08.45

Registration and Morning Coffee

09.15

Opening Remarks: Tom Webber, Director, Soldier Technology Global 2008

09.20

Chairman’s Opening Address
Dr Joseph Lannon, Director, US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, US Army Special Operations Command

09.30

UK Approach To Delivery Of A Joint And Combined-Arms Digitized Capability In Support Of Dismounted Close Combat
Colonel Crispian Beattie, Commander, British Army. Command and Control Development Centre (C2DC), UK MoD

10.00

Air Warfare Centre UAV Battlelab Operational Test & Evaluation Of UAVs: Implications Of Proliferation On The Joint Battlespace
Lt Colonel Smith, SO1 Reaper, USAF
Major Bamber Preston, AWC AUB SO2 Land 1, British Army

10.30

Enhancing Situational Awareness For Dismounted Troops By Harnessing UAV Reconnaissance, Surveillance And Target Acquisition Capabilities
Anders Jonson, UAV Project Manager, Vidsel Test Range
Co-presenter, Nordic Battle Group (TBC)

11.00

Mid- Morning coffee In The SOLUTIONS ZONE

11.30

Assessing Current Challenges In The Development Of Man-Portable Robots For Battlefield Deployment Through A Critical Assessment Of The SWORDS UGV
Dr Joseph Lannon, Director, US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, US Army Special Operations Command

12.00

Scalability of Robotic Controllers for Use by Dismounted Units
Dr Elizabeth Redden, Chief Of The Human Research And Engineering Directorate Field Element, U.S. ARMY INFANTRY CENTRE  TBC

12.30

Panel Discussion: How Far Do Situational Awareness Tools Impair The Dismounted Soldier’s Natural Instincts?
Colonel Crispian Beattie, Commander, British Army. Command and Control Development Centre (C2DC), UK MoD
Rob van Heijster, Chief Scientist System Integration, TNO Defence Security And Safety
Dr Elizabeth Redden, Chief Of The Human Research And Engineering Directorate Field Element, U.S. ARMY INFANTRY CENTRE TBC
Dr Joseph Lannon, Director, US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, US Army Special Operations Command
Anders Jonson, UAV Project Manager, Vidsel Test Range TBC
Lt Colonel Smith, SO1 Reaper, USAF

13.00

LUNCH

14.30

Overcoming Situational Awareness Challenges To Improve Soldier Efficiency And Safety
Rob van Heijster, Chief Scientist System Integration, TNO Defence Security And Safety

15.00

Leveraging The NIAG Capability To Accelerate NATO LCG/1 Interoperability Stanags Development
Claude J. Lemelin, B. Eng. Soldier System Specialist, ISSP, DND Canada

15.30

Implications Of Software Defined Radio Technologies For Enhancing Soldier Situational Awareness On The Battlefield
Dr Jarmo Molsa, Principal Scientist, Finnish Defence Forces, Technical Research Centre, Electronics and Information Technology Division

16.00

END OF FOCUS DAY AND CONFERENCE