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DIRECTED ENERGY
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY
Directed Energy Systems Symposium |
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6-10 April 2009 |
Monterey, California | |
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Co-Sponsored by the
High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office
Program Changes
Technical Program
Short Courses
Exhibits
Security
Location & Accommodations
Registration & Fees
Symposium Organizers
Monterey Weather
The Directed Energy (DE) Systems Symposium focuses on systems aspects of DE in a limited-attendance environment.
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Monterey Coastline
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The Systems Symposium consists of co-located technical sessions organized by five separate conferences, with joint
technical and plenary sessions to encourage discussion outside narrow technical limits. The purpose of this fourth annual
Symposium is
- to examine status of DE technologies to support transition to weapon acquisition,
- to understand employment opportunities and needs for DE technologies,
- to integrate the DE technology community with the warfighter to enable technology to warfighter transition and
- to provide a forum to enable technical exchange between the five conference technologies.
The DE Systems Symposium will further this purpose by focusing on the question: How will Directed Energy
(100kW class laser) change joint warfare? To implement this purpose and enhance the output, a two-plenary session
approach is being implemented. The symposium will be initiated with a plenary session on Tuesday morning with
invited speakers from both military operations and the acquisition communities. A wrap-up plenary session is
planned for Friday morning where each of the five conference chairmen will give the highpoints of their conference.
Some portions of the Symposium will be conducted at the SECRET level. Attendance at all sessions will be
limited to U.S. citizens with classified visit requests on file and who are employees of the U.S. Government
or its contractors.
| Short Courses |
- Introduction to Beam Control (AM)
- HELEEOS (AM)
- Wargaming (AM)
- Laser Induced Sensor Effects (AM)
- DE Weapons & Bio-Effects (AM)
- Aero Optics (AM)
- Beam Directors 101 (Full Day)
- Image Tracking (PM), Filled
- Uncertainty Analysis for Laser Effects Testing (PM)
- HELCoMES 2.0: An Introduction and Survey
of New Features (PM)
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Highlights
Agenda
Click here
for day-by-day look at the technical sessions. The technical program is available
here in PDF format (440Kb) for download. (Note that names and organizations are removed from classified presentations
from this online version of the program. A complete program will be handed out at the symposium.)
Changes to the program are listed here when available.
| Fees & Options |
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Through 9 March
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Through 3 April
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On-site
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Half-day
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Full-day
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| DEPS members |
$735
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$835
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$935
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$210
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$380
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| Non-members |
$795
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$895
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$995
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$210
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$380
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| Qualifying Students * |
$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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$0
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*Note: Full time students will be admitted at no fee provided they (1)
agree to work for two sessions operating computers for the presenters, or (2) are making a
presentation. If these conditions are not met, students will be required to pay the
full registration fee.
Your registration includes attendance at the technical sessions, a copy of the proceedings,
attendance at receptions, breakfast, lunch, and break refreshments. Symposium registrants may
join DEPS for $40 at registration and qualify for membership registration fees.
Short course registrations include participation in the classroom activities, student
materials, refreshments, and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits. Two half-day classes
can be selected for the price of the full-day class.
Registration
Registration is no longer possible for this event.
Persons requesting cancellation through 9 March will receive a full refund. Cancellations after
9 March are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given after 3 April.
Security
Attendance at the Systems Symposium and its short courses is restricted to U.S. citizens with a
Security Clearance at the SECRET level and who are employees of the U.S. government or its contractors.
Instructions for submitting classified visit requests indicating security clearance are provided below.
Please note that some sessions at the Symposium are likely to be
covered by distribution limitation D, which restricts participation in those sessions to employees of the
Department of Defense or its contractors. If you do not meet this requirement, you may be unable to attend
every session even though you have a classified visit request on file.
Note: Registered companions and exhibit staff who do not attend program
sessions do not have to meet these security requirements.
DoD Government/Contractor Visit Instructions
Eligibility and access for all DoD government and contractor attendees will be verified using the
Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) via one of the following two methods:
- Send a visit notification in JPAS to
- Purpose of Visit: DEPS Symposium
- Point of contact: Rhonda Peyton
- POC Phone: (505) 338-2856
- Visited SMO: DEPS8T823
- Dates of visit: 5-10 April 2009
- Fax a cover sheet with your name and social security number to Lisa Mitchell 256-705-1012 for
eligibility and access verification. Confirmation at 256-489-6705.
Non-DoD Government/Contractor Visit Instructions
Please fax a visit authorization letter to:
Lisa Mitchell
Assistant DEPS Conference Security Manager
Phone: (256) 489-6705
Fax: (256) 705-1012
Note that all visit notification actions must be completed no later than 25 March 2009.
A picture ID will be required at check-in and upon entry into the classified sessions.
Videotaping or audio recording of any session at this meeting is prohibited. Laptops, cell phones,
palm pilots, and other such electronics will not be allowed in the classified sessions. Please do not bring
them to the classified meeting site. Notebooks for classified note taking will be provided for classified
sessions.
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Location & Accommodations
Sessions will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School and the
Monterey Marriott, located at 350
Calle Principal, Monterey. A block of rooms has been obtained for Symposium attendees at a reduced rate.
Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel at 1-800-266-9432 or through this
direct link to the reservation system with reduced rates already applied.
Please note that our room block at the Monterey Marriott, the Symposium hotel, is sold out.
We have arranged for overflow hotel rooms at government rates for all attendees at the Monterey Hyatt. Call them
at 831-372-1234, and mention the Directed Energy Professional Society to get the reduced rate.
Monterey is a resort city, and its hotels have cancellation penalties that go into effect two or three days
before your arrival date. Some hotels also charge resort fees that increase your bill beyond the advertised rate.
Please check these out with your hotel to avoid surprises.
Companions Program
Monterey is a major California vacation destination, and many registrants are expected to be accompanied
by companions. Daytime activities for companions of registrants are being planned.
At past Directed Energy Systems Symposia, these have included tours in the Monterey area.
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| Monterey Bay Aquarium
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In addition, companions may participate in the catered events at the Symposium that
are held in open, public areas upon payment of a separate companion's fee. This fee includes
participation in the receptions on Tuesday and Thursday evening, as well as
breakfasts, lunches and breaks from Tuesday through Friday morning. This companion's meal ticket will be
able to be
purchased with your registration, or separately.
Symposium Contacts
Call for Papers
| Important Dates for Presenters |
- 5 December 2008
- Abstracts due
- 16 January 2008
- Authors notified of acceptance
- 20 March 2009 *
- Presentations due with release forms
- 3 April 2009 *
- Papers due with release forms
- 6-10 April 2009
- Symposium
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presentations and/or papers. Please see the individual conference pages for these differences. |
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Each Conference is publishing an independent Call for Papers. There are many common
features to these calls, such as common due dates for presentations and papers. (See
Important Dates box to the right.) As they become available,
the specific conference's Calls for Papers are available through the links below.
A proceedings will be published for each of the Conferences. These proceedings
can include presentation materials, papers, or both. Some conferences require papers, and
all encourage them. These should be written in the DEPS
conference paper format. Papers are also of interest to the
Journal of Directed Energy editors as manuscripts. Upon author approval, papers may be
forwarded to the Journal for consideration.
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