May 25th - 29th, 2009 · Congress-Centrum Ost Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany

Welcome to the NCW Europe Series: The Definitive NEC forum for the C4ISR community

Defence IQ's NCW Europe conference series is now in it's 7th year, and has developed into the continent's leading unclassified NEC forum, bringing together a unique mix of senior military decision-makers, operators and defence industry from the C4ISR community. NCW Europe is the premier forum for exchanging ideas on operational lessons identified, technology innovations and government and industry updates.

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What will you learn from NCW Europe 2009?

Find out how different nations’ networked systems have performed during recent operations – insights from the US, UK, Canada, France and Germany offer you real life examples to learn from
Compare your own project’s success with those of the 33 C4ISR experts who make up your speaker panel
Take home the official line from New Keynote Speakers:
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Hugh Moran, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, Royal Air Force
- Lieutenant General Klaus-Peter Stieglitz, Chief of Staff, German Air Force
- Vice Admiral Nancy Brown, Director for C4 Systems (J6), The Joint Staff, US Navy
- Lieutenant General Antonio Gucciardino, General Manager of the Procurement Agency for Land Systems, Italian Army
- Dr. Linton Wells, Distinguished Research Fellow and Force Transformation Chair at the National Defence University, Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP)
Increase opportunities for future business relationships by networking with over 350 senior military, government, R&D and industry representatives
Maximise your time out of the office by taking part in three brand new activities tailored to enhance your learning opportunities:
- New Site Visit to the German Army's Warfighting Simulation Centre (AWSC) in Wildflecken – View a sequence of exercises and find out first hand how CAX (Computer-Assisted Exercises) are used as a command & control tool, at operational and tactical levels of command
- New Technology Demonstration Day – Find out how to use technology to solve your current challenges, before they become major problems
- New Networked Human Behaviour Workshop Day – take part in three mini workshops to advance your understanding of human networks and behaviour

Plus, keep an eye out for our featured speakers...

Vice Admiral Nancy Brown, Director for C4 Systems, US Joint Staff, US Navy will deliver exclusive insights into how the US Department of Defence will be using GIG 2.0 to enable users to access information anywhere, anytime on any DoD network. Read Vice Admiral Nancy Brown's biography here

Professor Karen Carr, Director for the Centre for Human Systems at Cranfield University's UK Defence Academy will offer key findings alongside Major Tom Crapper, Officer Commanding, 52 Infantry Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron from the British Army to take you on a complete journey of discovery around Human Centric Warfare. Find out how technology and cognitive fitness impact decision superiority in theory and reality. Read Major Tom Crapper's biography here | Read Professor Karen Carr's biography here

Colonel Patrick Destremau, Procurement Director for the French Defence Joint Staff's Army Future Combat System will share his expert view on how to maximise data exchange through better procurement decisions. Read Colonel Patrick Destremau's biography here

Major Andrew Lussier, Officer Commanding, ISTAR Squadron, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group will share his experiences from reconnaissance operations, explaining how a combination of overt operations, asset layering and deception have been the key to his success. Read Major Lussier's biography here

Dr. Gil Ariely, Chief Knowledge Officer and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Israel, reviews NCW as Knowledge Centric and continues this approach in the Networked Human Behaviour Workshop Day by teaching Social Network Analysis techniques. Read Dr. Ariely's biography here

David Wortley, Director, Serious Games Institute, University of Coventry presents examples of how commercial games and virtual world technologies offer cost effective solutions for training exercises - PLUS don't miss the chance to test-drive these technologies in the Technology Demonstration Day!. Read David Wortley's biography here

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