With a theme of “Transforming for a Complex World,” the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition will highlight the Army’s efforts to modernize and restructure as it contends with an increasingly volatile and complex world.

Registration is open for the conference, which is scheduled for Oct. 14–16 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The three-day event will feature addresses and professional development forums by top Army and DoD leaders, as well as more than 700 exhibits spread over five halls featuring the latest technology and equipment.

There also will be several award presentations, include` ng the winners of the Best Squad Competition, the NCO and Soldier of the Year and the George Catlett Marshall Medal, AUSA’s highest award for selfless service to the country. This year, the Marshall Medal honoree is the U. S. Army Noncommissioned Officer.

Attendance at the annual meeting is free, but registration is required. Some seated events require separate reservations and may have a fee. For more information or to register, click here.

All Annual Meeting registrants will receive AUSA’s new Digital Access Pass, which can be downloaded on your smartphone and used to access events in the convention center, including contemporary military forums and receptions. Preregistered Annual Meeting attendees will receive their Digital Access Pass in early October.

A printed badge is still required to visit the exhibit halls.

The theme for this year’s meeting acknowledges the volatile, complex and dynamic security environment the Army is rapidly changing to meet.

“We are transforming today because we face new threats, new technologies and new developments in warfare,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said earlier this year. “We are transforming so that we will be ready for the future and ready to fight and win against any adversary.”

The Army is operating with “a sense of urgency,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said at an AUSA event earlier this year. “There’s a lot of implications with that and how we do business and how we change,” he said. “The character of war is changing rapidly. What we want to do is focus on our warfighting mission and building cohesive teams.”

As the service undertakes its largest transformation in four decades, it must also maintain readiness, George said.

“The world is more volatile today than I have seen it in my 36-year career,” he said. “A spark in any region can have global impacts. Our Army is as important as ever to the joint force. We must deter war everywhere and be ready to respond anywhere.”