The U. S. Department of State is hosting an Industry Day on March 19, 2024, at George Mason University, Arlington, VA.

The U. S. Department of State is hosting an Industry Day on March 19, 2024, at George Mason University, Arlington, VA. Please join us on March 19 for our next U.S. Department of State Industry Day. The session will feature opening remarks from Department of State officials, including the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the Office of Acquisition Management. It will also include updates on procurements from their contracting staff. After the presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in matchmaking with Department of State and industry tables. Agenda (subject to change)

7:15-8:00am:

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking 8:00am: Welcome and Opening Remarks by George Price, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Howie Lind, President and Executive Director, ISOA 8:20am: George Price, Director, OSDBU, U.S. Department of State 8:30am: Richard Verma (invited), Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (D-MR), U.S. Department of State 8:40am: Michael Derrios (invited), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Senior Procurement Executive 8:50am: Ramona Watts-Sutton (invited), Director, Office of Acquisition Management, U.S. Department of State 9:00am:

Opportunity Briefing DOS Acquisitions SMEs 10:30am:

Networking Break 10:45am-1:00pm: Business Matchmaking with U.S. Department of State and industry tables 1:00pm:

Adjournment Registration Link: ISOA - International Stability Operations Association (stability-operations.org)