Defence Innovation 2009
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17:30 - 19:30

Registration

Opening cocktail and exhibition area tour, a great networking activity
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
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CONTEXT, STRATEGIES AND LESSONS LEARNED

Master of ceremony

Dr. Guy Vézina , Director General
Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC Valcartier)
Department of National Defence (DND)
07:30 - 08:20

Registration

Networking breakfast, exhibition zone tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
SalleKrieghoff-Borduas
08:20 - 08:30

Official Opening

Mr. Pierre Bélanger, President of the Technopole Defence and Security Board of Directors

STRATEGIC ISSUES

08:30 - 09:10

Dr. Theodore Kuschak, Director of Networks
Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network
National Microbiology Laboratory
Infectious Disease and Emergency Preparedness Branch
Public Health Agency of Canada

09:10 - 09:50

Canada Command
Brigadier General J.R.M.G. Laroche, OMM, MSC, CD
Commander, Land Force Quebec Area and Joint Task Force (East)
Department of National Defence (DND)

09:50 - 10:05

Break

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté

10h05 - 10h45

René Larose, MSc, Chief of Staff (S&T)
Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC)
Department of National Defence (DND)

10:45 - 11:15

Dr. Michel Doré, Associate Deputy Minister, direction générale de la sécurité civile et de la sécurité incendie
Ministère de la sécurité publique du Québec
Québec, Canada

11:15 - 11:45

Design and Delivery of Integrated Emergency Exercises
Robert Walker, Public Safety Exercise Designer
Emergency Management Division of the Justice Institute of British Columbia
Canada

11:45 - 13:10

Lunch Buffet

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté

LESSONS LEARNED

13:10

Afternoon Program Introduction

13:20 - 14:00Jonathan Pirkey, Deputy Director of the National Response Coordination Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Washington, USA
14:00 - 14:40

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium : Accelerating Netcentricity
Terry Morgan, Chairman
Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC)
Virginia, USA

14:40 - 15:20Rakesh Bharania, Eng., Network Consultant, Tactical Operations
CISCO Systems
San Jose, California, USA
15:20 - 15:45

Break

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

15:50 - 16:20Rapid Detection, Response and Mitigation of International and Non-International Public Health Emergencies
Dr. Amin Kabani, Ph D, Senior Medical Advisor
National Microbiology Laboratory
Public Health Agency of Canada
16:20 - 16:50Dr. Richard Davies
Ottawa Hospital
Ontario, Canada
16:50 - 17:20 CPNI - An Overview
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) representative
London, United Kingdom
17:20 - 17:30Closing remarks
17:30

Cocktail

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

19:00

Banquet Dinner

Room: Krieghoff-Borduas

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FROM SIMULATION TO REALITY - 3 concurrent sessions for your selection

07:30 - 08:30 Networking breakfast
Exhibition area tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté
Subtheme

PREPARATION AND TRAINING

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

INTEROPERABILITY

Master of ceremony

Michel Lizotte, M. Sc., Group Leader, Simulation & Comprehension of Complex Situations
System of Systems Section, DRDC Valcartier, DND

Master of ceremony

Dr. Jean-Marc Garneau, Section Head
Spectral and Geospatial Exploitation
DRDC Valcartier, DND

Master of ceremony

LCol Gerald Fraser, ing. CD, Military and Program Advisor, Commanding Officer
DRDC Valcartier, DND
SallesKrieghoff Borduas Montcalm
08:30 - 09:30

Opening

Some Lessons Learned from Collective and Integrated Training and Exercising
Dr. Adel Guitouni, Defence Scientist
C2 Domain Lead, Major Events Coordinated Security Solutions
C2 Decision Support System Section
DRDC Valcartier, DND

Opening

Bridging Information Management and Public Security Technologies
Dr. Len Goodman, Defence Scientist
Individual Readiness Section
DRDC Toronto, DND

Opening


Ernest MacGillivray, Director
Emergency Services
Public Safety, New Brunswick

09:30 - 10:05

Army Game and Simulation Development
Maj Jeremy MacDonald
Army Learning Support Center (ALSC), DND

Current and Future Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technology within Canadian Policing
Marc Sharpe, Identification Constable
Kenora Ontario Provincial Police
Forensic Identification Unit

Critical DHS Interoperability Initiatives
Dr. David Boyd, Director Interoperability
Department of Homeland Security, USA

10h05 - 10h35

Break

Exhibition area tour
Rooms : Foyer and Suzor-Côté

10:35 - 11:10Immersive Virtual Environments for Safety, Resiliency and Trauma Treatment
Dr. Josh Spitalnick
, Director of Research and Clinical Services
Virtually Better, Inc. /
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Emory University School of Medicine
Georgia, USA

State-of-the-Art Applications of biometrics technologies
Terry Hartmann, Vice President and Global Solution Manager
Identification & Credentialing
Unisys
Virginia, USA

Brigadier General J.R.M.G. Laroche, OMM, MSC, CD
General Commandant, Land Forces Quebec Area and Joint Task Force East, DND
11:15 - 11:50

Managing Combat Stress by Training in Immersive Virtual Environments
Dr. François Bernier, Defence Scientist
DRDC Valcartier, DND

Canada/US Collaboration on Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability
Brian Fisher, Associate Professor
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Surrey
British Columbia, Canada

Improving Public Safety Interoperability: A Strategic Risk Management Issue
Lance Valcour, Inspector
Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG)
Canadian Police Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario

