The Global Expeditionary Logistics Symposium (GELS) is a premier professional symposium featuring a large and diverse audience across the Marine Corps, the Department of War (DoW), allies and partners, industry, and academia. In recent years, targeted focus, research, and analysis has centered on Logistics and supply chain planning as the pacing function in contested environments globally. The symposium is a platform to discuss and showcase complex logistics use cases, while addressing the myriad of challenges logistics professionals must contend with. The symposium will host various speakers and guest panels who are leaders that recognize the critical importance of advancing and sharing logistics, energy and infrastructure ideas, innovations, data and modeling methods; connecting professionals in the logistics, distribution, transportation, and supply chain professions. GELS 2026 will provide attendees with the opportunity to engage with these military leaders, global policy makers, and industry professionals.

Today’s labor market is changing faster than our education and workforce systems were designed to respond. Artificial intelligence, shifting skill demands, changing learner expectations, demographic pressures, and growing employer need are all forcing the same question: how can we adapt quickly enough to preserve our state’s competitive advantage in talent and workforce development?

NCMS will once again be attending the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS). GVSETS provides the opportunity for the Ground Systems community to network and share technical research and innovations while discussing capability gaps and modernization needs.

In partnership with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), NCMS is hosting a Sustainment Accelerator at the Kitsap Conference Center August 25th -27th, 2026 in Bremerton, WA. PSNS & IMF is the Pacific Northwest’s largest Naval shore facility and one of Washington State’s largest industrial installations.

The Manufacturing Excellence Summit brings together manufacturing leaders focused on operational performance, innovation, modernization, and long-term resilience.

Designed for executives and decision-makers across manufacturing, this event delivers practical strategies, peer insights, and meaningful conversations around the challenges shaping modern operations.

The global race to scale advanced energy and computing technologies is increasingly constrained not by scientific discovery alone, but by materials availability, manufacturing capacity, workforce development, and resilient supply chains. From lithium and critical minerals for batteries, to ultrapure silicon and rare earth elements for microelectronics, to advanced materials that enable next-generation energy systems, the challenge is the same:

Can we reliably design, source, and manufacture complex material systems at scale—securely, sustainably, and domestically?