MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO | 30 MAY
8:00 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE
9:15 am - 9:30 am CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS
Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo
Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter SupportU.S. Department of Defense
9:15 am - 9:55 am THE INTEGRATED TACTICAL NETWORK
· Evaluating deficiencies of the current network, particularly its complexity, fragility, and limited applicability in expeditionary warfare
· Establishing a unified network to dominate cyber electromagnetic activities
· Ensuring command post mobility and survivability in a dynamic, lethal combat environment
· Exploiting AI and advanced interfaces to consolidate intuitive and seamlessly integrated networks for cross domain operations and expeditionary warfare in contested environments
9:45 am - 10:15 am INDUSTRY INSIGHTS IAI
10:15 am - 10:45 am OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING IN COMBAT SITUATION – AN ITALIAN SOF EXPERIENCE
· Accelerating decision-making at all echelons
· Operating in the ‘grey zone’ and advancing situational awareness in COIN operations
· Ensuring seamless communications network and effective battlespace management
· Transforming TTPs for future operations
10:45 am - 11:15 am MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 am - 11:45 am STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND C2ISR FOR COIN OPERATIONS
· Examining current capabilities and modernisation requirements
· Establishing resilient communication networks for COIN and urban operations
· Enhancing mission planning and force execution for 2025 and beyond
· Developing effective, accurate and informed decision-making
11:45 am - 12:25 pm C2ISR FOR MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS
· Assessing volatile security dynamics and increasing regional stability in support of enduring US interests
· Evaluating the role of cyber and space assets in land operations
· Enhancing situational awareness at the tactical level
12:15 pm - 12:55 pm THE FUTURE OF SPANISH ARMY ISR IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATIONS
· Intelligence collection and analysis of non-physical peculiarities in deployed operations
· Lessons learned from training Iraqi soldiers in ISR tactics as a part of COIN
· Mapping out future modernisation requirements and development priorities in the near-term
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm NETWORKING LUNCH
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE ON ISR MODERNISATION
· Examining active protection and target acquisition
· Employing UAS for intelligence gathering
· Interoperability and reconnaissance in a multinational task force
Brigadier General Dan Ionescu
Commander 18th Reconnaissance and Surveillance BrigadeRomanian Land Forces
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm STRENGTHENING ARMY NETWORKS FOR URBAN OPERATIONS
· Developing resilient ISR networks to support Jordanian border security
· Overview of cap\ability modernisation and the JC4ISR Fiber Optic Wide Area Network Programme
· Enhancing manoeuvrability in complex terrain and information on the move
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm INTEROPERABLE SYSTEMS IN THE INFORMATION AGE
· Closing the OODA Loop at tempo in Acquisition
· Addressing the non-functional elements of successful technology adoption
· Shifting the mindset from asymmetric warfare to near-peer conflict
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm C4ISR MODERNISATION
· Evaluating the planned acquisition of electro-optical sensor systems, tactical UAVs, and ground control systems
· Addressing the role of tactical UAVs in congested battlespaces
· Ensuring effective C4i links for dispersed formations
· Outlining future capability development and modernisation objectives
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm COMPETING IN THE GREY ZONE: A CROATIAN PERSPECTIVE
· Incorporating EW and enhancing space/counterspace, cyber, cyber-enabled psychological operations to win in future conflict
· Achieving unlimited connectivity and sharing data at speed
· Rethinking current communication circuits for coalition-level operations
5:00 pm - 5:10 pm CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo
Former Director for Defense Intelligence - Warfighter SupportU.S. Department of Defense