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Companies who believe that they have the next key discovery or the next great idea that could benefit the Department of Defense (DoD) are invited to participate in a Georgia Tech-hosted event on Monday, January 14, 2019.

On that date, Georgia Tech’s Procurement Assistance Center (GTPAC) will host a day-long event designed to benefit innovative small businesses – with priority given to small technology companies that have the potential to directly enhance achievement of DoD’s mission.

Lisa R. Sanders, Director of Science and Technology for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), is a featured speaker at the Defense Innovation Conference. (More details here: https://gtpac.org/2018/12/17/special-operations-science-and-technology-director-is-speaking-at-jan-14-gtpac-event)

Registration is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228 Advance registration is required for this event; on-site registration will not be allowed. The registration fee is $50.

By attending, companies will learn all about the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, the Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF), Other Transaction Authority (OTA) for prototype projects, and additional contracting vehicles aimed at attracting innovative companies to help the U.S. Department of Defense.

See promotional flyer here: Defense Innovation Conference – Jan. 14 2019 Event

Registration for the event is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

An advance copy of the conference agenda is available here: Agenda – Defense Innovation Conference – 01.14.2019 – Final.

Biographical sketches of all the featured speakers is available here: Featured Speakers – Defense Innovation Conference 01.14.2019.

Opponents of last year’s across-the-board spending cuts are hoping — perhaps quixotically — that sequestration’s second verse won’t be the same as its first.

Now that a bipartisan deal has ended the government shutdown, the resulting budget conference committee is the new best hope for turning off the cuts that have hit the Pentagon and defense industry hard and threaten to get even worse.

But even though the latest chapter in Washington gridlock is over, very little has actually changed.

“It’s important to note that Congress did not remove the shadow of uncertainty that has been cast over this department and our government much of this year,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday during a press briefing at the Pentagon.

“The damaging cuts of sequestration remain the law of the land,” he said. “In the months ahead, Congress will have an opportunity to remove this shadow of uncertainty as they work to craft a balanced, long-term spending bill.”

Hagel urged lawmakers to give the Defense Department and its vast workforce stability and predictability after the ringer they’ve been through, including sequestration furloughs over the summer and then shutdown furloughs more recently.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/dod-gears-up-for-round-2-of-sequestration-98577.html

Georgia Tech hosting event promoting ‘defense innovation’ to be held on Jan. 14th

Companies who believe that they have the next key discovery or the next great idea that could benefit the Department of Defense (DoD) are invited to participate in a Georgia Tech-hosted event on Monday, January 14, 2019.

Registration is now open at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-the-next-defense-innovation-conference-tickets-53056770228 Advance registration is required for this event; on-site registration will not be allowed. The registration fee is $50.

Full Agenda and Featured Speakers

DoD gears up for Round 2 of sequestration

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