Conference Documentation: Mobile Deployable Communications
Returning for its 8th year the 2015 Mobile Deployable Communications Conference will address the key topics of CIS networks and tactical communications, C4ISR standardisation, interoperability across the global armed forces, operational experiences and future technologies.
The role of the communications systems has evolved hugely in the past 15 years and the issue of delivering the right capability not simply delivering capability right is essential.
Military units are now relying on communication networks to relay information with sound, images, video. All of the military communication networks have to be secure, meaning that no interception is possible thus militating against reduced operational integrity.
Contemporary military operations, peacekeeping and stabilization missions require from the armed forces to take actions in unknown and very often distant areas. This year the conference will address the communication equipment used by global armed forces when deployed, illustrating that the practical elements are just as significant as the technology which supports deployed soldiers.
Here is what past delegates have said about SMi's Mobile Deployable Communications conference:
""Great discussions & briefs. It was interesting to get the different perspectives & lessons learned from key speakers from industry & national militaries. Good exchange of information on deployable comms & CIS networks.""
US Army
""Excellent organisation and relevance of presentations” NATO
""This conference provided me with some useful information and proved to be an excellent professional experience""
Royal Marines
""A very interesting & reliable conference. The event was inspiring & gave me many ideas which I hope will help me in my future work.""
Slovakian MOD
- Day 1
- 8:30
- Registration & Coffee
- 9:00
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Nigel Beer, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group
- 9:10
- HOST NATION ADDRESS: Quo vadit exercitus communicans
- Jan Kase, Director of CIS Agency , Ministry of Defence Czech Republic
- 9:50
- CIS in the Land Environment – An Industry Perspective
- Paul Hutchings, Capture Director Thales,
- 9:50
- CIS in the Land Environment – An Industry Perspective
- Patrick Heuline , Head of Marketing - Mobile Communication Systems, Thales
- 10:30
- Netherlands Armed Forces - Lessons learned from developing deployable networks in house
- Jan Van de Pol, Head of Systems, Applications, Training & Simulation, Ministry of Defence, The Netherlands
- 11:10
- Morning Coffee
- 11:40
- Developing deployable command and control (C2) capabilities in support of EU-led operations
- Krasimir Yordanov, Chief IT & Security Branch, EU Military Staff
- 12:20
- Experience with the Operation of Mobile CIS System of Slovak Armed Forces
- Aurel Sabo, Deputy Commander , Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
- 13:00
- Networking Lunch
- 14:20
- Tactical Communications Overview
- Clayton Stewart, Visiting Professor , University College London
- 15:00
- SOA in tactical environment
- Joanna Sliwa, Head of C4I Systems, Military Communications Institute
- 15:40
- Troposcatter systems
- Justin O'Neill, Area Marketing Manager, Comtech Systems, Inc
- 16:20
- Afternoon Tea
- 16:50
- Information Superiority in European Security & Defence – vision or dream?
- Michael Sieber , Head of Unit, Information Superiority, European Defence Agency
- 17:30
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Day 2
- 8:30
- Registration & Coffee
- 9:00
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Nigel Beer, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group
- 9:10
- Key developments: US Army Mobility Project
- Michael McCarthy, Director of Operations and Program Manager, US Army
- 9:50
- Assessing DCIS as essential element of C4ISR and Spectrum Management for DCIS assets
- Giuseppe Curro, Head of Training Management, NATO Communications and Information Systems School
- 10:30
- Morning Coffee
- 11:00
- Examining the trend and implications of personal electronic devices on satellite-based mobile deployable communications
- Claude Rousseau, Senior Analyst, Northern Sky Research (NSR)
- 11:40
- Methods and techniques in detection of cyber threats in deployable communications
- Bartoch Jasiul, Communications Expert, Military Communications Institute
- 12:20
- Networking Lunch
- 13:40
- Lesson learned from the CoNSIS field trail for the tactical area in future Coalition Networks
- Peter Sevenich, Contact for Projects Network Architecture, MANET and ConSIS , Fraunhofer Institute (IFU)
- 14:20
- The ESSOR Programme
- Philippe Margot, Programme Manager, OCCAR
- 14:20
- The ESSOR Programme
- Christian Serra, a4ESSOR SAS Technical Director, a4ESSOR
- 15:10
- Afternoon Tea
- 15:30
- White Space Technology: Technical Challenges, Applications and Issues
- Kamran Arshad, Senior Lecturer in Communications Engineering, University Of Greenwich
- 16:20
- Topic Heading 5
- 17:00
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two