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Defense Finance 2008 Register
October 27-29, 2008
Sheraton Crystal City
Arlington, VA


The Defense Finance annual training conference assists in transforming financial operations to better support the warfighter. Attendees meet face-to-face with high-ranking executives from the armed forces, DoD, BTA and other agencies to share best practices regarding the latest FM updates and new DoD transformation imperatives.

Conference sessions and networking functions provide an unparalleled opportunity to prepare for the coming fiscal year and meet key transformation objectives. Mark the dates in your calendar today

The Defense Finance 2008 conference agenda is now online.  Click here for more details.


HCMF 2008
Human Capital Management: Federal
November 19-21, 2008
Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, VA.
www.HCMFederal.com


KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM HCMF:

  • Align your human capital strategies with your missions, goals, and organizational culture
  • Identify and analyze critical skills and competency gaps between your current and future workforce
  • Learn about human capital success stories and future roadmaps from top DoD leaders and CHCOs from Federal Agencies
  • Improve performance management systems to support employee development and assist in succession planning
  • Streamline and integrate your human resources processes to improve workforce management and service delivery

  • To secure premium exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, contact Nicola Edey via phone, 646-200-7489, or via email: nicola.edey@wbresearch.com

DNCO 2008 Register
December 1-3, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Arlington, VA


For network centric operations to truly deliver increased operational effectiveness, the efforts of DoD, coalition and civil authorities must align and permit seamless data sharing. Defense Network Centric Operations 2007 is the premier event addressing allied/coalition network centric operations, as well as the movement toward a network centric environment across joint and coalition forces, government agencies, NGOs, and first responders. Through in-depth presentations from CIOs and three-star officers across DoD, DNCO provides a wide array of perspectives and candid discussion as to where network centric operations are heading.

For more information, please email us at dnco@wbresearch.com.


Defense Logistics USA 2008 Register
December 2-5, 2008
Marriott Crystal Gateway
Arlington, VA


Attend the most anticipated DoD logistics event of the year! Now in its 7th year, Defense Logistics offers a cross-service perspective by senior logisticians that will help us improve force effectiveness. And with our resources spread so thin, there has never been a more critical time…Early bird discounts are available for military, government agencies and qualified manufacturers. Call 1-888-482-6012 today..


Military Health Management Register
January 26-28, 2009
Sheraton National, Crystal City, VA
www.MilitaryHealthManagement.com


Military health management is one of the most important issues facing the armed forces. Given that people are the most important resource in the United States military, it is an undisputed top priority to provide the highest quality of medical service and support to our men and women who serve.

Military Health Management aims to uncover the major challenges associated with medical logistics and healthcare management across a variety of agencies.

Interested in speaking at the event?
Call Leanne Laudico-Arcinue at 646-200-7466 or email her at Leanne.LArcinue@wbresearch.com

Marketing Opportunities
Call Katie Oates at 646-200-7450 or email her at koates@wbresearch.com

Solution Provider Speaking Opportunities, Sponsorship and Exhibition
Call Sonja Patillo at 646-200-7494 or email her at spatillo@wbresearch.com


Soldier Technology US 2009
February 2nd-4th 2009
Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia


Soldier Technology US is the key meeting place in north America for the soldier modernization community. With over 350 attendees at our 2008 event, 2009 will once again deliver key program managers from PEO Soldier, US Marines Corps, the US Army and experts from around the world. Soldier Technology US also delivers to you the industry’s leading prime contractors and suppliers, all showcasing their latsest products and innovative solutions to advance the capabilities of dismounted sodliers.

Situated in the heart of Crystal city, no where else will you get to meet and learn from the soldier modernizations leading program managers and experts across 3 value driven days.


HCMD 2009 Register
February 23-25, 2009
Sheraton National Hotel
Arlington, VA


Human Capital Management for Defense (HCMD 2009) is critical to your success in strategically managing human capital. Learn how senior leaders are developing the right mix of skills across the total force, aligning skills to requirements, and addressing competency gaps. Attend HCMD 2009 to gather best practices in the recruitment and retention of quality personnel and learn about exciting workforce development initiatives across DoD.

For speaking opportunities call Leanne-Laudico Arcinueat 646-200-7468 or email llarcinue@wbresearch.com

For marketing opportunities call Gaianti Surajbali at 646-200-7446 or email her at gsurajbali@wbresearch.com

For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities call Sonja Patillo at 646-200-7491 or email spatillo@wbresearch.com

For general inquiries, please contact us at hcmd@wbresearch.com


Performance Based Logistics - PBL 2009 Register
July 2009
Arlington, VA


“I believe that your speakers represented top caliber people of industry.  This was a very informative conference.  I have attended numerous PBL conferences and by far this one was the best that I have been a part of.”
John Groves, Senior Program Analyst, NAVAIR PMA 261

Attend PBL 2008 And:

  • Gain Insight To OSD And Defense Service Policy Groups On Guidance Document Gaps
  • Discuss PBL Relevant Topics That Address Your Day-To-Day Challenges
  • Learn From Recent PBL Research On Successful Performance Metrics And Supplier Relationships
  • Develop Forward Thinking Strategies For PBL Implementation To Improve Your Current Position

For more information visit www.pblusa.com or email pbl@wbresearch.com.


