2014 EuMW Defence, Security and Space Forum was a one-day event that considered the technology and commerce driving these applications from the perspective of those researching and developing the latest technology, defense/security contractors and government defense agencies. This year there will be special emphasis on how RF integrated systems can be designed and deployed into structures such as bulidings, plants, dams, airplanes, airships, UAVs and spacecraft to serve critical infrastructure protection and resilience. Event details are below:
Wednesday 8 October - Room Flavia, Fiera di Roma Conference & Exhibition Centre, Rome
2014 Defense, Security and Space Forum Program
09:00 – 10:40
Microwave Journal Industry Panel Session: Defence and Security Infrastructure (pdf presentations are linked below)
- Bringing Commercial Manufacturing Practices to Defence Electronics
Damian McCann, MACOM, representing Richardson RFPD/Arrow RF & Power
- Going Vertical to Meet the Demands of Space
Lee Provost, Mercury Systems Inc.
- The Bandwidth Revolution: How Off the Shelf Converter Technology is Changing
Electronic Warfare – Jin Bains, National Instruments
- Defence Systems Take Flight with Intelligent RF Integration
Mark Moffat, Peregrine Semiconductor
- The State of The Art in Personnel Screening with mmWave Technology for Security Checkpoints
Dr. Sherif Ahmed, Rohde & Schwarz
11:20 – 13:00
EuRAD Opening Session
13:10 – 14:10
Lunch & Learn, Market Watch
- Defence Technology Strategies for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Asif Anwar, Strategy Analytics
14:20 – 16:00
Integrated RF Solutions and its Enabling and Disruptive Technologies on Critical Infrastructures and Civil Protection
- The Domino Effects in Critical Infrastructures – Alfonso Farina, Selex ES
- Civil Protection, Protection of Critical Infrastructures, Disaster Relief: Vertical Applications over a Common Architecture with Heterogeneous Communications
Giovanni Guidotti, Selex ES
- Threats and Countermeasures in the Homeland Security Scenario
Giorgio Franceschetti, University of Naples
- Security at European Institutional Level – Cristina Leone, Finmeccanica
- Emergency and Disaster Wideband Communication involving Satellites, Helicopters and Ground Mobile Systems – Edgar Lemos Cid, University of Vigo
- Monitoring of Buildings, Bridges, Houses and Monuments by Shelf Sensors and Radio Frequency (RF) Energy and Transmission
Bruno and Sergio Pereira, Universidade de Averio
- Improving Performance of Bio-radars for Remote Heartbeat and Breathing Detection by using Cyclostationary Features – Daniel Malafia, Universidade de Aveiro
16:40 – 18:20
EuMW Defence, Security & Space Executive Forum
- Col. Walter Villadei, Italian Air Force, ItAF Space Policy Office and Dr. Giancarlo
Grasso, Finmeccanica, will proffer views on defence and space systems for security.
- Joint Applications of Airborne and Spaceborne Radars – Rudolf Zahn, Airbus Defence
and Space, Frank Hensler, Astrium Eads, Martin Kirscht, Cassidian
- Instrumented Fuzes for Aero-Ballistics Diagnostics of Large-Caliber Projectiles
Vincent Jaeck, ISL
- New Technologies and Innovative Payload for Space Q/V-Band Telecommunications
Herve Leblond, Thales Alenia Space
18:20 - 19:00
Cocktail Reception
The opportunity to network and discuss the issues raised throughout the Forum in an informal setting.