You are invited to attend the Navy Small Business Contracting Summit, scheduled for October 28, 2014 in Mayport, FL. This national conference is produced by the Defense Leadership Forum.

Providing America's small businesses with defense contracting opportunities is a major priority of the Defense Department, resulting in thousands of jobs throughout the U.S. The Navy Small Business Contracting Summit will provide defense contractors and small businesses nationwide with the latest information on:

• Priorities for the Defense Department's 2015 Budget
• Priorities for the U.S. Navy's 2015 Budget
• U.S. Navy Mission Priorities 
• U.S. Navy Contracting Priorities
• Contracting with Individual Navy Bases, including Mayport Naval Station, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, and Joint Base Charleston. 
• Subcontracting with Large Defense Contractors
• Strategies and Resources for Small Businesses
• Details on specific new military contracts in all areas of procurement; including shipbuilding, aircraft, missiles, ammunition, military construction, facilities, military family housing, vehicles, equipment, infrastructure modernization, ground electronics systems, communications systems, information systems, energy, intelligence, cyber defense, and more.  

The Summit will consist of morning and afternoon general sessions, including contracting presentations from senior military contracting officials; strategies for contracting with large defense contractors; and a networking lunch with exhibitors. Summit participants include Members of Congress; Senior Congressional Staff; Military Contracting Officials; and both large and small defense contractors and businesses.

The recent defense conferences of the Defense Leadership Forum include the:

• National Small Business Defense Contracting Summit in Panama City, FL on August 25, 2014
• Navy Contracting Summit in Virginia Beach, VA on May 20-21, 2014
• Air Force Contracting Summit in Dayton, OH on March 25-26, 2014
• Army Contracting Summit in Huntsville, AL on December 16-17, 2013

Top corporate executives regularly attend from Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, The Boeing Company, Black & Veatch, DRS Technologies, Harris Corporation, SRA, Fluor, DynCorp, and many other companies. 

If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the Navy Small Business Contracting Summit,please contact Kody Izumi at KodyIzumi@Leadershipforum.us for more information. To register online and take advantage of the early registration discount, please hit the "Register" button on this page or visit the home page of www.Defenseleadership.org, to be directed to the Registration page. 

We look forward to seeing you at the Navy Small Business Contracting Summit on October 28, 2014.