Special Events Daily Schedule of EventsFree 500-companyexhibition30 April to 2 May 2013Exhibition HallWednesday · 1 MayTuesday 30 April · 10:00 am to 5:00 pmWednesday 1 May · 10:00 am to 5:00 pmThursday 2 May · 10:00 am to 2:00 pmWORKSHOPEarly Stage Technology Commercialization8:00 to 10:00 am · Conv. Ctr. Room 315Moderator: Joseph X. Montemarano,Executive Director, MIRTHE, Princeton Univ. (USA)Panelists:Thomas A. Cellucci, Executive Vice-President, ICS Nett, Inc.Ralph E. Taylor-Smith, General Partner, Battelle VenturesDavid Pustai, Program Manager, Innovation and AdvancedResearch and Development, Lockheed Martin Co.Kevin Lascola, Maxion Technologies/ThorlabsPanelists from U.S. government laboratories, venture capital community, andindustry discuss ways to speed the commercialization and deployment of earlystageDefense and Homeland Security applications focused on mid-infraredtechnologies. Listen and interact with the leaders in the IR community, and cometo share your ideas.Technology ShowcaseStart-ups and small companies will showcase their latest technologies ready andavailable for commercialization.Companies include:Redshift Systems Corp.Sentinel PhotonicsSponsored by <strong>SPIE</strong> Career CenterFree AdmissionTuesday 30 April, 10:00 am to 5:00 pmWednesday 1 May, 10:00 am to 5:00 pmOPEN TOTalk with representatives from nearly20 companies currently looking to hire.ALLAttendeesVisit the <strong>SPIE</strong> Career Center Booth #1869for your chance to win a Kindle Fire!SPECIAL KEYNOTE SESSION AND PANEL DISCUSSIONOpen Architecture (OA)/Open Business Model (OBM)SystemsJoint with Conferences 8741 and 87548:30 to 11:30 am · Conv. Ctr. Room 321KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS · 8:30 to 10:00 amModular, open, scalable architectures with applications to C4ISRsystemsBobby R. Junker, Office of Naval Research (USA)The GDAIS journey in OA/OBMCarlo Zaffanella, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems(USA)Small business perspectives on the open business modelHoward Reichel, In-Depth Engineering Corp. (USA)PANEL DISCUSSION · 10:30 to 11:30 amModerator:Dr. Raja Suresh,General Dynamics Advanced Information SystemsPanelists:Bobby Junker,C4ISR DepartmentHead, Office of NavalResearch (USA)Carlo Zaffanella,Vice President, GeneralDynamics AdvancedInformation Systems(USA)Howard Reichel,Senior Vice President,In-Depth EngineeringCorp. (USA)Nick Guertin,Director ofTransformation, U.S.Navy (USA)Microscopy for STEM Educators8:55 am to 12:10 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 325Session Chairs:Michael T. Postek, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)Mary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)Robert Gordon, Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc. (USA)The future of our nation hinges on our ability to prepare our next generation to beinnovators in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Excitement forSTEM begins in the earliest stages of our education process. The special sessionis a general interest forum with several notable invited speakers discussing theirsuccessful programs implementing microscopy in STEM education to fosterstudent interest and excitement. A hands-on session with tabletop scanningelectron microscopes will be held at the end of the presentations.10 <strong>SPIE</strong> Defense, Security, and Sensing 2013 · www.spie.org/dss
SPECIAL SESSIONNational Security Sensor Challenges3:30 to 5:30 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 315This Government National Security Leadership Panel will discuss the emergingsensor needs and challenge that must be overcome to provide security in the 21 stcentury. Both long term breakthrough sensing challenges as well as nearer term cost,size and weight improvements to enable new mission capabilities will be addressed.Session ModeratorDavid Whelan, Boeing Defense, Space, and Security andDSS2013 Symposium Co-ChairPresenters:Stefanie Tompkins,Deputy Director ofStrategic TechnologyOffice, DARPAPeter Highnam,Director, IARPAOPEN TOSpecial Events Daily Schedule of EventsWednesday · 1 MayWalter F. Jones,Director, Office ofNaval ResearchPANEL DISCUSSIONInformation Fusion and RoboticsPart of Conf. 8756: Multisensor, Multisource Information Fusion:Architectures, Algorithms, and