Co-Sponsored by the The Fourteenth Annual Directed Energy Symposium provides a forum for the exchange of technical and programmatic information in fields related to directed energy sources, directed energy effects, and the development, testing and fielding of directed energy weapons and related technologies. The Symposium was attended by a wide range of specialists including: researchers, managers, policy makers, and executives from government institutions (DoD, DoE and other national laboratories, program offices, the intelligence community, etc.), industry, academia, and other scientific and engineering institutions. Discussions focused on the current status and the future of directed energy technology in scientific research and program efforts.
Highlights
The detailed agenda is available here in PDF format. Changes did occur in the program. The 2011 Directed Energy Symposium events were held at the Hilton Torrey Pines. Located in San Diego's North County, the seaside community of La Jolla is a short 12-mile drive from the San Diego airport. Available for the frist time, several portions of the Annual Symposium were webcast. Webcasting was synchronous, that is, available only in real time. Only open, public release presentations were webcast.
Fees for viewing the webcast are provided below. 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
There was a Student Session at the 2011 Annual Symposium. The purpose of this session, beyond just the communication of research results to interested Symposium attendees, was to permit students to make presentations in a presumably less daunting environment. A student presenter could choose to make the same presentation in the student session as well as in a general Symposium session. For those students, participation in the Student Session serves as a final dry run; with the session scheduled early in the Symposium. During this year's Annual Symposium, General Atomics offered a tour of the Predator Factory in Poway, California. Participants viewed the integrated factory that produces the Predator family of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, seeing the assembly and test facilities for the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-1C Grey Eagle, and MQ-9 Reaper. Participants also saw the ground support centers in fabrication. . The tour was limited to 25 persons per tour time and was offered for Thursday afternoon (1330-1700) and Friday morning (0830-1200) to accommodate the symposium schedule. Bus transportation was provided. 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.
*Note: Full time students will be admitted at no charge provided they are (1) making a presentation, or (2) U.S. citizens who agree to provide services such as operating computers in a few technical sessions. If these conditions are not met, students will be required to pay the full registration fee. Short courses are free for all student registrants regardless of their volunteer/presenter status. Registration fees include participation in all Symposium sessions for which the attendee qualifies; breakfast, breaks, and lunch from Tuesday through Friday morning; evening receptions; and a copy of the Symposium proceedings. Registration for the Symposium also includes a complimentary DEPS membership through 31 December 2012. In addition, symposium registrants can participate in the Directed Energy Education Workshop on Friday at no additional cost. Short course registrations included student materials, refreshments, and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits for successful students. Registration Registration is now closed. Persons requesting cancellation through 17 October will receive a full refund. Cancellations after 17 October are subject to a $100 cancellation fee. There will be no refunds after 10 November. Proceedings The Annual Directed Energy Symposium will produce multiple sets of proceedings as needed to cover the various classificaiton and distribution requirements of the submissions. Unclassified proceedings will automatically be sent to all registrants except those who indicate they do not wish to receive them. Limited distribution and classified proceedings will be available from AFRL. All proceedings will be available after publication from the DEPS Online Store.
Call for Papers
Presentations and Papers Presentations should be in Microsoft Powerpoint format. Please identify the video codec of any embedded movies files so that
we can ensure that we can run the videos at the symposium. Additionally, please note that when submitting on CD via mail, your CD
will not be returned.
Unclassified, public release (Distribution A) presentations and papers that are less than 5MB in size can be sent electronically
to symp11@deps.org. Presentations and papers that are Distribution C or D,
contain embedded videos, or are more than 5MB in size should be mailed on a CD to the following address.
DEPS Graphics Unclassified presentations are due by 21 October 2011; papers by 11 November 2011.
If your classified presentation is not mailed by 1 November, please contact Adam Zimet at (703) 696-2094.
Release Forms The Microsoft Word release forms below should be completed, printed, signatures obtained, scanned, and faxed to 866-338-0967. You can confirm receipt
by email to graphic@deps.org. Release forms are due at the same time as the paper or
presentation.
Note that poster papers are considered presentations and the presentation release form
should be used in those cases.
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