WBI Events Calendar
The Threat is Real and How to Respond – Cybersecurity and Other Threats
OVERVIEW
Understanding the current security environment is vitally important for our nation and your business. Join us for an engaging afternoon learning about threats, risks, and resources to help you and your customers stay secure. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), National Security Detachment, will share information about their mission and the support they can provide to the Defense Industrial Base. Representatives from the National Security Agency (NSA) will discuss resources for the defense industrial base. Finally, DAU will review the latest Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) updates. Please note that this event is Unclassified.
ABOUT THE COLLIDER
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025 – 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Type of Collider: Hybrid – In-Person or Virtual, just let us know at registration
In-Person Venue: The Hub, 31 S Main St, Dayton, OH 45402
Recommended Parking: Reibold Garage, 25W W 5th St, Dayton, OH 45422
Link to map for parking and how to get to The Hub: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15XL0347R4EU_UGX_j3qL9ko1sXjJG6F8/view?usp=sharing
Conference Room: The Upper Deck – follow the signs once you get into the Hub
Registration: https://afrlsbhub.com/event/the-threat-is-real-and-how-to-respond-cybersecurity-and-other-threats/
Optional Networking event after the Collider if you are interested.
If you have any questions, please email Jim Masonbrink – james.masonbrink@wbi-innovates.com
NCMA World Congress
Celebrating Powerhouse Contract Managers.
The nation’s leading training event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals.
Join us in Grapevine TX, July 13-16, 2025.
The Call for Session Proposals is Now Open
Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to the world’s largest gathering of contract management professionals.
A powerhouse is a source of influence or inspiration from one having great drive, energy, and ability. This year’s World Congress theme recognizes the crucial impact our profession has on agencies, organizations and missions. Amid a demanding environment that never seems to slow its pace, we feel that it is important to pause together to reflect on and celebrate our successes. Learning and networking side by side, this is our chance to convene as a mighty profession – driving the deals that make our nation run and succeed.
National Small Business Federal Contracting Summit | Summer
Hosted at The Upper Deck, Conference Room @ The Hub: 31 S Main St, Dayton, OH, United States
More details on this event are coming soon.
DoD NERC (NE Regional Conference)
Venue: Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center / 123 East Main Street, Rochester, NY, 14604
Register: https://www.mcflapex.org/dod-nerc-25
About the APEX Accelerator: The APEX Accelerator program, under management of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), plays a critical role in the Department’s efforts to identify and engage with a wide range of businesses entering and participating in the defense supply-chain. The program provides the education and training that all businesses need to become capable of participating in DoD, federal, state, and local contracts.
The APEX Accelerator mission is to serve as the axis for existing and new business to strengthen the defense industrial base by accelerating innovation, fostering ingenuity, and establishing resilient and diverse supply chains.
Fed Supernova
Venue: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, Austin, TX
A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION
Fed Supernova connects entrepreneurs, government, and industry together to collaborate on dual-use solutions that put commercial technology in the hands of the DoD. This 3-day event accelerates defense innovation by creating a unique, once-a-year opportunity for the entire ecosystem to converge with a shared mission in the hottest innovation hub in the country.
WHO ATTENDS SUPERNOVA?
Investors – Get an inside look at the DoD’s technology roadmap while scouting promising startups with big potential.
Government – Support your mission by bringing new tech into your program without making tech scouting a full-time job.
Corporations – Solidify your role in defense innovation by connecting with organizations that depend on you to scale.
Entrepreneurs – Meet government and military leaders who want to tap into commercial technology innovators now.
EXHIBIT
Fed Supernova is the one place where the entire defense innovation ecosystem gathers to discuss trending technologies — and business opportunities — with a lens focused on defense priorities. We’re giving a limited number of organizations the opportunity to take that exposure up a notch through unique exhibition opportunities. Tables must be claimed by August 1, 2025.
Pre-Register: https://share.hsforms.com/11Yohh0GFSludu_tnyj1VGA16ipd