Applications 20132:40 to 3:20 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 332Panel Moderator: Jerome J. Braun, MIT Lincoln Lab. (USA)PANEL DISCUSSIONFuture Directions for Radiation-related MaterialsResearch: From Research to Practical Use4:40 to 5:40 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 317Moderators: Shinji Nozaki, Univ. of Electro-Communications (Japan);Takeshi Ohshima, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (Japan);Hisayoshi Itoh, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Japan)WORKSHOPNight Vision-Integrated Performance Model4:40 to 5:40 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 319Workshop Leaders: Brian Teaney, Joseph Reynolds, U.S. Army NightVision & Electronic Sensor DirectorateThe Night Vision Integrated Performance Model (NV-IPM) was recently releasedby NVESD. The aim of this new model is to provide a flexible and extensibleengineering tool for system design which encapsulates all of the capabilitiesof the existing Night Vision model suite along with many new design tools andfeatures. This workshop will introduce some common NV-IPM modeling cases anddiscusses the model features and capabilities in greater detail.BEST PAPER AWARDMobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, andApplications 2013 (Conf. 8755)Best Paper Session . . . .Mon. 29 April 1:30 to 4:40 pmAward Ceremony . . . . .Tue. 30 April 5:30 to 5:40 pmThe candidates for the Best Paper Award will present in this special session inMobile Multimedia/Image Processing, Security, and Applications 2013.BEST PAPER AWARDS2013 Automatic Target Recognition (Conf. 8744)Tuesday 30 April . . . . . .11:30 am to 12:00 pmALLAttendeesBEST PAPER AWARDSBanquet and Award Announcements7:00 to 9:30 pm · Hilton: Holiday Ballroom 4-6Tickets may be purchased for $95 until 1:00 pm Monday 29 April at the<strong>SPIE</strong> Cashier.Introduction of the New <strong>SPIE</strong> Fellows2013 <strong>SPIE</strong> Dennis Gabor Award PresentationDSS Lifetime Achievement Award PresentationDistinguished Banquet SpeakerGEOINT: Decisive Advantagefor the 21st CenturyMs. Letitia A. LongDirector, National Geospatial Intelligence AgencyMs. Letitia A. Long was appointed Director of the NationalGeospatial-Intelligence Agency on August 9, 2010. Prior to herappointment, Ms. Long served as Deputy Director of the DefenseIntelligence Agency (DIA) from May 2006 until July 2010. Previously,she was the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (Policy, Requirements,and Resources) from June 2003 until May 2006. She also served as the Deputy Directorof Naval Intelligence from July 2000 to June 2003 and as the Director of CentralIntelligence’s Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs from January 1998to June 2000, where she was responsible for community-wide policy formulation,resource planning, and program assessment and evaluation.Poster Session6:00 to 7:30 pm · Conv. Ctr. Hall DThursday · 2 MayPANEL DISCUSSIONSynergistic Data Fusion through Multi-SensingEnablement1:20 to 2:50 pm · Conv. Ctr. Room 346Community Perspectives and Geospatial Information ApplicationsNeeds and ChallengesModerator: Shiloh L. Dockstader, ITT Exelis (USA)All symposium attendees are invited to attend the poster sessions. Come view thehigh-quality papers that are presented in this alternative format and interact withthe poster author, who will be available for discussion. Enjoy light refreshmentswhile networking with colleagues in your field. Attendees are required to wear theirconference registration badges to the poster sessions.BEST PAPER AND BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDSThree-Dimensional Imaging, Visualization,and Display 2013 (Conf. 8738)Award Ceremony . . . . . .Tuesday 5:40 to 5:50 pmThree papers will be selected for the Best Paper Awards among the papersaccepted for this conference. One of the three awards will be a Best StudentPaper Award, on which a student must be author or co-author. A panel of expertswill evaluate all the papers for technical quality and merit.Two awards are planned: the fi rst is the overall Best Paper Award, and the secondis a Best Student Paper Award.+1 360 676 3290 · help@spie.org · (Twitter) #DSS 11Sponsored by:
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