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CHAIRMAN:Major General (Ret’d) George Harrison, PrincipalResearch Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:Robert Murray, Head of ISR, Defence InvestmentDecision, NATOBrigadier General Friedrich Teichmann, Director,Geospatial Department, Austrian Armed Forces*Major Jacob Bos, Airstaff, Defense Command Denmark*Captain Halil Ibrahim Tokus, Student Officer, Turkish AirWar CollegeLieutenant Colonel Jan Mazal, Chief Scientist in Military Tactics Department, Military Intelligence and ISR,University of Defence, Czech Republic

PLUS ONE INTERACTIVE POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPWednesday 22nd April 2015, Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK

Tactical ISR Workshop Leader: Dr Clayton Stewart, Visiting Professor, Department of Electronic

and Electrical Engineering, University College London8.30 – 13.00

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BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:

• Listen to international military updates on currentand future ISR capabilities

• Discuss the development of NATO's Joint ISR andthe issues it faces

• Evaluate the RAF’s QWI ISR training programme• Debate tactical side of ISR and changes in

traditional leadership methods

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HOST NATION SPEAKERS:Brigadier Simon Deakin OBE, Director ForceDevelopment, HM Forces

Major Alexander Gray, SO2 Plans, ArmyHeadquarters

Squadron Leader Rob Farrant, SentinelRequirements Manager, Air ISTAR Project Team,Royal Air Force Waddington

Squadron Leader Daniel Hill, Air Battle Manager,92 (R) Sqn, Air Warfare Centre

Sergeant Simon Rees, AirScape (ISTAR MSS) SystemAdministrator, Royal Air Force

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ISR 2015Day One | Monday 20th April 2015

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chair's Opening RemarksMajor General (Ret’d) George Harrison, Principal ResearchEngineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

KEYNOTE ADDRESS9.10 Understanding and Intelligence: Following the Money

• Unlocking the value of doctrine• Revealing the enemy through financial intelligence • Identifying opportunities for disruption• Planning for actionEdwina Thompson, Threat Finance Expert, BeechwoodInternationalBrigadier Simon Deakin OBE, Director Force Development, HMforces

National Updates

9.50 The Evolution of a C4I System in the Middle East• Requirements capture• What's the capability gap?• Specifying the system• Evolving the systemMartin Robertson, Military Advisor, Royal Saudi Air Force

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 ISR Operations from the Defense Command DenmarkViewpoint• ISR around Arctic• Multi-use of ISR assets• ISR in a small Air forceMajor Jacob Bos, Airstaff, Defense Command Denmark*

HOST NATION ADDRESS11.40 PANEL: UK MoD Question & Answer - Future of UK ISR

Major Alexander Gray, SO2 Plans, Army HeadquartersSquadron Leader Daniel Hill, Air Battle Manager, 92 (R) Sqn, Air Warfare Centre, Royal Air Force Sergeant Simon Rees, AirScape (ISTAR MSS) SystemAdministrator, RAF Waddington ISTAR Operations SupportSquadron, Royal Air Force

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.40 From Past to Present ISR in Operation Environment - A TurkishPerspective• Operational environment and ISR sources in the past• Changing operational environment and importance of ISR

today• Present ISR sources in the operational area (Iraq, Afghanistan

and Libya)• Foresight for ISR in the near futureCaptain Halil Ibrahim Tokus, Student Officer, Turkish Air WarCollege

Future ISR

2.20 NATO's Joint ISR• Practical problems using ISR in a coalition• The capabilities of successful JISR• The role of AGS in JISRRobert Murray, Head of ISR, Defence Investment Division,NATO Headquarters

3.00 NATO JISR Trial UNIFIED VISION 2014• Context• Trial Overview• Assessment Outcomes• Way AheadRob Munday, Assessment Director NATO JISR Trial UV14, NATO Industrial Action Group (NIAG)

3.40 Afternoon Tea

4.10 Autonomous Systems in Context of Future ISR Capabilities• Approaches and trends in the Czech ISR development and

future capabilities• Autonomous systems and robotics in ISR and military

operations • Artificial intelligence and automation of intelligence analyses

and decision-making processes • Advanced automated command and control • Applicability of automated mission control • Math modelling and programming of operational and tactical

tasksLieutenant Colonel Jan Mazal, Chief Scientist in Military TacticsDepartment, Military Intelligence and ISR, University of Defence,Czech Republic

4.50 Followership in Cyberspace: Challenges and Opportunities inThird Generation Insurgencies• Third Generation Insurgencies• Resilient Insurgent Networks in North Waziristan’s – A Case

Study • The Cyber Sanctuary: Leader – Follower relation in Global

Networks• From the Black net to Physical Effects: Breaking the Decision

Cycle• Challenges and OpportunitiesBrigadier General (Ret'd) Iftikhar Zaidi, Former Commander103 Infantry Brigade, North Waziristan, Lecturer in DefenceLeadership at Cranfield Defence and Security, CranfieldUniversity, Pakistan Armed Forces

5.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Asia

Africa

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USA and Canada

ISR Attendees 2013-2014 by region:3% 1%

24%

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ISR 2015Day Two | Tuesday 21st April 2015

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chair's Opening RemarksMajor General (Ret’d) George Harrison, Principal ResearchEngineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute

KEYNOTE ADDRESS9.10 The ISR Challenge: Fighting the Platform and Effective Product

Exploitation• An analysis of the current situation regarding ISR.• Fighting the platform within the contemporary operating

environment• What is effective product exploitation• The ISR Challenge: Thoughts for the futureMajor Alexander Gray, SO2 Plans, Army Headquarters

