U.S. Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan will be in Fort Wayne next month for a summit Sen. Jim Banks is hosting.

The congressman announced Phelan's attendance in an email update Thursday.

A full agenda and list of speakers for the fourth annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit will be shared soon, the email said.

The summit is Nov. 11-12. It's billed as a forum in support of "Indiana's leading role in our national defense."

Speakers will include policy makers, industry specialists and economic development leaders.

This year's event is scheduled for about three and a half hours at The Pearl Event Center, 228 W. Main St., on Nov. 11. From 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 12, the summit will again be at Purdue University Fort Wayne, in the International Ballroom.

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