 Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, in coordination with U.S. Joint Forces Command and with support of the NDIA Greater Hampton Roads Chapter and AFCEA Hampton Roads and Tidewater Chapters.
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ACT Engagement Booth
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Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Engagement Booth Booth 1335 ACT is NATO’s leading agent for change, driving, facilitating and advocating continuous improvements of Alliance capabilities to enhance the military relevance and effectiveness of the Alliance.
ACT will be hosting a booth on the exhibit floor to allow the opportunity for all participants to engage with senior ACT leadership, gain understanding of ACT business practices, and ask about recent successes of ACT. Senior leadership from the command will be conducting briefings with their JFCOM counterparts in booth 1225. Following each of their briefings the ACT senior leaders will make themselves available in the ACT booth in accordance with the below schedule.
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Tuesday, May 11
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
LTG Karlheinz Viereck, German Air Force
DCOS Joint Force Trainer/ACT
The Joint Force Trainer (JFT) acts on behalf of SACT to direct and coordinate all ACT activities in NATO’s areas of interest to train and educate individuals and to support collective training and exercises, at all levels of command, to continually provide the Alliance with improved capabilities to undertake the full spectrum of Alliance missions.
11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
BG José A.F. Demaria, Spanish Air Force
DCOS Strategic Plans and Policy/ACT
The Strategic Plans and Policy Division (SPP) encompasses the three strategic branches: Strategic Analysis (SA), Strategic Plans & Policy (SP), and Strategic Issues & Engagement (SIE) with the intent to develop and promote issues of strategic importance to transformation, articulate policies to direct Alliance transformation efforts and support the development of NATO strategic level concepts which clarify how transformation may be achieved.
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
RADM Christian Canova, French Navy
ACOS Capability Engineering/ACT
ACOS Capability Engineering (CE) is the chairman of the recently set up NATO COunter-INsurgency Task Force (COIN TF) and is the dedicated deliverable director as far as Countering Hybrid Threats (CHT) is concerned. Ensuring synergy amongst all the relevant actors, ACOS CE focuses on development of concept and appropriate standards to meet the challenges posed by hybrid threats. ACOS CE initiates, undertakes and supports capability development by focusing on concepts, experiments, solutions development and analysis in order to contribute to address NATO capability shortfalls through Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E). Leading agent and actual driver for Transformation, the CE division is the ACT focal point for collaboration with Industry, Academia and NATO Research and Technology Organization.
2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Lt Gen James Soligan, USAF (Ret.)
DCOS Capability Development/ACT
DCOS Capability Development acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate. This Directorate consists of 26 branches that are functionally grouped to form 5 Divisions, which together with the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC), have responsibility for the entire Capability Development Process (CDP).
3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
RADM Christian Canova, French Navy
ACOS Capability Engineering/ACT
ACOS Capability Engineering (CE) is the chairman of the recently set up NATO COunter-INsurgency Task Force (COIN TF) and is the dedicated deliverable director as far as Countering Hybrid Threats (CHT) is concerned. Ensuring synergy amongst all the relevant actors, ACOS CE focuses on development of concept and appropriate standards to meet the challenges posed by hybrid threats. ACOS CE initiates, undertakes and supports capability development by focusing on concepts, experiments, solutions development and analysis in order to contribute to address NATO capability shortfalls through Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E). Leading agent and actual driver for Transformation, the CE division is the ACT focal point for collaboration with Industry, Academia and NATO Research and Technology Organization.
4:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
MG Jaap Willemse, Netherlands Air Force
ACOS C4ISR/NNEC/ACT
This Division is SACT’s authority for C4ISR capability definition and development. As a key driver for NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) the Division is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies and plans to enhance Command and Control, Communications and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities which are coherent with each other, interoperable within NATO and with national systems and are consistent with the NNEC Strategic Framework.
