Association of the United States Army AUSA'S ILW Winter Symposium & Exposition 2017

Event Dates
2017-10-09 - 2017-10-11
Venue
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Organizer
Association of the United States Army - AUSA
Website
http://ausameetings.org/2017annualmeeting/
Exhibitors
0
Attendees
26000
Event contact title
Exhibit Sales Manager
Event contact first name
Laura
Event contact last name
Miller
Email
lmiller@ausa.org
Event contact telephone number
703.236.2921
Description

The Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting is the largest landpower exposition and professional development forum in North America. Taking place over three days, the Annual Meeting is designed to deliver the Army’s message by highlighting the capabilities of Army organizations and presenting a wide range of industry products and services. AUSA accomplishes this task throughout the entire event by providing informative and relevant presentations on the state of the Army, panel discussions and seminars on pertinent military and national security subjects, and a variety of valuable networking events available to all that attend. AUSA’s Annual Meeting includes the total Army – Regular Army, guard, reserve, civilians, and family members. It is one of the three key communication platforms employed by the Army to educate and inform government, academic, civic, and veteran advocates and leadership on Army priorities and issues impacting today’s Army.

Attendee information
The AUSA Annual Meeting is not open to the public. As a private association, AUSA reserves the right to deny admission or to cancel any admission without explanation. All registrants at the AUSA Annual Meeting must provide proof of identity by a Government issued photographic ID and must demonstrate that they have an “identifiable relationship” with the U.S. Army. Following are examples of acceptable demonstrations of such a relationship: Membership in AUSA Employee of an Exhibiting Company Invited guest of an exhibiting company on exhibiting company letterhead Employee of an AUSA Corporate Member or Sustaining Member Membership in any component of the U.S. military Civilian employee of the Federal Government Member of an accredited Federal, State, or Municipal law enforcement agency, a fire fighter, or an EMT/EMS Member of a designated U.S. military or veteran association Member of the military forces of foreign nations with passport Any escorted guest of an AUSA Member
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