2013 Defense & Intel Community Acquisition Knowledge Summit

Approximately 450 attendees representing the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Intelligence Community (IC), the Department of Defense (DoD), the federal sector, industry, academia, and professional trade associations are expected to attend. This is the fourth biannual event. It is unique this year, because DIA has partnered with the Office of the Director of National Defense (ODNI) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to showcase key acquisition and procurement initiatives affecting all those focused on achieving mission success during this critical period of fiscal constraint. It is also the only unclassified acquisition event within the IC and DoD.

Summit Outcomes

The 2013 Defense and Intelligence Community Acquisition Knowledge Summit anticipated outcomes are:

• To hold a multi-lateral dialog on how to remove cultural barriers and to better leverage the enabling and cross-cutting role of acquisition throughout the various intelligence missions.
• To bring key leaders together to share their vision and direction on the most important issues, initiatives, and priorities with each other, customers, industry, and acquisition participants across the community.
• To provide General and Working Sessions with key defense and national planners, panel discussions, and breakout seminars on a broad spectrum of critical topics from a pool of leading experts from government, industry and academia.

Summit Topics

The 2013 Agenda Includes:

• Integrating Acquisition Into the Intelligence Mission
• Better Buying Power 2.0 - Delivering Better Value to the Taxpayer and Warfighter
• ACQ Across DoD from a Government and Industry Perspective
• Intelligence Community Trends
• Improving Acquisition Outcomes in the Intelligence Community
• Acquisition as a Solution
• Intelligence Community Executive Procurement Panel
• Bring Data to the Table - How to Effect Efficiencies
• Costing and Why it Matters
• Acquisition Concerns in the Current Security Environment

Workshops are centered on Better Buying 2.0 Goals:

• Choosing the Best Contract Type
• Incorporating Small Business
• Increasing Opportunities through Market Research
• Qualification vs. Certification - Why it Matters
• FIAR and Audit Readiness
• How to Structure Supplier Incentives
• Competition Strategies in a Competitive Environment
• When Money Chases Requirements
• The Acquisition Business Advisor: Contracting for Program Managers
• Creating a Culture of Savings