Wednesday, May 12
10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
LTG Karlheinz Viereck, German Air Force
DCOS Joint Force Trainer/ACT
The Joint Force Trainer (JFT) acts on behalf of SACT to direct and coordinate all ACT activities in NATO’s areas of interest to train and educate individuals and to support collective training and exercises, at all levels of command, to continually provide the Alliance with improved capabilities to undertake the full spectrum of Alliance missions.
11:30 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
RADM Antonio Hernandez, Spanish Navy
ACOS Joint Deployment & Sustainment/ACT
ACOS Joint Deployment and Sustainment (JD & S) manages, coordinates and integrates the Movement and Transportation, Medical and Logistics activities of ACT by acting as the single point of contact within ACT for these issues including policy, doctrine, planning, information systems and training. ACOS JD & S is the focal point for liaison with and the work of the Senior NATO Logisticians Conference (SNLC).
2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.
Dr. Eric Pouliquen
Future Solutions Modeling and Simulation/ACT
The function of the Future Solutions, Modeling & Simulation Branch is to promote and contribute to the development of solutions to current and projected future capability shortfalls that are appropriate for examination through the capability development process. To do this, the branch translates operational requirements into research, technology development and analysis efforts that are required to support the resolution of these capability shortfalls. This work is based upon trends in emerging and disruptive technologies, the capability development efforts in the nations and ongoing cooperative activities in NATO.
2:45 p.m. - 2:55 p.m.
Lt Gen James Soligan, USAF (Ret.)
DCOS Capability Development/ACT
DCOS Capability Development acts as the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation's Director for guidance, direction and coordination of the activities and resources of the Capability Development Directorate. This Directorate consists of 26 branches that are functionally grouped to form 5 Divisions, which together with the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC), have responsibility for the entire Capability Development Process (CDP).
3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
and 4:15 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.
RADM Christian Canova, French Navy
ACOS Capability Engineering/ACT
ACOS Capability Engineering (CE) is the chairman of the recently set up NATO COunter-INsurgency Task Force (COIN TF) and is the dedicated deliverable director as far as Countering Hybrid Threats (CHT) is concerned. Ensuring synergy amongst all the relevant actors, ACOS CE focuses on development of concept and appropriate standards to meet the challenges posed by hybrid threats. ACOS CE initiates, undertakes and supports capability development by focusing on concepts, experiments, solutions development and analysis in order to contribute to address NATO capability shortfalls through Concept Development and Experimentation (CD&E). Leading agent and actual driver for Transformation, the CE division is the ACT focal point for collaboration with Industry, Academia and NATO Research and Technology Organization.
Thursday, May 13
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
MG Jaap Willemse, Netherlands Air Force
ACOS C4ISR/NNEC/ACT
This Division is SACT’s authority for C4ISR capability definition and development. As a key driver for NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) the Division is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies and plans to enhance Command and Control, Communications and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities which are coherent with each other, interoperable within NATO and with national systems and are consistent with the NNEC Strategic Framework.
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
BG Peter Sonneby, Danish Air Force
Commander, Joint Analysis & Lessons Learned Centre/ACT
The JALLC is NATO's lead agency for the analysis of operations, exercises, training and experiments, and for the collection and communication of lessons learned. JALLC deploys project teams worldwide, delivering analysis support to NATO at the strategic and operational levels. JALLC also hosts and manages NATO's Lessons Learned Database where lessons are captured, stored and processed. JALLC currently supports NATO's operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo. We also support NATO exercises for the NRF, and the Pre-Deployment Training for NATO’s operations, along with providing Lessons Learned outreach support to NATO entities and nations, and partners.
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
MG Jaap Willemse, Netherlands Air Force
ACOS C4ISR/NNEC/ACT
This Division is SACT’s authority for C4ISR capability definition and development. As a key driver for NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) the Division is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies and plans to enhance Command and Control, Communications and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities which are coherent with each other, interoperable within NATO and with national systems and are consistent with the NNEC Strategic Framework.