MARITIME INFORMATION WARFARE 2019

Day One | Monday 18th November 2019

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Duncan Potts CB, Former Director General Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

9.00 Maximising Information Exploitation and C4I Capabilities to Prevent Growing Technology Deficit• How best to conceptualise the importance of technology and the

competitive advantage it provides• Why technology debt is so dangerous and how to mitigate any

disadvantage• Achieving greater efficiency in exploiting information to free up

manpower • The benefits of automated systems in realising these goals Commodore Ian Annett, Assistant Chief of Staff Information Warfare and Chief Information Officer, Royal Navy

9.40 Information Exploitation on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS): Sustaining Operational Capability through Advanced Information Exploitation• Application Network Sustainment and advancement on the Littoral

Combat Ships • Highlighting the differences in capabilities and systems between the

Independence and Freedom Classes • The ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite: Promoting data mining

and analysis abilities through an on-board sensor suite:- Smart sensor platform using flexible hardware plug-n-play

instruments such as PXI, LXI and USB- Script-driven data capture reducing development costs- Standardised data formats permitting open architecture- Platform local storage allowing connectivity loss tolerance and a

robust network • The Future of the LCS Class and its Information Warfare Capabilities

Captain Matthew McGonigle, Commodore, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One, US Navy

10.20 Morning Coffee

INFORMATION RESILIENCE: SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS

10.50 Advancing Future Combat Management Systems: The Spanish F110 Frigate Programme • How the F110 Frigate programme is strengthening Spanish

information warfare capabilities• Developing data-capture techniques to build greater operational

information superiority at sea• Development of SCOMBA combat management system to

integrate and display data from a range of sensors• Utilisation of open source architectures within SCOMBA to ensure

multi-mission interoperability • Prioritising combat information system development and

advancement in future acquisitions Commander Juan Jose Nieto Conde, SCOMBA Technical Director, Spanish Ministry of Defence

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12.10 Advancing Combat Management and C4I from the Perspective of French Naval Programmes • Information warfare developments & concepts• How FREMM / FDI are strengthening information warfare capabilities • Management systems (RIFAN COMMS, SETIS CMS and C4I) to the

benefits of naval information dominance• Developing automated and AI driven data capture techniques to

build greater operational information superiority at sea• Prioritising combat information system development and

advancement in future acquisitions Mr Bruno Bender, Information and Technology Consultant on the

RIFAN system, Former French Ministry of Defence, GICAN

12.50 Networking Lunch

1.50 Maritime ISR for the NATO Alliance: Overcoming the Challenges of the Increasing Complexity of Systems, Platforms and Data that Inform ISR Capabilities• Increasing the Alliance’s ability to respond to quickly evolving, real

world events• Building and practicing processes to allow the concentration and

synchronisation of intelligence collection capabilities at short notice• Working toward ensuring the operational fielding of NATO’s Alliance

Ground Surveillance, (AGS), delivery of which will occur in 2019• Further developing the analytical team at Sigonella which conducts

processing, exploitation and dissemination • Developing a GEOINT Policy to provide increased coherence

and lead to greater cooperation and better stewardship of both Alliance and National GEOINT resources

Commander Thomas Smith, Section Head, Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance / Targeting, Strategy and Policy Unit, Joint Intelligence and Security Division, NATO

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INFORMATION AS AN ENABLER: DATA EXPLOITATION

3.10 Transforming Data Gathering, Data Storage and Data Exploitation: The Insight Decision Support System • Optimizing Big Data and predictive analytics for Canada’s maritime

situational awareness • How to gather and exploit intelligence using all of the below to

provide a holistic picture: - computational intelligence - adaptive behavioural learning - predictive modelling - pattern recognition

• Create actionable intelligence from vast amounts of data being generated in real time from various sources without the need for excessive human input

• Seamless integration into current platforms • Challenging the trend towards complexity through a streamlined system Commander Lee Atkinson, DNR 6 (Naval Requirements Communications, Information Systems and Cyber), Royal Canadian Navy

3.50 Afternoon Tea

4.20 Using Machine Learning and Forms of AI to Improve Maritime Data Gathering and Exploitation • In what different ways can AI be used to further operational

capability and situational awareness through data in the Maritime Domain

• Challenges in developing new techniques and how these can be overcome

• Interoperability in information warfare amongst NATO countries and how it can help achieve superiority

Commander Amleto Gabellone, Program Manager - Research Development, NATO STO-CMRE - Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

5.00 Boosting Naval ISR Abilities through the Exploitation of SIGINT, GEOINT and OSINT• Engaging with the challenges of gathering, storing and exploring

large quantities of data available• Data mining to maximal effect and the need to balance between

under-examining and over-examining data • Optimising the use of GEOINT and OSINT in support to Maritime

Operations• Case Study on the Portuguese Navy’s use of Information

Exploitation and how it provides an operational advantage Commander Miguel Bessa Pacheco, Head of Intelligence Division,

Portuguese Navy

5.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Duncan Potts CB, Former Director General Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command

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MARITIME INFORMATION WARFARE 2019

Day Two | Tuesday 19th November 2019

8.30 Registration & Coffee

8.50 Chairman’s Opening Remarks Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Duncan Potts CB, Former Director General Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command

OPENING ADDRESS

9.00 Developing MARCOM’s Information Warfare Doctrine and the Effect on the Landscape of Maritime Information Warfare• How will this new doctrine generate greater interoperability in the realm of:

