By Kathleen Harger, Chief Advocate Adaptive Initiatives, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Registration closes soon for business leaders to attend the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) second Industry Summit taking place in Arlington, Virginia, on September 29 and 30.
DARPA, the Defense agency tasked with maintaining technological surprise, invites chief executive-level business leaders to engage in an open and informal dialogue regarding the most pressing national security challenges facing the United States.
DARPA leadership will be in attendance to guide dialogue around senior leadership topics.
DARPA seeks to improve industry interaction and create new business partnerships. Through a roundtable discussion format, DARPA hopes to:
- Build new collegial relationships at the senior leadership level with both nontraditional and traditional companies of various sizes and various industries – relationships we hope will be lasting and productive
- Have substantive dialogue on our most difficult national security challenges
- Frame policy issues from the technical community’s perspective and actively contribute to novel solutions
Registration closes on August 27. The successful January 2010 Industry Summit was filled to capacity. January participants are not permitted to register, but may join the waiting list, which will be activated if any of the 112 planned attendee slots are not filled when registration is closed. Rooms have been blocked at Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar in Arlington, Virginia.
For more information, visit the event website.
