Speakers at Defence IQ Conferences

The NCO series is the premier Asian forum for knowledge sharing and exchange. As such only the most relevant speakers will present their thoughts and experiences.

Chairman

Watch Chairman's Podcast

NCO 08 will be chaired by Colonel (Rt'd) Fred Stein, Senior principal engineer, NCW, Army Systems and Technology, MITRE. Colonel Stein's name is synonymous with network centric warfare. One of the original co-authors of the book, Colonel Stein has not only helped plant the seed of NCW/NCO, but has also helped it evolve, and adapt to an every changing set of climatic rules.

As well as chairing NCO 08, Colonel Stein will be addressing the issue of Digital Natives (DN) and Digital Immigrants (DI) during the plenary sessions.

Join him in his workshops on the 16th October to further develop your knowledge on two key issues:

• How standards are built in the Information Age and how to integrate Net Centric concepts
• Understanding the digital immigrants-digital natives divide and exploring the solutions that can be employed in order to close the digital gap

Colonel Stein will also be signing a number of his co-authored book, Network Centric Warfare. Copies will be available on site as will copies of other recent NCO related publications. All books will be free of charge.

Keynote Speakers

At the strategic level your responsibility in ensuring the correct delivery of a robust networked communication system is paramount. Short term and long term network centric roadmaps must be correctly planned in order for your program to be delivered on time and on budget.

Key strategic thinkers will highlight a number of issues, all critical in ensuring the next successful steps towards realizing a network centric capability:

• Major General Chai Hui-Chen, Director General of the Information Assurance Division, J6, Taiwan Ministry of Defence discussing how to plan for comprehensive information security for NCO
• Brigadier General Tughral Yamin, Domain Specialist, Netcentric Intelligence, Joint Staff HQ, Pakistan Ministry or Defence highlighting the most effective methods for tailoring NCO for high threat level asymmetric environments
• Brigadier General Tuan Fadyl Meedin, Chief Signals Officer, Sri Lanka Army on overcoming the trials and tribulations in implementing customized NCW solutions
• John Garstka, Assistant Director of Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation, US Department of Defense discussing how, after a decade, the NCO theory has evolved into operational reality and where it has been most effectively implemented

Military Speakers

• Colonel Makoto Shimasue, JGSDF, Chief C4 Systems Operations Section, C4 Systems Department (J-6), Joint Staff, Ministry of Defense, Japan
• Colonel Paul Straughair, NCW Projects, Future Land Warfare Branch, Army Headquarters, Australia
• Colonel Crisologo M. Nayve, Executive Officer, OJ6, Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Colonel (Rt'd) Fred Stein, Senior principal engineer, NCW, Army Systems and Technology, MITRE
• Lieutenant Colonel Eric Stierna, Commander, Southern Asia Office, US Army RDECOM International Technology Center (Pacific)
• Bert van Domselaar, Chief Information Services Branch, NATO HQ, NATO C3 Staff
• Jaap Lub, Chief A&S Branch, NATO Standardization Agency (NSA)
• Commander John Broadhead, Capability Manager, ANZAC Ship Capability Element, Royal Australian Navy
• Commander Deepthi Peiris, Director, Naval Information Technology, Sri Lanka Navy
• Irena Ali, Research Scientist, Joint Operations Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation
• Dr Arvind Kumar Sinha, Director, Aerospace and Aviation, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Technology and Industry Experts

• Lieutenant Colonel (R'td) Lex Bubbers, Director, Reinforce Netcentric Operations and former Project Manager, C2 Systems, Integrated Staff Information Systems, Royal Netherlands Army
• Scott Michael Padgett, Business Unit Executive, Worldwide Public Sector Sales, SWG, IBM
• Spencer Greene, Senior Vice President, Customer Advocacy, Juniper Networks
• Lieutenant Colonel (Rt'd) Erez Yarden, General Manager, Government and Defence Solutions, ECI Telecom
• Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Nir Lapidot, Israel Air Force and IAI

Workshops

4 key workshops will be run to coincide with the main plenary sessions. Each workshop is designed to help further your knowledge of the key facets in the network centric landscape.

13th October:

Workshop A: 09:00 - 12:00 Transforming your organization to a network centric capable force

16th October:

Workshop B: 08:30 - 11:30 Achieving a comprehensive and integrated network centric operations capability

Workshop C: 12:30 - 15:00 How standards are built in the Information Age and how to integrate Net Centric concepts

Workshop D: 15:30 -18:00 Understanding the digital immigrants-digital natives divide and exploring the solutions that can be employed in order to close the digital gap

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