Defense Conference

Senior executives across the federal defense and intelligence communities―in both government and industry―discussed how to support mission operations and accelerate transformation in technology, logistics and sustainment, and professional services. This is the premier event for engaging with and learning from leaders on ways the defense industry, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Capitol Hill can work together effectively to address fast-evolving threats and deliver services and solutions for the current and future force and for mission requirements around the world.

Keynote Speakers

• Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy

• Christopher J. Lowman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment

197+ Industry and government executives

Year in Review

Featured Meetings and Events

• CIDC - January 12, 2022 – USAID Briefing on Section 889

• CIDC – January 19, 2022 – OASIS Briefing with USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance

• CFCF – February 3, 2022 - Meeting with Peter Herman of the Defense Contract Audit Agency

• GAC – February 4, 2022 – PSC Roundtable with Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)

• CIV – February 22, 2022 – PSC Federal Law Enforcement Conference

• CD&IA – March 14, 2022 – Meeting with Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency Deputy Director Daniel Lecce

• Mid-Size – March 18, 2022 – Meeting with Todd Richards, Contracting Officer, GSA

• PSC – April 25, 2022 – PSC Annual Conference

• GAC – May 6, 2022 – Meeting with House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations’ Wendy Ginsberg and Annalise Yukawa

• CIDC – May 9, 2022 – USAID Reverse Industry Day with CIDC’s Procurement Reform Task Force

• CWG – May 18, 2022 – Meeting with GSA Office of Professional Services and Human Capital to Discuss OASIS+ Small Business Acquisition Strategy

• CIDC – May 19, 2022 – Meeting with Industry Liaison at the State Department’s Bureau of Acquisition Jaime Gracia

• CIV – May 24, 2022 – FedHealth Conference

• CWG – May 26, 2022 – PSC Roundtable with DoD Office of Small Business Programs Director Farooq Mitha

• Joint GAC and Tech Council – June 3, 2022 – Meeting with Matthew Cornelius, Professional Staff for Senate Homealand Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

• CIDC – June 16, 2022 – Meeting with Jodi Herman, Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs Jodi Herman

• ABPC – June 21, 2022 – PSC Federal Acquisition Conference

• CIV – June 29, 2022 – Homeland Security Task Force Meeting with Jason Lim, Identity Management Capability Manager, Capabilities Management and Innovation , Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis, TSA

• GAC – July 8, 2022 – Meeting with Krystal Brumfeld, Associate Administrator for the Office of Government-wide Policy at GSA

• CIV – July 13, 2022 – Meeting with Michael Parrish, Principal Executive Director for the Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction (OALC) and Chief Acquisition Officer, Veterans Affairs

• CIV – July 21, 2022 - NIH Reverse Industry Day

• CWG – July 21, 2022 – Meeting with Katherine Rollin, Project Analyst at GSA Integrated Award Environment to discuss Unique Entity ID

• CIDC – August 8, 2022 – USAID Update on Localization

• CIDC – August 18, 2022 – Meeting with Shirley Baldwin, Deputy Director of Foreign Operations, Office of Acquisitions and Assistance, Bureau of Management, USAID

• GAC – September 9, 2022 – Meeting with Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee (ISDC) Chair Lori Vassar and Monica Aquino-Thieman, Director of the NASA Acquisition Integrity Program

• CIV - September 28, 2022 – Meeting with Kshemendra Paul, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• CIV – September 29, 2022 – Homeland Security Task Force Meeting with Andrea Bright, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Human Resources Management, Enterprise Services, Customs and Border Protection

• D&IA – October 20, 2022 – PSC 2022 Defense Conference

• Joint CIV & Tech - October 27, 2022 –Meeting with Rajiv Uppal, Director & Chief Information Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

• CIDC – October 27m 2922 – Meeting with Dr. Atul Gawande , Assistant Commissioner for Global Health

• Joint GAC/CWG - November 4, 2022

– Meeting with SBA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development Antonio Doss

• CIDC – November 14, 2022 – PSC Development Conference

• CFCF – November 15, 2022 – Meeting with Defense Contract Audit Agency Director Terri Dilly

• CIV – November 16, 2022 – Meeting with John Boerstler, Chief Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

• Joint GAC/GCC – December 2, 2022

– Meeting with Maya Raghu, Deputy Director of Policy at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor

• Vision – December 7, 2022 –PSC Vision Conference

• CWG – December 19, 2022 – Contracting Working Group with GSA OASIS+ Team

• CWG – December 21, 2022 – Contracting Working Group with GSA’s Larry Hale, Acting Director, Office of IT Services, IT Category Management, to Discuss Alliant 3