7:00 Registration & Coffee
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
Aurora Taylor-Rojas
Director Hardware Development
L-3 Communications
Morning Keynote
8:15 Update From The Office Of PEO C2C- DISA
- Current challenges and initiatives
- Update on delivering joint, net-centric C2 capabilities
Brig Gen Peter F. Hoene, USAF
PEO, C2C
Defense Information Systems Agency
9:00 DARPA Perspective On RF Communications And
Spectrum Initiatives
- Current Updates from the office of STO
- Next Generation Programs
Dr. Larry Stotts
Deputy Director, STO
DARPA
Interoperability focus
9:35 JITC Transportation Systems Perspective
- Update on standards conformance, interoperability, Net-Ready testing and certification
- Lesson learned and future challenges towards interoperability initiatives
- Satellite Terminal Interoperability (or any particular function you wish to highlight)
Bradley Clark
Chief, Transport Systems Branch (Battlespace Communications Portfolio)
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)
10:10 Networking Break
DHS Perspective
10:55 DHS CID Office For Interoperability And Compatibility
- Interoperable wireless communications and effective information sharing
- Development of standards, reports, guidelines, and technologies to enhance overall planning and coordination at all levels of government
Jeff King
Branch Chief, OIC
Department of Homeland Security
11:30 NASA’s SDR Architecture For Space
Telecommunications Radio System
- SDR standards coordination
- Current space flight experiment to International Space Station
- Current mission needs
Richard Reinhart
Senior Communications Engineer
NASA
12:10 Lunch
Sponsored By: L3 Communications
Afternoon Keynote
1:15 Universal Radio Frequency Systems
- Near, Mid and Far Term Capability Integration
Michael Eixenberger
Deputy Director, LandWarNet/Battle Command
HQDA DCS G/3/5/7
2:00 Army Spectrum Management Perspective
- Managing radio frequency spectrum management and radio regulatory matters
- Developing and implementing spectrum management policy
- Allocating frequency resources to support the Army
Stuart Timerman
Director
Army Spectrum Management Office
2:35 Networking Break
3:20 Location Aware Wireless Networks
- Future applications for Homeland Security
- Current research in wireless networks for achieving location awareness
Dr. Moe Win
Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
MIT
3:55 Advanced Software Radio Networks And Design
- Networking and Communications
- Current design and analysis R&D
- Advanced computing architectures
Dr. Robert Bonnaeu
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Warfighter View
4:30 SDR - Brigade Combat Team And Below Tactical
Requirements
- Will a Software Defined Radio enable Battle Command and Battle Command on the Move?
- Concerns of the "Trigger Puller"
Maneuver Center of Excellence
Mounted Requirements Division
Ft. Knox, KY
5:15 Cocktail Reception