Mobile communication networks are imperative in achieving information superiority and situational awareness in the modern battlefield.
Key decision makers will investigate the capabilities and technologies currently in operation.
Explore how net-centric communications systems help warfighters and first responders’ access and share trusted information from any location to make better decisions, faster, and ensure mission success in a coordinated and responsive fashion.
This conference will help you understand how to provide remote and mobile military units and emergency services with interoperable and tra
Conference programme
8:30 Registration & Coffee9:00 Chairman's Opening RemarksPaul Vingoe , Principal Consultant, Wireless Technology Practice , PA Consulting Group 9:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Improving Communication Systems Effectiveness Major General Georges D'Hollander, Director, C3 , NATO HQ Current challenges for mobility NATO C3 strategy for deployable communications Rethinking network design and connectivity Path to enhancing capabilities A key role for industry in enhancing potential 9:50 HOST NATION SPECIAL ADDRESS: Achieving Mobile, Deployable and Secure Communications for the Czech forcesColonel Jaroslav Hrevus, Operational Department Chief, General Staff, CIS Division, Ministry of Defence Current structures and operational capabilitiesImproving deployability and mobilityChallenges and future requirements10:30 Morning Coffee11:00 Practitioners View of NEC: Joining Networks in the Land EnvironmentBrigadier Jake Thackray, Command Support Development Centre, British Army Where we standConsiderations: from interface to information overloadOperational challenges in the fieldThe road ahead11:40 SatCom in support of Deployable ForcesInteroperability in the battlespace Situational awareness Multicast & netted communications Information assurance & security Case study Raymond Adams, Government and Defence Account Manager, NSSL Paul Gudonis, Business Development Manager , Inmarsat 12:20 Networking Lunch13:30 Seamless Communications Between Operational Posts and Mobile Front Lines: Theatre Independent Tactical Army and Air Force (TITAAN)Colonel Andre Poot, Head, Design Team (TITAAN), C2 Support Centre, Royal Netherlands Army Effective in mission-critical tasks both on and off the battlefieldNetwork design and connectivity Integrated Staff Information System (ISIS 3)Interconnecting with other networksEfficiently integrating on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software and hardware components: state-of-the-art technology and time-saving14:10 Tactical Mobile Communications in Bowman: Achieving Ad Hoc SupportJim Ironside , Chief Scientist , General Dynamics UK Achieving virtual ad hoc networks using open standards over low bandwidth linksCommunicating across the boundaries to joint and coalition systems Achieving industrial cooperation for implementing Systems of Communications Systems14:50 Afternoon Tea15:20 The importance of quickly deployed and easy to use mobile communications solutionsÅke Jönsson, Vice President Sales, SWE-Dish Satelite Systems How do we establish Comms-on-the-halt, to SatCom-on-the-pause, to SatCom-on-the-move? What performance will be required in the future?The importance of quickly deployed and easy-to-use Comms-on-the-halt, SatCom-on-the-pause & SatCom-on the-moveCase studiesTechnical and operational solutions16:00 Norwegian Defence Rapid Deployable Communication ModulesPresent Strategic Capabilities Needs for Future DevelopmentsLieutenant Colonel Kjetil Wee Pettersen, Assistant Head of Signals , Norwegian Army 16:40 Role of UAV's in Relaying CommunicationsAngelo Messina, Research & Technology Assistant Director, European Defence Agency Building UAV assisted ad-hoc networksMaintaining a network chain: configuring the topology UAV networks to maximize communication rates UAV based battlefield broadcast systems: low-cost and yet highly capable COTS-based communications equipment17:20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One17:30 Drinks Reception sponsored by Alcatel Lucent 8:30 Registration & Coffee9:00 Chairman's Opening RemarksPaul Vingoe , Principal Consultant, Wireless Technology Practice , PA Consulting Group 9:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NATO's DCIS and SATCOM ProgrammesMark D’Agostino, NATO Response Force (NRF) Deployable Communications and Information Systems (DCIS) Portfolio Manager, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) Current StatusPlans for the FutureIndustry Opportunities and Participation9:50 Applications of Commercial Technology in Frontline Military and Security OperationsAndy Warnes, Vice President, Sales Defence & Security/Europe, Alcatel-Lucent Matching requirements and available technologySmall and rugged: getting it rightTrends and expected breakthroughs10:30 Morning Coffee10:50 What role for COTS (Mobile Satellite) technologies? Focusing on available land mobile terminals which can be connected to the Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)Jorn Smedberg, Manager Land Mobile Market Management, Thrane & Thrane Norge AS C2 (Command and Control, Multi User - Land Portable Terminals) COTM (Communication-On-The-Move, Land Vehicular Terminals) Surveillance and Reconnaissance (Single User Land Portable Terminals) Messaging and Tracking ( Real Time Knowledge) Seamless, reliable and secure communications between endusers 11:30 Can I help to win the war? The contribution of basic research in wireless networking to tactical communicationsProfessor Giacomo Morabito, Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni, University Of Catania How to improve securityHow to increase communication capacity o How to achieve longer duration of batterieHow to increase communication capacity o How to achieve longer duration of batterie 12:10 Norwegian Mobile and Deployable Network for Emergency Services - NødnettCo-operation within three emergency service Technology-neutral tender Decision-making process: managed service (PPP/PFI) Experience from the pilot-project Cecilie Løken, Marketing Director, Directorate for Emergency Communications 12:50 Networking Lunch14:40 Nationwide TETRA radio network for Hungarian AuthoritiesMeichl Géza, Head, EDR Office, Office of the Prime Minister, Hungary Obstacle-free programme roll-out overivewOrganisation of a nationwide multiagency TETRA network Technical specifications: Unified Digital Radio System (UDRS – EDR in Hungarian language)Benefits and lessons learntLooking ahead15:20 Afternoon Tea15:40 Rethinking the Challenges of Network Centric Warfare in the Mobile ContextJohn Garstka, Deputy Director Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense, USA Modernizing war fighting integrationChallenges to NEC integration and implementationCatering the information need of mobile forcesCurrent challenges facing the security and deployment of communication systems16:20 Belgium ASTRID NetworkFrederik Langhendries, Head of Communication, ASTRID, Belgium Voice, data transmissionInteragency communicationsAchieving Nationwide coverageLatest news from Belgium shared networks
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