10th edition

13/05/2019INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOP Celebrating its 10th anniversary

Stockholmsmässan · Sweden · www.eweurope.com

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In 2011, when PLATH came up with the

idea of adding an additional day to

the EW Europe conference specifically

addressing COMINT related topics, we

were convinced there was a need for

a new platform within the intelligence

community. A platform that brings to-

gether users as well as providers of

COMINT technology and provides the

opportunity for open discussions. As

PLATH could not have initiated this

event without strong partners, we were

very lucky to persuade the AOC and the

EW Europe organiser to support us to

rapidly bring the idea to life. Right from

the start the event attracted conside-

rable attention from intelligence orga-

nisations not only in Europe but from

around the world. And since then the

attention has risen steadily.

Today I am happy and proud to welco-

me you to the 10th edition of the Intelli-

gence Workshop. The event has esta-

blished itself as a must-attend event

for the intelligence community. Over

the years, the market trends and tech-

nological trends may have changed

but the motivation of the Intelligence

Workshop remains the same: it´s all

about the community, the exchange,

the networking, the people. I am looking

forward to this year’s and future dis-

cussions: Let´s keep up the dialogue!

I sincerely wish that you enjoy the 10th Intelligence Workshop – as I will!

Welcome

NICO SCHARFE CEO PLATH GmbH

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The 2019 agenda 13/05/2019

OPENING SESSION

WELCOME

09:00 - 09:30 Registration & welcome coffee

09:30 - 09:40 Chairman´s welcome Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI – AOC consultant

09:40 - 09:55 PLATH welcome Nico Scharfe, CEO – PLATH GmbH

09:55 - 10:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Brigadier General Armin Fleischmann Director Plans and Policy Directorate – Cyber and Information Domain Service Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Germany

10:15 - 10:35 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Knowledge vs vulnerabilities - Intelligence requirements in the modern battlespaceLieutenant Colonel Holger SchmörDeputy Director, Senior German National Officer – Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff, NATO

10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE

SESSION I

CYBER DEFENCE – CLOSING THE BACKDOORS

11:00 - 11:20 The evolution of electronic warfare in the age of digital threats Nicolas Mayencourt, Chief Executive Officer and Founder & Professor Dr Marc K. Peter, Chief Commercial Officer – Dreamlab Technologies AG

11:20 - 11:40 Cyber security threat and operational overview Gregory A. Porpora, Distinguished Engineer, Cyber Security and AI – IBM GBS WW Public Sector

11:40 - 12:00 Secure IT architectures – Enabling scalable approaches for cyber defence Marcel Taubert, Head of Division Defence – secunet Security Networks AG

12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 - 13:00 FISH BOWL session 1 Answering your questions Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI – AOC consultant

SESSION II

ARTIFICIAL (SIGNAL) INTELLIGENCE – CAN A MACHINE LEARN TO THINK?

13:00 - 13:20 Voice biometrics: A powerful intel tool Paul Morris, Business Development Manager – Phonexia s.r.o.

13:20 - 13:40 AI-optimised workflow for ACINT operations Robert O’Brien, Chief Technical Officer – SONARTECH ATLAS Pty Ltd

13:40 - 14:00 Automatic relationship extraction from text Dr. Tilman Lesch, Senior Data Scientist – Deloitte Analytics Institute

14:00 - 14:20 How text data can be analysed by psychological AI to determine personality traits Simon Tschürtz, CEO and Co-Founder – 100 Worte Sprachanalyse GmbH

14:20 - 14:45 COFFEE

14:45 - 15:00 FISH BOWL session 2 Answering your questions Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI – AOC consultant

SESSION III

MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE – CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

15:00 - 15:20 Connecting new dots – “classic“ intelligence reconnaissance and cyber domainJörg Eschweiler, Head of Cybersecurity & Intelli-gence, Civil & National Security Germany – Atos Information Technology GmbH

15:20 - 15:40 Automation as a power multiplier for military intelligence Guy Alon, Marketing Director, Intelligence, EW & Communication Division – IAI \ ELTA

15:40 - 15:55 FISH BOWL session 3 Answering your questions Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI – AOC consultant

15:55 - 16:00 CLOSING REMARKS Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI – AOC consultant

16:00 - 18:00 EXHIBITION OPENING Welcome drinks reception sponsored by PLATH

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The Intelligence Workshop was laun-

ched in 2011 to provide users, deci-

sion-makers, buyers and the industry

that are active in the field of communi-

cation intelligence with a platform for

exchanging views.

