Network Enabled Operations Summit

IDGA Network Enabled Operations Summit will emphasize the demands of the operator and how to rapidly deliver capabilities that provide a decisive advantage. US and Coalition forces must be agile enough to fight and win regardless of terrain, enemy force structure and tactics, or operational limitations. An agile force relies on battlefield commanders’ access to current, accurate and reliable information in order make informed and effective command decisions.

The goal of the conference is to provide battlefield commanders with access to current, accurate, and reliable information in order to make more informed and timely command decisions under any circumstances

Join us this year at the international home of network-centric thinkers and operators to obtain critical information vital to maintain pace with the industry. Specific themes of this year’s event include:

Creating and operating a secure, resilient, and reliable network to the tactical edge
Capability requirements for shared situational awareness and networked C4ISR
Joint service modernization efforts and current program developments

IDGA’s Network Enabled Operations Summit assembles the most respected minds in the community with the sole objective of advancing the development of Net-centric Operations. NEO provides you with unparalleled networking opportunities. You will meet senior-level professionals from government agencies, military units, contractors, and technology service providers with the following responsibilities:

C2/C3/C4/C4ISR Executives
Systems Engineers
Government and Industry Program Managers
Research Scientists
Technical Directors

Policy Makers
Cyber Security Officials
Mission Command Leadership
BCT Modernization Leadership

Speaker and Presenter Information

Current Speakers: Honorable Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, USD(Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) VADM Kendall Card, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, Director of Naval Intelligence LTG Carroll Pollett, USA, Director, Defense Information Systems Agency Lt Gen Kurt Herrmann, DEU AF, Director, NATO NCSA Maj Gen (S) Earl Matthews, USAF, Director, Cyber Operations, Office of Information Dominance and CIO, USAF BG Lee Price, USA, PEO, PEO C3T David Bennett, SES, PEO, GIG Enterprise Services COL(P) John Morrison, USA, Director, LandWarNet/Mission Command, US Army G-3/5/7 Dr. Richard Hayes President, Evidence Based Research T. Charles Clancy, PhD, Director, Hume Center for National Security and Technology Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering , Virginia Tech Research Center at Arlington Past Speakers Include: Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, (1975-1977; 2001-2006) Honorable John Young, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Honorable Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics GEN Richard Meyers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (2001-2005) Gen Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (2005-2007) Gen James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen James Mattis, Commander, USCENTCOM GEN Peter Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army Honorable John Grimes, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration ADM William Fallon, Commander, USCENTCOM (2007-2008) GEN Stanley McChrystal, Former Commander, US Forces Afghanistan and ISAF LTG Carroll Pollett, USA, Director, DISA Lt Gen Charles Croom, Director, DISA (2005-2008)