CITMO 2004
Commercial Information Technology for Military Operations
Third International Workshop; 10-14 May 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Theme: Information Sharing and Communication Security in Ad-Hoc Coalitions
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10 May – Morning
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome by: Mr. Goran Johnson, Chairman of the Organizing Committee
9:05 Address from Ministry of Defense – Deputy Minister Ivo S. Ivanov.
9:25 Address from Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Deputy Minister Lyubomir Ivanov
9:45 Address from Ministry of Economy - Deputy Minister Radoslav Bozadjiev
10:05 Overview of CITMO and motivation for its current Theme: Information Sharing and Communications Security in Ad-Hoc Coalitions; Dr. James DeCorpo, Technical Director, US Office of Naval Research, Global
10:20 Welcome by: Mr. Simeon Kralikov (COL ret.), AFCEA Sofia Chapter President
10:30—10:45 Break
Session I: IT in Emergency Operations and Ad-Hoc Coalitions
Session Chair: LtGen Atanas Zaprianov, Deputy Chief of the Bulgarian General Staff
10:45 Keynote presentation by BGen Atanas Samandov, Commander of the Special Operations Forces of Bulgaria.
11:30 Questions to General Samandov
11:40 “The Role of IT in Emergency Management - Integrated Information Infrastructure of the State Agency for Civil Protection" - MGen. (Ret.) Nikola Nikolov, Chairman of the Bulgarian State Agency for Civil Protection.
12:00 Administrative Announcements – Louise Yuen
12:05—13:20 Lunch
10 May –- Afternoon:
Session 2: Systems Capabilities and Applied Concepts
Session Chair: Dr. James De Corpo, Technical Director US Office of Naval Research, Global
13:25 “How network-centric force facilitates coalition interoperability and our information sharing” Mr. Bernal Allen, Chief of Enterprise Applications, US Defense Information System Agency.
13:45 "The Challenges for
Interoperability in Ad Hoc Coalition Operations in a
Maritime Environment." Captain (RN) Guy Brocklebank, Deputy
Assistant Chief of Staff C4 CM(Ops), UK.
14:05 “Ruggedized commercial IT modules for field C2 posts in coalition military and emergency operations”, Dr. Velizar Shalamanov and Dr. Stoyan Avramov, Bulgarian Space Research Institute - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
14:25 ”United Nations Peace Keeping/Peace Making - Field Communications and IT support, current and future”; Mr. Rolf Sjoberg, Chief, Communications Section, Department of Peace Keeping Operations, United Nations (tentative)
14:45 “IT capabilities of the BAS engineering sciences institutes for military applications” Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov, Director of Center for National Security and Defense Research; and Scientific Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
15:05—15:35 break
15:35 “Human Centered Information Requirement Analysis”. Dr. Arne Worm, Project
Manager, Technology for C4ISR in Network Centric Warfare, Swedish Defence Research Agency
15:55 “The US Army Architectural Process for Enterprise and Interoperability”;
Mr. Ray McGowan, Chief, CECOM Applications Branch, US Army Research Development Standardization Group
16:15 "Role of Intelligent Agents in the C4 architecture"; Dr. Vijay Kowtha, Associate Director for C4 Information Technology US Office of Naval Research
16:35 Poster presentation
18:00 – 21:00 Reception & Buffet
11 May – Morning
Session 3: Applications, System Analysis and Dynamics of Insertion of COTS into Military Systems
Session Chair: Dr. Velizar Shalamanov, Director of Strategic Studies, Atlantic Club of Bulgaria
8:00 Poster and Exhibit Sessions
8:40 “Coalition Chat Line in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Deployment”;
Dr. James R. Campbell, Commanding Officer, US Office of Naval Research Global
9:00 "Security issues for military handheld/wearable wireless devices". Prof. Luigi Mancini, Dipartimento di Informatica, University of Rome – “La Sapienza”, Italy
9:20 "TETRA radio communication usage experiences in Frontier Guard and Crisis management operations" Mr. Ole Arrhenius, Senior System Marketing Manager, Professional Mobile Radio, Nokia Networks, Finland
9:40 "Information and communication networks for National Security and Public Safety"; Mr. Magnus Wallmark, Ericsson Microwave Systems, Sweden
10:00—10:20 break
10:20 “Dynamic Team Management – Rapidly assembling teams across organizational boundaries"; Mr. David S. Waxman, Consulting Architect - Public Sector / Homeland Security IBM Software Group, USA