Since the starting point of the event

series, the attendee numbers have

risen. This shows that there is a huge

demand within the intelligence com-

munity for an open dialogue. The Intel-

ligence Workshop has gained respect

as it addresses current requirements

and the latest trends on the one hand

and, on the other hand, it invites the

industry to introduce innovative

approaches to how these challen-

ges can be dealt with. And in fact,

the selection of sessions made by

PLATH takes note of the issues affec-

ting the intelligence community since

2011 – including the need for innovati-

ve sensor-independent technology or

the currently challenging scenarios in

border protection.

Throughout its history the event has

visited a wealth of cities. Each year,

a host location is carefully selected

to explore emerging requirements in

communication intelligence and elec-

tronic warfare and maximise military

and government engagement.

A success story

Berlin,Germany

Singapore,Singapore

Rome, Italy

Cologne, Germany

Edinburgh, UK

Stockholm, Sweden

Rotterdam, Netherlands

London, UK

Lausanne, Switzerland

Stockholm, Sweden

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Our sessions past and present

2011 Sessions (Singapore) 1. Moving closer together: integrated

SIGINT approach /

2. Conceptual design for a COMMS /

RADAR ESM system /

3. Compact COMINT solutions for mobile

platforms /

4. Future perspectives in evaluation /

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2012 Sessions (Rome) 1. Collecting the data: complete spec-

trum overview by integrated sensors /

2. Managing the intelligence: NCI by

intelligence pre-processing and

sensor fusion /

3. Generating the knowledge: validated

knowledge by exploration of meta

information /

2013 Sessions (Cologne) 1. Future sensor technology /

2. State-of-the-art intelligence collec-

tion management /

3. Special intelligence operations /

4. The future of intelligence /

2014 Sessions (Edinburgh)1. COMINT on ground and airborne

platforms /

2. COMINT: a technological perspective

on HF sensors /

3. COMINT & IP: data and contents /

4. COMMS-ESM for naval platforms /

2015 Sessions (Stockholm) 1. Maritime intelligence for different

naval platforms /

2. Innovation: design and realisation of

EW and intelligence solutions /

3. Intelligence 2.0: imminent challenges

and solutions in communication /

2016 Sessions (Rotterdam)1. Protecting borders /

2. Combining sensitive data /

3. Bringing down COMMS /

2017 Sessions (London)1. Intelligence evolution driven by

software /

2. ELINT meets COMINT /

3. Extend your baseline by combining

tactical systems /

2018 Sessions (Lausanne)1. SIGINT in a box: compact and flex-

ible /

2. Cyber security: the new arms

race? /

2011 Sessions (Berlin) 1. The future of COMINT and COMMS-

ESM /

2. The data flood: modern COMINT

sensors & collection systems /

3. Information extraction for the data

deluge: analysis and evaluation /

2019 Sessions (Stockholm)1. Cyber defence: closing the backdoors /

2. Artificial (signal) intelligence: can a

machine learn to think? /

3. Multi-domain intelligence: catch me

if you can /

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As the only event specializing in COMINT,

the Intelligence Workshop attracts

a diverse array of participants from

all over the world.

The visitor pool spans military, govern-

ment, public sector, academia and in-

dustry domains.

Visitor profile

ALGERIA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHINA

CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK

ESTONIA

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

GREECE

HUNGARY

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRELAND

ISRAEL

ITALY

JAPAN

JORDAN

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALAYSIA

NETHERLANDS

NETHERLAND ANT.

