Night Vision Systems 2009

Don’t Miss the Night Vision Technology Master Class Day! See p. 3 for details. 4th Annual Night Vision Systems TM July 27 – 29, 2009 Washington, DC Metro Area Implementing Technological Advances to Own the Night Hear From the Leaders in Night Vision, Including: Dr. Donald A. Reago, Jr, Principal Deputy for Technology & Countermine, Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate Top Reasons Why You Should Attend: Dr. John Parmentola, SES • Gain an in-depth understanding of current and future NV Director for Research and needs and requirements Laboratory Management, US Army • See the latest advancements in potential successors to the image intensifier tube Colonel Linda R. Herbert • Hear from the leaders on the way NV tools are shaping US Army Project Manager, Night operational planning Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance • Understand ITAR-compliant exporting for NV equipment and Target Acquisition (PM NV/RSTA) Dr. Ronald Driggers Sponsors: Superintendent, Optical Sciences Division, Naval Research Laboratory Exhibitors: and many more! To register call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710

4th Annual Who You Will Meet: Night Vision At Night Vision Systems 2009, you will have the unique opportunity to interact and network with representatives from Systems TM all related military units/ organizations, government agencies, manufacturers/ contractors, and technology service providers. Attendees will include Program Managers and Project Managers, Branch Heads, Project Leads, Chiefs, Commanders, Scientists and Engineers with the following Dear Colleague, responsibilities: In the asymmetrical realities of urban combat and mountainou Capabilities Development • s terrain, as well as in homeland defense area s of border patrol and maritime surv Systems Integration • eillance, night vision systems have become crucial assets to maximize ope NV Aviation Technology • rational advantage. As the US Military ente rs the seventh year of sustained com NVD Evaluation • bat in OIF/OEF, the ability to conduct surv eillance and operations under the Training and Simulation • cover of night is of great concern to operators and commanders alike. NV Human Effectiveness • IR Technology • IDGA's 4th Annual Night Vision Systems will examine TM the milit Image intensification how • ary, DHS, and industry are evolving their technolo gy requirements in this tough and Sensor Networking • dynamic environment. It will bring attendees up to date on forward looking sens Information Fusion • or technologies, including a frank discussion on nex t generation low light level sens ors and imagers as potential successors to the image intensifier tube and the related technological developments. Topics will include: About IDGA New applications for Electro-Optic/ • Infrared Sensors Component Revolutions: Sensors, • The Institute for Displays, Processors, Optics Defense & Government System Capability Trade-Offs: Digi • tal vs. Analog Advancement (IDGA) is a non-partisan Networked Sensors Evolution and • Current Status information based organization Maintaining and Utilizing Night Visio • n Systems in 24/7 High Intensity Ope dedicated to the promotion of innovative rational Environments ideas in public service and defense. We Trade Controls: Policy & Procedure • bring together speaker panels comprised of military and government professionals IDGA’s 4th Annual Night Vision Systems will bring solution provider while attracting delegates with decision- s face to face in one location with DoD & making power from military, government DHS program and procuremen t influencers to discuss future night vision requirem and defense industries. For more ents and ways to get new systems and technologies into the field quic information, please call Sherryl Jacobs ker without compromising cap ability or interoperability. at 416-597-4710. Join this discussion! Act now & rese rve your place among the top nigh t vision experts at this critical event. Register Here’s what people are today by calling 416-597-4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org saying about IDGA conferences: I look forward to meeting you in July! o register P . Be sure t .S onference “Content was very insightful” for the pre-c V/R, -Army Test and Evaluation Command chnology Night Vision Te . Day Master Class “Excellent, thought provoking” or details! Se e page 3 f -NAVAIR Dr. Joseph Estrera “Absolutely outstanding” Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer -SAF/AQ L-3 Electro-Optical Systems 2009 Night Vision Systems Con ference Chair “Fantastic job organizing and orchestrating another valuable conference” -USAF Register Today! call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org 2

