5th Counter IED Summit

Training and Technology Advancements to Defeat the Device

IED Train the Force in Afghanistan are increasing at an alarming rate: insurgents planted 14,661 devices in 2010, a 62% increase over the previous year. Military leaders are already projecting another significant increase in IED threats for 2011. Due to 80% of the coalition casualties being caused by IEDs, there is a great acquisition effort currently underway to mitigate this escalating threat to our forces.

IDGA’s Counter IED 2011 Summit will deliver a comprehensive overview of the latest requirements, emerging policies, programs, and methods involved in defeating and mitigating the IED threat. This year’s critical summit will cover the recent changes in the directions from "Defeating the Device" to "Train the Force"

Sign-up now for the opportunity to meet government and industry experts and hear the future needs of IED Defeat straight from the decision makers themselves!

Who You Will Meet

At IDGA’s Counter IED 2011 Summit, you will have the unique opportunity to interact and network with representatives from the C-IED Community, as well as personnel from military units, government agencies, research, manufacturers/contractors, and technology service providers. Attendees will include Program Managers and Project Managers, Branch Heads, Project Leads, Commanders, Scientists and Engineers with the following responsibilities:

Counter IED
Training and Route Clearance
Explosive Ordinance Disposal
Counter-Terrorism

Home Made Explosives Detection
Modeling and Simulation
Standoff Detection
Jamming and Interference Efforts

Speaker and Presenter Information

* Major General David Quantock, Commanding General, US Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood * Major General Tony Cucolo, Commanding General, 3rd Infantry * Mitchell Howell, SES Deputy Director Rapid Acquisition & Technology, Joint IED Defeat Organization * Lieutenant Colonel Tony Chisolm, Counter IED Branch Chief, First Army * Commander Raymond Albarado, C-IED IPT & C-IED Task Force, NATO * Major Paul Sechler, Commander, TF Paladin, Forensics Team CEXC * Thomas Dale, Team Lead CIED, MCoE * Paul Snyder, Team Lead ATN, TRADOC * Angelo Scotty Gilmore, PhD, Vice President, Infrared Technology * Wayne B. Norris, Chief Scientist, Director, SEDS, LLC * Dr. Peter Chu, Naval Ocean Analysis & Prediction, NPS * Command Sergeant Major Todd Burnett, Senior Enlisted Advisor, Joint IED Defeat Organization * Chief Master Sergeant Robert Hodges, EOD Career Field Manager, Tyndall AFB * Tahnee Moore, Chief, Counter IED Training, MSCoE * John Avolio, Consultant, Chemist, Principal Scientist and Security Advisor, CBRNE Task Force * Steve Miller, Special Agent Bomb Technician, FBI * Scott Blaney, Senior Military Analyst, Center for Army Lessons Learned * Commander Keith Dowling, Branch Chief, Counter IED, United States Central Command * Captain Michael Bryant, USA, Company Commander, 4th Battalion, 353rd Infantry Regiment * Major Paul J. Sechler, USA, Commander, Paladin�s Forensics Team, Combined Explosives Exploitation Cells (CEXC) * Richard Rohr, Team Lead, WTI, US Army * Paul Snyder, Team Lead, Attack the Network, TRADOC * Major D. Landon Phillips, Commanding Officer, USAF Detachment 63, NAVEDOTECHDIV