The Association for Communications, Electronics, Intelligence & Information Systems Professionals

           

  

TechNet Europe 2008 in conjunction with the

  

7th NATO CIS Symposium

  

   

15 October 2008
Top Hotel Praha & Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic

“COALITION INFORMATION SHARING CHALLENGES

WITHIN A NETWORK ENABLED ENVIRONMENT”

Symposium open to NATO, EAPC, Mediterranean Dialogue, Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries and Contact Countries.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

  

  

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

   

1800                       Arrival and Registration of Delegates

 

1900 – 2130            Welcome Reception

                              MGen. Georges D’HOLLANDER, Director of NATO HQ C3 Staff

 

Wednesday, 15 October

  

0900 – 0915            Opening Address

                              MGen. Georges D’HOLLANDER, Director of NATO HQ C3 Staff

0915 – 0930            Keynote Address

                              Col. Jan KASE, Director, CIS Division and Chief of the Signal Corps

                              of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic

 

SESSION I             Multinational Information Sharing (Part I)

  

0930 – 1100            CIS Interoperability

                              Mr. Dick WHITTINGHAM, NATO HQ C3 Staff

                                       

                                    Semantic Interoperability across the NATO Network Enterprise

                              Mr. Troy TURNER, Supreme Allied Command Transformation TS C4

                                       

                                    Interoperable Standards & Profiles for Coalition Operations

                              Mr. El WELS, the U.S. Mission at NATO HQ

 

1100 – 1130            Coffee Break

   

SESSION II            Multinational Information Sharing (Part II)

  

1130 – 1230            Combat ID and the Information Sharing Domino Effect

                              Mr. Richard WAGNER, the Canadian Department of National Defense

  

                              Friendly Force Information sharing: lessons learned and way towards NNEC

                              Mr. Roberto PORTA, NATO C3 Agency

  

1230 – 1400            Lunch

 

SESSION III           NATO Network Enabled Capability (Part I)

   

1400 – 1500            Czech Republic AF launch implementation of the national NEC Strategy

                              Col. Radovan HAJEK, CIS Division of the AF of the Czech Republic

  

                              Tactical Communications Interoperability in support of NNEC

                              Mr. Rick BARFOOT, NATO HQ C3 Staff, Belgium

 

1500 – 1530            Coffee Break

    

SESSION IV           NATO Network Enabled Capability (Part II)

  

1530 – 1630            CWID – Preparing for NNEC

                              CDR Sonya COX, Supreme Allied Command Transformation TS C4

                                        

                              Architect in charge of the design of Net Centric infrastructure

                              Mr. Dominique GEORGEL, THALES Land & Joint Colombes

 

1630 – 1645            Closing Remarks

                              MGen. Georges D’HOLLANDER, Director of NATO HQ C3 Staff

 

The Symposium will be conducted in English only.

Contact:

LtCol. Vladimir Kohut, SVK AF

Info Manager NHQC3S

Email: v.kohut@hq.nato.int

Tel: +32-2-707.98.37

Fax: +32-2-707.58.34