Night Vision Technology Master Class Day Night Vision Technology Master Class Day Monday, July 27, 2009 Give time to the issues that matter This in-depth and interactive series of workshops will examine current research most. Sign up for the pre-conference and development for future night vision technology and compact application Night Vision Technology Master Class capabilities. During this Master Class Day, you can expect: Day and dedicate more time to • Smaller, classroom-style sessions interaction and networking in a • In-depth discussions with the class leaders and fellow attendees classroom environment. • Live demonstrations! I2CMOS roadmap and options for customization! 8:00 am – 10:00 am 7:30 am Registration A Primer on I2CMOS and its Applicability to System Integrators Image Intensified (I2) CMOS cameras represent a low-risk technical How you will benefit: solution for digital night vision. I2 CMOS combines two proven and Interact directly with I2CMOS subject matter experts, gaining invaluable • reliable technologies into a single camera sensor using a common insight into the technology, its operation, manufacture and performance aperture. This workshop provides system integrators with an • Receive an analysis of other digital night vision camera technologies understanding of the technology, its usefulness in various night vision and the strengths and weaknesses of each applications and interface considerations. • Gain a better understanding of the role I2CMOS can play in mounted, dismounted, aerial and force protection/security operations What will be covered: • Receive thorough training regarding the complete integration of • I2CMOS Technology – principles of operation, how it is manufactured I2CMOS into a higher level assembly or system. Considerations for and expected performance. integrators will include: mechanical, electrical, software, • I2CMOS Application – trades analysis and concept of operations. communications, optical, display, man-machine interface and life cycle. • I2CMOS Integration – mechanical, electrical, communications, optical, • Be presented with the I2CMOS roadmap and options for customization display, MMI and life-cycle management – performance and form/fit/function • I2CMOS Maturation – plan for enhanced sensor performance and added features. Session Leaders: Dr. Joseph Estrera, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, and John Robinson Advanced Technologies Business Development Manager, L-3 Electro-Optical Systems 10:15 am – 12:15 pm Understand NV component tech! Field Use and Combat Deployment: Night Vision Technology Modern combat operations necessitate the use of night vision technology How you will benefit: for increased operational effectiveness. Developing asymmetric threats Get the latest on night vision equipment technical specifications • mandate rapid deployment and engagement in urban environments. As • Find out how NVS are impacting combat operations survivability and lethality are becoming more important, warfighter use of • Understand the use of night vision sensors in different operational NVGs and other equipment in current areas of engagement is seeing environments greater use. Session Leader: What will be covered: This session will be lead by a senior professional currently leading the • Generational advancements in night vision technology way in NV component technology. Please see www.IDGA.org for updated • Adaptable component systems for NV integration list of presenters. • Design techniques to lessen equipment impact on the user Lunch will be served 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm 1:15 pm – 3:15 pm Survey new technologies and their applications for NV! Emerging Technologies that could Improve Night Vision Night Vision technology has changed very little over the past decade yet new Infrastructure considerations for new technology • technologies are emerging that could have a positive impact on night vision. Leveraging non-military, COTS technology to advance night vision • The playing field has also changed so the standards and requirements of the How you will benefit: cold war no longer apply to today’s battlefield. This workshop will review • Learn about state of the art technology from other industries and how some of the new technologies in sensors, advanced imaging, and digital these technologies are currently being utilized processing and how they might be adopted for night vision applications. • See first hand the features and benefits and understand how they can What will be covered: be utilized within their applications • Sensors: New sensor technology for low light applications in visible • Survey cutting edge technology with a practical approach to its uses, and SWIR hands-on, and open discussion • Advanced imaging techniques: fusion, motion detection, tracking, Session Leader: mosaic, super resolution Ruben Uribe, President, Physimetrics 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Discover new NV tech integration! Imagery Intelligence Dissemination in the Tactical Battlespace As we know in the civilian world communications, imagery and the What will be covered: internet are completely changing how people live their lives and Thales’ experiences from recent programs • communicate with each other. Similarly the power of imagery combined • New technologies and systems that have been developed and are being with other forms of intelligence will completely change the military developed battlespace facilitating collaborative working, better utilize resources, • Enabling users in the tactical battlespace to tap into the network and provide a more accurate picture of the battlespace, improve confidence realize its benefits enabling quick decision-making and more rapid adaptations in mission How you will benefit: