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1. Marriott Warsaw Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
Optimising Tactical Communications Capabilities For
The Warfighter
Mobile Deployable
Communications
2017
2nd & 3rd
FEB
Host Nation Speakers Include:
Chief, J6 Command and Control Directorate, General Staff of the
Polish Armed Forces
Colonel Manfred Kutz, Head of J6, Multinational Corps North East
Lieutenant Colonel Bartosz Jasiul, Head of Cyber Security
Laboratory, Military Communications Institute
Dr Joanna Sliwa, Head of C4I Systems’ Department, Military
Communications Institute
Expert Military Speakers Include:
Colonel Michel Pardoux, Head of Telecommunications Branch,
DGA France
Colonel Andrew McClelland, Commander, DISA Europe
Colonel Jan van de Pol, Head of KIXZ, Netherlands MoD
Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Branch Chief Policies and
Requirements, Communications and Information Systems
Directorate, EU Military Staff
Colonel Charles Robert Parker, Head of 5th Signal Command,
U.S Army Europe
Lieutenant Colonel Herman Hendrickx, Chief of G-6,
Belgian Defence
Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Martinez de Bujo Larrea, Head of MC3
Program Plan, Spanish Ministry of Defence
Expert Industry Speakers Include:
Mr Arnaud Vare, Product Manager Tactical Communication,
RUAG
Dr Tim Wilkinson, Chief Technologist, General Dynamics Mission
Systems
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
• Meet, network with and hear from senior
military personnel in the Polish Armed
Forces and learn about procurement
opportunities
• Discuss the potential for greater allied
collaboration of deployed networks and
tactical communications
• Hear national updates on next-
generation tactical communication
requirements and CIS
• Hear from industry on emerging technical
solutions and how these can be tailored
for the end-user
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Hosted by: Pawel Olender, Consultant, Aerospace & Defence, SAGA Aero
13.00 - 17.00
A: Optimising Interoperability of Mobile Networks in the
Tactical Domain
Hosted by: Peter Sevenich, Head of the Robust Networks Research Group,
Fraunhofer FKIE
08:30 - 12:30
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2. Mobile Deployable Communications 2017
Day One 2nd February 2017 www.mobiledeployable.com
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8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Senior (Retd) Signal Officer, Polish Armed Forces
HOST NATION ADDRESS:
9.10 Capacity-Building Activities In CIS Provided By Command And
Control Directorate J6 Of The General Staff Of The Polish Armed
Forces
• J6 Directorate tasks in the field of development of the CIS in the
Polish Armed Forces (PAF)
• Organizational structure of the J6 Directorate
• Long-term CIS development programming
• Priorities for the development of the CIS capabilities
Chief, Command and Control Directorate J6,
General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
HOST NATION ADDRESS:
9.50 Cyber Security of Communication Systems based on R&D
activities of Military Communication Institute
• Threats targeting communication and IT systems
• Risks assessment of critical infrastructure
• Cyber Security Laboratory capabilities
• National and international initiatives
Lieutenant Colonel Bartosz Jasiol, Head of Cyber Security
Laboratory, Military Communications Institute
10.30 A response to the challenge of CNR interoperability
• The need for CNR interoperability: challenges and solutions
• RUAG’s Radio Bridge functionality
• Network deployment scenarios and user experience
Arnaud Vare, Product Manager Tactical Communication,
RUAG Holding AG
11.10 Morning Coffee
11.40 How The DGA Are Implementing And Satisfying Requirements For
Next-Generation Telecommunication Capabilities
• Key initiatives to implement next generation telecommunication
capabilities and satisfy critical short to long-term requirements
- Deployable Communications
- SatCom on the Move
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• An update on the goals, timelines and progress for the SDR radio
communications program: CONTACT
• How CONTACT and SCORPION programmes can be utilised for
collaborative combat in the Army
Colonel Michel Pardoux, Head of Telecommunications Branch,
DGA France
12.20 How The Netherlands MoD Are Optimising Mobile Military Networks
For The Warfighter
• An outline of the high-level requirements in military deployed
and mobile networking
• Overcoming the challenges in military networking to ensure
efficient interoperability and connectivity
• Practical steps taken within the Netherlands MoD to solve
mobile network challenges including a mobile federated
mission network
Colonel Jan van de Pol, Head of KIXZ, Netherlands MoD
1.00 Networking Lunch
2.00 Enhancing 4G LTE for Mobile Deployable Communications
• Why do militaries want LTE?
• What can LTE do in a military scenario?
• Similarities and differences between commercial and military
application of LTE
• How LTE can be enhanced for a military context?
