Technology Demonstration Day | Main Summit Day 1 | Main Summit Day 2 | Tactical User Workshops

Main Summit Day 2: Wednesday, January 27, 2010

7:15 Registration & Coffee

7:50 Chairperson's Opening Remarks

John Harms
Director, Analysis, Modeling, Simulation & Experimentation, Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing

Opening Keynote Remarks

8:00 Responsibilities For Cyber Warfare

The role of STRATCOM and JFCC-Network Warfare
Establishing a sub-unified command structure for cyber warfare
Delivering solutions and lending capabilities across all services

Maj Gen Suzanne Vautrinot, USAF
Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare
United States Strategic Command

Keynote Remarks

8:40 DoD Spectrum Challenges

Identifying "gaps" and activities required for successful DoD implementation
Potential operational impact

Dr. Ronald Jost, SES
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space, and Spectrum
OASD NII/CIO

9:20 Building The Army Global Network Enterprise

MG Susan Lawrence USA
Commanding General
NETCOM/9th SC(A)

10:00 Networking Break

10:45 TIGR (Tactical Ground Reporting) System In Iraq And Afghanistan

TIGR (Tactical Ground Reporting) System is a media-rich, geospatial information management/ command and control system for company and below users
TIGR was initially deployed to Iraq in January 2007 and proved itself to be an indispensable COIN tool; usage has grown at an unprecedented rate and is now used by all Army units in Iraq and Afghanistan
TIGR works effectively on outage-prone, bandwidth limited tactical networks; TIGR is currently undergoing enhancements for mobile access

Dr. Mari Maeda
Program Manager
DARPA

International Keynote Perspective

11:25 Development And Fielding Of Cooperative Network Enabled Command And Control Capabilities

C4ISR Requirements resulting from coalition operations in complex environments
Provision and sustainment of comprehensive CIS services
Information assurance and information security in heterogeneous CIS network structures

Lt Gen Kurt Herrmann, DEU AF
Director
NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency

12:05 PEO EIS Capabilities In Support Of Network Enabled Battlefield Commanders

Getting programs out of the design and development stage, fielding them and getting them into the hands of the users
New biometric capabilities
Providing seamless access to data, applications and enterprise services anywhere at any time

Gary Winkler SES
Program Executive Officer, PEO EIS
US Army

12:45 Lunch

Afternoon Keynote Remarks

1:45 How The Network Supports Aides And Assists The Principal Missions In Iraq And Afghanistan

Fred Stein
Distinguished Principal Engineer
MITRE

2:25-3:00 Networking Break

Concurrent Afternoon Tracks

Track A: Network Enabled Command and Control

Track B: Architectures in Support of Net-Centric Operations

3:00 Enabling Decision Superiority Through A Responsive CIS Services Framework In Expeditionary Operations

Applying best practices CIS services/ IT support principles and frameworks to the coalition battlefield
Mitigating conventional procurement program delays with field proven and sustainable spiral development capabilities
The critical value of testing and V&V capabilities for risk mitigating upgrades and federated systems interoperability in operations

Dag Wilhelmsen
Technical Director
NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency

3:00 NextGen: Coming Together To Achieve A Critical National Objective

Challenges of truly interagency information exchange: some breakthroughs and some brick walls
Net centric elements of transforming the National Airspace System by 2025

Col Douglas Wreath, USAFR
Director, Net-Centric Operations Division
Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO)

3:40 Wireless Network After Next: Building The Future Network For C4I Systems

Technology created by the WNaN effort will provide reliable and highly-available battlefield communications at low system cost
Development of robust networking architecture(s) that will exploit high-density node configurations from related DARPA programs
Update on fielding transition timeline

Dr. Bruce Fette
Program Manager
DARPA

3:40 Managing Sensors In The DoD's Net-Centric Environment: A Live BMD/SSA/Cyber Demonstration

Overview of the DoD's NCO vision and architecture
NCO enabling technologies (sensor sidecars, services, data feeds, security)
Playback of live flight NCO demonstration: Space Surveillance, Missile flight, sensor tasking, cyber attack

Stephan Rejto
Director, Network Centric Operations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory

4:20 Command And Control At The Platform Level And Below

Overview Of TCM Mission
Update Of The Current FBCB2 Program
Evolution Of FBCB2 _ JCR _ JBC-P
Linkage Between C2 And Combat Identification
Requirements Evolution For Platform Battle Command

COL Dwayne Carman, USA
TRADOC Capability Manager
Platform Battle Command and Combat Identification TCM PBC CID

4:20 Multi-INT Fusion In Network Centric Operations: Real-Time Decision Support For The Warfighter

Today's defense operations demand a common operating picture and real-time situational awareness. This panel, featuring innovative software developers and system architects from the world of NCW/NCO, will discuss and dialog on the subjects of collecting, fusing and processing Multi-INT data used for real-time decision support and network centric operations

Fred Stein
Distinguished Engineer of Netcentric Operations, MITRE and co-author of "Network Centric Warfare"

Lenny Hoffman
Product Requirements Manager
Objectivity, Inc

5:00 Network Enabled Operations For Enhanced Company Operations (ECO)

Identifying unique network challenges in ECO
Enabling Command and Control at the company level
ECO experimentation including ship-to-objective maneuver (STOM)

Capt Nathan B. Cahoon, USMC
C4 Branch Head, Technology Division
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

5:00 Panel: Cloud Computing Requirements For The Tactical User

Providing reach back capabilities for the tactical user without sacrificing reliability or security
Facilitating time sensitive information sharing at all command levels

Dr. Mary Ann Malloy
Senior Principal Engineer
MITRE

Tim Grance
Program Manager, Cyber and Network Security
NIST