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TEST WEEK 2008

“Test & Evaluation for the Future: What Lies 10-15 Years Ahead?

June 2-5, 2008

 

Monday, June 2

0700-1600       Registration Opens

0800-1700       Tutorials & DAU Course

0830                Golf Tournament, Canebrake Country Club

0930                Bike Ride, Hampton Cove Golf Course (picture @ 0915 hours)

1730                Welcome Reception, Embassy Suites Outdoor Courtyard

 

Tuesday, June 3

0700-1600       Registration Desk Open

0800                Call to Order, Mr. Michael T. McFalls, Host Test Week 2008

ü      Welcome Remarks, Mayor Loretta Spencer, City of Huntsville *

o        Dr. Foulkes & Col Sullivan Present Picture to Mayor Spencer

ü      Welcome Remarks, MG James Myles, CG, AMCOM *

ü      Senator Richard Shelby, State of Alabama * (Video)

ü      Opening Speaker, Lt Gen Charles Croom, Jr., USAF, Dir, DISA & Cdr, JTF-Global Network Operations *

0915                Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall

1000                Guest Speaker, Mr. David C. Bond, Executive Dir, AF Flight Test Ctr *

1030                Plenary Panel, “T&E Requirements for the Future”, Chair: Mr. David C. Duma, Principal Deputy Dir, OT&E  *

o        Mr. Michael Nowak, Anti-Tamper field Office PM, AFRL

o        Dr. Elizabeth D’Andrea, PM, Electromagnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype, Office of Naval Research

o        Dr. Peter Plostins, Associate Dir for Science & Technology

1200                Buffet Lunch, Exhibit Hall

1330                Track 1: Hypersonics T&E, Chair: Dr. Edward Kraft, Principal Technical Advisor to Commander, AEDC * (Meeting Rooms 1-3)

o        High Speed/Hypersonic T&E Technology Roadmap, John Jordan

o        Variable Mach Number Nozzle

o        A Test Methodology for On Board Acquisition of Hypersonic Test Articles in a Ballistic Range, Brian Akins  

o        Latest Advances in Pressure Sensing Technology, Anthony Kurtz, Alexander Ned, and Wolf Landmann

o        T&E/S&T High Speed/Hypersonic Test Focus Area T&E Technology Development

1330                Track 2:  Net Centric T&E / Distributed Testing, Chair: Dr. Steven Hutchison, T&E Executive, DISA *  (Meeting Room 4)

o        Should We Give Up the Ghost on SOA T&E, Dr. Lee Whitt

o        Functional Strategy for SOA Testing, Paul Gouchie

o        Distributed Net Centric Testing in a Focused Logistics Environment, Nicole Turner

o        Early Testing of Concepts & Architectures, Dr. Thomas Mastaglio

o        Conceptual Modeling of the End-to-End System Performance Modeling for the Planning & Execution of Testing & Experimentation, Kent White

o        Quantitative Validation  Methodologies for Net Centric Warfare Simulations, Dr. Wesley Colley

o        Leveraging Distributed Testing for Joint Interoperability Certification, Janet Forbes

o        JMETC, Chip Ferguson

o        Results, Conclusions & Recommendations, Col Eileen Bjorkman and Dr. Frank Gray

o        InterTec, Rob Heilman

1330          Track 3: Directed Energy T&E, Chair: Mr. Pat Cannon, Dir of Operations, Southwest Region The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. * (Meeting Room 5)

o        DETEC & DET S&T Program Overview, Minh Vuong and Darrell Wright

o        DHS Counter-MANPADS Testing Lessons Learned, Alejandro Estorga

o        Update on French HPM Capabilities, Dominique Serafin

o        Advanced Sensors for Future HPM Weapons Test, Jeff Schleher

o        Temperature & Irradiance Sensor Matrix, David Thomas

1500-1530      TRACKS WILL BREAK DURING THIS TIMEFRAME

1630-1830       Meet & Greet Exhibitor Reception, Exhibit Hall

1900-2030       Test Week 2008 Hospitality Reception, Embassy Suites 2nd Floor

 

Wednesday, June 4

0700-1600       Registration Desk Open

0800                Call to Order, Mr. Michael T. McFalls, Host Test Week 2008

ü      Opening Speaker, Mr. David C. Duma, Principal Deputy Dir, OT&E  *

ü      Guest Speaker, Mr. Stuart A. Whitehead, Executive Director, Joint Capabilties Management, J8, US JFCOM *

