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C2ISR symposium dates slip to Sept. 28-30 By Kevin
Gilmartin Because of a conflict with an Air Force Materiel Command conference, the C2ISR symposium scheduled for Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at the MGM Grand Hotel at Foxwoods in Ledyard, Conn. has been moved to Sept. 28-30. The location for the symposium and the general theme remain unchanged, according to Angela Dupont, president of the Paul Revere Chapter of the Air Force Association, which is cosponsoring the event with the Electronic Systems Center. She said the symposium will be modeled after previous C2ISR summits the chapter has held, most recently in 2004, and will feature senior leaders from across the Department of Defense and industry, as well as a huge exhibit area with the latest technology displays. “The previous dates conflicted with AFMC’s Senior Leader Conference, Air Force Ball and a technical symposium hosted by the Dayton-area chapter of AFA,” Ms. Dupont said. “For our event to be successful, we need our ESC colleagues’ expertise and participation. With these new dates in late September, Col. Rob Domniguez and his 350th Electronic Systems Wing, our partners in this endeavor, will be able to fully focus on making this a world-class symposium. We’re looking forward to an exciting line up of informative presentations from senior DoD and industry leaders focused on command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.” The event will kick off Sept. 28 with a golf tournament on the MGM Grand’s two new, 18-hole championship golf courses, followed by an opening reception in the exhibit hall. The next two days will feature presentations in the MGM’s 4,000-seat theater, with an evening dinner gala Sept. 29 in the resort’s ballroom. Ms. Dupont said she recognizes that this will make for a busy late summer and early fall season for both government and industry, because of two other major events surrounding the AFA symposium. The Patriots’ Roost chapter of the Association of Old Crows is hosting its annual Net Centric Conference Sept. 21-23 at Wentworth By The Sea Marriott in New Castle, N.H., while MILCOM 2009, a major conference focused on next-generation military and government communications that is supported by the Lexington-Concord Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, is set for Oct. 18–21, at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston. “Each of these conferences presents a different approach and have a different line up of speakers,” Ms. Dupont said. “They’re all going to be excellent, and I personally look forward to attending each of them.” Now that the dates are
settled, the AFA is almost ready to debut a web site where
people can sign up to attend the symposium, as well as reserve
exhibit hall space, sponsorships and hotel rooms. An
announcement of the web site address and event pricing is
expected in the next few weeks.
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