- C4I- ISR- Cyber Warfare- Information Exploitation

• What does this doctrine look like now and how was it developed with the best interests of NATO forces in mind

• How does MIW doctrine improve on and make specific NATO Information Operations doctrine

• The impact of this doctrine on intelligence operations

Captain Timothy Unrein, Operations Intelligence, NATO MARCOM

INFORMATION DENIAL: CYBER WARFARE

9.40 Defining Three Dimensions of the Information Environment to Improve Engagement with Information Warfare • Evolving Information Theory in 20th & 21st Century Warfare

- Control of Machines- Control of Humans

• The Nexus of Information Environment & Cyberspace - Controlling Machines Independent of the Owners- Delivering Content that Drives Human Action

• Developing PRC Information Warfare Theory and control of machines of war independent of the owner

• Mitigating Russian Information Warfare • A Look to the Future – The Nexus of Information Warfare and Cyber Warfare

Professor Richard Crowell, Associate Professor, Joint Military Operations Specialist, US Naval War College

10.20 Morning Coffee

10.50 Practical Application and Implications of Information Warfare and Cyberspace Operations in Maritime Warfare • The Past – Information warfare and cyberspace operations as demonstrated

capabilities in modern warfare• The Present – Currently Capabilities and Maritime targets in the gun sights of

information and cyberspace operators • The Future – Evolving information and cyberspace capabilities and potential

consequences for maritime warfare

Captain Alfred Turner, Associate Professor, Joint Military Operations Specialist, US Naval War College

11.30 Reserved for Sponsor

INFORMATION AS AN EFFECTER

12.10 Information Warfare and Strategic Communications from an All-Arms Point of View • Engaging with the concept of Information Warfare from a broader perspective • Delivering the advantage through cooperation between Military Branches

internally and internationally • Engaging with strategic communications and why in the maritime domain it is

still very relevant • Negating the growing emphasis placed on information warfare by NATO’s

potential aggressors • Meaningfully highlighting when the aspects of Information Warfare should be

seen as a unified subject and when they shouldn’t Mr Simon Paterson MBE, Strategic Communications Specialist and Senior Consultant, Edelman UK

12.50 Networking Lunch

PANEL DISCUSSION1.50 How can NATO Nations Unify Information Warfare to Improve Interoperability?

• The relation between Intelligence, EW, Cyber Operations, Information Operations, four tribes – one nation analogy

• What is the future of information warfare: will it become an equal domain to that of Sea, Land and Air?

• How can we improve interoperability amongst branches to succeed in the IW domain?

• Why are approaches to IW so different?• And further questions from audience and panellists Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Duncan Potts CB, Former Director General Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command

Commander Matt Garrison, Information Operations Planner, NATO Allied Maritime Command

Captain Alfred Turner, Associate Professor, US Naval War College

Professor Richard Crowell, Associate Professor, US Naval War College

Mr Simon Paterson MBE, Strategic Communications Specialist and Senior Consultant, Edelman UK

HYBRID WARFARE: CYBER AND MARITIME DOMAINS

2.30 Maritime Cyber Threat Landscape and Lessons Learnt From the Front Line• Moving forward to the autonomous ship vision• Building maritime industry business resilience• Meeting the industry’s challenges and developing cyber initiatives focussing

on:- threat intelligence - situational awareness - enforcement of risk-based approaches, - implementation of agile and adaptive security controls - compliance with industry’s regulations

• Expanding to ship OT environment mainly due to the limited view and control of this environment

Mr Christos Vidakis, Principal, Risk Advisory, Deloitte, Greece

3.10 The Growing Emphasis on Hybrid Warfare in the Maritime and Information Environments• An Introduction to hybrid warfare and its importance in the Baltic• Using hybrid warfare tactics and techniques in the maritime environment• Countering hybrid warfare within the information environment Dr Adrian Venables, Senior Researcher, Tallinn University of Technology

3.50 Afternoon Tea

4.20 Enhancing Cyber Warfare Through New Technology and Artificial Intelligence• Developing the role of cyber warfare and the cyber domain in hybrid warfare• Applying theoretical methods of Cyber Warfare to use them as an Offensive

Measure and how effective this could be in future• Implementing Cyber Warfare Strategies and capabilities from naval systems

and platforms to optimise cyber ‘lethality’• The future of cyber warfare and its potential for aggressive actionColonel (Ret’d) Ralph Thiele, Managing Director, Stratbyrd Consulting

5.00 Security in an Increasingly Connected Network: Risks to the Increased use of Big Data and the Possible Solutions• How the development of satellite networks is changing the game and how to

gain from this development• Maximising the benefit of advancing MIW to amphibious forces and their

operational capability• Protecting networks and network nodes as they become more numerous• Choosing the best principles upon which the Royal Navy can further its

information advantage Professor Kevin Jones, Executive Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Plymouth

TRAINING FOR INFORMATION WARFARE

5.40 A Training and Simulation Perspective on Maritime Information and Automation• Training in a more data driven and autonomous future• Training Measurement and Evaluation: Can training data be better captured

and exploited to enhance military capability?• Developments in simulation systems and their role in training people and

autonomous systems Mr Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd

6.20 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Vice Admiral (Ret’d) Duncan Potts CB, Former Director General Joint Force Development, Joint Forces Command

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