32nd Annual Focus on Defense Symposium

32nd Annual Focus on Defense Symposium The Utah Air Force Association, in conjunction with Ogden Air Logistics Center will conduct their annual Focus on Defense Symposium on June 15, 2011 at the Davis Conference Center at 800 West Heritage Park Boulevard in Layton, UT (www.davisconferencecenter.com, http://www.davisconferencecenter.com). Contractors are invited to attend this all-day symposium. This year's theme is "Implementing Efficiencies in Readiness and Sustainment" which focuses on aggressively implementing efficiency initiatives called out by the Defense Secretary Gates in his 16 August 2010 memo. Senior DOD, Air Force, and Industry speakers will provide their perspectives associated with implementing this guidance in their functional or operational environments, how the Air Force is doing so far, and how the Air Force can achieve the following: * Lower cost - Same performance * Same cost - Improved performance * Improved effectiveness and efficiency For more information on the symposium, confirmed speaker list, and/or registration details, please visit the AFA Focus on Defense Web site at www.afafod.org, http://www.afafod.org.