Record Number of Attendees at SOFIC 2018.

• Position: NDIA News - Conference notes

A record-setting crowd of more than 13,000 individuals attended this year's Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida.

About 13,400 attendees representing more than 75 countries were logged for the conference, which took place in late May. That is the largest turnout the event has ever had, said Christine Klein, senior vice president for meetings and business partnerships at the National Defense Industrial Association. NDIA produces the yearly event for U.S. Special Operations Command which is based at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

"We are very happy with the level of collaboration and pleased that we could facilitate this open dialogue between industry and USSOCOM," Klein said. "So many people worked all year to make this latest SOFIC a unique offering, and this level of participation is evidence that we're heading in...