The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish modeling and simulation (M&S) technical interest groups (TIGs) with technical experts from the various M&S domains associated with homeland security. The TIGs will share information, promote cross-fertilization of ideas, identify community research and standards needs, review plans, and help to establish community consensus on a number of technical issues. Subject matter experts and other homeland security M&S stakeholders, both inside and outside the government that can serve as reliable information sources and sounding boards for various M&S related homeland security activities carried out within homeland security enterprise are encouraged to attend the workshop.

The proposed objectives of the TIGs are listed below:

• Refinement and/or expansion of definition of the technical scope for each TIG within the general guidelines that have been established
• Specification/ratification of simulation user needs and modeling requirements
• Recommendation of appropriate modeling techniques
• Identification of subject matter experts, relevant existing models and tools, data sources and reference data sets, guidelines, formats, and standards, best practices
• Recommendations for M&S evaluation approaches such as verification, validation, and accreditation

The initial set of M&S Technical Interest Group meetings that will be held at this workshop include:

• Incident Management
• Hazardous Material Releases
• Critical Infrastructure Systems
• Healthcare Systems

Plenary sessions will address homeland security topics of general interest to all participants. Breakout sessions will be formed on the basis of the TIGs. Attendees to the workshop will receive materials that define the scope of each TIG and preliminary information that has been assembled for that M&S domain including: needs analyses, requirements specifications, listing of M&S resources, research and standards issues, and references. Technical experts will review, update, and expand upon this preliminary information set. Workshop results will be assembled into a published report that will be provided to DHS, attendees, and will be made available to the general public.

Technical Contact:
Swee Leong
Phone: 301-975-5426
Email: swee.leong@nist.gov
Fax: 301-258-9749

This exceptional conference will offer delegates the chance to experience an exciting and diverse four days, which will include: an optional site visit to the UK Defence CBRN centre, industry leading keynote addresses and presentations, interactive panel discussions and two workshops focusing on IED and interoperability between agencies during a CBRNe incident.

Hear from our line-up of international speakers:

• Chief Superintendent Stuart Harrison, Police Military Liaison Officer, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Home Office, UK
• Lauri Luht, EU CREMEX 2011 Co-ordinator, Ministry of the Interior, Estonia
• Gennadi Lutay, Head of Assistance and Protection Branch, International Coorperation and Assistance Division-OPCW
• John Conaghan, Counter Terrorism Security Coordinator, London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, British Transport Police
• Captain Michael Collins, Chief of Staff, Joint Task Force Civil Support, US NORTHCOM
• Chief Warrant Officer 4 Domah Diggs, Director, CBRN Defence School, US Marine Corps

Hear from our keynote addresses:

• General Commissioner Zaharin Penov, Director, Chief Directorate Border Police, Bulgaria
• Principal Police Quaestor Ioan Buda, General Inspector, Romanian Border Police
• Colonel Leszek Elas, Commander in Chief, Polish Border Guard
• Colonel Sergey Agapov, Deputy Head, Directorate of International Cooperation, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB)
• Serge Rinkel, Director of Technical Committee, Borderpol
• Colonel Zoltán Szabó (Ret’d), Director of European Secretariat Office, Borderpol
• Commodore Dan Thorell, Director & Head of Regional Command South, Swedish Coastguard
• Police Colonel Dr. Gábor Kovács Ph.D, Resident Twinning Advisor, EU Twinning Project, Hungarian National Police
• Nenad Banovic, Chief, Serbian Border Police Administration
• Lieutenant Colonel Tõnu Hunt, Deputy Director General, Estonian Border Guard
• Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Zehnder, Commander 2nd Region, Swiss Border Guard

ISDEF’s advantage is that it uses Israel’s excellent reputation as a world leader in the fields of Defence and Homeland Security and collaborates between major decision makers. Being the only major international defense exhibition in Israel, ISDEF attracts top key players, political and government figures.

Event summary:

• Live demonstrations of the most advanced products on the market
• Full exposure to the Israeli Defense market
• 5,000 International visitors & 120 exhibitors from all over the world
• International defense delegations
• Face to face interaction with potential end users

Hear how we will ensure a joined up multi-agency approach and the challenge of striking a balance between effective and visible security.

Keynote addresses also include:

• Assistant Chief Constable John Wright, Head of Prevent, Office of the National Co-ordinator Special Branch, Home Office, UK
• Asim Hafeez, Head of Intervention, Office of Security and Counter Terrorism, Home Office, UK
• Detective Chief Inspector Raffaele D’Orsi, S015 Counter Terrorism Command Ports, Metropolitan Police, UK

HOW TO BOOK
Visit http://www.smi-online.co.uk/counter-terrorism7.asp
Contact Teri Arri on: +44 (0) 20 7827 6162or email: tarri@smi-online.co.uk

Over 90 leading military decision-makers are expected to attend Unmanned Air Systems taking place in London in June 2009.

Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) are the fastest growing segment of the aerospace market. UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are already operated by over 50 countries worldwide and currently represent 25% of the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) market. This percentage will inevitably grow as UAVs are increasingly supplementing Manned Air Surveillance Platforms.

Speakers include Mr. Alex Lovett, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts and Colonel William Bridges, Chief of Airborne Reconnaissance Division, U.S. Department of Defense. Senior Military Officers and Leading UAS Experts from the U.S.A., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Canada will address all the key issues relating to Unmanned Air Systems, including

• The Latest Unmanned Air System Plans and Requirements of the U.K., U.S.A., France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Canada
• Key Unmanned Air System Programmes – MQ-9 Reaper, RQ-4 Global Hawk, Eurohawk, Watchkeeper, RQ-7 Shadow 200, ADS95 Ranger, Predator
• State-of-the-Art Sensor Payloads – Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• New Technical Developments – Micro Air Vehicles

In addition to the conference, 2 master-classes of great relevance to Unmanned Systems will be presented by world-class experts:

A) Synthetic Aperture Radar Principles and Applications – by Professor Peter Hoogeboom, Senior Adviser Radar, TNO Defence Security and Safety, The Hague and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

B) Current and Future UAS Developments – by Mr. Bill Sweetman, Editor-in-Chief of Defence Technology International

Further information is available from the conference website www.hansonwade.com.

Highlights:

• Growth Market: US $10 billion allocated for homeland security spend within the next two to three years coupled with the billions to be spent on the Indian armed forces’ forthcoming modernisation programme, makes India one of the key growth markets
• No Recession: The Indian Government has indicated no slowdown in homeland security & defence spend despite the global meltdown
• Easing Procurements: The Indian Government has stated that it is committed to removing bottlenecks and fast tracking homeland security equipment purchases by State and Central police forces
• Unique Platform: Indesec Expo 2009 - India’s only integrated homeland security and defence systems event, now in its 2nd edition, is focused on providing solutions to three key areas of defence including homeland and border security, network centric operations and maritime security
• Two Ministries with Two Budget Lines: Unlike other defence events, Indesec will be integrated to recognise the blurring of the edges between defence and homeland security, allowing visitors to see the latest technology from both, and exhibitors will have double opportunity to showcase products and services to two ministries with two separate budget lines
• Budget Holders and Influencers: In addition to Ministry representation, Indesec will attract the key decision makers from individual state police forces, paramilitary forces, anti terrorist and special forces, emergency and disaster relief forces, and corporates, all with separate budgets
• Meaningful Networking Opportunities: Meet the decision makers, influencers, end users from the Government Ministries, law enforcement agencies, Indian armed forces, corporate executives and a large number of the world’s leading homeland security & defence solution providers at one location
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Shaping the New Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy,
1/12/09-1/13/09, Washington, DC

Intersec – Dubai,
1/18/09-1/20/09, Dubai, UAE

Chemical and Biological Terrorism Defense,
1/18/09-1/23/09, Galveston, TX

DGI 2009,
1/19/09-1/22/09, London, UK

Maritime Security: Strengthening International and Inter-Agency Co-operation,
1/19/09-1/22/09, London, UK

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 Biometrics,
1/19/09-1/23/09, Hawaii, USA

Defence Partnerships,
1/22/09-1/23/09, London, UK

Defence Logistics Middle East,
1/25/09-1/28/09, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Military Interoperability,
1/26/09-1/28/09, Brussels, Belgium

5th Annual Total Asset Visibility for Defense,
1/26/09-1/28/09, Alexandria, VA

Military Health Management,
1/26/09-1/28/09, Crystal City, VA

Interlog Winter USA 2009,
1/26/09-1/29/09, Marco Island, FL

Logicon USA 2009,
1/26/09-1/29/09, Atlanta, GA

NDIA Biometrics Conference 2009,
1/27/09-1/28/09, Arlington, VA

Counter IED,
1/27/09-1/29/09, Washington, DC

NCW 2009,
1/27/09-1/29/09, Washington, DC

IIPSEC,
1/27/09-1/29/09, Coventry, UK

Cyber Warfare,
1/28/09-1/29/09, London, UK

Mobile Deployable Communications,
1/28/09-1/29/09, Prague, Czech Republic

Homeland Security/Defence Events 2009.

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