In coordination with The HEL Lethality Conference will assemble scientists and engineers interested in HEL weapon lethality. The objectives of the conference are: 1) to use the forum as a means to inform the HEL community and
Conference Highlights
A goal of this year’s conference is to enhance technical excellence while providing a forum to encourage interaction with other members of the HEL community. To that end, the overall number of presentations may be reduced and papers screened for new and innovative work. An extended abstract (less than 1000 words) is encouraged to allow the author to fully describe their planned paper. Submissions will also be considered for the poster session. The poster session will be scheduled without conflict with other sessions and expanded to accommodate the need for detailed exchanges between colleagues. Additionally for selected papers, authors may be invited to present a poster paper. To further encourage papers, the Lethality Conference has added a "Best Paper" award to this year’s conference. The recipient will be recognized during the closing plenary session. The HEL Lethality Conference plans to issue a proceeding that will consist of papers only (formal manuscripts, not presentations or posters) that have been released by a sponsoring government agency and have proper classification markings. Based on prior year’s experience, this proceedings will be classified Secret/NOFORN and will be limited distribution D. Details regarding conference location, security restrictions, and short courses, as well as fees and registration are shared among all conferences making up the Systems Symposium and can be found on the main Systems Symposium page. Call for Papers Papers (presentations as well as poster papers) are solicited in the topic areas described below for the Sixth Annual High Energy Laser (HEL) Lethality Conference. The conference will be held at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA on 6-10 April 2009 as a part of the Directed Energy (DE) Systems Symposium. The HEL Lethality Conference will be conducted in parallel with the High Energy Laser Beam Control Conference, the Directed Energy Modeling and Simulation Conference, Employment of DE Weapons Conference, and the DE Effects Mitigation Conference. Potential topic areas include: 1) System Level Target Vulnerability Assessment HEL lethality studies conducted by program offices and other research organizations working in the area of systems engineering and target system response will be featured. This includes engagement level analysis and system data supporting the development of HEL weapon lethality criteria for targets of interest. Topics for consideration in this area include:
2) Laser Effects Work sponsored by program offices and other organizations conducting experimental research will be presented. This includes basic optical, mechanical and thermal investigation on materials, components, and systems. Continuous Wave (CW), pulsed and ultra-short pulsed (USP) laser effects will be covered. Topics for consideration include:
Abstracts The expected classification of presentations can only include Unclassified, Confidential, Secret, and Secret NOFORN. In addition, material with Distribution Statements A (Public Release), C (Government and their Contractors), D (Department of Defense and their Contractors), X (Export Controlled), and F (as directed by DoD controlling office) will be accepted. Note that distributions A, C, and X are encouraged to facilitate distribution of proceedings; material designated as distribution B and E will not be accepted; and presentations having Distribution Statement F will not be published in the conference proceedings. Abstracts should be submitted in electronic form, by email, to afrl.rdle.deps.org@kirtland.af.mil Authors will be notified on or before 19 December 2008 if their contributions are selected for inclusion in the Conference Technical Program Presentations Authors are requested to submit presentations on electronic media (CDs preferred). Unclassified presentations should be mailed to the address listed below for the "Inner Envelope". Classified presentations should be mailed in accordance with DoD approved methods as follows:
Microsoft PowerPoint 97-2003 format is preferred. Please identify the application of any movies or embedded files. The presentation should be appropriate for 30 minutes of presentation (including questions). Font sizes should be large enough for those in the back of a large auditorium to read (minimum of 20 point font). In addition, all presentations require that a presentation release form be submitted. This MS Word form can be completed electronically, then printed for signature and submission. Mail the fully completed and signed form to the address below or fax to the number provided. Note that it is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for presentation. Schafer Corporation All submitted materials must be appropriately marked for security classification, including unclassified presentations as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. Additionally, please identify the presenter (if different) and provide up-to-date contact information. Papers For consideration in the "Best Paper" award, and to accommodate the publishing of conference proceedings in a timely manner, authors are requested to submit the sponsoring Program Office approved version of the classified and unclassified papers no later than 20 March 2009. Papers should be submitted on electronic media (CDs preferred) in either Microsoft Word 97-2003 format (preferred) or Adobe Acrobat format (PDF file). Specific format instructions are described on the DEPS conference paper format page. Include full information (including address, phone, fax, and email) for corresponding author. Papers should be mailed to the same address as described above for presentations. In addition, all papers require that a paper release form be submitted. This MS Word form can be completed electronically then printed for signature and mailing. Submit the fully completed and signed form to Schafer as described above for presentation release forms. Note that it is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for publication and to ensure that the paper has not been published, nor under consideration, elsewhere. All submitted materials must be appropriately marked for security classification, including unclassified papers as well as identification of any distribution restrictions. Security Classified Documents Overall Document Marking Page Marking 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 HEL Lethality Conference, and those with distribution statement F will not be published as part of the conference proceedings. Primary distribution of the proceedings is to attendees with cleared facilities. 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 HEL Lethality Conference proceedings. Previous Conference Information about the previous High Energy Laser Lethality Conferences is available.
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