planning and of course save lives through improved information sharing. • Learn how imagery intelligence dissemination will change the tactical However unlike in the commercial world where these services have been battlespace delivered through fixed infrastructure, in the dynamically changing • Find out how the latest technologies can be leveraged battlespace we do not have the benefit of fixed infrastructure offering • Understand some of the challenges faced megabyte data rates to every solider. Instead we have to rely heavily on radio communications that offer the flexibility of being able to easily Session Leader: adapt in the battle but unfortunately offer a fraction of the data rates David Hooper, System Engineer, Thales available in the civilian world. Register Today! call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org 3

Main Conference Days Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Registration & Coffee Registration & Coffee 7:15 7:15 Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 8:00 8:00 Joseph Estrera, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, L-3 Electro- Dr. Joseph Estrera, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, L-3 Electro- Optical Systems Optical Systems Advanced Technology for Night Vision Transforming Soldier Equipment to Extend Operational 8:15 8:15 Endurance Recent developments in night vision technology at NVESD • Opening Keynote • New applications for electro-optic/infrared sensors Maximizing warfighter effectiveness through integrated design • • Future technical directions Minimizing the impact of NV equipment • Dr. Donald A. Reago, Jr, Principal Deputy for Technology & Countermine, • Materials solutions for the future Night Vision & Electronic Sensors Directorate Dr. John Parmentola, SES, Director, Research and Laboratory Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the US Army Optics and Electro-optics at the Navy Research 8:55 (Acquisition Technology Logistics) Laboratory and Imaging in the Navy Security Uses Night Vision Advancements for Homeland Security Electro-optics research at NRL 8:55 • Homeland Military imaging in the Navy Usage by US Border Patrol • • Dr. Ronald Driggers, Superintendent, Optical Sciences Division, Naval Current status and future requirements • Research Laboratory Steve Evans, Division Chief for Enforcement Information Technology, US Border Patrol Networking Break 9:35 Networking Break 9:35 Networked Sensor Systems to Enable Mission Effectiveness 10:20 Hand-Held Night Vision Systems Networked sensors evolution and current status 10:20 • Implementation of networked sensors from requirements to functionality Balancing range performance with size, weight and power budgets • • • Sensors within LANDWARNET context and future vision Added functionality – modularity vs. full integration • Colonel Linda R. Herbert, US Army Project Manager, Night • Future of hand-held target localization Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (PM NV/RSTA) Ian Clark, Director, Thales Trade Control Looking at the Sun with Night Vision Goggles: Lessons in Controls & Regulations for the Export of Night Vision Devices 11:00 11:00 Robust Night Vision System Designs for U.S. Warfighter Update Department of State policies & procedures • Damage of image intensified night vision devices under extreme high light Methods to avoid damaging fines • • conditions such as exposure to Solar radiation Ruth Jackson, Division Chief, Military Vehicle and Naval Vessel Division, • Field damage of high magnification night vision I2 systems to exposure to Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, US Department of State solar radiation because of 24/7 use of night vision equipment in high Nitride Based Image Intensifiers intensity operational environments 11:40 • Failure analysis and corrective action by Night Vision system manufacturer Nitride semiconductor based detectors are of potential interest because of the • to maintain and utilize these night vision systems in 24/7 high intensity range of photon energies that can be detected by the AlGaInN alloy system. operational environments even under direct exposure to solar radiation These energies span the sapphire cutoff in the UV to the near IR with InN Joseph Estrera, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, L-3 Electro- • Nitride based image intensifiers have an additional advantage in being Optical Systems detectors with gain • Image intensifiers were fabricated with nitride based III-V photocathode Lunch 11:40 grown directly on sapphire. Recent results will be presented from single MCP image intensifiers Human Elements in Night Vision Operations and Training 1:00 Dr. John Glesener, Senior Scientist NV Training External and internal aircraft lighting Dr. Joseph Estrera, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer L-3, Electro- • NVG “Simulation” versus “Stimulation” for training applications Optical Systems • • NVG training devices at the Warfighter Readiness Research Division Lunch Colonel Daniel R. Walker, USAF, Chief, Warfighter Readiness Research 12:20 Division and Commander, Mesa Research Site Pushing the State of the Art in Infrared Imaging 1:20 Video Standards to Mitigate Night Vision Evolution 1:40 Programs covered include Dual Mode Rifle Sight