Dr Tim Wilkinson, Chief Technologist, General Dynamics Mission
Systems
2.40 How The Romanian MoD Are Satisfying Next-Generation Tactical
CIS Requirements
• Multinational Division South East CIS – overview/ challenges /
interoperability
• Satellite requirements at Battalion and Brigade level – national
perspective
• Reconsidering tropospheric communications
• Legacy equipments integration
Major Dan Fostea, Head of Information Systems and
Communications Section, Romanian Ministry of Defence
3.20 Afternoon Tea
3.50 Deployable Communications And Information Systems of the
Belgian Armed Forces
• CIS structure and organization of the Belgian Armed Forces
• Command Support Systems (BMS, ISIS, …)
• The BEST (Belgian Soldier Transformation) project
• Systems overview (tactical Radio’s, Tactical Satcom, Radio
Relays, networks, …)
• CIS Projects and programmes for the future
Lieutenant Colonel Herman Hendrickx, Chief of G-6,
Belgian Defence
PANEL DISCUSSION:
4.30 Ensuring Robust And Resilient Deployable Tactical
Communications For Next-Generation
• An outline of the components of architectures that are more
at risk and how these align with the evolving threats
• Strengths and weaknesses of current commercial solutions
and government programmes that are designed to address
the threats
• The best method to successfully integrate greater resiliency
into tactical communication systems so long-term threats will
be minimised
• How environmental and external threats could evolve and
the key components that need to be considered long-term
to ensure resiliency
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

3. 8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Senior (Retd) Signal Officer, Polish Armed Forces
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
9.10 A Network Operations And Cyber Defense Perspective
Colonel Andrew McClelland, Commander, DISA Europe
9.50 How U.S Army Europe Are Optimising Tactical Communication
Capabilities Through Regional Collaboration
• How U.S Army Europe are contributing to the overarching
strategic goals and how CIS is critical for this
• The critical CIS objectives and requirements of U.S Army Europe
and how these are currently being achieved
• Satisfying requirement gaps with regional collaboration
- BwSISCOM and Europe
• Next-generation strategic relationships and developments for
CIS capabilities and requirements
Colonel Charles Robert Parker, Head of 5th Signal Command,
U.S Army Europe
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Supporting efficient information exchange at the tactical level
• Challenges of tactical communications
• International initiatives related to efficient information
exchange at the tactical level
Dr Joanna Sliwa, Head of C4I Systems, Military Communications
Institute
11.40 Plan MC3: An Update On The Spanish Tactical Communications
Programme
• An update on the main goals and timelines of the MC3
programme and how these will be achieved
- Achieve maximum efficiency operative
- Increased protection force
- Secure domain information
- Ensuring interoperability
• Progressive and coordinated implementation of the MC3
programme and overcoming difficulties of full operational
efficiency
• Ensuring MC3 is interoperable for the benefit of existing allied
partnerships
• Convergence with “Force Commitments” and FMN NATO
concept
Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Martinez De Bujo Larrea, Chief
Programs Branch CIS UME, C4ISR & Space Head, Deputy General
Directorate for Management Programs, Spanish Ministry of
Defence
12.20 Providing Effective And Efficient Deployable Communication
Capabilities In An Allied Command
• An outline of the key goals of MNC NE and how these align
with the greater goals of NATO
• How the recent NATO Warsaw summit has amended the goals
of MNC NE how the J6’s contribution will help meet these goals
• An outline of the next-generation tactical communication
capabilities and how these align with future MNC NE strategic
goals
Colonel Manfred Kutz, Head of J6, Multination Corps North East
1.00 Networking Lunch
PANEL DISCUSSION:
2.00 How Can The Effectiveness Of Regional Collaboration
And Interoperability Be Enhanced For The Benefit Of All
• An outline of the current structures and programmes for
regional collaboration
• The potential challenges, implications and external factors
which inhibit further regional interoperability
• How can such problems be overcome to ensure more efficient
regional interoperability
• To what extent is regional collaboration limited due to political
implications
Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Branch Chief Policies and
Requirements, Communications and Information Systems
Directorate, EU Military Staff
Colonel Jan van de Pol, Head of KIXZ, Netherlands MoD
2.40 Use Of The National Ciphered Deployable Communication
Means During VJTF Deployment
• National law restrictions
• Equipment compatibility
• Usage of existing static nodes as relay points
• Timelines - from the planning process up to equipment
deployment with THE VJTF forces as a background
Major Michal Wierzbinski, Head of J6, NATO Force Integration
Unit Poland
3.20 Afternoon Tea
3.50 Ensuring Robust And Efficient Deployable CIS Architectures
In Allied EU Missions
• An outline of the EEAS CIS Infrastructure and how this aligns
with critical requirements
- Political strategic level
- Military strategic level
- Operational level
- Tactical level
• Current systems of use and how these will enhanced or
replaced to satisfy next-generation CIS requirements
• How EUMS are enhancing interoperable effectiveness for
military operations
Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Branch Chief Policies and
Requirements, Communications and Information Systems
Directorate, EU Military Staff
4.30 Ensuring Cyber Secure Tactical Communication Networks For
The EU Military
• The Value of Architectures for planning the CIS Infrastructure
and their Defences for EU-led Operations
• The Human Factor
- Required Cyber Defence Competencies and Skills of
deployed personnel;
- On the Road to a Cyber Defence competent workforce for
EU-led Operations
Wolfgang Roehrig, Programme Manager & Project Officer Cyber
Defence, European Defence Agency
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Mobile Deployable Communications 2017
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4. Hosted by: Peter Sevenich, Head of the Robust Networks Research Group,
Fraunhofer FKIE
Hosted by: Pawel Olender, Consultant, Aerospace & Defence, SAGA Aero
HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP A | 08.30 - 12.30 | Wednesday 1st February 2017
Marriott Warsaw Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP B I 13.00 - 17.00 | Wednesday 1st February 2017
Marriott Warsaw Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
Optimising Interoperability of Mobile
Networks in the Tactical Domain
How To Do Business With The Polish Armed Forces
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About the workshop host:
Dipl. Phys. Peter Sevenich, since 1998 at Fraunhofer Institut for
Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE. He is
Head of the Robust Networks Research Group and responsible for the
research areas architectures for coalition networks, wireless tactical
networks and sensor/effector networks.
