PRESENTATIONS

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Thursday 16 October

0815                               Registration Open

1000 – 1700                    EXHIBITION OPEN

0915 – 0925                    WELCOME

                                      Commodore Robert Howell, Royal Navy (rtd.),

                                      AFCEA Europe General Manager

0925 – 0935                    OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH

                                      Brig. Gen. Miroslav Bálint, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of

                                      the Czech Republic, Director Joint Operations Centre, MOD CZ

0935 – 1045                    SESSION I – ‘Information Sharing - Part 1'

                                      Chairman: MGen. Georges D'hollander, Director NATO HQ C3Staff

                                      This session will consider information sharing in national and coalition                                       operations and examine how information sharing must be achieved right                                       down to the tactical edge. The emphasis will be on collaboration and                                       standardisation to aid sharing.

0935 – 0955                    "Information Sharing within Czech Armed Forces and Allies -

                                      Challenges for Mission Effectiveness"

                                      - Col.Ing. Jan Kaše, Director CIS Division and Chief of the Signal Corps                                       of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (Presentation given by Col.                                       Libor Mrozinski, Chief of Communications and Information Systems                                       Branch, CIS Div., Armed Forces of the Czech Republic).

0955 – 1015                    "Defense Applications of System of System (SoS)"

                                      - Prof. Charles E. Dickerson, Loughborough University (United Kingdom)

1015 – 1035                    "Cyber Security"

                                      - Dr. Dave Bishop, Ph.D. LGS Bell Lab Innovations (USA)

                                      DISCUSSION PERIOD

1045 – 1130                    COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION AREA

                                      sponsored by            

1130 – 1300                    SESSION II ‘US AFRICOM’

                                      A briefing by the US AFRICOM team based in Stuttgart.

                                     This briefing has been confirmed and will be given by Maj. Gen. Buz                                       Altshuler, USA, J-5 AFRICOM.

1300 – 1445                    NETWORKING LUNCH

                                      sponsored by    

1445 – 1515                    KEYNOTE SPEAKER

                                      VAdm. Emil Lyutskanov, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff,

1515 – 1525                    Presentation by Mr. Vsevolod Ievgiienko of Kyiv National Taras

                                      Shevchenko University, Faculty of Cybernetics, Ukraine, winner of

                                      the Award for European Excellence in a Scientific Project.

1525 – 1530                    Presentation of AFCEA International Awards

1530 – 1630                    Refreshments in the Exhibition Area

1700                               EXHIBITION CLOSED

1915                               Network Night Dinner

Friday 17 October

0830                               Registration Open

1000 – 1500                    EXHIBITION OPEN

0915 – 0935                    KEYNOTE SPEAKER

                                      Mr. Dag Wilhelmsen, General Manager, NATO C3 Agency

0935 – 1100                    SESSION III – ‘Information Sharing - Part 2'

                                      Chairman: Mr. Dag Wilhelmsen, General Manager, NATO C3

                                      Agency

                                      This session will further consider information sharing with some practical                                       examples.  

0935 – 0945                    Chairman's opening remarks.

0945 – 1005                     "Tactical Data Links Over WD1/TT or 'DON10'"

                                       - Mr. Alec Umansky, Defence Communications Industry PTY Ltd.

                                       (Australia)

                                       Supporting paper

1005 – 1025                     "Enabling Truly Mobile Broadband C4"

                                       - Mrs. Lizzie Greenwood, Inmarsat Government Services (United

                                       Kingdom)

1025 – 1045                    "Secure, Reliable Communications Anytime Anywhere"

                                      - Mr. Paul Bates, Global Enterprise Solutions, Verizon Business (USA)

1045 – 1105                    "Common Live Interconnecting Bridging - COLIBRI"

                                      - Lt.Col. Guido Giordano, ITAF, AFCEA Naples Chapter President and

                                      Mr. Carlo Bergonzini, MOD Italy Italian Air Force Regional Academy

                                      Video

                                      DISCUSSION PERIOD

1105 – 1145                    COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING IN THE EXHIBITION AREA

                                      sponsored by            

1145 – 1300                    SESSION IV – ‘Just use COTS – Promises, Promises?’

                                      Panel Session

                                      Chairman: Lt.Gen. Ulrich Wolf, GE A, Director NATO                                              Communications and Information Systems Services Agency

                                      Is Microsoft the answer? Can the military voice still be heard in the                                       commercial market? These and other questions on the predominance of                                       the commercial market and its effect on military operations will be                                       carefully examined by:

                                      - Mr. John Hall, EMW, Inc. USA

                                      - Mr. Joe Ayers, Dell Inc. US Federal/NATO – EMEA (USA)

                                      - Cdre Patrick Tyrrell, OBE RN, TyrrellSmith (UK)

1300 – 1445                    NETWORKING LUNCH

                                      sponsored by    

1500                               EXHIBITION CLOSED

1445 – 1515                    KEYNOTE SPEAKER

                                      Lt.Gen. Ulrich Wolf, GE A, Director, NATO Communications and                                              Information Systems Services Agency

1515                               CLOSING REMARKS

                                      Commodore Robert Howell, Royal Navy (rtd.)

                                      AFCEA Europe General Manager

For further details, please contact AFCEA Europe

105 rue Col. Bourg – 1030 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: +32-2-705.27.31,  Fax: +32-2-705.28.94,  Email