International Summit on
Future Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (FISR) in Brussels
Main Conference Day 1 – November 28, 2011
0800 / Welcome, Registration and Coffee0830 / Chairman’s Welcome Address
Confirmed – Lt General Johan Kihl, Former Chief of Staff, Swedish Armed Forces
0845 / Assessing the Key Role of New Multinational Projects in the Development of Future Capability Packages
Invited – Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, Deputy Chief of Staff Capability Development, HQ SACT
0915 / Maximising ISR Capability in Deployed Operations: What Recent Lessons Tell Us
Invited - Lt General John Koziol, Director, ISR Task Force, US DoD
0945 / Lessons Learned for the ISR Community from Successful Delivery of the Afghan Mission Network
Confirmed - Captain John T. Nankervis Jr, ACT Afghan Mission Network Deliverable Coordinator, NATO HQ SACT
Confirmed – Name TBC, New ACT Afghan Mission Network Deliverable Coordinator, NATO HQ SACT
1015 / Panel Discussion - What are the Challenges and Solutions of the Federated Approach to ISR?
Invited - Lt General John Koziol, Director, ISR Task Force, US DoD
Confirmed - Major General (retired) Georges D’Hollander, General Manager, NATO C3A
Invited – Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, Deputy Chief of Staff Capability Development, HQ SACT
1045 / Q&A
1115 / Morning Coffee And Networking
1200 / MAJIC II Update – Increasing Situational Awareness for the Commander
Confirmed - Lt Colonel Arle Brustad, Chairman, MAJIIC NPO, Norwegian Army
Confirmed - Sean Anthony Midwood, Chief of Staff, Chief Technology Officer, NATO C3A
1220 / Panel Discussion - Why Interoperability is the Decisive Factor for Future Coalition Operations
Confirmed - Lt Colonel Arle Brustad, Chairman, MAJIIC NPO, Norwegian Army
Confirmed - Sean Anthony Midwood, Chief of Staff, Chief Technology Officer, NATO C3A
Confirmed - Captain John T. Nankervis Jr, ACT Afghan Mission Network Deliverable Coordinator, NATO HQ SACT
Invited - John Kittle, Program Manager, Empire Challenge
1300 / Q&A
1330 / Lunch and Networking
Stream A Roundtables -
Process Excellence & Interoperability / Stream B Roundtables - Organisational Innovation / Stream C Roundtables - Technological Innovation
1500 / 1. ISR Application at a National Level to Empower Multinational Forces
Confirmed - Major General Jaap Willemse, ACOS, C4iSR & NNEC, HQ SACT
2. US Approach to Process Excellence and Interoperability
Confirmed – Professor Tom Cashin, US Representative, MAJIC
3. The Role of ISR in NATO’s Operation in Libya
To Be Invited - Brigadier General Mark van Uhm, Chief of Allied Operations, Allied Command Operations, NATO SHAPE / 1. The Role of NATO Consultation, Command and Control in the New Age of Applied Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Confirmed - Major General (retired) Georges D’Hollander, General Manager, NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency
2. How to Overcome Cultural Differences in Your Defence Enterprise to Enable Future JISR
Confirmed – Brigadier General Harri Ohra-aho, Assistant Chief of Staff C4, Defence Command, Finland
3. How Bold Quest is Transforming Approaches to JISR
Confirmed – Name TBC, Programme Manager, Bold Quest / 1. UK Approach to Integrating Innovative Technologies to Support Interoperability
Confirmed - Dr Dave Gleed, UK Representative, MAJIC
2. Norway's Technical Approach to NATO Network Enabling Capabilities (NNEC) to Increase Situational Awareness for the Commander
Confirmed – Name TBC, Senior Speaker, Norwegian Armed Forces
3. France’s Procurement Strategy to Enhance JISR and Operate in the Digital Battlespace
Confirmed – Name TBC, Senior ISTAR Subject Matter Expert, DGA
1600 / Afternoon Break
1630 / 4. NATO AEW&C Approach to Interoperability for Coalition Operations
Confirmed – Name TBC, Project Officer, NATO AEW&C
5. Interoperability Challenges Met by the Civil Military Fusion Centre
Confirmed - Lt Colonel Mike Hendrigan, CFC Director, Civil Military Interaction (CMI) Experimentation Lead, NATO ACT
6. How NATO JISR 2 is Transforming Information Sharing and Interoperability
Invited - Casper Wienberg, JISR IPT Lead, NATO HQ SACT / 4. Dutch Approach to Organisational Innovation
Confirmed - Major Bart Hoeben, Dutch Representative, MAJIC
5. Tackling Piracy by Developing a Common Operational Picture from Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Invited - Commander Nicolas Ciaravola, C4ISTAR Leader, Plans and Policy Division, French Navy
6. How the EDA is Coordinating Multinational Resources to Boost ISR Capabilities and Persistent Surveillance for EU Operations
Confirmed - Jan de Vries, ISR Capability Development Project Officer, European Defence Agency / 4. Introducing the New Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance (WASP) System for Afghanistan – a US Army and Navy Collaboration
Invited - Colonel Gregory Gonzalez, Program Manager, UAS, PEO Aviation
5. Italian Air Force Remotely Piloted System Operational Experience and Future Vision
Confirmed –Name TBC, Senior ISTAR Subject Matter Expert, Italian Air Force Command
6. How Early Threat Detection and Communication Saved Lives in Japan’s Earthquake
Invited - Mitsuhiko Hatori, Director-General of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA
1730 / Exhibition Drinks Reception
Theme: Networking Existing Assets in a New Age of Applied JISR
