You are invited to attend DEFTECH2015: The Defense Technology Contracting Summit, scheduled for July 27-28, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. DEFTECH2015 responds to the urgent priority of the Defense Department and other federal agencies to work with industry to identify innovative new defense and security technologies.

The July 27, 2015 Federal Cyber Security Workshop and Summit VIP Reception will be held at the Westin Arlington, 801 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22203. All Summit events on July 28, 2015 will be held at the Arlington Conference Center, 950 N Glebe Rd, Suite 210, Arlington, VA 22203. 

Confirmed speakers include Steve Cooper, the CIO of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the first CIO of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; COL Paul Stanton, Chief, Capabilities Development Group, USCYBERCOM; Kenneth Myers, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency; and many more high-level federal officials.

DEFTECH2015: The Defense Technology Contracting Summit is scheduled for July 27-28, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia and responds to the urgent priority of the Defense Department and other federal agencies to work with industry to identify innovative new defense and security technologies. DEFTECH2015 will provide the latest details on DoD's new initiative to develop innovative new technologies with industry, announced by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in a major speech to Silicon Valley on April 23, 2015. 

DEFTECH2015 will provide invaluable details on DoD's new major initiative to defend DoD networks, systems, and information; to defend the U.S. homeland and U.S. national interests against cyberattacks of significant consequence; and to provide integrated cyber capabilities to support military operations and contingency plans. 

This high priority national conference and expo will provide the latest Pentagon details on the Defense Secretary's April 23 call to begin leveraging commercially driven technology by partnering with businesses on "everything from autonomy to robotics to biomedical engineering and 3-D printing, power, energy, propulsion to distributed systems, data science, and the Internet of things."

Receive the latest details on new mission and contracting priorities of SPAWAR, the Navy's Information Dominance systems command.

And find out the latest contracting priorities of DARPA, DISA, DTRA, In-Q-Tel, HSARPA, Defense Department CIO, FBI Science and Technology Branch, and many other federal agencies and offices.

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has ushered in an extraordinary new era of DoD and business partnerships. DEFTECH2015 will help you become an important partner. Register Now. Seating is limited at this timely national forum.

The Summit will consist of morning and afternoon general sessions on July 28, 2015, including contracting presentations from senior military contracting officials; the latest details on new contracting opportunities; and a networking lunch with exhibitors. A special cyber security contracting workshop will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 PM on July 27, 2015. A VIP Reception immediately follows for speakers, guests, and VIP attendees. Summit participants usually 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:

• Army Contracting Summit near Ft. Hood, Texas on June 22-23, 2015
• Air Force Contracting Summit at USAF Hurlburt Field in Mary Esther, Florida on January 12-13, 2015. 
• Army Small Business Contracting Summit in Arlington, Virginia on November 25, 2014
• Navy Small Business Contracting Summit in Jacksonville, Florida on October 28, 2014
• National Small Business Defense Contracting Summit in Panama City, Florida on August 25, 2014
• Navy Contracting Summit in Virginia Beach, Virginia on May 20-21, 2014
• Air Force Contracting Summit in Dayton, Ohio on March 25-26, 2014
• Army Contracting Summit in Huntsville, Alabama on December 16-17, 2013

If you are interested in exhibiting at the Defense Technology Contracting Summit, please contact Brett Bearty at brettbearty@defenseleadership.org for more information. If you are interested in receiving sponsorship information, contact Brooke Parks at parks@defenseleadership.org. To register online and take advantage of the early registration discount, please click the "Register Now!" button on this page or visit the home page of www.Defenseleadership.org to be directed to the Registration Page.

We look forward to hearing from you! 

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