MILCOM 2008 Speakers
MILCOM 2008 promises to offer an exciting line-up of military, civil agency, and industry leaders discussing the pressing communications interoperability issues facing us in the 21st century. This year's defense forums will specifically address the myriad of changes influencing the modern warfighter with topics including meeting coalition warfighter’s Mission Assurance requirements, addressing the C4ISR impact on Mission Assurance, the Naval NETWAR FORCEnet enterprise and homeland security & disaster recovery Mission Assurance challenges.
MILCOM 2008's speakers, defense forum moderators, and Panelists' names will be added to this list as they are confirmed.
For more information please contact:
Frederick W. Eisele
MILCOM 2008 VIP Selection Chair
Eisele_MILCOM2008@raytheon.com
Phone 407.365.8060
MILCOM 2008 FEATURED SPEAKERS AND DEFENSE FORUMS
San Diego, CA, 17-19 November, 2008
Monday November 17, 2008
- Monday, November 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Monday, November 17, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Address
- Monday, November 17, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise Leaders
The Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise (NNFE) is the enterprise-wide approach to the business of C5I and Information Operations (IO), and now extending to the Intelligence Community.
This collaborative effort among NETWARCOM, SPAWAR, PEO C4I & Space, NAVSEA, OPNAV and the other commands provides C4I and IO support to the fleet.
The goal of the NNFE is to collectively develop processes, collaboration and metrics across the Enterprise to align the traditional functional commands and better understand the costs of conducting business and how it relates to readiness.
In turn this will allow the Enterprise to make better decisions when applying critical resources, both dollars and manpower, and provide the right products and services to the warfighter faster and more efficiently.
Senior officials from Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM), Space and Naval Warfare Command, and OPNAV N6 Warfare Integration will share their perspective on how the Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise (NNFE) collectively enhances the delivery of network centric operations to the fleet providing for the integration of warriors, sensors, command and control, platforms, and weapons into a networked combat joint force.
- Monday, November 17, 2008
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Speaker
- Monday, November 17, 2008
2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Defense Forum One: “Meeting Warfighters’ Mission Assurance Requirements”
To ensure Mission Success our warfighters need to be prepared to engage in actions ranging from tank battles in full conflict, to assisting in civil unrest, interdicting drug dealers, disaster relief and homeland security.
Therefore innovation in arms, communication, logistics, and command and control is essential. Developing Warfighter requirements include new orders of battle,
rapid training techniques, self sustained brigades, revolutionary rapidly moving vehicles, and unmanned land and air vehicles, counter IED detection and neutralizing are just a few examples.
This forum of experts in these processes and techniques will discuss the myriad changes influencing the modern warfighter
Tuesday November 18, 2008
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008
8:15 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
- Tuesday November 18, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Defense Forum Two: Addressing the C4I Impact on Mission Assurance
The threats to our warfighters have changed radically in the past decades. When asked to name his top hardware priority in Iraq, GEN David Petraeus said that sophisticated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment has become the key to many units' success on the battlefield. Availability of arms, night vision technology, GPS and new communications as well as many other advances have made our enemies more lethal and harder to locate.
Terrorists strike anywhere, at any time, in any place. Intelligence needs are greatly magnified in today's world.
Added to this is the Cyberwar threat to our databases and networks posed by nations and hackers intent upon disrupting our ability to win the war against terrorism. Our forum will examine the ever increasing threats posed by each of these, and address ongoing and future efforts designed to overcome the challenges inherent in persistent combat.
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon with Speaker
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008
2:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Defense Forum Three: Industry Perspectives on Mission Assurance
Our country is blessed with an effective, innovative military/industrial team. The selection of industry leaders on this panel will make us aware of the magnificent contributions of key defense contractors and provide their prospective on addressing and meeting the challenges posed by our warfighter enemies and terrorists around the world.
These are patriots who assure the success of their corporations while tirelessly striving to find new technologies to protect our service members.
Many of the same issues plaguing the DoD, HLS & Coalition Forces are shared by their industry partners. This forum of top industry leaders will provide perspectives from the vantage point of sitting on top-level government advisory boards, as well as trying to operate within current government rules, regulation and policies, while focused on meeting the warfighters' requirements in a cost-effective and timely manner. Issues to be discussed include industry perspectives on the current acquisition process, cyberwar challenges, open architecture, protection of our nation's critical infrastructures and the changing role of Lead System Integrators.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Keynote Address
- Wednesday, November 19, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Defense Forum Four: Counter Terrorism, Homeland Security & Disaster Recovery Mission Assurance Challenges
9/11 continues to serve as a wake-up call that the battles will continue to be waged by terrorists here and abroad. It is clear that they have no compunction about harming innocent civilians; in fact, those civilians are usually their prime targets.
They hope to destroy the resolve of a nation by attacking ordinary men, women and children.
As we keep the main fight outside the U.S., the capabilities being provided to our warfighters waging war OCONUS continue to enhance mission success, while simultaneously being transformed to handle evolving/future threats; unimpeded and timely flow of information is required to enable the Commanders, whether local or the National Command Authority, to respond to any crisis, whether man made or natural. This forum will address these challenges to include the efforts being made to ensure responsive, reliable, robust systems for command, control, and coordinated operations among Federal, State, and local governments, as required.
