19th-21st January 2009 * Armed Forces Officers' Club,
Abu Dhabi, UAE

At Gulf C4ISR you will hear updates and key strategies from senior ranking military officers from the Gulf region and around the world. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with leading solution providers and system integrators, all across three value driven days. No where else in 2009 will you have direct access to so many of the Gulf nations’ leading C4I and NEC/NCW experts, as well as essential updates from the US, UK, Germany and Sweden.
Taking place in partnership with the UAE Air Force & Air Defence at the Armed Forces Officer’s Club in Abu Dhabi, GULF C4ISR is the only event for the Military Communication C4I/ C4ISR/NCW community.
Gulf C4ISR is the only event where you can hear from those who are responsible for shaping the future military communications strategies and requirements in the Middle East and hear how your solution can fill their capability gap.

25th – 28nd January 2010,
QEII Conference Centre,
London

DGI EUROPE 2010 is Europe’s annual gathering of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Bringing together Heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, and Imagery and Analysis, the conference provides a unique forum to discuss and debate the development of geospatial intelligence capabilities across the globe. Addressing the use of geospatial information in scenarios such as international conflicts, humanitarian disasters, crime, security, border control, arms treaty monitoring and global climate change, a fundamental objective of the event is to help organisations understand how to build the necessary infrastructure and architecture to take advantage of geospatial intelligence capabilities, as well tackle the challenges of interoperability so that organisations can collaborate effectively with each other.

January 26-28, 2009
Sheraton National, Crystal City, VA
www.MilitaryHealthManagement.com

The leading training conference for medical readiness & defense health IT specialists.

January 26-29, 2009
Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort, Golf Club and Spa
Marco Island, FL
www.interlogwinter.com

This aftermarket product support and service parts logistics event is designed to ensure you optimize the effectiveness of your supply chain. Topics include: Inventory optimization, Lean initiatives, customer support initiatives, product lifecycle management and global supply chain management. Each year, 300 aftermarket executives gather for the latest on these and other topics critical to their success. Make plans to join now. If you’re interested in taking a leadership role, contact Ariel Borkowsky at ariel.borkowsky@wbresearch.com or 646-200-7476

February 23-25, 2009
Sheraton National Hotel
Arlington, VA

Human Capital Management for Defense (HCMD 2009) is critical to your success in strategically managing human capital. Learn how senior leaders are developing the right mix of skills across the total force, aligning skills to requirements, and addressing competency gaps. Attend HCMD 2009 to gather best practices in the recruitment and retention of quality personnel and learn about exciting workforce development initiatives across DoD.

For speaking opportunities call Priya Pandian 646- 200-7536 or email priya.pandian@wbresearch.com

For marketing opportunities call Gaianti Surajbali at 646-200-7446 or email her at gsurajbali@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities call Daniel J. Einhorn at 646-200-7526 or email daniel.einhorn@wbresearch.com

For general inquiries, please contact us at hcmd@wbresearch.com

31st March to 3rd April 2009
Hilton Dusseldorf, Germany

LogiChem is now in its 8th year and is the chemical industry's annual supply chain management conference, each year attracting over 200 senior logistics and supply chain executives from bulk and specialty chemical manufacturers. The conference addresses every critical concern to chemical supply chain professionals, from the current shortage of transport and storage capacity to topics including demand planning, collaboration and growing markets such as Russia, through case studies by the industry's leading and most innovative shippers. LogiChem is the only event that brings together all the key suppliers and logistics practioners in Europe, so if your business is supply chain management in the chemicals industry, then this is the one event in your calendar that is an absolute must.

April 2009
Brussels

Battlespace Information is the leading international event for the Military C4ISR/NCW community, bringing together over 250 government, industry, and military leaders, together with leading suppliers and industry experts, across information packed 4 days of accurate, timely and cutting-edge military case studies. Battlespace Information will bring together those dealing with the key technical challenges that the modern military are facing and look at ways in which they can be overcome.
Key areas include:

• Information management 
• Information Assurance
• Information Sharing
• IT Architecture and IT governance
• Cyber Security
• Information Security and network security

June 9-11, 2009
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels

“Brings military and civilian expertise together in a great, international setting”
Col. Robert Van Der Meulen, MoD Netherlands

International Defence Logistics 2009 is the world’s largest international conference for government, military and defence industry logistics and procurement professionals. The conference agenda blends on-the-ground case studies from the theatre of operations with enterprise level explorations of organisational efficiency and transformation to give a complete and in depth insight into the logistics challenges facing the defence organisations of allied nations in the 21st century.

International Defence Logistics 2009 will host over 50 speakers including senior officers from NATO, NAMSA, The European Defence Agency, the UN and OCCAR. The conference is tailored to serve you in the defence logistics community.

Please contact Herve Bavazzano at Herve.Bavazzano@wbr.co.uk for information on exhibition,sponsorship and speaking opportunities.

June 15-18, 2009
Omni Hotel - San Diego, CA

Join us at Interlog Summer 2009, taking place June 15-18 at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, CA. Interlog Summer 2009 is the service parts and logistics event designed for hi-tech manufacturers and related industries to generate revenue in the aftermarket through improved customer service and product support strategies.

