Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Defense Innovation Board Holds Public Meeting, Part 2 Defense.gov Oct. 10, 2018 | 52:02 The Defense Innovation Board -- an independent federal committee advising the secretary of defense on various issues that focus on people and culture, technology and capabilities, and practices and operations -- holds a public meeting at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10, 2018.