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Register Now: 2025 DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium & Exhibition

5/20/2025

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Register Now: 2025 DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium & Exhibition

June 11 – 12, 2025 | Greater Richmond Convention Center   |   Richmond, VA

ARLINGTON, Va – The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), in partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), invites stakeholders from across the defense logistics enterprise to the 2025 DLA Supply Chain Alliance Symposium & Exhibition, taking place June 11 – 12, 2025, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia.

This year’s theme, “Driving Combat Readiness: Leveraging Partnerships to Strengthen the Defense Industrial Base,” reflects the event’s focus on collaborative solutions to enhance warfighter support and national security. The symposium offers an unmatched opportunity to engage directly with DLA leaders and professionals, gain insights from senior Department of Defense officials, and build connections across government and industry.

Featured speakers include:

  • Steven Morani, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
  • Dr. Vic Ramdass, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy
  • Navy Vice Adm. Dion English, Director for Logistics, Joint Staff
  • Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
  • Army Lt. Gen. Heidi Hoyle, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army
  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Linda Hurry, Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
  • Sonya Ebright, Deputy Director, Defense Contract Management Agency
  • Kenneth Watson, Acting Commander, DLA Land and Maritime
  • Air Force Brig. Gen. Chad Ellsworth, Commander, DLA Aviation

Attendees can expect interactive breakout sessions tackling critical sustainment challenges and forward-looking topics like cost and pricing strategy, technical data innovation, and DLA’s Tech Quality and Engineering programs. Special events include Small Business Matchmaking, Coffee with Contracting, and the DLA Knowledge Bar, all designed to foster real-time dialogue and actionable connections.

Registration is now open.

Learn more and register at: NDIA.org/DLA25

For media inquiries or press registration, contact Rachel Sutherland, NDIA Director of PR & Communications at rsutherland@NDIA.org

For questions pertaining to DLA, contact Stephen Baker, DLA Aviation public affairs officer, at avnpao@dla.mil

About NDIA

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is America's leading defense industry association promoting national security. NDIA provides a legal and ethical forum for the exchange of information between industry and government on national security issues. NDIA and its members foster the development of the most innovative and superior equipment, training, and support for warfighters and first responders through its divisions, local chapters, affiliated associations, and events. For more information, visit NDIA.org
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