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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
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 was
- 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 furthered 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 was implemented. The symposium began with a plenary session on Tuesday morning with
invited speakers from both military operations and the acquisition communities. A wrap-up plenary session was held on
Friday morning where each of the five conference chairmen presented the highpoints of their conference.
Highlights
Agenda
The technical program is available
here in PDF format (440Kb) for download. Changes to the program did occur.
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| The Monterey Marriott
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Location & Accommodations
Sessions were held at the Naval Postgraduate School and the
Monterey Marriott, located at 350
Calle Principal, Monterey.
Companions Program
Monterey is a major California vacation destination, and many registrants were accompanied
by companions. Daytime activities for companions of registrants were planned
including tours in the Monterey area.
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| Monterey Bay Aquarium
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In addition, companions were able to participate in the catered events at the Symposium that
were held in open, public areas upon payment of a separate companion's fee. This fee included
participation in the receptions on Tuesday and Thursday evening, as well as
breakfasts, lunches and breaks from Tuesday through Friday morning.
Symposium Contacts
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