SAE Media Group’s Battlespace Transformation, the 7th Annual Conference in our globally acclaimed NCW Series, remains one of the most prestigious defence events in Europe.
Combining NCW, NEC, C4ISTAR and Battlespace Management, this year’s event will create a complete picture of events that are occurring worldwide in network warfare, Information Exploitation, and force transformation.
Battlespace Transformation will include international perspectives from key industry experts who will discuss and explore the current and emerging issues, tackling the realities head on. Topics covered will include the reality of network warfare and its’ impact on enhancing situational awareness, C4l battlespace management. Lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan have shown that the right resources and technology in the network can significantly enhance force capability. This event will examine operational experiences identifying the problems faced by coalition forces and contractors and review the solutions used to overcome them. The impact of Net Centric/Effects Based Operations on military hierarchy, joint force collaboration and operational planning will be explored looking at key insights from recent conflict, peace enforcement/support and experimentation.
Battlespace Transformation will analyse how international roadmaps relate to the necessary warfighter requirements and realities of the end user, commanders, soldiers and contractors. Battlespace Transformation also aims to promote innovative discussion to identify the future of developing and maintaining an integrated, interoperable, robust and responsive C4ISTAR capability and how this can be utilised to full effect.
By examining the key lines of development within concept/doctrine, infrastructure, force organisation, equipment, technology, cultural/human factors and financing, Battlespace Transformation will provide clear and focussed answers on how the future of Net Centric/Effect Based Operations should be conducted. It will also demonstrate how the processes around them must be managed to ensure the warfighter maximum capability and mission success.
Cutting-edge technical presentations on future combat systems and technologies will illustrate how to successfully implement and execute future Net Centric/Effects Based Operations and in turn meet the requirements of national and joint military frameworks.
Within the conference there will also be a LIVE demonstration of REAL TIME operational C2 and NCW IN ACTION from Northrop Grumman Mission Systems using the latest in operational software and Information Superiority technologies.
An exceptional international speaker line up includes Keynote Addresses from...
Air Marshal Peter B Walker CB CBE RAF, Director, Joint Warfare Centre, NATO
Rear Admiral CJ Parry CBE, Director General, Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre, Ministry of Defence, UK
Major General Georges D’hollander, Director, C3, NATO
Major General Greg Power, Director, Operations and Support Modernization, Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, US Air Force
Major General Lars Christian Fynbo, Team Leader, Alliance Ground Surveillance Support Staff (AGS3), NATO
Rear Admiral Elizabeth A Hight, Director, Net-Centric Warfare Division (N71), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy
John Garstka, Assistant Director, Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation, US Department of Defense
Dr Iain Watson, Director, Operations (Information Superiority), Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence, UK
Rear Admiral Rinaldo Veri, Chief, 3rd Department – General Planning, General Staff, Italian Navy
Air Commodore Mark Lax, Director General, Military Strategy, Australian Defence Forces
And Special Presentations from...
David Ozolek SES, Executive Director, Joint Experimentation, J9, JFCOM
Dr Gert Retzer, Director, Command and Control Systems Division, NATO C3 Agency
Group Captain Dick Hemsley, Deputy Director, Directorate of Command and Battlespace Management/J-6, Ministry of Defence, UK
Colonel Angel Colon, Project Manager, Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T), PEO C3 Tactical, US Army
Colonel Crispian Beattie, Commander, C2 Development Centre, British Army
Colonel Einar Johnsen, Commander, ISTAR, Norwegian Army
Colonel Marc van Uhm, Head, Future Concepts Branch, Defence Staff, Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Colonel Alain Vuitel, Director, Military Doctrine Division, Planning Staff of the Armed Forces, Swiss Armed Forces
Colonel (Ret’d) Vince Goulding, Director, Sea Viking Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, US Marine Corps
Colonel Esa Salminen, Chief, CIS Centre, Finnish Defence Forces
Captain (N) Kevin D W Laing, Commandant, Canadian Forces Experimentation Centre (CFEC)
Lieutenant Colonel John Ogden, SO1 NEC Personnel and Sustainment, Directorate of Command and Battlespace Management, Ministry of Defence, UK
Christine MacNulty, President and Chief Executive Officer, Applied Futures
The Conference will be Chaired by:
Professor Christopher Elliott CB MBE, Director, Doctrine and Strategic Analysis, General Dynamics United Kingdom
And Benefits of Attending Battlespace Transformation Include:
EXPAND your knowledge of the concepts of network-enabled thinking and its implications in the defence industry and beyond
GAIN invaluable insight into future country-specific/joint programmes, initiatives and developments
IDENTIFY the solutions behind successful NCW/NEC/C4ISTAR/CBM integration, interoperability