SPRINGFIELD, Va., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Defense News Media Group's, C4ISR Journal will host its 8th Annual C4ISR Integrated Conference and 1st Annual Big 25 Awards Banquet on October 16-17, 2008 at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Virginia.
The conference will address the importance of C4ISR technology through
various conference sessions including:
-- Combat Communications
-- Intel Gathering & Sharing for Homeland Defense/Civil Support
-- From Net-Centric Warfare to Knowledge-Centric Warfare
-- Persistent Surveillance
Confirmed conference speakers include:
-- LTG William Webster, Jr., Deputy Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command
-- Michael Noll, Director of Intelligence, U.S. Northern Command/North
American Aerospace Defense Command
-- Robert Wolborsky, Program Manager, Naval Networks, Information
Assurance, and Enterprise Services (PMW 160), U.S. Navy
The 1st Annual Big 25 Awards Banquet will be held Thursday, October 16, 2008 honoring programs, technologies and organizations that are making a difference on the battlefield or in the defense of civilians against terrorists and insurgents. The 25 honorees were chosen on the basis of five categories; agencies and organizations, platforms, sensors, systems and future innovations. From the 25 honorees, one winner from each category will be selected, and will be honored.
The winner selection committee consisted of the following industry
leaders and news authorities:
-- Tobias Naegele, Editor in Chief, Military Times Media Group and Defense
News Media Group, Army Times Publishing Company
-- David Van Buren, Principle Deputy Secretary of the Air Force
-- Karen Walker, Managing Editor, C4ISR Journal, Training and Simulation
Journal, and Armed Forces Journal, Defense News Media Group, Army Times
Publishing Company
-- Ben Iannotta, Editor C4ISR Journal, D
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