HOST NATION ADDRESS9.50 The RAF's QWI ISR training programme

• An overview of the overall programme • The programme’s tactical training• Deployment of graduates after the programme• MSC ISR Management CourseSquadron Leader Rob Farrant, Sentinel Requirements Manager,Air ISTAR Project Team, Royal Air Force Waddington

10.30 Morning Coffee

Maximising ISR capabilities

11.00 ISR: Doing More with What You Already Have - People,Processes and Effective Technologies• Understanding the true nature of ISR in the future operating

environment• Cost effective approaches to optimising data, information and

intelligence• How to make the most of existing capabilities and limited

budgetsRobert Kerby, Senior ISTAR Consultant, 3SDL Ltd

HOST NATION ADDRESS11.40 Maximising ISR collect through tactical level control

• How do we tactically fuse ISR sensors from complimentaryassets in near real time?

• Where is the best location to do this? An Ops Room, ISR PEDCentre, A CRC / AWACS?

• Who has the knowledge to do this? Internal operatorsconducting Ops, or Operators conducting Intelligence fusion

Squadron Leader Daniel Hill, Air Battle Manager, 92 (R) Sqn, AirWarfare Centre, Royal Air Force

12.20 Networking Lunch

1.50 Innovative Synthesis of non-commercial Geo-Data and -Information into Intelligence Products for ComprehensiveApproach Missions• Commercial and non-commercial Geo-data and Geo-

Information sources• GeoIntel Products for asymmetric warfare, Comprehensive

Approach and Humanitarian Relief Missions• Crowd sourcing in the Geo-world as an innovative tool• Challenges for Geo-Crowd sourcing applicationsBrigadier General Friedrich Teichmann, Director, GeospatialDepartment, Austrian Armed Forces*

HOST NATION ADDRESS2.30 ISTAR Mission Planning and Support

• Current E-3D Planning Requirements and Problems• Case study of current Mission Planning Capabilities at RAF

Waddington• External input requirements (Intelligence, JCDX, IBS, MET etc) • Future Capability Requirements (MMA)Sergeant Simon Rees, AirScape (ISTAR MSS) SystemAdministrator, RAF Waddington ISTAR Operations SupportSquadron, Royal Air Force

3.00 Geospatial technology developments and their potentialdisruptive implications for defence and security • An introduction to geo-intelligence research at the

Nottingham Geospatial Institute (University of Nottingham)• The potential negative and positive impacts from the growth in

open data and crowd-data sources• The challenge of providing a framework for the validation and

quality assurance of crowd-data • A description of the Nottingham Geospatial Institute

developments to turn crowd-data into actionable intelligence• Outstanding research challenges• SummaryProfessor Mike Jackson, Emeritus Professor, NottinghamGeospatial Institute, University of Nottingham

3.40 Afternoon Tea

4.10 Advanced Modelling and Decision Support in ISR Systems• Introduction to Decision Support Systems• Contemporary Decision Support in ISR Systems• Advanced Decision Support Concept• Models of Military Tactics for ISR SystemsLieutenant Colonel Petr Stodola, Associate Professor, Universityof Defence, Czech Republic

4.50 The Moral Utility of Drones in a Changing World• The early 21st century drone wars• Critical voices• A changing strategic environment• Political and moral benefits of dronesDr Peter Lee, Principal Lecturer in Ethics and Political Theory,University of Portsmouth

5.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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HALF-DAY POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPWednesday 22nd April 2015

8.30 – 13.00Holiday Inn Regents Park Hotel, London, UK

Tactical ISR

Workshop Leader: Dr Clayton Stewart, Visiting Professor, Department of Electronic

and Electrical Engineering, University College London

Overview of workshop:At the completion of this Tactical ISR workshop theattendees will:• Be able to better execute their responsibilities within the

wider ISR arena.• Have a deeper understanding of the operational

principles and underlying technologies of modernTactical ISR systems.

• Have a wider understanding of the complex linkagesbetween technology, people, process, tools, businessbenefit and balance of investment decisions.

• Understand how making significant investment in relevantS&T can lead to more effective defence systems.

• Be able to better articulate the relationships betweenunderlying technologies and Tactical ISR systems.

Programme:8.30 Registration and Coffee

9.00 Introduction to Workshop Host

9.10 Introduction of Workshop Participants

9.20 Session 1: Sensor Systems

10.20 Session 2: Intelligence

11.00 Coffee Break

11.20 Session 3: Electronic Warfare

12.10 Session 4 Collection Platforms

12.50 Concluding Roundtable Discussion & Closing Remarks

About the Workshop Host

Dr Clayton Stewart• Currently: Visiting Professor Electronic and Electrical

Engineering• 2007-2013: Technical Director Office of Naval Research

Global• 1994-2007: Corporate Vice President and General

Manager of Reconnaissance and Surveillance Operation• 1990-1994: Associate Professor of Electrical and

Computer Engineering and• Associate Director of Centre of Excellence in Command,

Control, Communications, and Intelligence, George MasonUniversity,

• 1987-1990: Program Manager Artificial Ionospheric Mirrorover the horizon radar system.

• 1984-1987: Principal Investigator Signal Processing, SperryCorporate

• Technology Centre, performed research on multi-sensorfusion, radar systems, electronic warfare, and signalprocessing

• 1982-1984: Deputy Director Tactical Systems Division, AirForce Studies and Analyses, the Pentagon, performedanalyses of C4ISR systems including JSTARS, Mk XV IFF,JTIDS, Have Quick

• 1978-1982: Associate Professor Electrical Engineering, USAir Force Academy

• 1964-1974: USAF officer

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