MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Memphis District (MVM) will host this year’s annual Business Industry Day at the Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 12:30 until 5 p.m.
Industry Day is a Department of Defense (DoD) Program Management Office (PMO) event held to connect contractors with Memphis District representatives.
It also gives the Memphis District the chance to highlight different program areas, build future partnerships, and further ensure its competency and capacity to deliver the mission.
District leadership, representatives from the Contracting Division, Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), and the Project Management Team will attend from the Memphis District. The district has also organized for personnel from neighboring USACE districts to be in attendance for added networking opportunities.
Following Memphis District Industry Day is the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) Regional Industry Day. It will take place Wednesday, Feb. 21, and will also be at the Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The regional event will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 5 p.m.
Both events are open to all contractors, including small and other-than-small, and attendees may go to one or both events.
Registration can be completed in person and online. To register online, please complete the online form here. Attendees registering online should still arrive 15-30 minutes before the event begins.
Registration may also be done in-person on the event day. Attendees will need to do so at the venue and must arrive at the convention center no less than two hours before the event start time.
Additional information for both events can be found here.
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About the Memphis District
The Memphis District covers an area of 25,000 square miles. It serves several communities within Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky.
The district is responsible for maintaining and improving 355 miles of the Mississippi River main channel, starting at Cairo, Illinois, to the mouth of the White River. We also maintain over 640 miles of mainline levees along the Mississippi River and its tributaries, eight inland harbors, and 255 miles of navigation channel on the White River in Arkansas.
The Memphis District is one of 45 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts. Our district and sister districts, Vicksburg, New Orleans, St. Paul, Rock Island, and St. Louis, fall under the Mississippi Valley Division’s jurisdiction, with division Headquarters in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
For news, photos, and much more, please visit the Memphis District website at https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/.