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MILCOM, the premier Military Communications Conference, to be held from October 29-31, 2007 at Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL, has updated the list of influential and knowledgeable subject-matter expert speaker list. They are as follow:

    Keynote Speakers and Panel Participants include:
  • LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA, Director, NSA
  • BrigGen George Allen, USMC, Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers and CIO, USMC
  • Mr. Vernon Bettencourt, Acting Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army
  • VADM Nancy E. Brown, USN, J6, The Joint Staff
  • The Honorable Jeb Bush, Former Governor of Florida
  • RADM Kendall Card, USN, Director, Command Control Systems, J6, NORAD/US NORTHCOM
  • GEN Kevin Chilton, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command
  • Lt Gen Charles Croom, Jr., USAF, Director, DISA
  • RADM Kenneth Deutsch, USN, Director, Warfare Integration, N6F
  • VADM Mark Edwards, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (N6)
  • MG Barbara Fast, USA, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, Army Capabilities Integration Center
  • The Honorable John Grimes, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration and Department of Defense CIO
  • The Honorable Dale Meyerrose, Associate Director of National Intelligence and CIO, ODNI
  • Lt Gen Michael Peterson, USAF, Chief of Warfighting Integration/CIO, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
  • Maj Gen William Rajczak, USAF, Deputy Director, Joint Capability Development, US JFCOM
  • RADM Victor See, Jr., USN, PEO Space Systems, Director, Communications Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, NRO
  • Gen Lance Smith, USAF, Commander, US JFCOM/NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
  • MG (P) Jeffrey Sorenson, USA, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army
  • Mr. Peter Verga, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense


    • Defense Forums:
  • Meeting the Warfighter’s Interoperability Requirements
  • Interoperability Policies and Practices
  • Homeland Security and Disaster Recovery Interoperability Challenges
  • Industry Perspectives on Interoperability, Information Assurance Within the Federal, State and Local Civil Agencies
  • Coalition and Joint Interoperability: Solving the Policy, Technical, Procedures and Operational Issues


This outstanding conference offers more than 80 sessions, discussion panels and tutorials focused on advanced technology in military communications. Plus, more than 200 companies will showcase cutting-edge technologies and solutions in the exhibit hall. For additional information, visit www.milcom.org