30th June - 3rd July 2009
London

July 27-29, 2009
Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA

Performance Based Logistics 2009 is the only conference that brings together cross-service and industry experts with backgrounds in logistics, maintenance, acquisition and system engineering to prepare for the future of outcome based contracting in the DoD industry. Conference highlights include presentations from pioneers in PBL implementation like Randy T. Fowler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Materiel Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Rear Admiral Thomas Eccles, Deputy Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, US Navy, Col. Duane Creamer, Commander, JSTARS, Warner Robbins AFB, US Air Force, Patrick Fesquet, Director of Procurement, NAMSA, NATO and many more.

Join 200+ senior military personnel from the Department of Defense and manufacturers to understand the evolving PBL policy from OSD and the Services and gain tactical examples of PBL implementation strategies at the component, sub-system and system levels.

September 15-16, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

Now more than ever service professionals are feeling the pressure to deliver on customer service, aftermarket support and lifecycle management of their products as organizations, suppliers and customers are looking to extend the value of their purchases. As a result service organizations have been adopting numerous technologies and business process strategies to ensure optimal delivery and performance.

In light of this economic deadlock field service executives need to ensure they remain ahead of the curve on the latest issues affecting their service delivery.

For inquiries regarding speaking opportunities, contact Jonathan Massoud 646-502-3255 or jmassoud@wbresearch.com 

To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Jim Cohen at 646-200-7483 or jcohen@wbresearch.com

For inquiries regarding marketing partnerships contact  Nicole Maisner at 646-200-7534 or Nicole.Maisner@wbresearch.com 

For general inquiries contact FieldServiceEast@wbresearch.com

October 2009
Atlanta GA

The only event to focus on returns prevention strategies. Consumer Returns 2009 is focused on improving customer satisfaction and closer collaboration between manufacturers and retailers, which translates into millions in cost savings.

Join Consumer Electronics group on Linkedin today as your first step to recovery from excessive returns management!

“If you are in the consumer returns business you should be at the Consumer Returns conference!” –

Andrew Maderano, National Technical Support Manager, PANASONIC

For speaking opportunities, please contact Debra Haym at 646.200.7465 or Debra.Haym@wbresearch.com

For marketing opportunities, please contact Delnaz Bhopti at 646.200.7445 or Delnaz.Bhopti@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ariel Borkowsky at 646.200.7476 or Ariel.Borkowsky@wbresearch.com

October 2009

NAT SEC 08 was the must attend event for all those striving to increase collaboration and information sharing within national and international agencies.

In an uncertain and increasingly unpredictable security landscape, the importance of acting early to terrorist threats and attacks is paramount. NAT SEC 08 brought together these agencies and organisations that work on the multiple aspects of National Security and counter-terrorism and looked at how they are transforming in order to cope with changing threat scenarios throughout Europe.

Over 150 senior government and military practitioners from the fields of emergency planning, intelligence, border control, resilience, CBRN and cyber terrorism gathered for 2 main conference days and a dedicated cyber security focus days. These experts debated and discussed the current threats and future strategies for mitigating the changing threats that Europe is facing.

28th-29th October 2009
SAS Radisson Airport, Amsterdam

The role of after-market service is pivotal in shaping the growth and profitability of companies across Europe. Customer-centric strategic service management is developing as a key frontier in competitive differentiation. Your ability to transcend from implementing a traditionally reactive “break-fix” model to spearheading proactive strategic service management and identifying profitable revenue opportunities will determine your market position, brand reputation and bottom line.

Attend and you will hear over 40 leading, international service practitioners sharing best practice and leveraging their expertise on the most challenging service issues such as:
•Leveraging in-depth metrics to quantifiably measure performance and maximise service potential
•Adopting remote diagnostics to improve operational effectiveness, boost resolution rates and minimise service downtime
•Deploying tools and techniques to optimise customer lifetime value and increase aftermarket wallet-share
•Establishing successful outsourcing partnerships to streamline service delivery and achieve operational excellence
•Adopting a proactive approach to service and driving customer satisfaction through accurate forecasting

2nd-5th November 2009
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels

ProcureCon is the leading pan-European procurement event and provides you with a unique opportunity to hear from procurement leaders how they have approached and resolved key challenges, benchmark with your peers and others from cutting edge sectors, get practical, hands on details on specific operational issues, and benefit from numerous networking opportunities.

March 2010
Washington, DC

The Defense Finance annual training conference assists in transforming financial operations to better support the warfighter. Attendees meet face-to-face with high-ranking executives from the armed forces, DoD, BTA and other agencies to share best practices regarding the latest FM updates and new DoD transformation imperatives.

Email defensefinance@wbresearch.com for information on the 2009 agenda.

April, 2010
JW Marriott Desert Springs
Palm Springs, CA

As the challenges in jumpstarting your people and customer expectations keep mounting, the commoditization of services has made it more difficult to differentiate your service offerings and product quality. Do not allow your service organization to fall behind in the latest developments in dealing with today’s most pressing issues. Secure your place now for Field Service 2010 and ensure your workforce is prepared to optimize global service in the most challenging economic climate of our time.

December 2010
Venue tbc

For network centric operations to truly deliver increased operational effectiveness, the efforts of DoD, coalition and civil authorities must align and permit seamless data sharing. Defense Network Centric Operations is the premier event addressing allied/coalition network centric operations, as well as the movement toward a network centric environment across joint and coalition forces, government agencies, NGOs, and first responders. Through in-depth presentations from CIOs and three-star officers across DoD, DNCO provides a wide array of perspectives and candid discussion as to where network centric operations are heading.

For more information, please email us at dnco@wbresearch.com