DSI SOF Symposium

As the role of SOF continues to be re-defined, it is important that forces benefit from the knowledge and experience of those deployed in disparate geographic locations.

This Symposium will focus on the importance of creating a global SOF network, whereby operators and support staff across geographic regions have access and connectivity with each other and with SOCOM in order to more effectively conduct operations in support of their discreet geographic Combatant Commands as well as between and among partner nations.

Challenges to the global network include hardware, DoD authorizations, relationships with partner nations, and relationships between and among Geographic and   Functional Combatant Commands.

This symposium will provide a forum for SOF, its partners including Combatant Commands, USAID, Department of State, the IC, Partner Nations, and numerous NGO’s and other critical organizations necessary to achieving National goals.

Specific Topics To be Discussed Include:

-Improving the Global SOF Network

-Leveraging Disparate TSOC’s for Enhanced Intelligence and more Effective Operations

-COCOM Collaborative Efforts for the Most Effective Use and Placement of SOF

-Improved SOF Integration with the IC

-Capability Requirements and Acquisition Priorities Necessary to Respond to Current and Future Missions

-Interoperability with Partner Nations

-Promoting Global Partner Capacity