Peter Sevenich is the German governmental expert for the EDA
CapTech IAP4 that focuses on the area of Communication, Information
Systems and Cyber Defence as well as the German representative in
the NATO STO IST Working Group on Heterogeneous tactical networks
focusing on improving connectivity and network efficiency.
In the multinational test and demonstration project Coalition Networks
for Secure Information Sharing (CoNSIS) he is member a of the Steering
Committee.
Overview of workshop:
The workshop will highlight the challenges in the tactical radio
communication domain for joint and combined missions with
heterogeneous equipment.
An overview of technical solutions and development on the networking,
radio to router communications and radio side will be given.
Relevant military and civilian standardisation, as an enabler for
interoperability will be discussed, as well as research initiatives on the
national, EDA and NATO side.
The aim of the workshop is to improve information exchange and
networking between military, academia and industry to enhance the
level of interoperability for products in the area of mobile tactical
communication for future coalition missions.
­Why you should attend:
• Understand the challenges in the tactical radio communication in
coalition missions
• Get an overview on technical solutions for heterogeneous tactical
radio networks
• Take into account techniques like mobile ad hoc networking, software
defined radio, cross-layer approaches and cognitive radio
• Learn about ongoing standardisation in the area of routing and
waveform design towards interoperability
• In depth discussion with experts from military, academia and industry
on the way ahead
About the organisation
The Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and
Ergonomics FKIE develops solutions for complex cyber-physical systems.
At FKIE we focus on the efficient and robust communication in networked
systems and their security. We protect the data and its transmission
through preventive security measures, detect security incidents, and take
appropriate measures to avert further damage.
Programme:
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Opening Remarks and Introductions
9.10 Mobile Ad Hoc Networking for Heterogeneous Tactical Networks
• Lessons learned from the CoNSIS field trail
• Mobile Ad Hoc networking standardisation, the way ahead
• Radio-to-Router communication, creating heterogeneous
radio networks
• From the demonstrator to products
9.50 Military University of Technology Warsaw Perspective
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Rhode & Schwarz: German Industry Perspective
11.40 Polish Industry Perspective
12.20 Questions, Discussion and Closing Remarks
12.30 End of Workshop
Overview of workshop:
This course should teach the participants the basics of doing business
in Poland and familiarise them with the complex legal and economic
framework surrounding the Polish military industry. The course will
cover general aspects both specific and non-specific for the industry
such as: legal, politic, economic, supply and demand, financing and
marketing.
­Why you should attend:
• Get accustomed to the Polish business culture
• Learn basic legal and financial constraints of operating in Poland
• Learn the prospects of Polish Military development and spending
• Get advice on first steps on networking and marketing
About the workshop host:
Pawel is a consultant with many years of investment and trade
consulting experience in Poland and abroad. Launched projects in
Romania, Turkey and Vietnam. 8 years of experience working for one
of the top 3 Capital Groups in Poland. Currently consulting foreign
enterprises on entering the Polish market.
About our organisation:
SAGA Aero is a dedicated and skilled workforce: 8 years of continued
experience, staff with aviation business university level degree studies.
On-time staff performance providing what you need when you need
it. Innovative business solutions with focus on customer service.
Programme:
13.00 Registration & Coffee
13.30 Opening Remarks and Introductions
13.40 Introduction (speaker & course summary)
• Brief history of Poland
• Polish Military and its dynamics
• Polish Military Industry – introduction
• Polish economy
14.20 Starting business in Poland
• Legal and financial constraints
• Tender process – legal implications
15.00 Afternoon Tea
15.30 Military Spending Programmes
• Military Tender Review
• Security Levels
• Polish Military Domestic Import/Export Brokers
16.10 Key fairs
• Marketing options
• Lobbying and politics
• Advice on key steps and services
16.50 Questions, Discussion and Closing Remarks
17.00 End of Workshop

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