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SUMMARY:16th Annual End of Year Federal Contractor Update – In-Person (Milwaukee)
DESCRIPTION:Onsite registration available. Online registration closes Jan. 24th\, 11:00 AM. \nJoin Wisconsin’s Federal contractors and subcontractors for this annual event. Briefings during the event will provide an overview of the current Federal contracting environment as well as highlight up and coming trends for future business opportunities. Click to download AGENDA EOY Federal Contractor Update Jan 25 2024 WPI NCMA NDIA. \nAttendees to this event will qualify for 6.5 NCMA CPE credits. \nCLICK to view and download the speaker bios. \n \nSCHEDULE of the day \n7:30 AM – Registration and Breakfast \n8:00 AM – Program Opening \nNOON – Lunch \n3:30 PM – End of Conference Program\, transition to Networking \nReception [hors d’oeuvres – cash bar] & Networking \n5:30 PM – Close of Event \nTOPICS of the day \nEnd of Year BLOG \n“Nuts & Bolts” Implementation of Cyber & Information Security \nThe Best of GovContractually 2023 \nUpdate from Washington\, DC \n2023 Federal Case Law Update \n2023 Small Business Update \n2023 Update on Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) \n2023 Updates in Contract Management \nCONFIRMED Speakers \nBenjamin Blanc\, President\, NCMA Wisconsin Chapter and Government Contract Specialist\, Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI) \nEmily Constantine\, Attorney\, Wisconsin Physicians Services (WPS) \nWilliam Hughes\, Attorney\, Husch Blackwell LLP \nMegan McKinney\, Director of Strategic Development\, Ictect\, Inc. \nNathaniel T. Millsap Jr.\, Director\, Security & Cyber\, Fincantieri Marinette Marine \nEric Ness\, Wisconsin District Director\, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) \nJason Rathsack\, Senior Contract Specialist at Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Central Region \nMichael Schrier\, Partner\, Husch Blackwell LLP \nDaryl Zahn\, CFCM\, Senior Manager\, Contracts and Compliance\, DRS Naval Power Systems\, Inc. \nDavid Zvenyach\, Principal\, TandemGov & Author\, GovContrActually \nAina Vilumsons\, President / Executive Director\, Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI)
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/16th-annual-end-of-year-federal-contractor-update-in-person/
LOCATION:Sonesta Milwaukee West\, 10499 W Innovation Dr\, Wauwatosa\, WI\, 53226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,WPI Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Michael Steger":MAILTO:michaels@wispro.org
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SUMMARY:NDIA Great Lakes Chapter 13th Annual Meeting (In-Person - Wauwatosa\, WI)
DESCRIPTION:NDIA Great Lakes Chapter invites you to join us at our 13th Annual Meeting to be held in Wauwatosa\, WI (Milwaukee).\n  \nOur Keynote Speaker this year is Brigadier General Geoffrey A. Norman\, Director of Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team – Army Futures Command (AFC)\, Detroit\, MI.\nAttendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with Army Futures Command leadership and likeminded peers from industry-both from large and small businesses. The Army is currently undertaking the largest modernization effort of armored vehicles in the past 40 years. The Next Generation Combat Vehicles (NGCV) Cross Functional Team (CFT) is driving this effort and is actively seeking new ideas from industry\, academia\, and beyond. NGCV CFT is looking for innovative solutions that will support the Army’s NGCV using contracting methods to include SBIRs (Small Business Innovation Research) and OTAs (other transaction authority). \nSpeaker: Koreen Grube\, Director\, U.S. Commercial Service Wisconsin\, U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Administration\nSpeaker: Rachel McCaffery\, SVP of Membership & Chapters\, NDIA Headquarters\nIndustry Panel: Supply Chain Risk with WS Darley\, SupplyCore\,  Oshkosh Defense & AAR\n\nAGENDA \n13:00 – Registration\n13:30 – Matchmaking Sessions\n15:00 – Reception: Hors d’oeuvres; Cash Bar\n16:00 – Program Begins\n—– Welcome / NDIA Great Lakes Year in Review\n—– —– —– including STEM Scholarship Awardees and charitable efforts\n—– National Update: Rachel McCaffery\, SVP of Membership & Chapters – NDIA Headquarters\n—– Update on CMMC: Matthew Frost\, Government Contract Specialist\, WPI\n—– Industry Panel Session: Supply Chain Risk with WS Darley\, SupplyCore\, Oshkosh Defense\, & AAR\n—– Speaker: Koreen Grube\, Director\, U.S. Commercial Service Wisconsin\, U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Administration\n—– Keynote: BG Geoffrey A. Norman\, Director of NGCV CFT – Army Futures Command (AFC) …bio below.\n18:00 – Close of Program\n19:00 – Close of Event \n\nVisit the NDIA Great Lakes Chapter online at their webpage – CLICK HERE. \n\nBrigadier General Geoffrey A. Norman is a native of Boulder\, Colorado\, and a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point\, Class of 1994. He is currently assigned as director of the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team at the Detroit (Mich.) Arsenal. The NGCV CFT is charged with leading the Army’s #2 modernization priority to develop and field future ground combat platforms.