Overview Agenda
Short Courses
Location & Accommodations
Fees & Registration
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The Directed Energy (DE) Systems Symposium focuses on systems aspects of DE in a limited-attendance environment. The Fifth DE Systems Symposium consists of co-located technical sessions organized by six separate conferences, with joint technical and plenary sessions to encourage discussion outside narrow technical limits. The objective of this year’s symposium is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas and to focus on near term demonstrations of DE technology. Previous Symposia were also held in Monterey. Registrants can attend any session of the Symposium for just one registration fee.
Symposium Highlights
Luncheon Speaker Professor P.V. Zarubin Professor P.V. Zarubin will speak on the work of thousands of Soviet scientists, engineers, servicemen, and administrators who took part in numerous general and military Soviet high energy laser research and development programs between 1963 and 1980. Professor Zarubin participated in these programs, leading some of them. Tour of NPS Directed Energy Facilities Tours of Naval Postgraduate School DE facilities will be held on Friday, 16 April. The tours will include free electron laser experimental facilities including a new building, hosted by Professor Bill Colson, and beam control facilities, hosted by Professor Brij Agrawal. Specific times will be announced; space will be limited. Location and Accommodations Sessions of the Symposium will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. Directions to these sites are available through their web pages. Both of the sites consist of multiple buildings. A map of the location of sessions on NPS and at the hotel will be available on site for registrants. A schematic view of the hotel looking south from a position high over NPS is available through the virtual tour on the hotel welcome page. A block of rooms at government rates for all attendees has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. To take advantage of these rates, call the hotel at 831 372-1234 and mention that you are attending this DEPS meeting. Make your reservation early; the room block expires well before the Symposium. The hotel enforces a 48-hour cancellation policy. The Hyatt and NPS are within close walking distance. Although a shuttle bus will be available, most Symposium attendees have chosen to walk between venues. Private auto access to NPS is restricted, and parking is extremely limited. Note: As of 11 March, the Hyatt is sold out. Our overflow hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn Monterery located at 1000 Aguajito Road. Call the hotel's in-house reservations number at 831-373-6141 and mention the Directed Energy Professional Society. Companions Companions are always a welcome addition to any DEPS meeting. To encourage them, we offer companion meal options. Our full meal option includes all meals that are provided for regular attendees including any evening and specialty functions that may be planned. For those companions who do not want to be tied to scheduled meal functions, we also offer an evening meal option. This option, which includes only the evening and specialty event functions, allows companions access to the "fun" portions of our events. Upon arrival, those checking the "companion information needed" box on the registration will be provided a welcome packet with information on local points of interest. To assist companions in making plans for their stay, an onsite specialist will meet with interested parties on the first day of the meeting, providing access, individually or as a group, to local attractions and/or tours.
*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 Please select from one of the following options.
Some organizations have installed web filters that prevent on-line registration from inside their facilities. If this appears to be true for you, please try again off-site or use the registration option below. Persons requesting cancellation through 15 March will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 15 March are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given after 8 April. Security Attendance at the Systems Symposium and its short courses is restricted to U.S. citizens with a classified visit request on file, holding a security clearance at SECRET or higher level, and who are employees of the U.S. government or its contractors. Instructions for submitting classified visit requests 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 will be unable to attend such sessions, 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: Non-DoD Government/Contractor Visit Instructions Please fax a visit authorization letter to: Note that all visit notification actions must be completed no later than 31 March 2010. 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.
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 left.) As they become available, the specific conference's Calls for Papers are available through the links below.
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. Release Forms Presentation Release Form Paper Release Form
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