Related to the Defense Industry, we have a Defense speaking session scheduled within the Transformation Track on Tuesday, November 18th, from 2:00 – 3:30. Anticipated speakers include:

• Martin Huddleston, QinetiQ, Session Chair
• John Quigg, NetOps Technical Director, LTC USA JTF-GNO J76, NetOps for the Global Information Grid: Mission, Organization, and Priorities
• Manuel Hermosilla, OSS Chief for DISA, OSS for the Defense Information Systems Network: Functions, Interfaces, and Data
• NetCracker, Bob Titus, VP of Global Converged Solutions, Mission Critical! — Managing Network & IT Communications When Lives are at Risk (Army & National Guard)

In addition, we’re planning a Defense Interest Group workshop for Monday, November 17th, from 1:00 – 5:00. The theme for the workshop is Policy Based Communications Management. The following speakers are anticipated:

• Bob Natale, MITRE, Drivers for Policy-Based Network Management in GiG NetOps
• Martin Huddleston, QinetiQ, Policy Approaches to CIS Management
• Prabha Kumar, DISA, Policy-Based Management for SATCOM Operations
• Pridemore, Jain, Stone, Ashby, MITRE, Modeling and Analyzing Impact of NetOps on DoD Missions
• John Strassner, "Policy Management and Autonomic Technologies for Intelligent Decision Making"