8:15 Welcome & Chairpersons Opening Remarks

8:30 Army Reserve Keynote: Defeating Sophisticated IED’s

• How warfighters defeat the device
• New advancements
• Platform modifications

Kenneth Attaway
Team Chief, IED
US Army Reserve

9:15 CREW Systems : Counter IED Modeling And Simulation

• RCIED Electronic Warfare
• M&S applications

Adam Szymanski
Tactical Electronic Warfare Division
Naval Research Laboratory

10:45 Warfighter Perspective: Attacking The Network: Counter-IED Operations In Afghanistan

• Current construct of Counter-IED operations
• Overhaul for combat operations
• Lessons learned from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team

Captain D. Landon Phillips
USAF
3/10 MTN Counter-IED Support Element

11:30 BCKS Knowledge Management: Army Operational Knowledge Management And IEDDefeat

• BCKS data on IED attacks
• Knowledge management for enhanced counter-IED measures
• Ensured warfighter survivability with optimized knowledge management initiatives

Maurice Baggson
Battle Command Knowledge System (BCKS)
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (CAC)

1:25 The DARPA Effect : Standoff Detection Of Explosives (RIEDAR) Program

• Rugged military environments
• Comprehensive models of an unstable oscillator
• Detection of hazardous materials

Dr. Devanand K. Shenoy
Program Manager
DARPA/MTO

3:30 Panel Discussion
Attacking The Network: The Shift To Afghanistan

Examine how the US Army exploits weaknesses within the insurgency network and disables the insurgent IED construction and deployment mechanisms before the bomb is in place.

4:15 EOD Developmental Advancements And Lessons Learned

• EOD field operations
• Tech development and future advancements needed
• The role of the Unit in explosive ordinance disposal

Captain Robert Berish
EOD Flight Commander
Eglin Air Force Base