Conference Day Two: Friday, 12th December, 2008

09:00 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

09:10 Utilising Current Technology To Aid Combat Identification: A British Army Perspective

• Update on in service battlespace management systems including BOWMAN and the OVERTASK suite of tools
• Bowman Combat Information Platform (BCIP) 5 and the increased capabilities it will bring
• Advancing shared situational awareness and case studies of success from Operation HERRICK

Colonel Crispian Beattie
Commander, Command Control and Development Centre, Land Warfare Centre
British Army

09:50 Combat Identification On The Ground: Where New Efforts Need To Be Concentrated

• Identification through the improvement of human factors
• Viewing and retaining information on the battlefield and how this can be improved
• Incorporating graphics and gaming technology and the benefits this can bring

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Gillespie (Ret’d)
Defence Consultant and former SO1 Tactics and Training, Land Warfare Centre
British Army

11:00 An Independent Overview Of Combat Identification

• Overview of Combat ID efforts
• Implications of National and Coalition Network Integration Efforts.
• An Independent perspective of key challenges

Dr Chris Copeland
Principal Consultant
Synthesys Consulting

11:40 Panel Session: The UK Combat Identification Programme

• What is the likely direction of future UK Combat ID procurement?
• What principal challenges have the UK MoD identified as needing the must urgent attention?
• Which systems do the UK MoD believe offer the best chance of progress in combat identification?

Confirmed representation from UK Ministry of Defence Combat ID programme participants including staff from Director of Equipment Capability, Command Control Information Infrastrucutre

13:50 Human Factors In Combat Identification

• Conceptual and doctrinal frameworks for reducing fratricide caused by human error
• What nations have successfully implemented measures that aid human decision making?
• The role of simulation based training in reducing human error

Dr Charles Kirke
Lecturer, Human Factors Integration
Cranfield University

14:30 Interrogating Potential Targets On The Asymmetric Battlefield

• Segregating targets and non-targets among an enemy embedded in a civilian population
• Developing a process of technology and doctrine for identifying non-standard targets
• Understanding that avoiding collateral damage requires mindset change, not just a system

Dr Malcolm Cook
Senior Lecturer Human Military Factors
University of Abertay and Dundee

15:10 Afternoon Tea

15:40 A Human Factors Approach To Understanding Engagement Decision Challenges In Close Air Support Operations

• Perspectives from UK air and ground operators exploring decision-making processes and key factors that underpin the engagement decision in contemporary close air support (CAS) missions
• Examination and verification of current Close Air Support (CAS) processes, task activities and critical decision points, including identification of tasks susceptible to error and existing system defences
• Summary of the ‘quick win’ and longer term actions which can be taken, across all aspects of defence, to aid operational effectiveness and reduce the risk of fratricide

Shona Watson
Simulation and Training, Air Division
Qinetiq

16:20 Strategic And Politcal Impediments To Combat Identification Development

• What are the principal objections to developing effective Combat ID technology
• Can a cross-national approach yield results?
• Developing the ongoing case for fratricide reduction as a priority

Wing Commander Andrew Brookes (Ret’d)
International Institute of Strategic Studies

17:00 Chairman’s Summary And Close Of Conference

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