Adapting to Counter the Changing Threat

Jeff David , Deputy Director, CTTSO (Combating Terrorism Technology Support Office), Technical Support Working Group (TSWG), Washington , DC

Views from the Front Lines

Operators' Perspectives of the asymmetric war, and the role of the IED-the theat, its effects, and the way ahead from operators who have "walked point" in the global war on terror.

MAJ Marty Norvel, 1st Army HQ, Ft Gillem, GA

Research Laboratory Panel:  Efforts in Combating IED's

"MCITS--Monte Carlo IED Threat Simulator,"

Dr. Mark W.  Roberson, Research Triangle Institute International (RTI);

"Visual  Scanning for IED,"

Dr. Jocelyn Keillor, Defence R&D Canada

"Pickett's  Charge: Active IED Protection Systems for Convoy Operations Safety,"

Mr. George McAllister, Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC)  

JIEDDO Session

Schoolhouse to Down Range: Counter-IED Training Opportunities for Warfighters

LTC Ken Kassner, USMC, Operations Training Branch Chief, JIEDDO

Panel:  Counter IED Applications for Improved Homeland Security

"TRIPwire: Integrating Terrorist-source Materials and Expert-Validated IED Analysis to help Operators Anticipate, Identify, and Prevent Bombing Incidents,"

Ms. Aimee Ibrahim David, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Bomb Prevention

"Screening for IED's at National Events,"

Mr. Gregory P. Staisiumas, CPP, FISM, US Postal Inspection Service

"A New Approach to Portable X-Ray Screening,"

Mr. Robin Higgons, 3D X-Ray Ltd

Senior NCO Panel

TBD

General Session:  Medical R&D Efforts Identifying and Responding to the IED Challenge

LTC Stephen J. Dalal, USA, Coordinator, Joint Trauma Analysis Prevention of Injury in Combat Project

Industry Innovations Panel

"Blast Effects Inside and around a Military Vehicle Exposed to Roadside IED's,"

J.P. Dionne, PhD. Med-Eng Systems Inc

"Persistent Communications and Observation System (PCOS),"

Mr. J. Doss Halsey, Information System Laboratories

"Innovative Use of Recycled Tire Treads to Produce Cost-Effective, High Performance Composite Armor Material,"

Mr. Christopher Gillis, GreenShield U.S., Inc

"Electric Armor to Defeat IED Threats,"

Mr. David Davison, Ennorex, LLC

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Office (JIEDDO) Perspectives: Technology & Requirements

CDR Kevin Sidenstricker, Branch Chief, IOB, JIEDDO