The NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2016
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Disruptive Innovations Featured at NDTA-USTRANSCOM Meeting
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| Defense Transportation Journal | DECEMBER 2016
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ew innovations and technology are rapidly reshaping established business models in logistics, transportation and passenger travel services. How do the military, the government and the private sector adapt to meet national security needs? Delivering amid disruption took center stage at this year’s National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)/US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Fall Meeting. Hosted October 31-November 3 at the historic St. Louis Union Station Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, the Fall Meeting featured high-level speakers, government/ industry meetings and more than 60 professional education courses on topics from cybersecurity and big data to acquisition and transportation policy. “The Fall Meeting is our premier event, where professionals come together and exchange ideas to ensure we are all on the same page, serving the warfighter,” said NDTA’s President, retired RADM Mark Buzby. “There’s something for everyone to learn and become smarter on a segment of our industry. If you are in logistics, transportation, or passenger travel services and you care about our national security, this is where you want to be.” Gen. Darren McDew, Commander, USTRANSCOM, delivered this year’s keynote address, with a follow-on panel discussion by his component commanders and the Defense Logistics Agency. Other notable speakers and panelists included the Honorable Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Full video of all Fall Meeting speakers and panel discussions are available on the NDTA website at: www.ndtahq.com/multimedia-archive/videos/
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; Brad Nail, Senior Manager for Insurance and Public Policy at Uber; Dr. Daniel Patt, Program Manager, Tactical Technologies Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and the Lexington Institute’s Dr. Loren Thompson. “Our commercial partners are a key
national security asset, just one that too often goes unnoticed,” said McDew. “We need to correct that, and we also need to recognize the connection between us runs both ways. While we are working from an amazing foundation, the world we see on the horizon will demand even greater trust and transparency.”