11:55 - 12:30Use of Virtual Environment in Support of Basic Submarine Qualification
Guy Boulet, Instructional designer
Navy e-Learning Center of Excellence, DND
Networks for Emergency Management
Dr. Howard Schwartz, P. Eng., Professor, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Interoperability
Gilbert Coutu, Eng., Directeur des services de communications mobiles
Direction générale des réseaux de télécommunications, Centre de services partagés du Québec
Québec, Canada
12:30 - 13:30

Lunch Buffet

Exhibition area tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

13:30 - 14:05

Multi-Agency Planning and Training; Leveraging Modelling and Simulation
Chris DeJager, Manager of Programs
Global Business Synergy
CAE Professional Services
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

CBRNE Hazard Detection, Scene Mapping and Visualisation for First Response
Dr. Piotr Jasiobedzki, Scientist 
MDA Space Missions
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Network Centric Operations Based on Standardized Model-Driven Architecture
Dr. Richard Soley , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer / Executive Director
Object Management Group, Inc / SOA Consortium
Needham, Massachusetts, USA 

14:10 - 14:45An Analysis of Terrorism Risk Perception and Individual Response in the Canadian Context
Jennifer Lee, E.C., Defence Scientist
Center for Operational Research and Analysis (CORA), DRDC, DND
Information Management and Decision Support within a Joint Multi-National Multi-Agency Defense and Security Environment
Dr. Éloi Bossé, Section Head
C2 Decision Support System Section
DRDC Valcartier, DND

Use of Open Standards to Deliver Information Interoperability and Protection
Mike Abramson, President and CEO
Advanced Systems Management Group (ASMG)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

14:50 - 15:25The CrowdMAGS Project: Multi-Agent Geo-Simulation of Crowd and Control Forces in Conflict Situations
Dr. Bernard Moulin, Full Professor
Computer and software engineering Department
Université Laval
Québec, Canada

Interoperability more than Technology
Gilles Clairoux , Senior Advisor, Project Management
DMR, a Fujitsu Consulting Company (Canada) Inc. 
Montréal, Québec, Canada

 

Operation Intersect
Susan O'Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Police
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
15:25 - 15:55

Break

Exhibition area tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

15:55 - 16:30

CBRNE Defeat - Exercises and Lessons Learned
Ted Sykes, Head of CBRNE S&T
Chemical, Biological, Radiological-Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Research and Technology Initiative (CRTI)
DRDC, DND

Chicoutimi River - Early Flood Warning System - Innovative technology and Constraints
Michel Arès, Chief Executive
Éconova
Québec, Québec, Canada

Sharing Critical Information During Emergencies
Don Williams, Vice President - Sales
Black Coral
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Master of ceremony

Dr. Guy Vézina, Director General
DRDC Valcartier, DND

07:30 - 08:15

Networking breakfast

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

SalleKrieghoff-Borduas
08:15 - 08:45Building a Strong Defence and Security Foundation: Government-Industry Relationship
Dr. Robert Walker , Assistant Deputy Minister (Science and Technology) of the Department of National Defence and Chief Executive Officer of Defence R&D Canada, DND
08:45 - 09:15

CCTV System in the Metro of Mexico City
Ivan Durán Zenil, Technical Coordinator
Institutional Security Management of Mexico Public Transport System (Metro)
Mexico

09:15 - 09:45

Cometitive Cluster Systém@tic Paris-Région: missions and activities of Security Defense Working Group
Jean-Marc Suchier, Vice President
System@tic Paris
Direction R&T, Business Development
SAGEM Sécurité
France 

09:45 - 10:15

Break

Exhibition zone tour
Rooms: Foyer and Suzor-Côté

SallesKrieghoffBorduas

Master of Ceremony

Alain Fecteau, Chief Executive Officer
Technopôle Defence and Security

Master of ceremony

Richard Delagrave, Deputy Director General
DRDC Valcartier, DND
10h15 - 10h45Optimizing Industry Participation in Public Security S & T
Dr. Mark Williamson, Deputy Director General
Center for Security Science (CSS), DRDC, DND
Opportunities to Employ Technology in Business Resiliency
Bill Hastings, Elliot Consulting Services Inc.
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Specialists
Florida, USA
10:45 - 11:15New Challenges and Solutions in Combating Today's Wildfire Threats
Theresa "Tracy" Jarman, retired Fire Chief
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
California, USA
Soldier Systems Technology Roadmap
LCol Mike Bodner, Director Science & Technology (Land) 2
DRDC
Geoffrey Nimmo, Senior Innovation Adv and Team Leader, Industrial Competitiveness
Policy Directorate, Industry Canada


11:15 - 11:45Adventures in US Government Contracting
Eric Jenkusky, Program Director - Disaster/Counter-Terrorism Preparedness
Special Projects Special Applications (SPSA)
Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc. 
Virginia, USA 


Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
Marc Quintin, PEng., Industrial Technology Advisor
National Research Council Canada (NRC-IRAP)
11:45 - 12:15The Technology Integration Centre: a Strategic Solution to Enhance Security Capabilities
Alain Fecteau, Chief Executive Officer
Technopôle Defence and Security
ISTC - A Driver of Innovation and Partenering in Russia, Georgia and Commonwealth of Independent States
Leo Owsiacki, Deputy Executive Director (Canada)
International Science and Technology Center (ISTC)
Global Security and Strategic Planning Department
Moscow, Russia 
SalleMontcalm
12:15 - 14:00 The Next Generation of Defense Games: Some Thoughts...
Ben Sawyer, Co-founder of Digitalmill, a games consulting firm
Portland, Maine, USA