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IDGA is thrilled to host the Defense Logistics & Energy Summit in September 2026!

The summit historically brings together 250+ military, industry, and academic logistics and energy leaders committed to supporting the warfighter through logistical support, energy resiliency, and defense industrial base optimization.🛡️🌐🚚

➡️ Featured 2026 Speakers Include: 

• Lieutenant General Mark Simerly, Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
• Erica Plath, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Logistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment
• Mr. Doug Smith, Director, Aerospace Energy, DLA Energy
• Dr. Robert Mantz, Senior Official, Contested Logistics Technologies Critical Technology Area, Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering
• Dr. Annie Kammerer, Chief, Nuclear Power Branch, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army HQ Pentagon, U.S. Department of War
  
  

View the 2026 agenda and discover key event themes, sessions and the expert speaker line-up >>

Following record-breaking editions of IDGA's Defense Logistics & Support and Operational Energy Summits in 2025, the two flagship events are joining forces for 2026.

Taking place September 9-10 in Falls Church, Virginia, the new Defense Logistics & Energy Summit will unite logistics, procurement, and operational energy leaders from across the U.S. DoD, allied nations, industry, and academia to explore the future of defense sustainment in an increasingly contested and technology-driven environment.

Ahead of the event, this report highlights key insights and takeaways from both 2025 conferences, including attendee survey results, participating organisations, and an introduction to the chairman of the 2026 summit.

To get an idea of who you could meet at IDGA's newly-combined Defense Logistics & Energy Summit, download the 2025 attendee snapshot and take a look at who attended Defense Logistics & Support and the Operational Energy Summit last year. 

Attending organizations included: BAE Systems, DLA, Exiger, Gartner, Inc, Lockheed Martin Aerospace, NATO, U.S. Army

➡️Download the full snapshot