Event Announcement: Network Centric Warfare, Washington DC, January 22 - 25, 2008
Ten years after Admiral Arthur Cebrowski and John Garstka’s landmark article on network centric warfare, the world is a different place. Network Centric Warfare (NCW) 2008 is organized by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) and features discussions about the latest changes and challenges to network centric operations:
- Learn about operations that now fit into the network centric security environment: Stability, reconstruction, humanitarian, cyber security, and more
- Identify new partners: Military, civil, NGOs, new kinds of industry partners, and others
- Discover cutting edge ways to leverage networks: New organizational models, mentalities, and beyond
Only NCW 2008 can bring such distinguished speakers, all under one roof:
- Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense (1975 – 1977; 2001 – 2006)
- Colonel T.X. Hammes, USMC (Ret), Author of "The Sling and the Stone"
- General William E. "Kip" Ward, USA - Nominated First Commander, US African Command [tentative]
- Lieutenant General Charles E. Croom, Jr, USAF – Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
- Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli, USA – Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
- Vice Admiral Mark J. Edwards, USN - Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6)
- Lieutenant General Robert J. Elder, Jr, USAF - Commander, 8th Air Force and Cyber Command
- Major General Markku Koli - Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Defence Command Finland
- Major General Koen Gijsbers - Royal Netherlands Army, Assistant Chief of Staff Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (ACOS C4I), NATO Allied Command Transformation
- and many more! View the complete speaker roster here
Network Centric Warfare 2008
Date: January 22 - 25, 2008
Organized by: Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA)
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Participation conditions: Open, attendance fee
Contact Details: 555 Route One South Iselin, NJ 08830 United States of America Tel: +1 973 256 0211 Fax: +1 973 256 0205
