35TH ANNUAL AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION The AOC will once again present its premier annual event -- The 35th International Symposium and Convention. This year, the convention heads to Virginia Beach, Virginia with the theme -- Joint and Coalition Warfighting in the Information Age. LTG William Campbell, USA, Directorate of Information Systems for C4, Office of the Secretary of the Army, is the symposium chairman. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Paul G. Kaminski, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. The preliminary program includes general session presentations from speakers such as the Honorable Art Money, OSD/C3I, MG Charles Thomas, USA, CofS, TRADOC; RADM Mayo, USN, N6B; and Lt Gen Vesely, USAF, AVCS. Day two speakers include: LTG Keane, USA, Deputy CINC, ACOM; BG Gottardi, USA, XVIII Airborne Corps; VADM Fallon, USN Commander, 2nd Fleet; and Maj Gen Dick, USAF, Vice Commander 12th AF; Joint Warfighting Center; and a perspective from Australia. Also scheduled to speak are representatives from the Land Information Warfare Activity, Fleet Information Warfare Center, Air Force Information Warfare Center, and RADM Steffens, SOCOM -- SOIO. Day three will be broken into two concurrent tracks. Track one speakers will focus on Overcoming Barriers to Joint/Coalition Warfighting. Topics to be discussed include Joint Interoperability, LTG William Campbell; Information Assurance, J6; Global Broadcast System Implementation, J6; Managing Warfighter Requirements, MG Cosumano, Jr., USA, ODCSOPS; French International Perspective, Col Bruno Berthet, MOD; Revolution in Military Affairs, Gen Riscassi, USA (ret.); and the United Kingdom International Perspective, Air Commodore Horwood, Commandant Air Warfare Center. Track two will feature technical papers on topics such as the Return of the Vacuum Tube By Tom Webb, CPI TWTP Div.; Advanced Infrared Countermeasures by the Air Force Research Lab; Battlespace Integrated Concept Emulation Program by CW2 Matt Marryman and Joseph Aletta, U.S. Army CECOM; Joint Modeling and SimulationSystem by Cindy Porubansky, JMASS Program Office; and T-RECS UAV Payloads by Dennis Vaccaro, Northrop Grumman. Exhibits featuring technical displays and products are intended to serve as the perfect complement to the symposium. A preliminary list of exhibitors includes: AAI Corporation, Aeroflex Laboratories, Amherst Systems, Comptek Federal Systems, Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Dassault Electronique, Ericsson Saab Avionics AB, EW Simulation Technology Ltd., Excalibur, ITT Defense and Electronics, KOR Electronics, Litton Industries, Lockheed Martin, M/A Com, Metric Systems Corp, Microdata Innovation AB, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Raymond Engineering, Sargent Fletcher, Sierra Technologies, Southwest Research Institute, Systematic Software Engineering, Teal Group, Times Microwave, Tracor Aerospace, TRW, ViaSat, Vision Abell, W. Vinten Ltd, and Watkins-Johnson Company. Registration brochures are available by calling AOC's fax on demand service at (703) 716-7298 and ordering document #610 sent to your fax or by contacting the AOC conference department at (703) 549-1600. WEB: N/A,. E-MAIL: N/A,. Posted 09/18/98 (D-SN251635).

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