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Situational Awareness Focus Sessions

February 2nd 2009

Learn How To Increase Situational Awareness For Your Warfighters And Save More Lives

Don’t miss these crucial sessions dedicated to finding new and effective ways of saving lives by leveraging the latest technologies to give your warfighters superior tactical awareness and allow them to make quick decisions with minimum risk. Join this focus day to learn about:

Integrating the latest night vision devices into your current system to increase field of view and resolution while reducing load burdens with experts including Lt Colonel England, Chief, Electronics & Special Developments Directorate of Combat Developments, Army Infantry Center, US Army
Interoperating dismounted and unmanned systems to give warfighters on the ground real-time clarity of concealed threats with experts including Colonel Jim Braden, Project Manager, Robotic Systems Joint Project Office
Leveraging the most advanced blue force tracking systems to reduce fratricide and increase lethality with experts including Dr Richard Wittstruck, Chief Systems Engineer, Program Executive Office, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors

Remember, when saving the lives of your warfighters is your highest priority, knowing which technologies will assist you and how they should be used most effectively will be invaluable. Register for the Situational Awareness Focus Day and learn new ways to save more lives.

08.00	Registration And Welcome Coffee
08.40	Chairman’s Welcome Address
08.50	Situational Awareness in Tactical Maneuver Major General Donald Campbell, Commanding General Army Armor School, Fort Knox
09.20	Robotic Sensors As Peerless Situational Awareness Tools To Improve Survivability For Your Warfighters Colonel Jim Braden, Project Manager, Robotic Systems Joint Project Office
09.50	The Latest End User Requirements For Unmanned Aircraft Systems To Give Dismounted Infantrymen Enhanced Situational Awareness Colonel Jeffrey Kappenman, Program Manager, TSM, UAS (Tentative)
10.20	How To Enhance Situational Awareness, Agility And Mobility For Your Warfighter In Urban Operations Blase A. Leven, Associate Director, Urban Operations Laboratory, Kansas State University Dr. Julie Adams, Urban Operations Laboratory Team, Vanderbilt University
10.50	Morning Coffee
11.20	Visual Augmented Systems Roadmap Bradley Pridemore, Program Manager Night Vision, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
11.50	Night Vision: Do We Still Own the Night? Lt Colonel Matthew England, Chief, Electronics & Special Developments Directorate of Combat Developments, USAIC
12.20	Panel Discussion: Simplifying Systems Interfaces To Ease Decision Making In Operations MODERATOR: Dr Darrel Hopper, Principal Electronics Engineer, Air Force Research Lab, DoD US David Jimenez, Director, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, CERDEC Dr Richard Wittstruck, Chief Systems Engineer, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) Colonel Jeffrey Kappenman, Program Manager, TSM, UAS (Tentative) Lt Colonel Matthew England, Chief, Electronics & Special Developments Directorate of Combat Developments, USAIC Colonel Jim Braden, Project Manager, Robotic Systems Joint Project Office Bradley Pridemore, Program Manager Night Vision, Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Blase A. Leven, Associate Director, Urban Operations Laboratory, Kansas State University
12.50	Lunch
14.00	Transferring Advanced Communication Concepts To Enhance Soldier Situational Awareness In Theater David Jimenez, Director, Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate, CERDEC
14.30	Enhancing Situational Awareness Through Portable High-Speed Wireless Mesh Networks Founder/CEO, Bob Schena, Rajant Corporation Ret. Chief Warrant Officer Barry McElroy, Vice President, Rajant Corporation
15.00	Networked Sensors Systems To Enable Mission Effectiveness Dr Richard Wittstruck, Chief Systems Engineer, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, (PEO IEW&S)
15.30	Improving Survivability For The Marine In Theater Through Increased Situational Awareness Name TBC Senior Military Representative, Marine Corps Systems Command
16.00	End Of Situational Awareness Focus Day