NEW ZEALAND

NORWAY

PAKISTAN

POLAND

QATAR

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

ROMANIA

SAUDI ARABIA

SINGAPORE

SLOVENIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

THAILAND

TURKEY

UAE

UK

UKRAINE

USA

VIETNAM

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Gallery

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Around ten years ago, the requirements

focused on capturing as many electro-

magnetic signals as possible. It was

the trend at the time to use sensors that were as sensitive as possible, so

nothing would fail within the chosen

spectrum range, or to integrate several

sensors to ensure the whole spectrum

was covered.

Yet, with the increased use of diffe-

rent communication media, the focus

shifted from sensors to software. The

requirement emerged for sensor-in-

dependent systems, that were able to

process results from various sensors

(COMINT, ELINT and OSINT) independ-

ently of any particular platform, and to

conflate these into an overall situation

picture. There was also a greater requi-

rement for speed, where anyone who

was quickly able to make valid informa-

tion available for decision making was

a step closer to the objective of infor-mation superiority.

The digitalisation trend was further ac-

celerated through the increased use of

social media. The cyber issue became

ever more significant. Shocking events

such as terror attacks have shown how

fundamental it is for our security to

COMINT in a changing world

identify endangerers hiding behind va-

rious aliases in cyberspace, as quickly

and reliably as possible.

This challenge of increasing quantities

of data pursues us to this day. Sys-

tems are required that can process

enormous quantities of data, fuse in-

formation from different data sources

and conflate them into a single intelli-

gence report. The focus is on the still

important signal-of-interest. But also

the event, the user is searching for, is

more and more important: who does

what, when, where and why? The is-

sue of automation plays an important

role here, as resources are limited more

than ever and must be deployed in a

purposeful way. That is why we already

need to occupy ourselves today with

how we can support users with the la-

test technologies such as AI, so we can

also fulfil ever more challenging tasks

in the future. For greater security..

The themes in the history of the Intelligence Workshop clearly mark out the digital transformation that has not only captured our society, but also our intelligence community.

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Product family for full HF coverage With the 5100 product line, PLATH in-

troduced a revolutionary sensor tech-

nology. It enables your COMINT sys-

tems to simultaneously process the

entire HF range, provide a precise tar-

geting and seamless interception of

even the weakest signals.

Sensor independent data fusionICAS allows you to automatically fuse

data from various sensors. Contents

are effectively connected with the di-

rection or the location of the emission

and even with signal parameter re-

sults. In this way you are able to com-

plete your situation picture and save

time-consuming routine work for users

at the same time.

The best of technologies

Closing the intelligence cyclePLATH introduced the first “from sen-

sors to knowledge to sensors” solution.

This cycle enables you to manually or

automatically hand over results from

the reconnaissance system to an eva-

luation system and, more recently, also

in the other direction, allowing you to

constantly optimise your frequency

management and your tasking.

Processing up to all the signals on airICAS enables you to capture, analyse

and distribute large data volumes – up

to all the signals from different sources

can be processed in parallel with ICAS.

With this capability you find the one

relevant signal or the event you are fo-

cusing on, thus ensuring information

superiority.

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Thanks

PLATH would like to thank you for being our partners throughout the history of the

Intelligence Workshop. AOC – the initiator of the EW Europe conference, having

the Intelligence Workshop as an opener, Shephard – the former event organiser

PLATH partnered with in 2011, to provide the first international event specializing in

COMINT, Clarion – the current event organiser working closely together with

PLATH to offer our guests an enjoyable event, Philip Sturley – the chairman of the

Intelligence Workshop from the very beginning and, last but not least, over 100

Intelligence Workshop speakers – contributing significantly to the success of the

event with their high-quality presentations.

Thanks a lot to each one of you for being so cooperative and engaged and ma-

king the Intelligence Workshop such a successful event! PLATH looks forward to

continuing our partnership in the future!

Air Marshal (RAF Retd) Philip Sturley, CB MBE BSc FRAeS CCMI,

AOC consultant

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