The Mastering Business Development® Workshop is an educational and professional development program which focuses on the thinking, process and discipline required for professional Business Development. This 2-day workshop fosters participants' understanding of the core competencies required for success in the Business Development role. Business Development is primarily a relationship development and intelligence gathering process. Particip...

The Security Cooperation Management Course for Industry is designed as an introduction to Security Cooperation and how defense industry plays a role in fulfilling partner nation needs through the Foreign Military Sales process. It is intended for U.S. defense company representatives involved in international business development, whether or not they are working on DoD contracts in support of FMS. The course is intended for an audience that has...

Executive National Security Forum Series The purpose of the “Executive National Security Forum” is to bring together current and former leaders from the defense community, Congress, industry, and academia to discuss and offer solutions to our nation’s foremost national security challenges. This installment will feature keynote remarks by VADM Joseph Rixey, USN providing a progress report on the Defense Security Cooperation Ag...

This Advance Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI) forecasts the requirements anticipated for funding in Fiscal Year 2018 and advertised using a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). This event attracts over 500 participants, and affords Government, Industry, and Academia an opportunity to exchange information and form collaborations to address combating current and future terrorism challenges. The draft requirements will be released on Federal Bus...

The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is the world's largest modeling, simulation, and training conference. It is always held near the beginning of December in Orlando, Florida, USA, and it consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, tutorials, special events, professional workshops, a commercial exhibit hall, a serious games competition, and STEM events for teachers and secondary students. I/ITSE...

The NDIA Cybersecurity for Advanced Manufacturing (CFAM) Joint Working Group (JWG) was launched in November 2015 as a government and industry collaboration to identify cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences in defense contractors’ manufacturing networks and to define actions to mitigate those risks in compliance with DoD mandates. The CFAM JWG will provide an overview of how the cybersecurity needs of defense manufactur...

Executive National Security Forum Series The purpose of the “Executive National Security Forum” is to bring together current and former leaders from the defense community, Congress, industry, and academia to discuss and offer solutions to our nation’s foremost national security challenges. Regardless of the election outcome, the next President and their administration will face significant national security challenges. Issues...

Silicon Valley Comes to DC! CyberForwardDC – a fresh perspective on cyber security. A conference and exhibition that will feature leading technology experts, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who will discuss the global forces shaping cyberspace and cyber security policy, evolving trends and the latest research. Innovation, Speed and Agility in Washington. As our global connections grow we become more vulnerable to incidents of data...

"Today's Fight and Tomorrow's Challenges" Join us for the most comprehensive aircraft survivability symposium that fosters technical dialogue and exchange of information on topics such as: Design Operational experience Current and future threats Reliability and maintenance Testing of aircraft survivability technologies *Please note: This event is classified, Secret/NOFORN. A security clearance is required to attend.

IPM 2016: The Premier Workshop on Earned Value Management IPM Workshop 2016 provides unparalleled access to the world's experts on Earned Value Management, Agile and EVM and a range of Project Performance Management Techniques. Join us for outstanding training, professional development and exploration of hot topics with practitioners and world leaders in performance management. Professional Education Program Our training program provides oppor...