DAU HOT TOPIC FORUM
– Wednesday, 12 March 2008
(1130-1300 in Packard Conference Center on DAU Ft Belvoir
Campus)
The Hot Topic Forum is
titled:
Comparing Military and Commercial Innovation.
The session will address – from the speaker’s perspective -
how military innovation differs fundamentally from
innovation in the civilian economy, and how a deeper
understanding of those differences is the prerequisite for
better policies and practices. The presentation will help
explain why recurrent suggestions for acquisition reform
have not been more productive. The presentation will be
about 1 hour, with 30 minutes available (if needed) for a
Q&A session at the end. This training opportunity provides
an important perspective for DAU staff and faculty, Office
of SecDef Staff, as well as for DoD and industry acquisition
personnel generally.
The presentation will be
given by Dr. John A. Alic, a widely recognized expert who
writes and consults on public policy issues related to
technology and science. His book
Trillions for Military Technology: How the Pentagon
Innovates and Why It Costs So Much appeared
in 2007. Dr. Alic has taught at several universities, most
recently as an adjunct faculty member at the Johns Hopkins
School of Advance International Studies.
The presentation slides
will be made available to the acquisition workforce at large
(DoD and Industry) on the Acquisition Community Connection
https://acc.dau.mil <https://acc.dau.mil/>
<https://acc.dau.mil/>
in the days following the presentation.
The forum is open to
defense industry professionals (Alumni Assn associates have
highest priority), Office of SecDef Staff, DAU staff,
faculty and students; and government acquisition employees.
Up to 80 persons can be seated for the event, so reserve
your seat as early as possible. The forum provides 1
continuous learning point (CLP) towards meeting continuous
learning requirements for government acquisition
certification; certificates will be provided to attendees.
To register and reserve a
seat for this no-cost training and education event, please
provide the following information via email to acc@dau.mil
NLT COB Friday 7 March 2008.
NAME:
ORGANIZATION/COMPANY:
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