Sensor, Passive Imaging • Migrating from analog to digital – considerations: resolution, speed, data through brownout, Infrared radar, Single chip two color and 3D FPA • capacity, processing • Low dark current SWIR, Sensor fusion, Adaptable hyperspectral imaging • Leveraging technologies from industrial machine vision, medical imaging Dr. Stuart Horn, Program Manager, Microsystems Technology Office, DARPA and video-broadcast industry Lasers in the U.S Navy • Potential collaboration to create unified standards 2:00 Ruben Uribe, President, Physimetrics Inc. Naval & Marine Corps aviation crew served weapons lasers • Other lasers in use in the U.S. Navy • Image Intensifier Based Sensor Technology for Digital 2:20 • Current issues, needs, & possible future laser developments New Sensor Soldier Systems Charles Greer, Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Electro-Optic Sensor technology needs for digital soldier systems Technology Division Tech • Architectures for low light sensors • Networking Break • Results from ITT’s latest image intensifier based digital sensor technology 2:40 Rudy Benz, Director of Sensor Development, ITT USMC Optics & Night Vision Capabilities Development 3:10 Networking Break 2:40 Current USMC infantry night vision capabilities and near-term requirements • Development of the Family of Individual Optics • Alternative Night/Day Imaging Technologies 3:10 • Advanced concept evaluation and technology development efforts All-source image fusion Ryan Kresse, Research and Development Engineer, PM Optics and Non- • Component revolutions: sensors, displays, processors, optics Lethal Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command • • System capability trade-offs: digital vs. analog Operational Contact Lens Systems Dr. Darrel Hopper, Principal Electronics Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory 3:50 Application Future NV Converting contact lenses to free-standing information display systems • Ultra Vision: Seeing the Unseen 3:50 Using contact lenses for rapid/continuous vital marker monitoring • Night vision today • Core technologies needed to build operational contact lens systems • What Marines need to see Professor Babak A. Parviz, Department of Electrical Engineering, • • \"Vision\" for the future University of Washington George Gibbs, Infantry Weapons Technologist, Marine Corps Systems End of Main Conference Command 4:30 End of Day One 4:30 Register Today! Call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 or email joseph.manthey@idga.org 4

Sponsorship Opportunities Register by Email, Phone or Fax Sponsor or exhibit at IDGA’s Night Vision Systems! IDGA sponsorships and exhibits are an excellent opportunity for your company to showcase its products and services to a highly targeted, senior-level military audience. IDGA helps companies achieve sales, marketing and branding objectives by setting aside a limited number Email: sherryl.jacobs@idga.org of event sponsorships and exhibit spaces – all of which are custom- tailored to help your company maximize its exposure at the event and Phone: 416 597 4710 reach key decision-makers in your field. FOR MORE INFORMATION Fax: 416 598 7934 24 Hours To learn more about these and other marketing opportunities, please contact Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 or via e-mail at sherryl.jacobs@idga.org. Venue and Lodging Call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 for updated venue information. PRICING Military & Government Industry Register & Register & Standard Standard Pay by Pay by Price Price May 29 June 26 Sponsors: $799 $899 $999 $999 Main Conference Only Night Vision $500 $500 $500 $500 Technology Master Class Day Team Discounts* Number of Attendees Savings of: 3 to 4 10% 5 or more 15% * Discounts apply to registrations submitted together, at the same time. Cannot be combined with any other discount. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE IN U.S. DOLLARS TO: IDGA Exhibitors: A $99 processing charge will be assessed to all registrations not accompanied by credit card payment at the time of registration. * CT residents or people employed in the state of CT must add 6% sales tax. Details for making payment via EFT or wire transfer: JPMorgan Chase Penton Learning Systems LLC dba IQPC: 957-097239 ABA/Routing #: 021000021 Reference: Please include the name of the attendee(s) and the event number: 10474.004 Payment Policy: Payment is due in full at the time of registration and includes lunches, refreshments, and detailed conference materials. Your registration will not be confirmed until payment is received and may be subject to cancellation. Media Partners Please call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 for cancellation, postponement and substitution policy Special Dietary Needs: If you have a dietary restriction, please contact Customer Service at 1-416-597-4710 to discuss your specific needs. ©2009 IDGA. All Rights Reserved. The format, design, content and arrangement of this brochure constitute a trademark of IDGA. Unauthorized reproduction will be actionable under the Lanham Act and common law principles. Register Today! Call Sherryl Jacobs at 416-597-4710 or email sherryl.jacobs@idga.org 5

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