What to expect for Air Mission Planning and Support Conference 2020

LONDON - Nov. 28, 2019 - PRLog -- SMi's 11th annual Air Mission Planning and Support Conference is scheduled to take place on the 21st – 22nd April 2020, in London. As a highly appraised conference running for over a decade, this year's event looks to further highlight the technological innovations in air mission planning as well as the challenges it will face through these advancements.

Next April's conference will concentrate on the technological elements of air mission planning in which maximising air power will be a heavy topic of discussion from senior representatives, as delegates can expect to learn and collaborate with organisations from around the world.

There is an early bird saving of £400 for bookings made by 13th December. Register at www.airmissionplanning.co.uk/PRlog2

Snapshot of 2020's agenda:

Day One - 21st April 2020
8.30 Registration & Coffee
9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
Group Captain (ret'd) Bob Daisley, Former PM Joint Operational Doctrine, Joint Forces Command
9.10 Planning Across Domains: Creating Comprehensive MDC2 Systems to Maximise Operational Effectiveness
Group Captain Richard Yates, Chief of Staff, Royal Air Force
9.50 Supporting Polish Air Power through Developing Mission Specific Solutions and Integrating New Technology
Brigadier General Ireneusz Nowak*, 2nd Tactical Air Wind Commander, Polish Air Forces
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Session Reserved for Sponsor
11.40 Mission Planning Software Strategic Roadmap
Colonel Jason Avram*, Chief, Airspace Mission Planning Division, US Air Force, United States Air Force
12.20 Analysing the Modernisation Programmes of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Challenges of 5th Generation Integration
Colonel Mark Lachapelle, Wing Commander, 22 Wing North Bay, Royal Canadian Air Force
1.00 Networking Lunch
2.00 Integrating Heterogeneous System of Systems in Mission Planning Time using STITCHES
Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Jones, SoSITE Program Manager, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
2.40 Air Mission Planning in the Belgian Air Component — Assessing the Ongoing Modernisation Programmes in Creating a More Cohesive Operation
Lieutenant Colonel Didier Di Giovanni, AirC4ISR/MQ-9B Project Officer, Belgian Air Force

The event brochure with the full agenda and speaker line-up is available to download on the website. Register at https://www.smi-online.co.uk/defence/uk/air-mission-planning?utm_medium=www.airmissionplanning.co.uk&utm_source=D-226&utm_campaign=PRlog2

Air Mission Planning and Support
21st – 22nd April 2020
St James' Court, Buckingham Gate, London, UK

For sponsorship and exhibition queries please contact Sadia Malick at smalick@smi-online.co.uk or call +44 (0) 20 7827 6748

For delegate queries please contact Jamie Wilkinson at JWilkinson@smi-online.co.uk or call +44(0)207 827 6112

For media queries please contact Carina Gozo at CGozo@smi-online.co.uk.