How to Convince Your Boss to Attend the Zero Gravity Summit

Zero Gravity Summit | October 28-29 | Salt Lake City, UT

Your One Sentence Pitch:

This is where the primes, program offices, and the companies building the next industrial base compare notes on what's actually funded, I need to be in that room, not reading about it after.

Why This is Worth Two Days Out of Office:

  1. The room is the roadmap: 25+ sessions built around where national security tech spend is headed next, next-gen aviation and orbital infrastructure, contested logistics, and missile defense architecture, strategic materials and high-rate manufacturing, and applied AI/quantum in defense and intel. This is not just a conference, but next year’s RFPs.

  2. Peer access you can’t get from a webinar: 2025’s keynote was Jen Easterly, former Director of CISA. The audience is made up of builders, operators, and program leaders in national security tech. These are the people that decide what gets funded and who gets the call.

  3. Utah is where dual-use manufacturing is scaling: Sessions specifically dig into Utah’s role in high-rate manufacturing and composites, directly relevant if your company touches defense supply chain, materials, or production scale-up.

What You’ll Bring Back:

If your boss cares about…

New contracts/pipeline

Competitive intel

Manufacturing/supply chain

Talent/partnerships

Point them to…

Industrial base & contested logistics tracks

Applied AI & quantum track

Advanced manufacturing & materials track

The room itself. Build your network here.

Use Our Pre-Written Template to Provide Them With All the Information They Need to Make the Right Decision:

Subject: Requesting approval to attend 47G’s Zero Gravity Summit Oct 28-29

Hi [Boss's name],

I'd like to attend the Zero Gravity Summit in Salt Lake City on October 28–29. It's 47G's flagship national security tech event, and this year's sessions cover industrial base & space infrastructure, contested logistics & missile defense, advanced materials & manufacturing, and applied AI & quantum. These are all directly relevant to [specific team priority].

Past speakers have included Jen Easterly, former Director of CISA, and the audience is builders and program leaders in the space. These are exactly the people we need to be in front of for [specific goal].

Registration is $175, and I'll [share a summary with the team / bring back three concrete leads / write up what's relevant to our roadmap] when I'm back.

Can I get approval to register by August 31?

Thanks,
[Your name]