The Defense Business Agility Forum was held on Friday, November 21, 2008. View the agenda of speakers for the event here.
Thank you for your interest in the Defense Business Agility Forum 2008.
Two new speakers have just been added and space is filling up fast, so register now!
The Honorable Jacques Gansler served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics from 1997 to 2001 and helped to pioneer many business reform efforts. He currently serves on the faculty at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and has written books such as “Transforming Government Supply Chain Management” and “Defense Conversion: Transforming the Arsenal of Democracy”.
The Honorable Graham Richard served as the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana from 2000 to 2008. Mr. Richard is a great proponent of the use of Continuous Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma methodology in the public sector and under his tenor, Fort Wayne became the first city government to officially adopt Lean Six Sigma.
Dr. Gansler and Mayor Richard join an outstanding slate of speakers including:
The annual Defense Business Agility Forum is a singularly important event. Today, the DoD operates in an environment that is fast paced and unpredictable. In this new paradigm, the Department must be able to rapidly and agilely respond to asynchronous threats and, as yet, unidentified dangers. Operational agility is impossible, however, without an excellent “back office” to handle the business of defense.
The 2008 Forum will provide a framework for stakeholders in DoD’s ongoing transformation to hear from leaders in industry, recognized transformation experts, and the Department’s own leadership about lessons learned in the past and how to proceed in the future. These speakers will articulate the landscape of transformation in industry and government and inspire participants to drive change within their own organizations. Competition has forced corporate culture to embrace constant and conscious transformation, and it is imperative that the DoD’s business operations similarly change to become more effective and efficient, and best support the warfighter. Please join us as we strive for that goal.