S&ET Executive Breakfast

Description

The Science & Engineering Technology (S&ET) Division's Executive Breakfast Series provides a forum for government, industry and academic collaboration related to science and engineering technology advancements in the defense arena.

The April S&ET Executive Breakfast will feature Dr. Arun Seraphin, Professional Staff Member on the staff of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services. Dr. Seraphin's areas of responsibility include acquisition policy, Pentagon management issues, Department of Defense’s science and technology programs, information technology systems, technology transition issues, defense laboratories, Small Business Innovation Research program, manufacturing programs, and test and evaluation programs. As such he assists Senators in their oversight of DOD policies and programs, including in the authorization of budgets, civilian nominations, legislative initiatives, and hearings. See Dr. Seraphin's full biography here.

The NDIA has a policy of strict compliance with federal and state antitrust laws. The antitrust laws prohibit competitors from engaging in actions that could result in an unreasonable restraint of trade. Consequently, NDIA members must avoid discussing certain topics when they are together – both at formal association membership, board, committee, and other meetings and in informal contacts with other industry members: prices, fees, rates, profit margins, or other terms or conditions of sale (including allowances, credit terms, and warranties); allocation of markets or customers or division of territories; or refusals to deal with or boycotts of suppliers, customers or other third parties, or topics that may lead participants not to deal with a particular supplier, customer or third party.