10:40 "Secure mobile communications over multiple bearer services", Mr. Jonas Bergum, Regional Business Manager, Sectra Communications, Sweden
11:00 "Automated Military Intelligence in a Coalition Environment - Requirements, Solutions, Challenges” Mr. Jean-Jacques Cockx - Partner in Unisys Consulting Group, Global Public Sector, Belgium
11:20 "Security Analysis of COTS Solutions and Infrastructures"; Mr. Felix Lindner (FX), CISSP, Security Consultant, n.runs, Germany
11:40 “The role of satellite communication in today’s defense organizations”
Mr. Per Wahlberg, Executive Vice President, Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, Sweden
12:00 “Integration of Military Technology and COTS for the Tactical Communications System” Mr. Giorgio Perrone, Programs & Products Planning Director, Marconi Selenia Communications, Italy
12:20 Administrative Announcements – Louise Yuen
12:25—13:30 Lunch
Session 3 (cont.): Applications, System Analysis and Dynamics of Insertion of COTS into Military Systems
Session Chair: Dr. John W. Fay, Associate Director US Office of Naval Research Global
13:30 “Tiger – The Tactical Internet”; Mr. Amnon Katz, Director C4I Systems, International Markets, Land systems and C4I Division Elbit Systems, Israel
13:50 "COTS Integration Case Study - The Bulgarian National Military Command Center";
Mr. David Taylor, Programs Manager, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Europe
14:10 “Satellite communication for defence organizations and peacekeeping operations”;
Mr. Arne Yndestad, Area Sales Manager, Telenor Satellite Services, Norway
14:30 “Strandja 2 codes applied to military infrastructure with extension to e-Government”;
Mr. Thomas Dresch, Managing Director, Electron Progress AD, Bulgaria
14:50 "HP Solutions for Identity Management in Complex Information Systems";
Mr. Radostin Stoyanov, Senior consultant, HP Bulgaria
15:10- 15:30 Break
15:30 “Telemedical services for disaster emergencies via satellite – DELTASS Project;
Dr. Georgi Graschew, Scientific coordinator, Surgical Research Unit OP 2000, Charité -University Medicine Berlin, Germany
15:50 Poster and Exhibitor session
16:35 Gather in lobby for tour to National Museum
12 May
All day outing to Karlovo and Plovdiv
07:45 Departure from Boyana Residence to 61st Mechanized Brigade – Karlovo
07:45-10:00 Travel to Karlovo
10:00-10:30 Briefing at 61st Mechanized Brigade
10:30-12:00 Tour and demonstrations
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45-13:30 Travel to Plovdiv
13:30-15:30 Greeting form Plovdiv Governor and/or Mayor and tour around the Old Plovdiv
15:30-17:45 Travel to Bachkovo and visit to the Monastery
17:45-18:30 Travel to Brestovitza Todoroff Wine Cellar
18:30-20:30 Wine tasting and dinner with folklore program
20:30-22:30 Return
to Boyana Residence
13 May
9:00—12:00 Working Groups
WG 1 “Information Sharing / Intelligence Dissemination in Ad-Hoc Coalitions”
Co-chairs: Mr. Magnus Wallmark, BGen Atanas Samandov
Rapporteur: Major Sevdalin Stoykov
WG 2 “COTS for Increased Network Based Interoperability”
Co-chairs: Ms. Windy Joy Springs, Dr. Stoyan Avramov
Rapporteur: Mr. Alexander Tznakov
WG 3 “Encryption and Translation Services in Network Systems”
Co-chairs: Dr. Velizar Shalamanov, Dr. John Fay
Rapporteur: Capt. Zarko Zdravkov
WG 4 “Telemedicine in Natural and Manmade Disasters”
Co-chairs: Dr. Vijay Kowtha, Dr. Tagarev
Rapporteur: Mr. Georgi Kirov
12:00—13:30 lunch
13:30—15:30 Working Groups
Continuation of WG work as well as finalizing of WG presentations and reports
17:45 Gather in hotel lobby for dinner in town - sponsored by Ericsson
14 May – Morning
8:30
Session 4: Plenary Session – WG Reports and Recommendations
Session Chair: Mr. Konstantin Zografov, Regional Vice President
AFCEA Mediterranean and Black Sea Region
Review Panel: Mr. Bernal Allen, Dr. James De Corpo, Professor Stefan Hadjitodorov,
Captain Guy Brocklebank, LtGen Atanas Zapryanov.
8:30 WG 1
9:00 WG 2
9:30 WG 3
10:00 WG 4
10:30—10:50 coffee break
10:50 Conclusions and Recommendations
(Common threads from WG reports, actions recommended – what needs more attention, what is likely to be acted upon, where would the recommendations be most useful, etc. follow-on CITMO activities, if any)
12:15 Closing of CITMO 2004
12:30—13:30 lunch
13:30—15:00
Rapporteurs’ and WG Co-Chairs’ Meeting to finalize WG reports for publication.
Exhibition and Poster Session.
Workshop evaluation forms to be filled and handed in.
15:30 Sightseeing and shopping trip into Sofia.
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