0930                Exhibition Hall Opens

1000                Plenary Panel 2:  “In Support of Acquisition: The Programs of the Future”, 

Chair: Mr. William Bray,  Dir, Integrated Combat Systems, PEO IWS

o        Maj Gen David W. Eidsaune, USAF, AF PEO for Wpns & Cdr, AAC *

o        BG William N. Phillips, USA, CG, Picatinny Arsenal *

o        Colonel Suzanne Beers, USAF, Cdr, Det 4, AFOTEC *

o        Mr. Chester A. Decesaris, Principal Deputy for the Test, Fielding, and Integration, MDA  

1130                Luncheon Speaker, Mr. John Wiley, Managing Director, Integrated Engineering Services (Operations Planning), Air Traffic Orgn, FAA Atlantic City Intl Arpt *

1330                Track 4: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear Weapons Effects T&E, Chair: Ms. Terri Kocher, Division Chief for T&E of Chem & Bio Defense Programs, TEMA * (Meeting Rooms 1-3)

o        Development & Demonstration of the Aerosol Research & Component Assessment Chamber, Matt Shaw

o        Prediction of Bioaerosol Cloud Properties when Generated with a Broadband Ultrasonic Aerosol Generator, Matt Shaw

o        Verification Testing of the Active Standoff Test Facility Dissemination Systems, Richard Byers

o        Independent T&E of Chemical Detectors with Chemical Warfare Agents & Toxic Industrial Compounds, Tom Malloy

o        A Sensor Stimulator/Data Collector for Operational Tests of Chem/Bio Detection Systems, Pete Carter

1330                Track 5: Urban Test Environments / IED Defeat T&E, Chair: Mr. Eddie Burroughs, Senior Strategic Planner, TRMC * (Meeting Room 4)

o        UE Test Requirements: Insights from Past Experiments, Demonstrations, and Studies, Paul Tennant

o        Testing Autonomous Vehicles for Navigation in UE, Dr. Chris Urmson

o        The Urban Environment: A Scalable Solution, Adam Bellin

o        Replicating the Urban Environment for T&E of C3 Systems, Dwayne Hill

o        The Muscatatuck Urban Training Center: A Unique Approach to the Urban Test Environment, LTC Ken McCallister

o        Overview of the Joint IED Defeat Test Board, Bill Hughes

o        Development of a Challenging Tactically Realistic Environment to Counter the Threat of IEDs, MAJ Spence Guida

o        Requirements/Current Solutions for TSPI in GPS Denied Environment, Jim Buxton

o        Wideband Location Positioning System for TSPI in a GPS Denied Environment, Barry Sharp

1330                Track 6: Unmanned and Autonomous Systems T&E, Chair: Mr. Matthew T. Reynolds, Consultant * (Meeting Room 5)

o        UAS Sensor Payload T&E at AMRDEC, Caleb Waddle and Timothy Pitt

o        Developmental Test Techniques for Unmanned Systems Behavior, Dr. Jonn Kim and Daniel Bell

o        Challenges in Software Safety for Army UAS T&E, Frank Fratrik

o        The Emerging Role of Quality, John Strickland

1500-1530      TRACKS WILL BREAK DURING THIS TIMEFRAME

1800                “Taste of Huntsville’s” Evening Event, Old Gold Meadow Parking Lot

                        (Tent Doors Open @ 1800; Food Lines @ 1830; Entertainment @ 1900)

                        Guests/Spouses $20.00 – Pay at the Registration Desk

 

Thursday, June 5

0700-1100       Registration Desk Opens

0800                Call to Order, Mr. Michael T. McFalls, Host Test Week 2008

Ø      Opening Speaker, Honorable Jack Krings, President, Krings Corporation *

Ø      Guest Speaker, Mr. Chris DiPetto, Deputy Director DT&E, OSD *

0915                Last Walk Thru of Exhibit Hall

0945                Plenary Panel 3:  “Targets/Target Control and Threat Systems”, Chair, Mr. Dennis Mischel, Chief, Target Systems *

o        COL David Lockhart, PM Instrumentation Targets & Threat Systems *

o        Pat Burris, Senior Systems Analyst, Applied Resources, Inc. *

o        Dae Hong, Target Systems Division, NAWCWD *

o        Ken McCormick, Intelligent Analyst, TEDTRA, DOT&E *

Ø      Closing Remarks, Dr. John B. Foulkes, Director, TRMC

1300-1700       Space & Rocket Center Tour & IMAX Movie

                        *Buses Depart Outside of South Hall Promptly @ 1300 hours

                        **Driving Directions at Registration Desk; Meet at the Front Entrance

 

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