Mobile Deployable Communications will be held on the 4th – 5th February 2016, Warsaw, Poland

SMi’s 9th annual conference on Mobile Deployable Communications will have high level support from the Polish Armed Forces alongside senior ranking military from many other countries across Eastern Europe. Attendees will be able to hear the Polish Armed Forces speak as they provide two leading keynote addresses next February.

The conference will provide updates on national military capabilities and requirements around Europe, including the eastern European nations. Critical topics will be addressed such as ensuring more robust networks, the potential for interoperability in deployable communications, the need to strengthen cyber defence in tactical communications as well as technological solutions to consistent end-user problems.

The 2016 expert speaker line-up will feature:

  • Brigadier General Jozef Nasiadka, Head of the Command and Control Directorate (J6), General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
  • Colonel Gregorsz Szmit, Chief of IT Branch, Command and Control Directorate (J6), General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
  • Brigadier General Sandro Sampaoli, Deputy Commander, NATO CIS Group
  • Colonel Jimmy L. Hall Jr, Commander, 5th Signal Command, United States Army Europe
  • Colonel Juergen Schick, Concepts & Development Division, CIS Command Bundeswehr
  • Colonel Michel Pardoux, Head of Telecommunications Technical Branch, DGA France
  • Colonel Jan van de Pol, Head of KIXS, Joint IT Command, Netherlands Ministry of Defence
  • Colonel Susanne Bach Bager, Commander (DNK) Signal Regiment, Danish Defence Command
  • Colonel Tibor Gaspor, Chief of Signal Branch & Deputy Chief of CIS & Information Security Directorate, Defence Staff of The Hungarian Defence Forces
  • Colonel Horst Treiblmaier, Chief of Communication, Ministry of Defence Austria
  • Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Head of Policies and Requirements Branch, CIS Directorate, EU Military Staff
  • Lieutenant Colonel Tom Christiansen, Head of CIS Group, Norwegian Armed Forces
  • Lieutenant Colonel Jari Rantapelkonen, National Defence University, Finnish Defence Forces

To download the full agenda, please visit www.mobiledeployable.com

Running alongside the conference is a pre-conference workshop led by Dr Susanne Søndergaard, Senior Analyst in the Defence and Security team, RAND Europe. Entitled Cyber Defence in CSDP Crisis Management Operations. This workshop will provide an introduction to some of the research RAND Europe has been doing in the Cyber Defence domain, including capability assessment, training needs and curriculum design. The workshop will furthermore present work on cyber defence in CSDP Crisis Management Operations, and facilitate a discussion around the key concepts and challenges in the context of cyber defence in CSD

For more information on the workshop or workshop leader please visit the event website

Those interested in the Mobile Deployable Communications conference are advised to register before the 30th November to secure their place and save £200.

For more information or to register please visit www.mobiledeployable.com

For event enquiries please contact the team on: +44 (0) 207 827 6000 or events@smi-online.co.uk

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