Human Capital Management: Federal
November 2009
Arlington, VA.
www.HCMFederal.com

KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM HCMF:

• Align your human capital strategies with your missions, goals, and organizational culture
  
• Identify and analyze critical skills and competency gaps between your current and future workforce
  
• Learn about human capital success stories and future roadmaps from top DoD leaders and CHCOs from Federal Agencies
  
• Improve performance management systems to support employee development and assist in succession planning
  
• Streamline and integrate your human resources processes to improve workforce management and service delivery
  
  

December 1-3, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Arlington, VA

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 2007 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.

December 2-5, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Arlington, VA

Attend the most anticipated DoD logistics event of the year! Now in its 7th year, Defense Logistics offers a cross-service perspective by senior logisticians that will help us improve force effectiveness. And with our resources spread so thin, there has never been a more critical time…Early bird discounts are available for military, government agencies and qualified manufacturers. Call 1-888-482-6012 today..

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.

19th – 22nd January 2009,
QEII Conference Centre,
London

DGI EUROPE 2009 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.

February 2nd-4th 2009
Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia

Soldier Technology US is the key meeting place in north America for the soldier modernization community. With over 350 attendees at our 2008 event, 2009 will once again deliver key program managers from PEO Soldier, US Marines Corps, the US Army and experts from around the world. Soldier Technology US also delivers to you the industry’s leading prime contractors and suppliers, all showcasing their latsest products and innovative solutions to advance the capabilities of dismounted sodliers.

Situated in the heart of Crystal city, no where else will you get to meet and learn from the soldier modernizations leading program managers and experts across 3 value driven days.

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

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 2009
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.

30th June - 3rd July 2009
London

In its second year, Soldier Technology US is the biggest gathering of infantry modernization experts in North America, bringing together over 400 program and product managers from PEO Soldier, Marine Corps Systems Command, the Canadian Army as well as heads of soldier and land systems in prime contractors, system integrators and top equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Through over 35 in-depth presentations from top military, research and industry infantry modernization experts you will learn about the progress of SMPs including Soldier Warrior, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (MERS) and Canada’s International Soldier System Project (ISSP). In response to greater integration of advanced soldier systems in the digital battlespace, Soldier Technology US 2009 will also focus on interoperability of mounted and dismounted warfighter systems and enhancing situational awareness to improve survivability. As the only event to bring you warfighter feedback directly from Iraq and Afghanistan on the performance of advanced infantry systems, you will also get all the data and information you need about capability gaps and future R&D.

In addition to face time with so many of North America’s top infantry modernization experts you will have the opportunity to join a tour of the Marine Corps Gruntworks facility, giving you insight into how one of the world’s most effective warfighters prepares for operations pre-deployment.

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

“I believe that your speakers represented top caliber people of industry.  This was a very informative conference.  I have attended numerous PBL conferences and by far this one was the best that I have been a part of.”
John Groves, Senior Program Analyst, NAVAIR PMA 261

Attend PBL 2008 And:

• Gain Insight To OSD And Defense Service Policy Groups On Guidance Document Gaps
• Discuss PBL Relevant Topics That Address Your Day-To-Day Challenges
• Learn From Recent PBL Research On Successful Performance Metrics And Supplier Relationships
• Develop Forward Thinking Strategies For PBL Implementation To Improve Your Current Position

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

For more information visit www.pblusa.com or email pbl@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.

October 2009
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.