Main Summit Day One: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

7:15 Registration & Coffee

8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

8:15 Opening Keynote Remarks: Joint Command And Control Systems Development And Fielding Overview

  • Command & Control (C2) in the Coalition Environment
  • Army Modernization
  • Command Post of the Future (CPOF)
  • Tactical Ground Reporting System (TiGR)
  • Joint Capabilities Release
  • Joint Battle Command - Platforms (JBC-P)
  • Battle Command Virtualization
  • Aviation

BG Lee Price, USA
Program Executive Officer
PEO C3T

9:00 US Army Plans And Policy For Unified Battle Command

  • Achieving desired battlefield effects by prioritizing the needs of Combatant Commanders
  • Improving information sharing and collaboration across all echelons
  • Meeting COCOM capability gaps through prioritized requirements

Mike Eixenberger, HQE
Deputy Director, LANDWARNET
US Army G-3/5/7

9:45 Networking Break

10:30 TRADOC Perspective: Platform Battle Command Capability Requirements

  • Identification of critical Platform Battle Command capability gaps
  • Migration efforts towards JBC-P - enhancements and challenges/opportunities
  • Overview of the Tactical Ground Reporting System (TiGR)
  • Development efforts for the next generation User Interface for Platform Battle Command
  • Handheld/Dismounted requirements - challenges bridging to a 3/4G network with commercially available cell phones

Mike Kelley
Deputy TRADOC Capability Manager
Platform Battle Command and Combat ID

11:15 MCCDC Perspective: Emerging Requirements And Materiel Development Of Marine Corps C2 Systems

  • Current capability gaps and emerging requirements
  • Development efforts and time sensitive fielding
  • Increasing operational effectiveness through SA capabilities

Col Bill Cunningham, USMC
Director, C2 Integration Division, Capabilities Development Directorate
Marine Corps Combat Development Command

12:00 Lunch

1:15 Keynote: Development And Integration Of Joint, Interagency, And Multi-National C2 Capabilities To Meet The Present And Future Operational Needs Of The Joint Force

  • Enabling U.S. forces to fight as part of a joint, combined, multinational, interagency force
  • Joint C2 architectures, data strategies and joint integrated fires efforts
  • Allowing operators from all services to share data and information easily

Marty M. Westphal, SES
Executive Director, Joint Capability Development Directorate Forward
U.S. Joint Forces Command

2:00 DISA Perspective: Delivering Joint Net-Centric Command And Control Capabilities To The Warfighter

  • Evolution of existing DoD C2 systems and convergence with net-centric C2 capabilities
  • Lifecycle management of the command and control (C2) portfolio
  • Ensuring compliance of C2 systems with DoD directives and policy

Dr. Glen White
Technical Director, PEO C2C
Defense Information Systems Agency

2:45 Networking Break

3:30 Marine Corps Situational Awareness Capabilities Development

  • Experimental C2 systems improvements at the tactical level
  • Leveraging aviation assets for improved situational awareness

Vincent Goulding
Director of Experimentation
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

4:15 Better C2 Planning through Emerging Technologies

  • Improving training and testing of C2 systems
  • Use of common and shared products to reduce costs
  • Implementing common data and standards to improve interoperability

Dr. Stan Levine
Professor
George Mason University

5:00 End Of Main Summit Day One

5:15 Cocktail Reception

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