Conference Documentation: Mobile Deployable Communications

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

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