Industry Conference 2011
 
 
AGENDA

Briefings and discussions will cover acquisition process in NATO and upcoming NATO opportunities for industry.
 
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07.30-08.45

Registration

 

 

 

 

09.00-09.05

Welcome

MGen (Ret) Georges D’hollander

General Manager

 

 

 

MGen (Ret) Klaus-Peter Treche,

General Manager,

AFCEA Europe

 

 

 

09.05-09.20

Introduction

Mr Kevin Scheid

Deputy General Manager

 

 

 

09.20-09.50

NC3A from Past Year’s Successes to  Future Opportunities

MGen (Ret) Georges D’hollander

General Manager

 

 

 

09.50-10.50

Keynote Address – Future of Cyber Defence and Cloud Computing Challenges and Trends in the Next Decade

General (Ret) Dick Berlijn

Senior Board Advisor

Deloitte Executive Office

 

 

 

 

10.50-11.15

Coffee Break

Exhibition Hall

 

 

11.15-17.00

Break-out Session:

Basic Ordering Agreements

Ms Anna Kapnoula

Contracting Officer

 

 

11.15-12.00

Keynote Address –

US Export Control on Defense Equipment

Mr Peter F. Verga

Chief of Staff

Under Secretary of Defense, Policy

 

 

12.00-13.30

Lunch

 

 

 

13.30-14.15

Keynote Address –

Future of Shared Services in light of Agency Reform

Ambassador William Eaton

Assistant Secretary General, Executive Management

 

 

14.15-14.45

Legal/Contractual Implications of the Stand-up of the  C&I Agency

Mrs Simona Rocchi

NC3A Legal Advisor

 

 

 

14.45-15.15

Update on NC3A Business Environment

 

Mr Kevin Scheid
Deputy General Manager

 

  

 

15.15-17.00

Direct Sponsor Account

Panel Discussion:

 

CTO/ACT Themes (C4ISR Synergies, Strategic Futures

 

 

ACO/NIP Themes (NNEC, ISAF, Libya?)

 

 

Future of Missile Defence

 

 

NN Theme (Comprehensive ISR Approach, National Expansions of Core Funded Systems)

 

Generic Q & A

Mr Kevin Scheid

Moderator

 

Mr David Burton

Director of Sponsor Accounts

ACT & CTO

 

BGen Guy Feat

Director of Sponsor Accounts

ACO/NIP

 

BGen Allessandro Pera

ALTBMD

 

Dr Velizar Shalamanov

Director of Sponsor Account

NATO Nations

 

 

 

17.00-17.30

Day 1 Wrap Up &

Scene Setting for Day 2 – Future Business Slide

Mr Kevin Scheid

Deputy General Manager

 

 

 

17.30-19.00

Networking Reception with key speakers

 

Exhibition Hall

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 20 October

Conference Day 2

 

 

 

 

08.00

 

08.30-09.00

  

Registration Open

 

Business Opportunities

Overview, Counter-IED

 

 

Mr Luigi Bella

Director of Production

       

  

 

09.00-10.15

Production Panel Discussion:

 

 

Cyber Defence and Assured Information Sharing

 

 

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

 

 

C2 and Operations Services

 

 

 

Core Enterprise Services

 

  

Communication Infrastructure Services

 

 

Generic Q & A

Mr Luigi Bella

Moderator

 

Mr Fredric Jordan

Chief, Capability Area Team 2

(Acting)

 

Ms Lillian Rossini

Chief, Capability Area Team 5

 

Mr Bert Tiems

Chief, Capability Area Teams 4-6

 

Mr Peter Lenk

Chief, Capability Area Team 7

 

Mr Malcolm Green

Chief, Capability Area Team 9

 

 

 

 

 

10.15-10.30

NC3A Closing Remarks &

Transition to AFCEA General

Manager

MGen (Ret) Georges D’hollander

General Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30-11.00

Networking Coffee Break

Exhibition Area

 

 

 

11.00-11.10

TechNet International

Opening Remarks

 

MGen (Ret) Klaus-Peter Treche
General Manager

AFCEA Europe

 

 

 

 

 

11.10-11.30

Welcome Speech

VAdm Wolfram Kühn

Vice Chief of Staff

Bundeswehr and Chief of Staff Joint Support Service

 

11.30-12.30

 

Setting the Scene...

