Conference Day One: 26th February 2009
08:40 Registration And Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Speech
Dr. J. Douglas Beason PhD
Associate Laboratory Director (Threat Reduction)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
09.10 How Did We Get To Fielding Directed Energy Weapons?
- Brief analysis of weapon development
- Context of next generation weapons
- Where we are today?
Dr. J. Douglas Beason PhD
Associate Laboratory Director (Threat Reduction)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
09:50 Topics In Directed Energy Science & Technology
- Directed Energy, Lasers & High Power Microwaves
- DoD Science & Technology on Directed Energy
- Potential applications and issues
Spiro G. Lekoudis Ph.D. SES
Director, Weapons Systems, Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Science & Technology)
US DoD
10:30 Coffee And Networking Break
11:00 Directed Energy Countermeasures Based On
Terawatt Femtosecond Laser
- Outline of DRDC laser research and development
- Auto-focusing and increasing of power density
- Propagation of the femtosecond terawatt laser through filamentation and white light generation
- Counter measure applications including frosting of optics and neutralisation to weapons electronics
Dr. Jacques Dubois
Electro-Optic Warfare Section, DRDC Valcartier
Canadian MoD
11:40 Proliferation of DEW and International Stability
- Potential spread of DEW after introduction by the leading nation(s)
- Strategic stability with high-power DEW of potential opponents
- Options for preventive limitations
Dr. Jürgen Altmann
Lecturer
Technische Universität Dortmund
12:20 Networking Lunch
13:30 Directed Energy Bio-Effects: A Main Enabler To Directed Energy Weapons
- Overview of effects on humans due to exposure from laser and high powered microwaves
- Understanding bio-effects as a crucial factor leading to policy approval of directed energy weapons
- Policy restrictions due to human effects
Dr. Benjamin Rockwell
Head of Laser Bio-Effects
US Air Force Research Laboratory
14:10 Analysis Of Bio-Effects Of Electromagnetic
Radiation For The Operator And The Subject
- Research into the medical effects of electromagnetic effects from laser use
- Implications for both the user and the subject
- Distance and laser strength
- Legal implications of laser weapons
Eric Liggins
Human Vision Group
QinetiQ
14:50 Coffee And Networking Break
15:20 Facilitating The Transition And Use Of The Active Denial System (ADS) To The Warfighter
- Need for the education of military leadership on the capabilities of Active Denial Technology
- Filling the gap between shouting and shooting
- ‘System 2’ status and possible operational deployment
Susan LeVine
Deputy Director, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate
USMC
16:00 Active Denial System: The Limitations And Restrictions In
The Field
- Problems associated with the introduction of new concepts and technologies
- Utility of systems in real world conditions: The warfighter vs. the PhD
- Potential European limitations against the operational fielding of the ADS
Dr. Sjef Orbons
Senior Research Scientist
Netherlands Defence Academy
16.40 Chairman’s Comments
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