Europe

Nat Sec 08
30th September – 2nd October 2008

NAT SEC 08 is the must attend event for all those striving to increase collaboration and information sharing within national and international agencies.

In an uncertain and increasingly unpredictable security landscape, the importance of acting early to terrorist threats and attacks is paramount. NAT SEC 08 will bring together these agencies and organizations that work on the multiple aspects of National Security including counter-terrorism and will look at how they are transforming in order to cope with changing threat scenarios throughout Europe.

Over 200 senior government and military practioners from the fields of emergency planning, intelligence, border control, resilience and cyber terrorism will gather for 2 main conference days and two dedicated focus days. These experts will debate and discuss current threats and future strategies for mitigating the changing threats that Europe is facing. Together, they hope that by attending Counter Terrorism & Public Safety 2008, they will be able to drive forward their integrated and coordinated threat detection, protection and response strategies.


DGI 2009 Register
19th – 22nd January 2009,
QEII Conference Centre,
London


DGI EUROPE 2009 is Europe’s annual gathering of the defence and government geospatial intelligence community. Bringing together Heads of Geospatial Intelligence, GIS, Remote Sensing, Operations, and Imagery and Analysis, the conference provides a unique forum to discuss and debate the development of geospatial intelligence capabilities across the globe. Addressing the use of geospatial information in scenarios such as international conflicts, humanitarian disasters, crime, security, border control, arms treaty monitoring and global climate change, a fundamental objective of the event is to help organisations understand how to build the necessary infrastructure and architecture to take advantage of geospatial intelligence capabilities, as well tackle the challenges of interoperability so that organisations can collaborate effectively with each other.

Battlespace Information 2009
April 2009
Brussels


Battlespace Information is the leading international event for the Military C4ISR/NCW community, bringing together over 250 government, industry, and military leaders, together with leading suppliers and industry experts, across information packed 4 days of accurate, timely and cutting-edge military case studies. Battlespace Information will bring together those dealing with the key technical challenges that the modern military are facing and look at ways in which they can be overcome.
Key areas include:

  • Information management 
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Sharing
  • IT Architecture and IT governance
  • Cyber Security
  • Information Security and network security

International Defence Logistics Register
June 2009
Brussels


“Brings military and civilian expertise together in a great, international setting”
Col. Robert Van Der Meulen, MoD Netherlands

International Defence Logistics 2009 is the world’s largest international conference for government, military and defence industry logistics and procurement professionals. The conference agenda blends on-the-ground case studies from the theatre of operations with enterprise level explorations of organisational efficiency and transformation to give a complete and in depth insight into the logistics challenges facing the defence organisations of allied nations in the 21st century.

International Defence Logistics 2009 will host over 50 speakers including senior officers from NATO, NAMSA, The European Defence Agency, the UN and OCCAR. The conference is tailored to serve you in the defence logistics community.

Please contact Herve Bavazzano at Herve.Bavazzano@wbr.co.uk for information on exhibition,sponsorship and speaking opportunities.

Soldier Technology 2009 Register
30th June - 3rd July 2009
London


In its second year, Soldier Technology US is the biggest gathering of infantry modernization experts in North America, bringing together over 400 program and product managers from PEO Soldier, Marine Corps Systems Command, the Canadian Army as well as heads of soldier and land systems in prime contractors, system integrators and top equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Through over 35 in-depth presentations from top military, research and industry infantry modernization experts you will learn about the progress of SMPs including Soldier Warrior, Marine Expeditionary Rifle Squad (MERS) and Canada’s International Soldier System Project (ISSP). In response to greater integration of advanced soldier systems in the digital battlespace, Soldier Technology US 2009 will also focus on interoperability of mounted and dismounted warfighter systems and enhancing situational awareness to improve survivability. As the only event to bring you warfighter feedback directly from Iraq and Afghanistan on the performance of advanced infantry systems, you will also get all the data and information you need about capability gaps and future R&D.

In addition to face time with so many of North America’s top infantry modernization experts you will have the opportunity to join a tour of the Marine Corps Gruntworks facility, giving you insight into how one of the world’s most effective warfighters prepares for operations pre-deployment.


Asia

Soldier Technology India 2008


This event has been postponed. Please email Tom.Webber@wbr.co.uk for more information

Africa & Middle East

GULF C4ISR Register
19th-21st January 2009 * Armed Forces Officers' Club,
Abu Dhabi, UAE


At Gulf C4ISR you will hear updates and key strategies from senior ranking military officers from the Gulf region and around the world. You will have the opportunity to meet and network with leading solution providers and system integrators, all across three value driven days. No where else in 2009 will you have direct access to so many of the Gulf nations’ leading C4I and NEC/NCW experts, as well as essential updates from the US, UK, Germany and Sweden.
Taking place in partnership with the UAE Air Force & Air Defence at the Armed Forces Officer’s Club in Abu Dhabi, GULF C4ISR is the only event for the Military Communication C4I/ C4ISR/NCW community.
Gulf C4ISR is the only event where you can hear from those who are responsible for shaping the future military communications strategies and requirements in the Middle East and hear how your solution can fill their capability gap.