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Defense Logistics USA 2009 Register
December 1-4, 2009
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Arlington, VA


Attend the most anticipated DoD logistics event of the year! Defense Logistics offers a cross-service perspective by senior logisticians that will help us improve force effectiveness. And with our resources spread so thin, there has never been a more critical time…Early bird discounts are available for military, government agencies and qualified manufacturers. Call 1-888-482-6012 today..


Military Health Management Register
January 26-28, 2009
Sheraton National, Crystal City, VA
www.MilitaryHealthManagement.com


The leading training conference for medical readiness & defense health IT specialists.

Soldier Technology US 2009
February 2nd-4th 2009
Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia


Soldier Technology US is the key meeting place in north America for the soldier modernization community. With over 350 attendees at our 2008 event, 2009 will once again deliver key program managers from PEO Soldier, US Marines Corps, the US Army and experts from around the world. Soldier Technology US also delivers to you the industry’s leading prime contractors and suppliers, all showcasing their latsest products and innovative solutions to advance the capabilities of dismounted sodliers.

Situated in the heart of Crystal city, no where else will you get to meet and learn from the soldier modernizations leading program managers and experts across 3 value driven days.


HCMD Register
February 23-25, 2009
Sheraton National Hotel
Arlington, VA


Human Capital Management for Defense (HCMD 2009) is critical to your success in strategically managing human capital. Learn how senior leaders are developing the right mix of skills across the total force, aligning skills to requirements, and addressing competency gaps. Attend HCMD 2009 to gather best practices in the recruitment and retention of quality personnel and learn about exciting workforce development initiatives across DoD.

For speaking opportunities call Priya Pandian 646- 200-7536 or email priya.pandian@wbresearch.com

For marketing opportunities call Gaianti Surajbali at 646-200-7446 or email her at gsurajbali@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities call Daniel J. Einhorn at 646-200-7526 or email daniel.einhorn@wbresearch.com

For general inquiries, please contact us at hcmd@wbresearch.com


Performance Based Logistics Register
July 27-29, 2009
Westin Alexandria, Alexandria, VA


Performance Based Logistics 2009 is the only conference that brings together cross-service and industry experts with backgrounds in logistics, maintenance, acquisition and system engineering to prepare for the future of outcome based contracting in the DoD industry. Conference highlights include presentations from pioneers in PBL implementation like Randy T. Fowler, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Materiel Readiness, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Rear Admiral Thomas Eccles, Deputy Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, US Navy, Col. Duane Creamer, Commander, JSTARS, Warner Robbins AFB, US Air Force, Patrick Fesquet, Director of Procurement, NAMSA, NATO and many more.

Join 200+ senior military personnel from the Department of Defense and manufacturers to understand the evolving PBL policy from OSD and the Services and gain tactical examples of PBL implementation strategies at the component, sub-system and system levels.

HCMF
Human Capital Management: Federal
November 2009
Arlington, VA.
www.HCMFederal.com


The leading conference for human capital management within the federal government.

Defense Finance 2010 Register
March 2010
Washington, DC


The Defense Finance annual training conference assists in transforming financial operations to better support the warfighter. Attendees meet face-to-face with high-ranking executives from the armed forces, DoD, BTA and other agencies to share best practices regarding the latest FM updates and new DoD transformation imperatives.

Email defensefinance@wbresearch.com for information on the 2009 agenda.

DNCO Register
December 2010
Venue tbc


For network centric operations to truly deliver increased operational effectiveness, the efforts of DoD, coalition and civil authorities must align and permit seamless data sharing. Defense Network Centric Operations is the premier event addressing allied/coalition network centric operations, as well as the movement toward a network centric environment across joint and coalition forces, government agencies, NGOs, and first responders. Through in-depth presentations from CIOs and three-star officers across DoD, DNCO provides a wide array of perspectives and candid discussion as to where network centric operations are heading.

For more information, please email us at dnco@wbresearch.com

Europe

DGI 2010 Register
25th – 28nd January 2010,
QEII Conference Centre,
London


DGI EUROPE 2010 is Europe’s annual gathering of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Bringing together Heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, and Imagery and Analysis, the conference provides a unique forum to discuss and debate the development of geospatial intelligence capabilities across the globe. Addressing the use of geospatial information in scenarios such as international conflicts, humanitarian disasters, crime, security, border control, arms treaty monitoring and global climate change, a fundamental objective of the event is to help organisations understand how to build the necessary infrastructure and architecture to take advantage of geospatial intelligence capabilities, as well tackle the challenges of interoperability so that organisations can collaborate effectively with each other.

Battlespace Information 2009
April 2009
Brussels


Battlespace Information is the leading international event for the Military C4ISR/NCW community, bringing together over 250 government, industry, and military leaders, together with leading suppliers and industry experts, across information packed 4 days of accurate, timely and cutting-edge military case studies. Battlespace Information will bring together those dealing with the key technical challenges that the modern military are facing and look at ways in which they can be overcome.
Key areas include:

  • Information management 
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Sharing
  • IT Architecture and IT governance
  • Cyber Security
  • Information Security and network security

International Defence Logistics Register
June 9-11, 2009
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels


“Brings military and civilian expertise together in a great, international setting”
Col. Robert Van Der Meulen, MoD Netherlands

International Defence Logistics 2009 is the world’s largest international conference for government, military and defence industry logistics and procurement professionals. The conference agenda blends on-the-ground case studies from the theatre of operations with enterprise level explorations of organisational efficiency and transformation to give a complete and in depth insight into the logistics challenges facing the defence organisations of allied nations in the 21st century.

International Defence Logistics 2009 will host over 50 speakers including senior officers from NATO, NAMSA, The European Defence Agency, the UN and OCCAR. The conference is tailored to serve you in the defence logistics community.

Please contact Herve Bavazzano at Herve.Bavazzano@wbr.co.uk for information on exhibition,sponsorship and speaking opportunities.

Soldier Technology 2009 Register
30th June - 3rd July 2009
London



Nat Sec 09 Register
October 2009

NAT SEC 08 was the must attend event for all those striving to increase collaboration and information sharing within national and international agencies.

In an uncertain and increasingly unpredictable security landscape, the importance of acting early to terrorist threats and attacks is paramount. NAT SEC 08 brought together these agencies and organisations that work on the multiple aspects of National Security and counter-terrorism and looked at how they are transforming in order to cope with changing threat scenarios throughout Europe.

Over 150 senior government and military practitioners from the fields of emergency planning, intelligence, border control, resilience, CBRN and cyber terrorism gathered for 2 main conference days and a dedicated cyber security focus days. These experts debated and discussed the current threats and future strategies for mitigating the changing threats that Europe is facing.


Asia

Africa & Middle East

GULF C4ISR Register
19th-21st January 2009 * Armed Forces Officers' Club,
Abu Dhabi, UAE


At Gulf C4ISR you will hear updates and key strategies from senior ranking military officers from the Gulf region and around the world. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with leading solution providers and system integrators, all across three value driven days. No where else in 2009 will you have direct access to so many of the Gulf nations’ leading C4I and NEC/NCW experts, as well as essential updates from the US, UK, Germany and Sweden.
Taking place in partnership with the UAE Air Force & Air Defence at the Armed Forces Officer’s Club in Abu Dhabi, GULF C4ISR is the only event for the Military Communication C4I/ C4ISR/NCW community.
Gulf C4ISR is the only event where you can hear from those who are responsible for shaping the future military communications strategies and requirements in the Middle East and hear how your solution can fill their capability gap.