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9th Annual Requirements Symposium next week

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  • By Jenny Gordon
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Aerospace industries and businesses wishing to learn more about doing business with the government will have an opportunity to network, attend a host of break-out, in-depth information sessions, and hear senior leaders from the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center share their vision of the future and mission requirements during the next several years.

The 9th Annual Robins Air Force Base Requirements Symposium will take place Tuesday through Nov. 17.  The symposium's first day includes a golf tournament at Pine Oaks Golf Course, beginning with registration at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday. Lunch will be served. Cost is $60.

Tuesday's early registration will be at noon in the Century of Flight Hangar at the Museum of Aviation. There will be exhibit booths open from noon to 8 p.m., with a social from 5 to 8 p.m.

Cost for the event is $300, which includes break-out meetings, the evening social, and on-site breakfast and lunch. There is no charge for government employees, but everyone must register.

The two-day symposium will begin with a continental breakfast and on-site registration at 7 a.m. Wednesday at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry.

Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon, center commander, will provide opening remarks, followed by Deryl Israel, the center's executive director.

Break-out sessions focusing on defining requirements and challenges will be addressed from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Program managers, engineers, and technical acquisition and community members who acquire and sustain weapons systems or commodities in each area will be available.

The event ends Nov. 17 with remarks by Steven Zamparelli, center contracting director.

In coordination with the center, the event is sponsored by the Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce, Aerospace Industry Committee.

Visit the Requirements main page at http://www.wrcoc-aic.org/Page8.aspx.