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Command announces 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference speakers

U.S. Joint Forces Command announces the 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference speakers and topics that will be discussed during the three-day conference in May.

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By USJFCOM Public Affairs

(NORFOLK, Va. - March 24, 2010) –- This year’s Joint Warfighting Conference (JWC) from May 11-13 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center will feature several influential government and senior military leaders from both the United States and NATO to discuss important issues facing future joint warfighters.

U. S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the U.S. Naval Institute, National Defense Industrial Associations Greater Hampton Roads Chapter and the local AFCEA Hampton Roads and Tidewater chapters will host the event.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle A. Flournoy will deliver the keynote address on May 11 to begin the Conference. Later that day, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen will deliver the luncheon address.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, French Air Force Gen. Stéphane Abrial, will open the second day on May 12, followed later in the day by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, Central Command, who will speak at lunch via video teleconference.

During the final day, attendees can join Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. for the morning keynote speech; Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, commander, USJFCOM, will close the conference’s slate of speakers.

During the three days, the conference will focus on the theme of “Combatant and Coalition Commanders: What Will They Need Five Years From Now?” and also will feature several panel speakers exploring and offering insight on specific areas of the theme.

The panels include:

Power Shifts: Who’s Up? Who’s Down? What’s Changing?
Fresh from the Fight: What Do Company Level Leaders See as the Threats?
What Should Be Done to Secure the Homelands?
What Needs to Be Done to Make the Interagency Pieces Work?
Battles of Competing Narratives: Why Do They Matter?
Small Unit Excellence: What Will It Take?
How Do We Fight Through a Digital Meltdown?
What Needs to Be Done to Make the Joint/Coalition Force Acquisition Interoperable?

The USJFCOM engagement booth will feature senior command leaders and subject matter experts from ACT to to provide insights relevant to their specific areas. The booth is open from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily during the conference.

Registration for the event is free; the lunches require tickets available from the conference’s Web site at http://www.jointwarfighting.org.