MILCOM is the premier international conference for military communications and attracts the best and brightest with high-level attendance from government, military, industry and academia.

MILCOM 2009 offers our industry the opportunity to promote communications technologies and services to commanders from all branches of the armed forces, Department of Defense, federal government, and the heads of multi-national forces from around the globe. Confirmed featured speakers include:

• ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
• GEN Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army

Panel Sessions Include:

• Challenges of Convergence: DoD J6 Perspective — Moderator: LTG Dennis Via, USA, Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, J6, The Joint Staff
• Science and Technology for Future Military Communications — Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Director, Information Systems, DDR&E/DUSD (S&T)
• Converging MILSATCOM, JTRS and the GIG — Moderator: Mr. Richard Williams, Principal Director, GIG Enterprise Services Engineering, Defense Information Systems Agency
• Migration Toward International Network-Centric Interoperability — Moderator: Representative from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration
• NATO C4ISR Coalition Planning, Execution and Lessons Learned — Moderator: Mr. Malcolm Green, Chief, CAT 9 Communication Infrastructure Services, NATO C3 Agency
• Unmanned Aerial Systems: Providing Enhanced C4ISR Capabilities to the Warfighter — Moderators: Mr. Henry J. Muller, Jr., Director, CERDEC - Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate and COL Raymond Jones, Program Manager, Airborne Maritime Fixed Station, JTRS

Classified (U.S. Secret and below) and unclassified sessions will include more than 400 technical paper presentations and there will be more than 200 exhibits, which will be co-located in the World Trade Center exhibit hall.  See, touch and try out the latest communications technologies.