2022 Defense Manufacturing Conference
December 5 @ 8:00 am - December 8 @ 6:00 pm
DMC is the nation’s annual forum for enhancing and leveraging the efforts of engineers, managers, technology leaders, scientists, and policymakers across the defense manufacturing industrial base. Leaders and manufacturing subject matter experts from government, industry, and academia exchange information and perspectives on defense manufacturing policies, strategic direction, best practices, funding opportunities, and the latest manufacturing innovations that will benefit our warfighters.
Attendees range from CEO- and Flag Officer/SES-level to working-level manufacturing-oriented engineers, scientists, and business practice/policymakers and include technology implementers, system designers, and representatives of the warfighters. Typical attendance is over 1000, primarily government and industry participants with a smaller complement from academia.
Call for Abstracts
Technical sessions will be offered throughout the week on topics of relevance to the DoD and national security. Topics will address multi-disciplinary approaches to advancing existing and emerging technology areas to serve the imperative national security interests of the United States.
Abstracts will be accepted and reviewed through the following focus areas but should address which technology and platforms would benefit from their investment and how:
- Metals
- Electronics & Power Sources
- Energetics/Munitions
- Directed Energy
- Composites Processing and Fabrication
- Advanced Manufacturing Enterprise
- Special Topic Areas:
- Biomanufacturing, Biofabrication, and Biotechnology
- Manufacturing Readiness
The event will encourage engagement from technical experts from multiple disciplines to participate and address comprehensive solutions to some of the DoDs more complex and pressing challenges. The audience of the conference is made up of government, industry, and academia, ranging from CEO-and Flag Officer/SES-level to working-level manufacturing-oriented engineers, scientists, business practice/policymakers and technology implementers, system designers, and representatives of the warfighters.
ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS AUGUST 15, 2022
