INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR AND EXPOSITION

2012

“TACTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: ICTEC CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES”

8-9 November 2012

Manekshaw Centre, Swarna Jayanti Marg, Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi

Programme Schedule

08 Nov 2012

Inaugural Session

Time (H) / Subject/Event / Speaker
Inaugural Address (0900-1030 H)
0900 – 0905 / Welcome Address / Mr Chandrajit Banerjee,
Director General - CII
0905 – 0920 / Key Note Address / Lt Gen SP Kochhar, AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, SO-in-C
0920 – 0930 / Address / Lt Gen PPS Bhandari, PVSM, AVSM (Retd)
Chairman CII Defence Electronic Committee
Group Director (Defence, GIS, HLS), Rolta India Ltd & President, Rolta Thales Ltd, India
0930 – 0940 / Address / Gen Bikram Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, COAS
0940 – 0950 / Address / Shri AK Antony
Raksha Mantri
0950 – 0955 / Vote of Thanks / Maj Gen HS Johar
ADG Tac C
0955 – 1000 / Presentation of Mementoes
1000 – 1020 / Inauguration of Exhibition & NSOC Demo
1020 – 1050 / Tea
Higher Forum Discussion : ICTEC : Road Ahead for the Indian Army (1100 – 1200H) Speakers – 7
Moderator - Lt Gen SP Kochhar, AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, SO-in-C (5 Min each speaker)
1100 – 1105 / Introduction / Lt Gen SP Kochhar, AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, SO-in-C
1105 – 1110 / Requirement of Agile Communications in a Mobile Battlefield / Lt Gen SH Kulkarni,
VSM** GOC 21 Corps
1110 – 1115 / Industry Perspective / Mr K Srinivas
Airtel
1115 – 1120 / Challenges in Development of ICTEC Infostructure / Mr KL Dhingra
CMD ITI Ltd
1120 – 1125 / Identification of Critical Infostructure and Envisaged Threat Perception / Maj Gen BB Jha
DRDO
1125 – 1130 / Measures for Securing Critical Infostructure / Shri Shankar Aggarwal
Addl Secy (A)
1130 – 1135 / Indigenisation and Self Reliance / Shri Vivek Rae
Secy MSME
1135 – 1155 / Questions and Answers / Lt Gen SP Kochhar, AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, SO-in-C
Technical Session – 1: Robust Networks for Tactical Communications Speakers - 4
Chairman – Lt Gen JS Bajwa, UYSM,SM, DG Inf
Co Chairman – Maj Gen PM Cariappa, ADG SI
1200 – 1210 / Opening Remarks by the Chairman
1210 – 1230 / Tactical Communication Network Modeling and Reliability Analysis / Mr Ruben Silvano Casilli
SELEX
1230 – 1250 / Challenges in Bandwidth and Spectrum Management in a Tactical Networking Environment: Software Defined Networking / Col Dheeraj Kaushal
Indian Army (MCTE)
1250 – 1310 / Challenges in Handling Capacity Constrained Tactical Networks and Their Optimisation / Col Rajesh Hoon (Retd)
Mahindra Satyam
1310 – 1330 / Seamless Integration of Various Components of Tactical Networks / Mr Rajesh Kumar S
Juniper
1330 – 1340 / Questions and Answers
1340 – 1350 / Concluding Remarks by Chairman & Distribution of Mementoes
1350 – 1500 / Lunch, Exhibition and Networking
Technical Session – 2: Supporting Network Centric Operations Through Wireless Technologies Speakers - 4
Chairman – Mr Rahul Chaudhry, CEO, Tata Power SED
Co Chairman – Brig Gen (Retd) Moshe Tamir, Gilat Satl NW
1500 – 1510 / Opening Remarks by the Chairman
1510 – 1530 / 3G/4G Tactical Networks: Challenges and Reliability Analysis / Col (Retd) Sanjiv Jaiswal
Rolta
1530 – 1550 / Cognitive Radio Techniques for Exploiting Spectrum / Mr David Renaudeau
Thales
1550 – 1610 / Disruption/Delay Tolerant Mobile Adhoc Tactical Networks / Dr Alan C Tribble
Rockwell Collins
1610 – 1630 / Cellular Networks, Mobile Devices and Applications for the Tactical Edge / Col Samresh Malhotra
21 CSR(AREN)
1630 - 1640 / Questions and Answers
1640 – 1650 / Concluding Remarks by Chairman & Distribution of Mementoes
2000 Onwards / Networking Dinner

09 Nov 2012

Time (H) / Subject/Event / Speaker
Technical Session – 2: Supporting Network Centric Operations Through Wireless Technologies Speakers - 4
Chairman – Mr Rahul Chaudhry, CEO, Tata Power SED
Co Chairman – Brig Gen (Retd) Moshe Tamir, Gilat Satl NW
0900 – 0910 / Opening Remarks by the Chairman
0910 – 0930 / Secure Multipath Routing for Tactical Networks / Mr C Vanniarajan
HCL Technologies
0930 – 0950 / Secrecy Challenges and Opportunities for Air Interface and Core Network / Mr Manoj Jain
BEL Ltd
0950 – 1010 / Enterprise Info Assurance Solutions and Services / Mr Jausua McCloud
Cisco
1010 – 1030 / Securing COTs Equipment Against Embedded Threats / Lt Col HS Sethi
Indian Army
1030 – 1040 / Questions and Answers
1040 – 1050 / Concluding Remarks by Chairman & Distribution of Mementoes
1050 – 1120 / Tea
HR Session : Transforming Human Capital in ICTEC Era Speakers – 3
Chairman – Lt Gen (Retd) OP Nandrajog, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Co Chairman – Maj Gen Atul Mehra
1120 – 1130 / Opening Remarks by the Chairman
1130 – 1150 / Human Capital Management Perspective for Armed Forces / Lt Gen(Retd) Mukesh Sabarwal, PVSM, AVSM**, VSM
1150 – 1210 / Managing a Diverse Workforce : Impacts & Rewards / Prof V Ramachandran
Human Resource Dept, IIM Banglaore
1210 – 1230 / Building High Performance Teams / Prof Jaijit Bhattacharya
Director, Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research
1230 – 1250 / Growing with Peer Group and Maintenance Competitive Edge in Org / Mr SY Siddiqui
MEO Admin, Maruti Suzuki
1250 – 1300 / Questions and Answers
Closing Session
1300 – 1310 / Concluding Remarks by Co Chairman & Distribution of Mementoes
1310 – 1320 / Remarks / Mr Rahul Chaudhry,
Chairman, CII Defence Sub-committee on Policy and Strategy & CEO Tata Power SED
1320 – 1340 / Key Resolutions / Lt Gen SP Kochhar, AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, SO-in-C
1340 – 1350 / Closing Remarks / Lt Gen Narendra Singh, AVSM, SM, VSM, DCOAS (P&S)
1350 – 1355 / Vote of Thanks / Mr Gurpal Singh
Principal Advisor & Head – Defence, Aerospace &Security
1355 – 1400 / Presentation of Mementoes
1400 Onwards / Networking Lunch and Dispersal

DEFCOM 2012 - Workshops

Time (H) / Subject/Event / Speaker
Workshop Session – 1: 08 November 12
Exploitation of COTs Equipment for Capacity Constrained Tactical Networks Speakers - 3
Chairman – Maj Gen Ajeet Bajpai, CSO Northern Command
1200 – 1215 / Technologies to enable Resilient Communication Networks for the Tactical Battle Area / Mr Eric Whitehill
ITT Exelis Corp
1215 – 1235 / Discussion
1235 – 1250 / Technology for Mission Oriented Network Operations (NETOPS) / Mr Werchan
General Dynamics
1250 – 1310 / Discussion
1310 – 1325 / Integrated Aerial System for Tactical Communication across all bands / Mr. L Nicholas
Kavveri Telecom
1325 – 1345 / Discussion
Workshop Session – 2 09 Nov 12
Secrecy & Cyber : Challenges & Opportunities in TBA
Chairman – Maj Gen RS Panwar, VSM Speaker – 3
0900 – 0915 / Security Solutions for Tactical Networks. / Mr. Mohit Gulyani
IBM
0915 – 0935 / Discussion
0935 – 0950 / Security of Defence Networks : A Practical Approach / Sqn Ldr Arif Shouqi(Retd)
Cisco
0950 – 1010 / Discussion
1010 – 1025 / Secrecy and Cyber: Challenges and Opportunities in the Tactical Battle Area / Mr Sajjan Paul
Juniper
1025 – 1045 / Discussion

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