 

LtGen Walter E. Gaskin USMC, Deputy Chairman NATO Military Committee

 

MGen Jaap Willemse (RNLAF) ACOS C4I

Allied Command Transformation

 

 

 

12.30-14.00

Networking Lunch

Exhibition Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00-16.00

Session 1 – “Support of NATO in the Next Decade – Technological Aspects”

 

 

 

Keynote Speech

Mr. Kevin Scheid, Deputy General Manager, NATO C3 Agency

 

Keynote Speech

“The Business of Providing C4ISR to

the Warfighter”

 

 

 

“Unified Information and Communication, an Allied Approach to a Mission Critical Everything Over IP Networks”

 

 

Chairman:

Mr David Burton

Chief Technology Officer and DSA ACT Director

NATO C3 Agency

 

Mr Kevin Scheid

Deputy General Manager

NATO C3 Agency

 

Mrs Pascale Sourisse

Senior Vice President

 Thales Communications Defence & Security C4I Systems Division (FR)

 

Mr Pedro Schmid

Head of Sales, Business Development, Government Solutions Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks (GE)

 

“Secure Networking in the Field”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Cloud Computing Technology - U.S. Government Approach versus EU”

 

 

Mr Kees Jan Hermans

Technical Project Lead

Crypto Unit, Fox-IT

 

Mr Teco Boot

Lead Architect Network Technology CD&E Team

Dutch Ministry of Defence

( NL)

 

Dr Eng Antonio Mauro

Security Solution Architect

Computer Forensics and Digital Investigations (IT)

15.50-16.00

Q & A Period

 

 

 

16.30

Exhibition Closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, 21 October

Conference Day 3

 

 

 

 

08.30

Registration Open

 

 

 

 

09.00-16.00

Exhibition Open

 

 

09.00-11.00

 

Session 2 – “Support of NATO in the Next Decade – Operational and Economic Aspects

 

 

Keynote Speech

 

 

           

 

Keynote Speech

“Operational Superiority by Technical Innovation - Speed as Key Success Factor”

 

“Rapid Communications Deployment”

    

“State-of-the-Art Technology in Cooperative Implementations”

 
 
 

“Trusted Computing Solutions for Cyber Defence in NATO”

 

 

Q & A Period

Chairman:

Mr Dag Wilhelmsen

Technical Director

NATO CIS Services Agency

(NCSA)

 

Mr Antonios Chatzidakis

General Manager, NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA)

 

Mr Bernd Wenzler, CEO, Cassidian (GE)

 

 

            Mrs Marie Murphy, Senior Product Manager responsible for Training and Membership, TM Forum

 

Mr Rick Parkington, CTO and Vice President, General Dynamics Intelligence Solutions Div. (US)

 

Mr Steven Sprague, President and CEO, Wave Systems Corp. (US)

 

11.00-11.45

 

Networking Coffee Break

 

Exhibition Area

 

 

11.45-12.35

Session 3 – “Support of NATO in the Next Decade – Emerging Technologies

 

Keynote Speech

 

 

 

 

 

Keynote Speech

Chairman:

Prof Harry Athanasopoulos

American College of Greece

 

Ambassador Gábor Iklódy

Assistant Secretary General, Emerging Security Challenges Division,

NATO HQ

 

Prof Dr Klaus Thoma

Director

Fraunhofer Institute EMI (GE)

 

 

 

 

12.35-14.00

Networking Lunch

 

 

 

 

14.00-15.15

Session 3  - Continued

 

“Mission Critical Ready – Mobile Geo-Apps for Field Operations”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

“How far is Emotional Intelligence from Intelligent Decision Making? – Virtual Reality & Effects on Human Behavior”

 

“3D Augmented Reality for Mobile Devices in a Net-Centric Environment”

 

 Q & A Period

 

 

Mr Nicolas Heyer

Sales Manager Enterprise Geo Applications

 

Mr Patrick Schönemann

Lead Geo Sales Manager (DACH & Nordics), Google Germany GmbH (GE)

 

Ms Evy Syrou, Cognitive Psychologist, Synthetiki Autognosia (GR)

 

Mr Richard Popovich, Executive VP/Enterprise Architect, Federal IT Consulting (US)

 

 

 

 

 

15.15-15.40

Conclusions

MGen Hubert De Vos (BELAR) Chief of Staff Force Command HQ Heidelberg

 

 

 

15.40-16.00

Closing Remarks

MGen (Ret) Klaus-Peter Treche,

General Manager,

AFCEA Europe

 

 

 

MGen (Ret) Georges D’hollander

NC3A General Manager

16.00

Exhibition Closed