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The Expeditionary C4 (XC4) Users' Conference                                         
Fredericksburg, Virginia                                                               
August 7-9, 2012                                                                               

The XC4 Users' Conference hosts XC4 stakeholders from across the Marine Corps, government agencies, industry, and related organizations.  The purpose of this event is to advance the awareness, development, employment, and support for expeditionary C4 capabilities.
 
FAQ #8.  What makes this event different than big trade shows like Modern Day Marine?
XC4 is NOT a simple trade show that attracts a high volume of participants through “goodie bags” and lavish exhibits. Rather, the XC4 Users’ Conference is characterized by its focus and purpose within the XC4 community – driving opportunities for progress and solutions among XC4 programs, stakeholders, and interests. XC4 accomplishes this by delivering an audience, format, and agenda that are focused on the core set of XC4 stakeholders – representing everyone from the users to the decision-makers and the program offices to the system developers. The purpose and focus of this event create decisive opportunities for progress and productivity. This is what consistently draws influential participants to this event.                                                                                                         

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What’s the value of this event for Program Managers/Offices?
- Strategic communication with a uniquely relevant combination of XC4 stakeholders
- Respond proactively to issues and introduce solutions
- Identify problems and develop/implement rapid solutions with onsite expertise & buy-in
- Acknowledge/Communicate the importance of the VOICE of the User/Customer
- Tell the “good news” stories from your project (accomplishments & vision)
- Advertise/present the positive performance of your organization
- Showcase equipment/capabilities and generate constructive user/stakeholder feedback
- Improve awareness, understanding, and cooperation among stakeholders
- Improve inter-program and inter-organizational coordination
- Inform the user community on the state of available technologies in order to better articulate/define their requirements
- Provide capability developers with direct feedback on equipment performance from the users -- accelerating vendor-driven solutions for fielded equipment and focusing IRAD efforts on those capabilities that are most relevant to the user/customer.

What’s the value of this event for Using Units and Individual Users?
- Maximize the audience and impact of your feedback
- Convey feedback related to the performance of existing systems
- Provide input and recommendations for new capability requirements
- Learn about new equipment/capabilities that will be fielded during the next several years
- Get hands-on training with new equipment items such as the wideband THHR
- Collaborate with USMC peers and adjacent units (MEFs) on solutions to existing problems
- Inform stakeholders of current operational conditions, solutions, and requirements in current operations
- Provide capability developers with direct feedback on equipment performance from the users -- accelerating vendor-driven solutions for fielded equipment and focusing IRAD efforts on those capabilities that are most relevant to the user/customer.

What’s the value of this event for Industry Participants?
- Maximize your understanding of the customer from both the user and the program manager perspectives
- Get direct feedback on how XC4 solutions are performing in current operations
- Hear the users and program managers discuss their priorities for new acquisition initiatives.
- Easy access and direct conversations with key personnel in your customer community 
- Market exposure to an influential and well-defined group of stakeholders
- Improve awareness of the operational environment in current operations
- Improve familiarity and communication with key government personnel.
- Improve understanding of the customer's technical requirements
- Insight for proactively resolving problems with current systems.
- Influence government planners as FY12 spend plans are being developed/refined.
- Gain direct feedback on equipment performance from the users à accelerating vendor-driven solutions for fielded equipment and focusing independent research and development (IRAD) efforts on those capabilities that are most relevant to the user/customer.


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