Main Conference Day 2 – November 29, 2011
Developing a Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Network for Future Threats
0800 / Welcome, Registration and Coffee0845 / Chairman’s Welcome Address
Invited – General Rainer Schuwirth, NEC Lead, European Defence Agency
0900 / Transforming Information Sharing at the National Level to Benefit Future Multinational Forces
Confirmed - Major General Koen Gijsbers, Chief Information Officer, Netherlands MoD
0940 / How Future NATO Forces will Benefit from Greater Situational Awareness from AGS
Confirmed – Name TBC, General Manager, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA)
1000 / Panel Discussion – How to Leverage and Interface New Technologies to Perform Persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Missions
Confirmed – Name TBC, General Manager, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA)
Confirmed – Major General Stephen Schmidt, Commander, NATO Airborne Early Warning Control Agency
Invited – Air Commodore N J Gordon, AO ISTAR & SAR, UK Royal Air Force
1040 / Q&A
1110 / Morning Coffee And Networking
1200 / Assessing the Central Role of Empire Challenge in Developing Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities for Future Coalitions
Invited - John Kittle, Program Manager, Empire Challenge
1220 / Panel Discussion – Successful Strategies to Process Terabytes of Data to Deliver High Value Intelligence in Real Time to Future Commanders
Confirmed - Major General Koen Gijsbers, Chief Information Officer, Netherlands MoD
Confirmed - Sean Anthony Midwood, Chief of Staff, Chief Technology Officer, NATO C3A
Invited - John Kittle, Program Manager, Empire Challenge
1300 / Q&A
1330 / Lunch and Networking
Stream A Roundtables -
Securing JISR Networks / Stream B Roundtables - ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATION
1500 / 1. Developing Secure Networks for Multinational Operations
Invited - SES Dr Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Director of Information Systems & Cyber Security in the Research Directorate, Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E)
2. Secure Information Sharing in an NEC Environment
Invited - Lt Colonel Nestor Ganuza, Manager, Cyber Security in NEC, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE)
3. Why Cloud Computing is the Answer for Secure Communications
Invited -Colonel Gary Langston, Chief, Information Infrastructure, Army Chief Information Officer, US Army / 1. Creating the Infrastructure to Share Information in a Coalition Environment
Confirmed - Horvat Bogdan, Executive Officer, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Office
2. Advanced C2 for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Missions
Confirmed – Name TBC, NATO C2 Centre of Excellence, Netherlands MoD
3. Assessing the Benefits of Full Motion Video Sharing in Afghanistan
Confirmed - Joe Ross, Technical Manager, MAJIC II, NC3A
1545 / Afternoon Coffee
4. How to Share Information Securely and Effectively by Using a Classification Management Solution
Available to Industry
5. Real-time Information Interception to Gain Information Superiority
Available to Industry / 4. Developing Secure Networking Data Links to Optimise Information Sharing
Available to Industry
5. Creating the Infrastructure to Share Sensitive Information in Real Time
Available to Industry
1630 / End of Main Conference Sessions
Day 3 November 30
Fusing Information to Enhance Situational Awareness and Mission Planning
0800 / Registration and Coffee0800 / Welcome, Registration and Coffee
0830 / Chairman’s Welcome Address
0840 / Operating a Distributed ISR Exploitation System to Fuse Information into Actionable Intelligence
Invited -Lt. General Ted F. Bowlds, Commander, Electronic Systems Center, US Air Force Materiel Command
0910 / New Applications for Aerial ISR Assets to Build a Common Operational Picture
Confirmed -Major General Stephen Schmidt, Commander, NATO AEW&C
0940 / How JISR Helps Build Situational Awareness to Fight Piracy on the High Seas
Invited -Major General Buster Howes, Operation Commander, EU NAVFOR Somalia
1010 / Digital Mapping in Support of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Mission Planning
Available to Industry
1040 / Morning Coffee and Networking
1140 / The Importance of Information Superiority for Decision Support
Confirmed -Brigadier James Hockenhull, Director, Information Superiority, DE&S, UK MoD
1210 / Assessing How Bold Quest will Dramatically Enhance Situational Awareness for the Coalition Commander
Confirmed – Name TBC, Programme Manager, Bold Quest
1240 / Panel Discussion – What are the Applicable Lessons to be Learned from the GIS Community when Optimising your JISR Network?
Invited -Lt. General Ted F. Bowlds, Commander, Electronic Systems Center, US Air Force Materiel Command
Confirmed -Major General Stephen Schmidt, Commander, NATO AEW&C
Invited -Major General Buster Howes, Operation Commander, EU NAVFOR Somalia
Confirmed -Brigadier Jim Hockenhull, Director, Information Superiority, DE&S, UK MoD
Invited - Colonel Richter, Group Leader, GeoInformation Office, German Armed Forces
1310 / Lunch and Networking
1430 / Industry Workshop: Taking Advantage of New Imaging Capabilities to Increase Situational Awareness for the Commander
Available to Industry
1600 / End of Conference