5th Annual Network Centric Operations
13 – 16 October, 2008, Hilton Hotel, Singapore
Day Three: Conference - 15 October 2008
08:00 Delegate Registration
08:30 Chairman’s Welcoming Address
08:40 A Decade Of Network Centric Capabilities: How Has The Theory Evolved And Where Has It Been Most Effectively Implemented? (Via Video Link)
- How does Network Centric Operations (NCO) affect current military strategy and tri-service concepts?
- Addressing the near-term capability development challenges for NCO
- Overcoming the principle challenges of implementation for NCO in the current AsiaPacific environment
- What are the most common pitfalls that nations currently implementing net centric programs should look to avoid?
John Garstka
Assistant Director of Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation
US Department of Defense
09:20 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) Perspective: Overcoming The Trials And Tribulations In Implementing Customized NCW Solutions
- What does the SLA require from its customized network centric capability?
- Using NCO for counter insurgency operation
- What are the major challenges being faced during implementation?
- How is the SLA overcoming these challenges and what can other nations learn from the SLA?
Brigadier General Tuan Fadyl Meedin
Chief Signals Officer
Sri Lanka Army
10:00 Understanding The Challenges To C4ISR Development And Roles Played By Stakeholders In Enabling Information Dominance For The Warfighter
- Highlighting the role of research and development in developing networks for the Current and Future Force
- Understanding and exploiting cross-domain capabilities during development of comprehensive C4ISR
- The role of academia in conducting research that targets relevant C4ISR requirements and transitions effectively to the Warfighter
- Challenges of international collaboration during C4ISR development
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Stierna
Commander, Southern Asia Office
US Army RDECOM International Technology Center (Pacific)
10:40 NATO’s Challenges To Transfer To A Service Oriented Network Enabled Information Sharing Environment
- Establishing an information sharing environment: The need for cultural change and a move away from the traditional concepts of information exchange
- Moving away from a need to know basis to an information sharing paradigm
- Achieving a NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC): Outlining the multitude of ongoing activities
- Information management for NCOs: Delivering the right information, to the right person at the right time
- What are the NNEC quick wins?
Bert van Domselaar
Chief Information Services Branch, NATO HQ
NATO C3 Staff
11:10 Corporate Address By Cisco
11:20 Networking Break
11:50 Interoperability & Standardization In A Multinational Environment
- Relation Interoperability & Standardization
- Standardization in NATO: organization, process and product
- Challenges for standardization in a transforming alliance
Jaap Lub
Chief A&S Branch
NATO Standardization Agency (NSA)
12:30 MPLS And IPv6: Their Influence On C4ISR Systems
- What is the new military environment? Strengthen international cooperation and encouraging information sharing for the modern Warfighter
- Understanding how you can drive your network centric strategies forward and enable collaboration with an IP/MPLS platform
- What drove the development of IPv6? And how does it apply to Defence?
- How does a network remain effective in the short term with IPv4 & IPv6?
- Future IP enabled soldier: how will an IPv6 influence your Warfighter?
Spencer Greene
Senior Vice President
Juniper Networks, Inc.
13:10 Lunch
14:10 Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) ANZAC Class Frigate: NCW Case Study
- With the ever increasing pace of warfare demanding real time C2 the challenge to fit more technology into ships has never been greater
- This study outlines those NCW issues facing smaller Navies, in this case the RAN’s ANZAC ship support group
- Covers planning, engineering considerations, HMI, training, EMI, pace and cost of change and lessons learned
- Relevant to NCW force developers and coalition planners
Commander John Broadhead
Capability Manager, ANZAC Ship Capability Element
Royal Australian Navy
14:50 Modern Military Networks Design - Strategies And Threats
We will examine the Multi-Dimensional Considerations in design and planning of Mission-Critical Networks, in light of the Threats and the following aspects:
- Infosec
- Operational Challenges
- Technological Challenges
We will share our experience†in Design and Deployment of such Solutions
Erez Yardin
Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Govt. & Defence Unit
ECI
15:30 NATO Round Table Discussion: Netcentricity Challenges In Coalition Operations
The Asia Pacific nations are today far more engaged with each other than ever before. Interoperability has become a key driver for many armed forces, but this key enabler comes with a series of challenges ranging from the need to alter institutional mindsets to technological integration. This panel, led by Bert van Domselaar, Chief Information Services Branch, NATO HQ, NATO C3 Staff, will draw on the experience of NATO nations in overcoming not only international interoperability challenges, but also tri-service interoperability challenges, enabling you to establish a potential roadmap in taking the first steps in creating an interoperable communications network.
This session is designed to be 100% interactive. Delegates will be able to submit questions prior to the event for review by the facilitators. All questions should be sent to malin.petterson@iqpc.com.sg for screening.
Colonel (Rítd) Fred Stein
Senior principal engineer, NCW, Army Systems and Technology
MITRE
16:10 Networking Break
16:40 How To Overcome Roadblocks To Interoperability Using NCOIC Tools.
Service-oriented architectures are one of the key supporting technologies for achieving interoperability within network-centric operations. The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is establishing the technical approaches that will support interoperability across all levels of government departments, from first responders and local authorities to regional- and national-level military services. The speaker will introduce the concept of serviceoriented architectures and then explore how specific NCOIC tools can be applied to address the most pressing challenges of achieving interoperability.
Nicolas BERTHET
Vice-Chair, NCOIC Technical Council Chair
NCOIC Systems Engineering and Integration
17:20 NCO And Homeland Security Under Unknown Circumstances
- Why threat analysis is becoming an obsolete activity
- Understanding the developing security environment
- Establishing a new homeland security concept in relation to the modern environment
- What are the changes that need to occur for an effective NCO capability in this new homeland security environment?
Lieutenant Colonel (Rt’d) Lex Bubbers
Director, Reinforce Netcentric Operations and former Project Manager, C2 Systems, Integrated Staff Information Systems
Royal Netherlands Army