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The Directed Energy (DE) Systems Symposium focuses on systems aspects of DE in a limited-attendance environment. The Seventh Annual DE 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 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 have been held in Monterey, CA.
Note that portions of the Symposium will be conducted at the Secret level, and attendance at all sessions will be limited to U.S. citizens, with security clearances, who are employees of the U.S. Government or its contractors. See Security below. Symposium Highlights
Agenda A complete agenda, including sessions, will be available here when known. Until then, a listing of submitted abstracts is available, providing insight into the technical program. This listing shows abstracts submitted to date for which the authors have granted permission to be included in this online list. More may be added, so check back later for a more complete list. Also, abstracts can be withdrawn, rejected, or change titles before the conference, so not every abstract listed here will become a presentation at the Symposium; however, most of them will. Available for the first time, two of our unclassified, public release short courses, The Road to Fielding DE Systems by Bill Decker and Laser Propagation by Boris P. Venet & Robert Praus, will be webcast. Webcasting will be synchronous, that is, available only in real time. (Note that the Systems Symposium is being held in Eastern time zone.) Persons requesting the short course webcast will receive the course notes before the course begins assuming they sign up in time for shipping. A means for asking questions of the instructor will be available. The courses provide 0.35 CEU each. Fees for viewing the webcast courses are the same as if attending in person. These fees are for a single viewer on a single display. If more than one person is planning to view the webcast, please contact DEPS for group rates at 505-998-4910 or email Cynnamon at cynnamon@deps.org Note: To receive the webcast, your computer must have Adobe Flash 2011 installed. We do not recommend participation using a wireless 3G connection and have not tested the system at 4G. Register to receive the webcasted courses of the Systems Sympoisum by completing this online webcast registration form.
Sessions of the Symposium will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and at the Hilton Gaithersburg. Transportation will be provided between the two locations. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton for symposium attendees at the government per-diem rate. The hotel is located at 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877. To take advantage of these rates, call the hotel directly at 1-301-977-8900, or use the online reservation system. Our group name is 2012 Directed Energy Systems Symposium and group code is DES. Make your reservation early; the room block expires well before the Symposium. Directions Companions Companions are always a welcome addition to any DEPS meeting. To encourage them, we are offering a companion reception ticket that allows your companions to accompany you to the evening reception on Tuesday. Our evening reception will be held at the historic Gaithersburg Museum and Train Station both dating back to 1884. Companion reception tickets can be purchased either with your symposium registration (below), or separately using this online companion registration form. 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. One may join DEPS for $40
at the time of registration and qualify for members registration fees. Please note that memberships
purchased here will expire on 31 Dec 2012.
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. Webcast course registrants are charged the same fees as in-person registrants. 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 5 March will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 5 March are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given after 29 March. Security Attendance at the Systems Symposium and its short courses is restricted to U.S. citizens who are employees of the U.S. government or its contractors, and who possess a minimum of a Secret personnel clearance. 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 U.S. 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 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). Send a visit notification in JPAS with the following information: 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 30 March 2012. 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. Proceedings The conferences of the Seventh Annual DE Systems Symposium will publish all presentations (and papers) that have been properly released by a sponsoring government agency and have proper classification markings. See our Online Store for proceedings from previous Systems Symposia. Calls for Papers
Each Conference of the DE Systems Symposium has published an independent Call for Papers, available through the links below, which describes the themes of the individual conferences. All persons wishing to present at the Directed Energy Systems Symposium are required to submit an abstract online, using the form below. The Systems Symposium strives enhance technical excellence while providing a forum that encourages interaction with other members of the Directed Energy (DE) community. To that end, the overall number of presentations may be limited and papers screened for new and innovative work. An extended abstract is encouraged to allow the author to fully describe their planned presentation/paper. An all-conference, collaborative poster session will be scheduled that will not conflict with other sessions to enable detailed exchanges between colleagues. This may include separate areas for unclassified, FOUO and classified posters. Authors of high profile papers may be invited to present a poster paper as well as make an oral presentation.
The DE Systems Symposium will include a student session composed solely of student presenters. The student presentation topics may be on any subject within the scope of the Symposium. Students should submit their abstract by the same process as other presenters and select the Student Session rather than one of the other conferences. Student abstracts are due by 1 March. Student attendees must meet the same attendance requirements as other registrants. Abstracts Abstracts are still being accepted for all conferences and should be submitted online by completing this form. Questions about abstract submission may be directed to David Loomis. Authors will be notified in January of acceptance of their paper for presentation and/or publication. Additional instructions for submitting papers and presentations will be provided at that time. Note: While an automated email is sent confirming receipt of your abstract, it is known that many military domains (e.g., af.mil) block delivery of such an email. If you do not receive email confirmation, you may check this listing of submitted abstracts. This listing is dynamically generated based on abstracts received at the time the page is displayed and author permission (granted when submitted). If the title of your abstract is contained in this listing, it has been received by DEPS. Release Forms Presentation Release Form Paper Release Form Security Markings Distribution All presentations must have an authorized distribution statement on the first page. Presentations containing Distribution Statements B and E will not be presented at the DE Systems Symposium. All papers must have an authorized distribution statement on the first page. Papers containing Distribution Statements B, E, and F will not be published in the DE Systems Symposium proceedings.
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