Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium Open For Registration!

Greenfield Village Reception Information

Working under the theme "Collaborating to Rapidly Provide Superior, Integrated Capabilities to Our Warfighters," the National Defense Industrial Association's (NDIA's) Michigan chapter is pleased to announce that registration is open for the 2010 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS).

The three-day symposium (Aug. 17-19) at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn in Dearborn, Mich., serves as a gateway for public-private technology discussion and project development.

"GVSETS provides an important venue for government, academic and industry participants to present cutting-edge research establish critical links between programs and establish a scientific foundation for pursuing current and future military technologies," said Chuck Prikopa, GVSETS chairman and NDIA Michigan Chapter director. "We encourage any organization involved in ground vehicle technology development to consider submitting a technical paper and participating in this event."

In addition, the Engineering Society of Detroit and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) are major conference participants. ASM and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) have joined the efforts for the call for papers for this year.

Topic areas for this year's papers include Modeling and Simulation, Testing and Validation; Power and Energy; Robotic Systems; Systems Engineering; and Vehicle Electronics and Architecture.

Building on the success of last year's inaugural symposium, the NDIA has enlisted eight major defense contractors to help sponsor the event including:

  • AM General LLC
  • BAE Systems
  • DRS Technologies
  • General Dynamics Corp.
  • Lockheed Martin Corp.
  • OshKosh Defense Corp.
  • Raytheon Co.
  • Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC).

Exhibit and sponsorship opportunities are still available but filling up fast (over 50% of the available space is already reserved). Contact Sandra Shaw or David Rohall to find out more.

Greenfield Village Reception Information

Here's a great way to meet the GVSETS conference speakers and your peers on opening night; an old fashioned Home Town Reception at the Henry Ford Greenfield Village!

Combine your attendance at the GVSETS symposium with a great opening night reception hosted by NDIA at the Henry Ford Greenfield Village

Come out to the Henry Ford Center and see how Henry captured a portion of history and brought it to Detroit. Our opening night reception will take place in an outdoor setting that gives you an opportunity to stroll through the grounds and make new discoveries while socializing with all of the other conference participants. Take a ride in a Model T or a horse drawn carriage, visit the actual home and bicycle shop of the Wright brothers, and walk through Abe Lincoln's first courthouse. We will be serving a delicious picnic menu in 3 different indoor/outdoor venues. Participate in a treasure hunt. Recommended dress for this event is summer casual. Attendance by spouses and significant others is encouraged.

If you have any questions about this event, contact Dennis Vegel our NDIA event manager at 763/ 227-4902 or dennis.vegel@baesystems.com

Cost per attendee $ 30.00
Bars open up at 5:30 pm
Picnic menu is served from 6:00-7:30 pm
Event concludes at 8:00pm

 

Downloads

Download the "Main Session Agenda" here.
Download the "Mini-Sym Agenda" here.


Click the button to register for the GVSETS Main Session

Event POC: Chuck Prikopa
EMAIL: Chuck.Prikopa@baesystems.com

Exhibit POC: Sandra Shaw / David Rohall
EMAIL: sshaw@camber.com / david.rohall@lmco.com

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