New technology has sparked a profound revolution in military affairs and Information Superiority is a key transformational element reshaping the modern military. Having relevant data in comprehensible formats at one’s disposal first is a central goal in military operations. However, information provides the competitive advantage only when it is effectively translated into superior knowledge and decisions. Clearly a technological solution is not enough; warfighters must be able to decide and act quicker than opponents and this requires organisational and doctrinal innovation, the necessary training and experience as well as the appropriate support tools.
Information and Decision Superiority; Enhancing Military Capabilities will focus on Information Superiority as a means of providing commanders with more reliable information, in formats they can use, enabling them to make better decisions within the opponent's decision loop. The conference will provide an overview of the current situation; where the problem lies, key gaps in the information needs of the modern warfighter, and the role information superiority has played in recent conflicts.
The speakers will analyse how information superiority translates into greater situational awareness and decisive strategic advantage, giving way to decision superiority. The event will take into account decision, surveillance, intelligence superiority as well as protection (i.e. Information Operations), human factors and integration of technologies.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING :
IDENTIFY key gaps in the information needs of the modern warfighter
ANALYSE the role information superiority has played in recent conflicts
EXAMINE the recent debate on achieving decision superiority
EVALUATE the benefits of translating information superiority into superior knowledge and decisions
EXPLORE the challenges of Information Operations and integration
Including valuable contributions from:
John Stenbit, Assistant Secretary for Defense (Networks and Information Integration)/ Chief Information Officer, US Department of Defense
Major General James Bryan, Commander, Joint Task Force - Computer Network Operation, Vice Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
Brigadier Nigel Jackson, Director Command & Battlespace Management/Defence J6, Ministry of Defence UK
Colonel Charles Whitehurst, Director, Global Communications & Information, Air Force Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center, US Air Force
Colonel Michael McCullough, Director of Technology, Air Force Communications Agency
Colonel Cecilia Tyler, Deputy Director, Coalition Warfare, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
Commander Michael McCourt RAN, Delivery, Acceptance and Capability Exploitation Functional Manager, Maritime Projects Manager, Defence Procurement Agency
Lieutenant Colonel Jan van der Pol, Project Manager, TITAAN team, Royal Netherlands Army
Squadron Leader Graham Kyte MBE, SO2 CIS and Space, Air Warfare Centre RAF Waddington
Richard Wittstruck, Chief Systems Engineer and Programs Officer, PEO IEW&S, US Army
Charles Strimpler, Deputy Director, U.S. Army Communications & Electronics Research, Development & Engineering Center, Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate, US Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)
Ray Letteer, Senior Information Assurance Manager and Head, Information Assurance Branch, US Marine Corps
“Information Superiority is a leading transformation element reshaping our military today, enabling the military commander to make better decisions, based on more reliable information, within his opponent's decision loop."
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