Adolf LABAK has over 30 years of experience in the fields of CBRN defence, military operations and planning, and civil-military cooperation (CIMIC). He has held positions at the JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence contributing to lessons learned efforts and countering hybrid threats. He also served as an observer/trainer at the NATO Joint Warfare Centre and worked on Czech Armed Forces participation in NATO exercises. LABAK received his Master's in engineering and political science from the Military University of Vyskov and is currently pursuing his PhD in risk management and military/non-military threats from the Defence University of Brno.

1. Adolf LABAK JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence [email_address]

2. Experience Deputy Chief of Lessons Learned, Evaluation and Analysis Section JCBRN Defence Centre of Excellence August 2008 – Present (3 years 1 month) Contributing to gathering, processing, generalisation and distribution CBRN Defence related experience in real NATO Forces deployment or in conducting of NATO Forces FTX and CPX. Participating in multinational working groups at NATO level, conferences, seminars covering problems of gathering observations from training and operations Participating in multinational working groups at NATO level, conferences, seminars covering problems of countering hybrid threats (CHT). SME Land Ops & Plans / Observer/Trainer at NATO Joint Warfare Centre Joint Warfare Centre August 2005 – July 2008 (3 years) Worked on the preparation and execution of NATO Exercises for NRF at Joint or Component level with regards of land forces. Senior Staff Officer Ministry of Defence - Operational Division August 2000 – July 2005 (5 years) Worked on the planning, programming and execution of the Czech Armed Forces participation on NATO exercises and participation of foreigner forces on territory of CIMIC Officer-SFOR II Mission June 1998 – March 1999 (10 months) Performed the duties of a CIMIC Staff Officer at the tactical and operational level. This involved the planning and directing of CIMIC activities and the provision of CIMIC input to the Operational Planning Process within the land environment.

3. Education Military University of Vyskov Master's Degree, Automotive Engineering, Political Science, Military Tactics 1983 – 1987 Courses 2003 – 2010 Activities and Societies: Various courses including: Operation Planning Process, NATO School, Oberammergau, DEU; Staff Course, University of Defence, Brno, CZE; Emergency Disaster Management Simulation New Equipment Training, C4i Consultants/JCBRN Def COE, Vyskov, CZE; NATO Lessons Learned Staff Officer Course, SWEDINT, SWE; JALLC Analyst Training Course, JALLC, Lisbon, PRT. Defence University of Brno PhD Student - Risk Management, Military Threat, Non-military Threat, Force and Civic Protection 2008 – 2013 (expected)

4. Area of Research Modelling and Simulation of Processes in protection of forces and civil population modelling and simulation of national Integrated Rescue System modelling and simulation of processes in Crisis Response Management at different levels analyses of above mentioned systems educational system for Civil Protection at different level