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The inaugural Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Emerging Techniques Special Meeting (METSM) was a new event for the National Security professional association and was held at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia on December 6th and 7th. It was exceptionally well-attended with 128 total registrants.
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It highlighted Plenary Sessions from luminaries such as Les Servi, Jiawai Han, and Karla Hoffman as well as in-depth technical sessions. A summary of the meeting and selected sessions will appear in the March issue of Phalanx.
![The CANA Team at METSM](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/099e36_f0ddcc580df34e85942e74f83ca37cea~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_102,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/099e36_f0ddcc580df34e85942e74f83ca37cea~mv2.jpg)
The CANA Advisors team at METSM from left to right; Norm Reitter, Harrison Schramm, Carol DeZwarte and Walt DeGrange.