The National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) 32nd Annual National Logistics Forum is being held April 18-20, 2016 in Washington DC. The agenda is now available, with featured panels including:

·         Acquisition and Procurement: Equipment, Material and Services - a broad discussion of the challenges and opportunities faced by the acquisition community in providing support to the warfighters in view of upcoming fiscal constraints

·         Globally Integrated Logistics: Opportunities to Learn From and Succeed in the Global Market Space - a discussion of the critical importance of operating and maintaining an integrated and multinational logistics capability to support ongoing global engagements

·         Industry Leadership Fireside Chat - the panelists will address what industry is doing to deal with the challenges the Department will face over the next decade and what industry believes the government should do differently to enable industry to provide the Department better readiness and cost outcomes

·         Maintaining Strategic Logistics Capability – JCS J-4, USTRANSCOM, DLA - an exploration of the changing nature of COCOM logistics requirements and authorities to support future U.S. global engagements

·         NDIA Logistics Division Focus Areas - an update on multi-year funding, contracting, and Public Private Partnerships, critically important activities which take place at the intersection of government and industry

·         Optimizing America’s Defense Sustainment Capabilities - an exploration of ideas that address the achievement of affordable and effective depot level sustainment solutions

·         Sustaining Global Engagement – CCMD 4’S - a discussion of the changing nature of COCOM logistics requirements and authorities to support U.S. global engagements

·         Title 10 Logistics Providers: Trained and Ready! Service 4’S - a discussion with focus on the challenges facing the services’ senior military logistics leaders in assessing and developing talent; and organizing, training and presenting logistics collective capabilities to support the combatant commanders around the globe 

Government personnel who are interested in attending should contact [email protected] to register as a Government attendee.