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What keeps you up at night? Are you wondering about statutory and non-statutory rules? As buying guides are still being developed, are you and your team ensuring that business is conducted with integrity, fairness, and transparency?
We understand. Join us at NCMAs World Congress 2025 to learn from leading industry speakers and facilitators who are uniquely equipped to share knowledge and insights to help you (and your team) succeed.
Session Highlights
Executive Orders and Regulations
World Congress will feature sessions designed to inform you of the impact of executive orders, regulation overhaul, and market trends will have in the way that business will be done moving forward. Event presenters will present the topics in the context of the most current mandates—see the quick links tab for details.
- The FAR Overhaul
- The Current State of Federal Contracting
- Trends in Today’s Global Supply Chain
- Thinking Beyond the FAR
- Readying Your Business for New Markets and New Mindsets
Commercial Solutions & Commercial Practices
The April 16th executive order, Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts mandates mandate the Federal Government to utilize the competitive marketplace to the maximum extent practicable. This includes use of commercially focused methods such as Commercial Solutions Openings and Other Transactions as well as commercial practices to provide cost effective solutions.
- Non-Regulatory Buying Guides
- Selling to the Government: Navigating the Commercial Item Landscape
- Evolving Requirements for Software Acquisitions: Ramping Up the Use of OTs and CSOs
- Contracting and Negotiating Outside the FAR
- Contracting Open Architecture Systems - Employing the CSO+OT Pathway for Software Acquisition Dominance
Driving Efficiency and Agility
Recent Executive Orders, Memorandum and Mandates were issued to support simplifying and usability while strengthening the efficacy of the federal procurement system. This would be done by removing non-statutory rules. NCMA has curated sessions focused on streamlining your work, including AI-focused sessions in every timeslot and topics designed to drive better decision-making, increase efficiency, and streamline workflows.
- Cost Efficient Government Contracts
- Harnessing GenAI for Procurement Efficiency
- How to Get More Out of Your Budget
- Data Quality: Using AI Responsibly through the Acquisition lifecycle
- Innovating Through Disruption
- AI Innovations: A Journey into the Future of Contracting
Practical Skill Building: Up-Skilling and Re-Skilling
As always, World Congress will include essential contract management skills designed to help professionals think practically and make sensible decisions based on experience.
- Contract Lifecycle Fundamentals
- Competitive Pricing Models
- Cyber Compliance
- Subcontract Management and Flowdowns
- Thriving in Change: Strategies for Adaptability and Growth
- Resilience Strategies for Contracting Professionals
Session Types
NCMA will deliver the information you want in a format that will be valuable to you.
Briefings: New information, such as trends and updates, shared in presentation-style format.
Deep Dives: Interactive practice on important topics or processes featuring workshop-style activities and skill building.
Conversations: Facilitated discussions that streamline collaboration on a challenging topic. [not available virtually.]
Unconference: Sessions and topics identified and led by attendees. Signup to lead an unconference session will be available on site. There is no signup required to attend!
Tech Alleys: New technology or new use of technology or AI in contract management shared in a demo-style presentation in the exhibition hall.
Panels: A team sharing a success story in a panel-style session focused on Q&A to help other organizations leverage important lessons learned.