| Chapter Focus - Enter information on the makeup of the
Chapter´s Participating Members, i.e. the Mititary Commands
or Government Agencies that are served by the chapters
activities.
The Bonn Chapter continues to focus on German military's
C4ISR, Cyber, and homeland security issues. In addition,
digitalisation of government becomes more important and is
reflected in the annual program. An outreach to the Ministry
of Interior and to the Federal Police in order to cover
topics of their interest with regard to IT and Cyber has
been established.
The Chapter hold evening seminars in Bonn and Berlin, a
Technical
Exhibition and Symposium in Bad Godesberg, an IT Symposium
in Koblenz, luncheon symposia in Bonn, Young AFCEAN symposia
in Bonn, Young AFCEA Speaker nights in Berlin, an
eGovernment Business Administration Symposium in Brühl and a
General Assembly in Cologne. Increasing the number of Young
AFCEANs as well as female members in the Bonn and Berlin
region and performing more events in Berlin are persistent
goals of the Chapter.
The chapter works closely with MoD (Cyber Branch), the
Commands of all six German military services (in particular
Cyber Command), other agencies such as the Armed Forces
procurement office and the IT management agency. It
established a partnership with the Armed Forces Association
and maintained its long-standing partnership with the
national IT Industry Association. It fostered its close
relationship with academia and research institutes
(Fraunhofer).
Overall the chapter succeeded to improve its operations
referring to the needs of the Armed Forces and beyond in a
compliant way and to increase membership. |
