excited to have member company AV host us at their facility in Sunrise, FL&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;AV&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;1613 NW 136th Ave, Bld C&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;Sunrise, FL 33323&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hotel Room block coming soon at the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;special discounted rate&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;by &lt;strong&gt;October 24, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; ($50 savings from internet rate)!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Room block name: VITA Meeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For Agenda and Docs visit VITA Workspace at http://workspace.vita.com.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;VITA Workspace login is required&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;To participate via Zoom:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The zoom link is located on the main landing page at &lt;a href="http://workspace.vita.com" target="_blank"&gt;workspace.vita.com&lt;/a&gt; under the central "Face to Face Meetings" section.&amp;nbsp; Alternately you can always go to the &lt;a href="https://workspace.vita.com/concallcalendar2" target="_blank"&gt;Concall Calendar&lt;/a&gt; page. Your VITA Workspace login is required.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://vita.com/event-6530141</link>
      <guid>https://vita.com/event-6530141</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2027 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>VSO Meeting - January 2027 (Wednesday, January 27, 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meets every two months to discuss, plan, and develop standards to support its members' interests. Observers are welcome. A meeting registration fee of $230 is charged for all in-person attendees. Non-members are welcome to attend (in-person or remotely) but a special registration code is required.&amp;nbsp; Please &lt;a href="mailto:executive.director@vita.com"&gt;email VITA&lt;/a&gt; with a request to attend as a guest with some details on your areas of interest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Registration not yet open&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended Hotel&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;
Hyatt Regency Savannah&lt;br&gt;
2 West Bay Street, Savannah, GA&amp;nbsp; 31401&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span id="eventDetailsMain_viewExtraEventInfo"&gt;Book by &lt;strong&gt;December 21&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;to receive our group rate.&lt;br&gt;
Link: Coming Soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Phone:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#282828" face="Noto Sans Display, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;+1 912 238 1234&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Negotiated VITA Group Rate: $193 plus taxes and destination&amp;nbsp;fee/night.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wi-Fi Included.&lt;br&gt;
Self parking is additional&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For Agenda and Docs visit VITA Workspace at http://workspace.vita.com.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;VITA Workspace login is required&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hints available at &lt;a href="https://vita.com/FAQ"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0066CC"&gt;www.vita.com/FAQ&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To participate via Zoom:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://workspace.vita.com/concallcalendar2"&gt;&lt;font color="#0066CC"&gt;Calendar of Working Group Meetings - VITA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on day of meeting. Your VITA Workspace login is required.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://vita.com/event-6806844</link>
      <guid>https://vita.com/event-6806844</guid>
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