18 - 21 May, 2010
Olympia Conference Centre, London

Vehicle Interoperability Focus Day

May 18th

8:00 Registration and Coffee
Registration and Coffee
8:30 Chairman's Welcome Address
Chairman's Welcome Address
8:45 Land Systems Modernisation In A Seamless Digital Battlefield
Dominique Luzeaux, Director of Land Systems Acquisition, DGA, French MoD
Land Systems Modernisation In A Seamless Digital Battlefield
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Dominique Luzeaux
Director of Land Systems Acquisition, DGA, French MoD

9:15 Soldato Futuro System: Sensors and MMI Solutions
Major Andrea Candian , National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army
Soldato Futuro System: Sensors and MMI Solutions
speaker

Major Andrea Candian
National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army

9:45 Marines and Mobility Platforms – Integration, Interoperability and Survivability
Mark Richter, Program Manager, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad
Marines and Mobility Platforms – Integration, Interoperability and Survivability
speaker

Mark Richter
Program Manager, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad

10:15 Panel Discussion – How To Effectively Network Your ground Systems To generate A Common Operational Picture For Your Dismounted Infantryman
Dominique Luzeaux, Director of Land Systems Acquisition, DGA, French MoD
Major Andrea Candian , National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army
Mark Richter, Program Manager, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad
Panel Discussion – How To Effectively Network Your ground Systems To generate A Common Operational Picture For Your Dismounted Infantryman
speaker

Dominique Luzeaux
Director of Land Systems Acquisition, DGA, French MoD

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Major Andrea Candian
National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army

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Mark Richter
Program Manager, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad

10:45 Early Morning Coffee And Networking
Early Morning Coffee And Networking
11:15 Communication Systems Between Military Vehicles And Future Infantry Systems: Assessing the Romanian Approach For RIFS
Major Tiberius Tomoiaga, R&D Programme Manager, Romanian Individual Fighting System
Communication Systems Between Military Vehicles And Future Infantry Systems: Assessing the Romanian Approach For RIFS
speaker

Major Tiberius Tomoiaga
R&D Programme Manager, Romanian Individual Fighting System

11:45 Israeli Approaches to Man Machine Interfaces to Connect The Dismounted and Mobile ground Force
Israeli Approaches to Man Machine Interfaces to Connect The Dismounted and Mobile ground Force
12:15 Panel Discussion – How To Maintain Communications Between Mounted and Dismounted Troops on The Modern Battlefield
Major Tiberius Tomoiaga, R&D Programme Manager, Romanian Individual Fighting System
Colonel Sorial Nagy, Director of Soldier Modernisation Systems Program, Australian Army
Name TBC, Staff Officer, IAS, Israel MoD
Panel Discussion – How To Maintain Communications Between Mounted and Dismounted Troops on The Modern Battlefield
speaker

Major Tiberius Tomoiaga
R&D Programme Manager, Romanian Individual Fighting System

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Colonel Sorial Nagy
Director of Soldier Modernisation Systems Program, Australian Army

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Name TBC
Staff Officer, IAS, Israel MoD

12:45 Lunch And Networking
Lunch And Networking
14:00 Analysing How Feedback From IdZ End Users Is Informing Decisions For Vehicle Interoperability To Enhance Land System Communications
Lt Colonel Karsten Kosak, Project Officer, IdZ, BWB
Analysing How Feedback From IdZ End Users Is Informing Decisions For Vehicle Interoperability To Enhance Land System Communications
speaker

Lt Colonel Karsten Kosak
Project Officer, IdZ, BWB

14:30 Assessing Australia’s Approach To Synchronised Soldier And Vehicle Modernisation
Colonel Sorial Nagy, Director of Soldier Modernisation Systems Program, Australian Army
Assessing Australia’s Approach To Synchronised Soldier And Vehicle Modernisation
speaker

Colonel Sorial Nagy
Director of Soldier Modernisation Systems Program, Australian Army

15:00 Q&A Discussion Panel With the Day’s Speakers
Major Andrea Candian , National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army
Lt Colonel Karsten Kosak, Project Officer, IdZ, BWB
Q&A Discussion Panel With the Day’s Speakers
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Major Andrea Candian
National Armament Directorate, NEC Force Program Directorate, Italian Army

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Lt Colonel Karsten Kosak
Project Officer, IdZ, BWB

15:30 End of Conference Sessions
End of Conference Sessions