FOURTH ANNUAL SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND C4I SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED FOR 8 OCTOBER 1998. TITLE: FOURTH ANNUAL SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND C4I SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE RESCHEDULED FOR 8 OCTOBER 1998. UPDATE! The Fourth Annual Submarine Communications and C4I Systems Technology Conference will be held at the San Diego Town and Country Hotel on 8 October 1998. This year, SPAWARSYSCOM PMW 173 and CNO N87 will co-host the conference with SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO D83. Each year since 1995, SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego (SSC SD) Submarine Communications Division (D83) has hosted/co-hosted an unclassified one-day Submarine Communications and C4I Systems Technology Conference in support of the professional development of its employees. This year, as in the past, attendance is open to other government and industry personnel involved or interested in the future of submarine communications. The 1998 conference theme is "Meeting the Changing Roles and Missions of the Submarine". Invited speakers include: VADM Richard W. Mies, CINC USSTRATCOM, VADM Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., COMSUBLANT, RADM Al Konetzni, Jr., COMSUBPAC, RADM John A. Gauss, COMSPAWARSYSCOM, RADM Malcolm I. Fages, CNO N87 (Director, Submarine Warfare Division, RADM Daniel Bowler, COMCRUDESGRU FIVE, RADM Kenneth Slaght, SPAWARSYSCOM 05 (Chief Engineer), RADM C. H. "Charlie" Young, NAVSEASYSCOM 92D (Director, Submarine Technology), Captain Glen L. Sieve, PEO SUBS, PMW 401 (Submarine Electronic Systems), Captain Gary J. Graupmann, PMW 176 (Program Manager, Joint Maritime Communications Strategy), Mr. Tim Smith, PMW 173 (Program Manager, Submarine Communications Program Office), Mr. Robert Kochanski, SPAWARSYSCEN San Diego D80 (Head, Communication & Information Systems Department), Mr. Peter Trask, NUWC Code 34 (Head, Submarine Electromagnetics Systems). Information regarding the conference, along with instructions for registering for the event, is available on the web at http://www.spawar.navy.mil/corporate/spawarpao/newsreleases You may also contact SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO D83 at (619) 553-5348 or email D83@spawar.navy.mil. Posted 06/29/98

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