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TECHNET EUROPE 2007 17 - 18 October On board the "Silja Serenade" ship of the Silja Line (a scheduled ferry service that provides a full day alongside in Stockholm and in Helsinki)
FROM WEATHER TO WARFARE Integrating all-source Information for Optimum Defence
The aim of TechNet Europe 2007 was to examine the integration of information from a diverse range of military, government, commercial and industrial sources and present that information in the right format for those engaged in the business of defence.
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Wednesday, 17 October Ship arrives alongside in Stockholm at 0930.
1000 - 1115 Badge pick-up and coffee in exhibit hall.
1000 - 1630 EXHIBITION AND CYBER CAFÉ OPEN
1115 – 1120 WELCOME Commodore Robert Howell, Royal Navy (rtd.), AFCEA Europe General Manager
1120 – 1200 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
1120 - 1140 Mr. Håkan Jevrell, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
1140 - 1200 Lieutenant General Mats Nilsson, Chief of Staff Armed Forces & Commander
1200 – 1315 SESSION I – 'The Need for Networks'
This session will consider current network services in national and coalition operations and examine how non-military information may be handled.
A panel session chaired by Dr. Henrik Friman, Director Swedish National Defence College, with international panellists chosen by Dr. Friman.
Lieutenant General. Ulrich Wolf, Director NATO Communications & Information Systems Services Agency (Cancelled)
Major General Staffan Näsström (Air Force Res.), Special Advisor, Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
Mr. Terry Morgan, Director, Net-Centric Strategies, CISCO Systems Inc. (USA)
1315 – 1445 LUNCH
1445 – 1615 SESSION II – 'The Need to Manage and Inform (not forgetting the weather!)'
Significant amounts of information need to be effectively managed to ensure that Commanders can make informed decisions. This session will look at the various sources and consider the need to manage them into a useable product for the Commander.
A panel session chaired by Vice Admiral Dick Borjesson, Royal Swedish Navy (rtd.) with international panellists chosen by Admiral Borjesson.
Mr. Dan Jangblad, Group Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business
Mr. Lars Hedström, Deputy Director General, Swedish Emergency
Mrs. Evelyn DePalma, Director for Procurement, Defense Information Systems
Professor Torsten Björkman Ph.D, Swedish National Defense College
1700 Sail for Helsinki. By 1630 those not taking passage to Helsinki must disembark.
1800 - 1810 Presentation by the winner of the Award for European Excellence in a Scientific Project.
1810 – 1830 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Mr. Dag Wilhelmsen, General Manager NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency (NC3A)
1830 – 2030 Network Buffet Dinner in exhibition area.
Thursday 18 October Ship arrives alongside in Helsinki at 0955.
1030 – 1145 Badge pick-up and coffee in the exhibit hall.
1030 – 1445 EXHIBITION AND CYBER CAFÉ OPEN
1145 – 1150 WELCOME Commodore Robert Howell, Royal Navy (rtd.), AFCEA Europe General Manager
1150 – 1215 KEYNOTE SPEAKER Admiral Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of Defence, Finnish Defence Forces
1215 – 1315 SESSION III – 'The Need for Security' An examination of the implications for security as information from a variety of sources is fused and then disseminated.
A panel session chaired by Colonel Ilkka Jäppinen, Director, Department of Military Technology, National Defence University (Helsinki) with International panellists chosen by Colonel Jäppinen.
Major General Georges D'hollander, BE AR, Director NATO HQ C3 Staff
Mr. Frans Picavet, Global Network Centric Operations Ambassador, IBM (Belgium)
Mr. Kalle Liesinen, Crisis Management Initiative
1315 – 1445 LUNCH
1445 – 1615 SESSION IV – 'The Need to Integrate'
Seamless integration of information will need a sound understanding of networks and management systems along with a clear sense of requirement.
A panel session chaired by Mr. Tõnu Naestema, Chairman of the Board, State Infocommunication Foundation (Estonia) including international panellists chosen by Mr. Naestema.
Mr. Hannes Märtin, Head of IT, Databases and Communication Department, Ministry of the Interior, Estonia.
Commodore Patrick Tyrrell, OBE, RN, TyrrellSmith (UK)
Mr. Mihkel Tammet, Director of Communications and IT Department, Ministry of Defence, Estonia.
1700 Sail for Stockholm. By 1630 those not taking passage to Stockholm must disembark.
No formal evening programme.
Friday 19 October 0930 Arrive alongside in Stockholm. DISEMBARK
Note: All times are local (Helsinki one hour ahead of Stockholm)
AFCEA Europe reserves the right to amend this programme as necessary, without separate notification, dependent upon speaker availability and any other such circumstances as may make alteration unavoidable. |