4th Military Tactical Communications Summit

DSI’s Military Tactical Communications Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across U.S. military and U.S. civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will focus on a networked approach to providing communications at the tactical edge.

September 2015 SUMMIT SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• (16 sessions will include all Military Services.)
• ARMY:
• Mr. Kevin Fahey, SES, Executive Director, SoSE&I, ASA ATL  on current priorities and efforts towards creating an effective and efficient system-of-systems architecture for the tactical edge
• Mr. Gary Martin, SES, PEO, PEO C3T speaking on expeditionary networking for the Army
• Mr. John Willison, SES, Director, (CERDEC), S&TCD, discussing CERDEC's work in supporting and defending the network at the tactical edge (tentative)
• DoD:
• Mr. Martin Westphal, SES, Vice Director, C4/ Cyber, Joint Staff  J6,  providing a discussion on JIE/ MPE (Mission Partner Environment) and the future impact on the Joint  and Coalition Warfighter at the Tactical Edge
• Ms. Kerry Kelley, SES, Director of C4 Systems; CIO; and Director, Joint Cyber Center, USSTRATCOM speaking on meeting C4 requirements for the Joint fight
• Mr. Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., SES, Director, Spectrum Policy and Programs, DoD CIO addressing DoD efforts for improving spectrum access
• MARINE CORPS:
• Mr. Kenneth Bible, SES, USMC, Deputy Director, C4 / DCIO, HQMC  speaking on extending the network seamlessly to the tactical edge for the Marine Corps including emerging C4 technologies of interest  and increasing common applications and using cloud/ virtualization for C2 OTM
• Col Gregory Breazile, USMC, Director, C2/Cyber & EW ID, Capabilities Development Directorate, USMC DC CD&I  discussing C2, cyber, and EW capabilities development for tactical communications for the Marine Corps
• USCG:
• CAPT Chris Moss, USCG, Chief, Office of C4 and Sensors Capabilities, USCG presenting the unique mission critical C4ISR needs of the USCG and current areas for improving interoperability with  U.S. and Allied Partners

2015 SUBJECT MATTER TO INCLUDE:

• Bringing common data and operating environments to the tactical edge
• JIE and MPEs: Improving secure messaging  with coalition and Allied Partners in a tactical  environment
• Cloud computing / virtualization for a tactical environment
• Future afloat MAGTF:  network-enabled and digitally interoperable
• Untethering the maneuver commander
• Increasing high-speed transmission capacity for voice and data communications
• Pushing cyber situational awareness data to the tactical edge
• Spectrum management/ shared spectrum access
• Shipboard and undersea C4I capabilities
• Hosted payloads and SATCOM - OTM