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Thursday, April 1, 2010

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.

Mr. Kent Schneider President and CEO AFCEA International

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Ms. Tonya Crawford Deputy Director, Acquisition Contracts National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Mr. Paul Weise Director, Office of Geospatial-Intelligence Management (OGM) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Weise will provide an overview of the status of current NSG areas of interest.

Focus Questions:

• Will NGA provide capabilities and services for NSG stakeholders (non-NGA)?
• If so, what does the funding profile look like for those activities?

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Dr. Robert Laurine Chief Information Officer National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Dr. Laurine will provide insights into NGA’s and the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence’s (NSG) future information technology strategic planning in anticipation of the move to NGA’s new campus.

Focus Questions:

• How are CIO policies and initiatives going to impact industry-provided solutions?
• What can industry do to help satisfy your CIO vision?
• What can be expected in RFPs to meet your objectives?

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

VADM Robert Murrett, USN Director National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Mr. Barry Barlow Director, Acquisition Directorate National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. Barlow will provide insights into how industry can better communicate its capabilities to meet NGA needs.  He will provide an overview of NGA’s philosophical approach to contracting, RFPs, proposals, evaluations, etc. that may help industry better respond to formal documentation issued by NGA. 

Focus Questions:

• Have there been changes in contracting philosophy and approaches over past 12 months? 
• How can industry partners better understand NGA’s philosophy of “best value”?
• What RFPs can industry expect in the next one to three years?  
• How will the new Commercial Remote Sensing Program Office operate with regards to the next generation of commercial satellites, commercial airborne data procurement and data acquisition from commercial imagery satellites?
• Much has been said about Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) and in-sourcing versus outsourcing.  How is NGA applying the new OCI rules? 

12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

Sponsored by

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Ms. Heaton will provide a long-range view of NGA R&D priorities.  She will highlight the top technical issues facing NGA and will address research areas that the Agency believes will contribute to future mission success.

Focus Questions:

• What are the top R&D priorities for NGA?  How have they changed over the past year?
• Are these priorities going to be worked through existing Innovision contract vehicles?  Are you planning to release RFP(s) for new vehicles?
• In general, what is your funding profile and your funding allocation against your priorities?

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Moderator

Mr. Patrick Warfle Deputy Director of Military Support National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Speakers

	Mr. Douglas Graves Director, Chief Operations Office Enterprise Operations Directorate National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
	Ms. Mary Irvin Director, Source Operations and Management Directorate National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Mr. John Oswald Director, Analysis and Production Directorate National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Participants will discuss insights into the requirements of NGA’s major operational directorates.  Directors from P, E, and S Directorates will focus on near-term priority issues that may have business opportunities in the form of either unsolicited proposals from industry or NGA outreach efforts.

Focus Questions: 

• How can industry best prepare for your changing priorities and focus?
• How will expected operational requirements translate into business opportunities?
• Will they impact existing contracts?  In what ways?
• Will they likely generate new contracts?

3:15 p.m.

Ms. Tonya Crawford Deputy Director, Acquisition Contracts National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency