News From USJFCOM: Command announces change to 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference speakers


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Command announces change to 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference speakers

U.S. Joint Forces Command announces a change to 2010 Joint Warfighting Conference speakers and topics to be discussed during the three-day event in May.

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By USJFCOM Public Affairs

(NORFOLK, Va. - April 15 , 2010) –- There is a change to the speakers’ list for this year’s Joint Warfighting Conference (JWC) at the Virginia Beach Convention Center from May 11-13.

Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, replaces Coast Guard Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., Atlantic Area commander as the morning keynote speaker on May 13.

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle A. Flournoy will deliver the Conference’s keynote address on May 11. 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, U.S. Central Command, who will speak at lunch via video teleconference.

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, commander, USJFCOM, will close the conference’s slate of speakers May 13.

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.

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 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 provide insights relevant to their specific areas. The booth is open from 10 a.m. to 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.