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

A new concept for NCW 2010:

The speaker faculty in 2010 will consist of a larger number of operators and practitioners than in previous years. The conference is moving from the strategic level vision of NCW to reality of networked operations on the ground. The practicalities of operational issues affecting the practical development and deployment of networked enabled capabilities will be analysed both in terms of operational benefits identified and lessons learned in theatre, along with the effect today’s military realities have on progress in the next five years towards the 2020 vision.

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Testimonials

"As usual excellent insight & update in concentrated 2 day period" - Matthew Cole, QinetiQ

"Good in helping the participants developing their own NCO/NCW project" - Mohd Maidin Sahadan, MoD Malaysia

"Invaluable in helping me develop own NCW capabilities" - Lt. Col. Basri bin Kasban, Malaysian Armed Forces HQ

"Very valuable, comes more with practical implementation of NCW" - Shahrom Azmi Nadeer, System Consultancy Services

"Good variety. Been good, got some really useful stuff out of it" - David Harrison, BAE Systems

Key themes for 2010 will include:

  • Operational Information Management: Enabling interactive C2, responsive logistic, target acquisition, FFT, intelligence, and other computer applications and databases to be used by in real time by Operators and Commanders on the ground
  • Building impenetrable network security: National protection strategies and operational security for Computer Network Operations (CNO) for the expanded network
  • Transformation: As the battle space has dictated how the networks have developed rather than the networks dictating future operations, how is interoperability being increased with coalition forces operating in the same congested battlespace through effective networking
  • Ensuring mission success on the expanded network, including user driven applications from the tactical and operational level
  • Human factors and training: Enabling officers on the ground to manage and disseminate the abundance of information received during operations

The 2010 Speaker Panel already includes:

  • Major General Japp Willemse, ASOS C4I, NATO ACT
  • Major General Glynn Hines, NATO Headquarters C3 Staff, NATO
  • Brigadier General Justin Maciejewski, Commander, 12 Mechanised Brigades, British Army
  • Cesare Balducci, Deputy Director, Branch Chief, Policy and Coordination, NATO Standardisation Agency
  • Dag Wilhelmsen, Technical Director, NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency (NCSA)
  • Colonel Iain Standen, Deputy Head, NEC Programme Officer, Chief Information Officer J6, UK MoD
  • Colonel Gregory Clarke, ACOS Requirements, NAEW&C Force Command, NATO
  • Bill Roeting, CAPT, USN (Ret), JBAIIC Test Director and NPS Principal Investigator, The Naval Postgraduate School
  • Marcel Staicu, Networked Enabled Capabilities, EDA
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Rainville, Experimentation Branch Scenario Team Chief, Battle Command Battle Lab (BCBL), Combined Arms Command, Capabilities Development Integration Directorate
  • Lieutenant Colonel Michael Chandanias, IT Support Branch Chief, Chief, Battle Command Battle Lab (BCBL), Combined Arms Command, Capabilities Development Integration Directorate
  • Andrew Pahutski, Chief, C4ISR Division, Test Technology, Aberdeen Test Centre, US Army
  • Fred Stein, Distinguished Principal Engineer, MITRE
  • Professor Karen Carr, Director, Centre for Human Systems, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom