AGENDA
Day One
Monday, October 19, 2009
7:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks
Ben Iannotta, Editor, C4ISR Journal
8:05 a.m. Keynote Address
FROM CONCEPT TO CAPABILITY AT AN OPERATIONAL TEMPO
Vice Admiral Robert “Bob” Harward, Deputy Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
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8:50 a.m. C4ISR LESSONS LEARNED IN THEATER
One of the key lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan is the need to remove communications barriers that exist within the Army and Marine Corps, as well as between NATO forces in Afghanistan. The lack of bandwidth to Central Command, for example, is hindering the command’s ability to keep eyes on target at all times. In this session, the former CENTCOM J6, now working on this issues in the Army’s G6 office, addresses those issues.
BG Mark Bowman, Director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the CIO/G-6, U.S. Army
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9:45 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. DEVELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS FOR UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS ACROSS MILITARY BRANCHES
The Army’s UAS Common Systems Integration office has the leading role with developing interoperability for all DoD unmanned aircraft systems. This session examines the challenges and progress being made with a briefing by the Army Product Manager heading that effort.
LTC Jennifer Jensen, Product Manager, Common Systems Integration, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems, Army PEO for Aviation
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11:00 a.m. THE U.S. NAVY’S THREE KEY C4I PRIORITIES
The U.S. Navy’s near-term C4I priorities are: (1) maritime domain awareness; (2) the CANES (Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services) program; and (3) Satcom communications. This session examines the progress being made by the Navy in addressing those priorities, and the work still to be done.
Terry Simpson, Principal Deputy for Intelligence, PEO C4I, U.S. Navy
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11:45a.m. Sponsor Remark
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. RAPID ACQUISITION OF C4ISR TECHNOLOGIES & CAPABILITIES FOR THE IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN THEATERS
The Pentagon FY10 budget emphasizes the rapid acquisition of ISR assets such as in Project Liberty, where low-cost sensors are integrated onto turboprop aircraft platforms. This session examines the specific challenges associated with rapid acquisition of C4ISR assets.
BG Thomas Cole, Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors (IEW&S), U.S. Army
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2:15 p.m. BALANCING ISR ASSETS TO MEET IRREGULAR AND HYBRID THREATS
Unmanned vs. manned, satellites vs. UAVs. Each has a place on the battlefield. The irregular and hybrid threats seen in Iraq and Afghanistan on a daily basis are forcing new thinking about the proper use of each type of ISR asset. This session peels back the rationale behind new thinking about how to properly balance ISR assets.
Brig. Gen. Robert P. “Bob” Otto, Commander, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, CA
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3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. EMPIRE CHALLENGE: MOVING MISSION-CRITICAL ISR DATA TO THE TACTICAL EDGE
ISR interoperability between U.S. and coalition forces to address issues ranging from ISR-strike integration to counter-IED operations was the focus of the recently concluded Empire Challenge exercise. The military’s Digital Close Air Support programs, one of the 2009 C4ISR Journal Big 25 award nominees, was demonstrated during Empire Challenge and will be discussed during the session. Empire Challenge lessons learned will also be examined from the point of view of the JFCOM military lead for the exercise.
Col. George “Skip” Krakie, Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Integration Div., U.S. Joint Forces Command
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4:00 p.m. 9th Annual C4ISR Integration Conference Reception
6:00 p.m. C4ISR Journal Big 25 Awards Ceremony & Banquet
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7:45 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
Ben Iannotta, Editor, C4ISR Journal
9:00 a.m. Keynote Address
FROM CONCEPT TO CAPABILITY AT AN OPERATIONAL TEMPO
Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula is Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. OPERATING, MANAGING, DEFENDING THE ARMY LANDWARNET
The Army’s contribution to the Global Information Grid (DIG), LandWarNet is evolving into a more secure tool for sharing data. This session discusses enhancements to LandWarNet functionality, and the Army’s cyber operations, both of which are managed by NETCOM
Edward Siomacco, Deputy Commander for Enterprise Services, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)/9th Signal Command (Army)
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11:00 a.m. MOVING BATTLE COMMAND APPLICATIONS FROM CONUS TO THEATER
One of the Army’s acknowledged weaknesses has been its inability to deploy a brigade across the oceans and replicate its battle command applications, while maintaining email addresses and other contact data for every person in the brigade. The Army is developing the Network Service Center (NSC) to seamlessly transition battle command applications, and earlier this year conducted the first operational evaluation of the NSC. This session examines the development of the NSC and other programs within the Army’s PEO EIS.
Gary Winkler, Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), U.S. Army
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12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. ISR INTEROPERABILITY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE (ISAF) IN AFGHANISTAN
Multi-national forces in Afghanistan are employing the Multi-Sensor Aerospace-Ground Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Interoperability Coalition (MAJIIC) project to coordinate ISR activities. In this session, the MAJIIC technical manager will brief on the program’s progress.
Joe Ross, Principal Scientist, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) Capability Area Team, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A), The Hague, The Netherlands
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2:00 p.m. THE U.S. NAVY/USMC COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE ROADMAP
The Navy’s Computer Network Defense (CND) roadmap shows the high-level linkage of CND strategy to operations, the alignment of CND to the naval mission, and the importance of CND as it flows from the most senior levels of leadership within the Department of the Navy. This session examines Navy thinking on the CND at this moment.
Robert Carey, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Navy
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2:45 p.m. THEATER ISR SUPPLY AND DEMAND—MAINTAINING A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
STRATCOM’s Joint Functional Component Command for ISR and the Defense Intelligence Agency come together within the Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center (DIOCC) to perform global force management allocation of the critical personnel, platform and processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) capabilities that the warfighters need to meet the rapidly evolving demands of the modern battlespace. This session examines that coordination in closer detail.
Col. Henry Cyr, USAF, Chief, Global Force Management Division,
DefenseIntelligenceOperationsCoordinationCenter
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3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Ben Iannotta, Editor, C4ISR Journal
