The Defence and Industry Conference will be held in Canberra on June 15.

The Deputy Secretary for Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) Kim Gillis says the one-day event conference will place a “premium” on Defence industry involvement, coming as it does less than four months after the release of the Defence White Paper in February. 

“This year’s event will bring together keynote speakers, decision-makers, equipment operators, project managers and prime and small to medium enterprises from across the Defence and industry sector,” Gillis said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Release of the 2016 Defence White Paper, the Integrated Investment Program and Defence Industry Policy Statement opens the door to an exciting and challenging new era for Defence and industry.

“The Government’s clear intent is to re-set and transform the Defence and industry relationship, and this one day event will acknowledge industry as a fundamental input to capability.”