\nHis command assignments include Tank Platoon Leader\, 1st Battalion\, 12th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood\, TX; Ground Cavalry Troop Commander\, Apache Troop\, 4th Squadron\, 7th Cavalry at Camp Garryowen\, Republic of Korea; Commander\, 7th Squadron\, 10th U.S. Cavalry\, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team\, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson and Kuwait; and Commander\, Task Force Sinai. Most recently\, he served as the Deputy Commanding General – Support\, 1st Infantry Division; and previously served as the Commander\, 1ID (Forward)\, Operation Atlantic Resolve in Poznan\, Poland.\n\nBG Norman’s staff assignments include Battalion S-4\, 1st Battalion\, 12th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood\, TX\, and Squadron S-1; 4th Squadron\, 7th Cavalry at Camp Garryowen\, Republic of Korea; Executive Officer to the III Corps G3 at Fort Hood\, TX and MNC-I CJ3 in Baghdad\, Iraq; Executive Officer\, 2nd Battalion\, 5th Cavalry\, 1st Brigade\, 1st Cavalry Division in western Baghdad; Executive Officer\, 1st Brigade\, 1st Cavalry Division in northern Baghdad and Sadr City; Deputy G-3 (Operations)\, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood\, TX; Deputy CJ3 for Regional Command East in Afghanistan; and Chief of Staff of the Multinational Force & Observers in Sinai\, Egypt.\nBG Norman’s assignments outside the operational force include service in Project Warrior as an Observer/Controller on the Cobra Team at the National Training Center Fort Irwin\, CA and Armor Officers’ Advanced Course Small Group Instructor at Fort Knox\, KY; G-3 for the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning\, Georgia; Division Chief for Soldier\, Maneuver and Robotics in Headquarters\, Department of the Army G-8\, Force Development at the Pentagon\, Washington D.C.; and ACofS G-3/5/7 and Director of Systems Integration for Army Futures Command in Austin\, TX.\n\nBG Norman is a graduate of the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses\, and the Cavalry Leader’s Course; the United States Army Command and Staff Services School and Command and General Staff College; the Joint Forces Staff College; and the Army War College. He holds Masters of Arts degrees in Management and Leadership and Strategic Studies.\nBG Norman’s awards and decorations include Legions of Merit\, Bronze Star Medals\, Meritorious Service Medals\, the Joint Service Commendation Medal\, Army Commendation Medals\, Army Achievement Medals\, Iraq Campaign and Afghanistan Campaign Medals\, Korea Service Medal\, NATO Medal\, MFO Medals\, Valorous Unit Award\, and Meritorious Unit Citations\, Parachutist and Air Assault Badges\, the Combat Action Badge\, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. He has also been awarded the Polish Army Medal\, MFO Director General’s Award\, and Bundeswehr Parachutist Badge.\n\nHe is married to Dr. Stephanie Norman\, a neonatal nurse practitioner\, and they have two sons – William and Benjamin.\n \n\n  \nColonel Rachel A. McCaffrey is the Vice President of Membership and Chapters for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and the Executive Director of Women in Defense (WID).\nBased in Arlington\, Virginia\, NDIA is a non-profit\, educational association representing industry\, government\, and academia. Rachel leads the Membership and Chapters team\, providing networking\, knowledge\, and business development opportunities to 1\,700 corporate and 75\,000 individual members. As the nation’s leading defense industry association\, NDIA promotes collaboration to deliver cutting-edge technology\, weapons\, equipment\, training and support to warfighters and first responders. Through events\, divisions\, regional chapters and three affiliate organizations\, NDIA convenes ethical forums connecting experts from government\, academia and the defense industry to define threats and design solutions to ensure U.S. and partner national security.\nWID strengthens the Defense Industrial Base and workforce by promoting programming that creates and enhances opportunities for women\, increasing diversity within the national security enterprise. WID’s twofold mission focuses on empowering women currently working in defense and encouraging talented young women to pursue careers in National Security. WID’s 22 Chapters include members from defense companies; all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces; government; academia; think tanks; associations; and professional services.\nRachel came to NDIA and WID after more than 28 years in the Air Force. In her last assignment\, she led an Air Staff Division responsible for planning and programming Command and Control and Global Intelligence\, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). Prior to her Air Staff tour\, Rachel served as the Assistant Chief of Staff\, Intelligence for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Air Command at Ramstein Air Base\, Germany. During her NATO tour\, Rachel led the ISR Division for Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR where she oversaw more than 70 personnel who planned\, executed\, and evaluated ISR operations. Rachel also commanded the 9th Intelligence Squadron at Beale AFB and is a fully qualified Joint Specialty Officer\, serving on the Joint Staff in the Intelligence Directorate.\nA native New Englander\, Rachel grew up in Central Massachusetts. In 1988\, she graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English\, and received her commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. She earned her Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland\, College Park. Rachel also attended the Intelligence Weapons Instructor Course\, Squadron Officer School\, Air Command and Staff College\, and Army War College.\n \n\n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/ndia-great-lakes-chapter-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Sonesta Milwaukee West\, 10499 W Innovation Dr\, Wauwatosa\, WI\, 53226\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Megan McKinney":MAILTO:info@ndia-greatlakes.org
