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Announcing the CDAO Procurement Forum, hosted by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. What is the CDAO Procurement Forum? The CDAO Procurement Forum will provide an opportunity for Business Development and Program Management executives better to understand CDAO’s ambition and procurement forecast for 2024. The Forum’s core objective is to expand and strengthen CDAO’s collaborative network with established and non-traditional partners in the continually evolving field of Artificial Intelligence. As CDAO’s ambition, objectives, and budget have doubled within the last year, we are actively seeking ambitious, innovative organizations to learn about our mission, discover opportunities, and compete to contribute to cutting-edge AI standards development within the Department of Defense (DOD). At the Forum, action-focused discussions between industry partners, key DOD initiative leaders, and the CDAO will be professionally facilitated to expand and diversify CDAO’s industry base, understanding each stakeholder’s mission, needs, and opportunities to advance AI across the DOD and empowering industry partners with the information, tools, procurement forecasts, and other assets needed to compete in support of CDAO’s mission. The topics of focus for the Forum are planned to include: FY24 Procurement Forecast Assisted Acquisition Procurements Acquisition Ecosystem Primer Additional focused discussion will be organized around the needs of key government stakeholders, including Responsible AI, Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), Task Force Lima, Digital Talent Management, and Enterprise Platform Capabilities (Advana). Forum Details: WHERE: 1201 Wilson Boulevard, 30th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202 WHEN: Thursday, 30 November 2023 AGENDA: 0800-0830 Arrivals 0830-0900 Kickoff 0900-1200 FY24 Procurement Forecast, Assisted Acquisition Procurements, & Acquisition Ecosystem Primer 1200-1300 Lunch 1300-1630 Additional focused discussions 1630 Adjourn Forum Registration: Seats will be limited in this first Forum, with additional Forums planned in 2024. If interested in attending, please complete this INTEREST FORM , which will be available for rolling submission throughout the fiscal year. For the initial Forum, the government will only consider organizations that respond by November 12, 2023. Confirmed attendees will be notified by email no later than November 15, 2023. To Register Your Interest : https://form.jotform.com/ITtheDifference/announcing-the-cdao-procurement-for