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SUMMARY:12th NDIA Great Lakes Chapter Annual Meeting - In-Person
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of networking directly after the 14th Annual End of Year Federal Contractor Update event.  We are excited to share how we’ve kept you informed and provided maximum impact within our Chapter Region and at the National Level during this past year. \nTo register\, please click here. \nAGENDA \n\nIn Person Networking!\nWelcome and Chapter EOY Review\n\nBryan Davis\, Chapter President (Vice President\, Government Affairs\, SupplyCore)\n\n\nSTEM Scholarship Awardees\n\nAlly Veres\, Chapter Treasurer (Vice President\, Business Development & Capture\, AEG Group Inc.)\n\n\nCharitable Efforts\n\nBill Hughes\, Board Member and Charitable Committee Chair (Partner\, Husch Blackwell LLP)\n\n\nGuest Speakers:\n\nWes Hallman\, Senior Vice President for Strategy & Policy\, NDIA\nU.S. Senator Ron Johnson – WI\nU.S. Representative Darin LaHood – IL (Invited)\n\n\n\nFor more information about NDIA Great Lakes\, please visit www.ndia-greatlakes.org. \n\n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/12th-ndia-great-lakes-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:Sonesta Milwaukee West\, 10499 W Innovation Dr\, Wauwatosa\, WI\, 53226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,In State,WPI Events,WPI Partner Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Aina Vilumsons":MAILTO:ainav@wispro.org
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SUMMARY:14th Annual End of Year Federal Contractor Update – In-Person – Milwaukee
DESCRIPTION:  \nREGISTRATION Now Open – Click HERE \nClick HERE to view the event agenda. \nJoin Wisconsin’s Federal contractors and subcontractors for this annual event. Keep up to date with this series of briefings focusing on changes and challenges in DOD/ Federal contracting. \nBreakfast: 7:15am Central \nProgram: 8am – 4pm Central \nMASKS WILL BE REQUIRED for those attending this event. \nFollowing the End of Year Federal Contractor Update\, please join the 12th NDIA Great Lakes Chapter Annual Meeting at the same location from 4 – 7pm. CLICK HERE to review the agenda and register for this separate event to begin directly following the end of the Update program. \nView the speakers’ bios HERE. \nConfirmed Speakers include: \n\nLieutenant Colonel Susan M. Styer\, Commander\, Defense Contracting Management Agency\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\nWesley P. “Wes” Hallman\, Senior Vice President for Strategy & Policy\, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)\nWilliam Hughes\, Partner\, Husch Blackwell LLP (Milwaukee\, Wisconsin)\nMichael Schrier\, Partner\, Husch Blackwell LLP (Washington\, D.C.)\nJames Hasik\, Senior Research Fellow\, Center for Government Contracting\, George Mason University\nEric Ness\, Wisconsin District Director\, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)\nNathaniel Millsap\, Director\, Security & Cyber\, Fincantieri Marinette Marine\nErnie Magnotti\, Chief Information Security Officer\, Leonardo DRS\nJason Rathsack\, Group Lead\, Business Operations\, DCMA Milwaukee\nDaryl Zahn\, CFCM\, Senior Manager\, Contracts and Compliance\, DRS Naval Power Systems\, Inc.\nAina Vilumsons\, CEO\, Wisconsin Procurement Institute (WPI)\n\nAttendance at this event is eligible for 6.5 CPE credits. \nAccommodations \nAccommodations at a preferred rate of $99 / night are available at the Sonesta Milwaukee West. These rates are available when booking for the nights of January 12 and 13\, 2022. Refer to the NCMA event when booking. \n\n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/14th-annual-end-of-year-federal-contractor-update-in-person/
LOCATION:Sonesta Milwaukee West\, 10499 W Innovation Dr\, Wauwatosa\, WI\, 53226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,WPI Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Aina Vilumsons":MAILTO:ainav@wispro.org
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SUMMARY:Wisconsin Federal Contractor Forum - In-Person by Invitation
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin the WPI Board of Directors\, government contractors from around the state and government influencers for a sharing of knowledge on the “State of Government Contracting in the State” and a discussion of how to support\, protect and grow Wisconsin’s Federal / Defense contractors. \nMASKS WILL BE REQUIRED for those attending this event. \n\n 
URL:https://www.wispro.org/event/wisconsin-federal-contractor-forum-2-2/
LOCATION:Sonesta Milwaukee West\, 10499 W Innovation Dr\, Wauwatosa\, WI\, 53226\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,WPI Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Aina Vilumsons":MAILTO:ainav@wispro.org
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