KSCO-2007 Program

Tuesday, May 1

7:30-8:30 Breakfast & Registration   

8:30      KSCO Intro/Overview (A. Tate)                                                                                                   

9:00      Session 1: Applications     

· D. Šišlák, P. Volf, A. Komenda, J. Samek & M. Pěchouček.  “Agent-Based Multi-Layer Collision Avoidance to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”

9:30      Break                                

10:00    Session 1: Applications (continues)

· E. Kuster. “Coalition Interoperability Architecture”

· G. Wickler, A. Tate, & J. Hansberger. “Supporting Collaborative Operations within a Coalition Personnel Recovery Center”

· M. Rehák, J. Tožička, M. Pěchouček, M. Prokopová, & L. Foltýn.  “Autonomous Protection Mechanism for Joint Networks in Coalition Operations”

11:30    Lunch

13:00    Session 2: Frameworks

• P. Smart & N. Shadbolt. “The Semantic Battlespace Infosphere: A Knowledge Infrastructure for Improved Coalition Inter-Operability”
• Smirnov, N. Shilov, & T. Levashova. “Cooperative Self-Organizing Coalitions: Technological Framework”

14:00    Session 3: DP&E               

• Aitken, T. Humiston & J. Patel. “Dynamic Planning & Execution”

14:30    Break                                

15:00    Session 3: DP&E (continues)                                                                                                       

• D. Perugini,  D. Jarvis, S. Reschke, & D. Gossink. “Distributed Deliberative Planning with Partial Observability: Heuristic  Approaches”
• Whitworth, G. Hone & J. de Looy-Hyde. “Assessing the transmission of Commander’s Intent”
• D. Musliner, R. Goldman, E. Durfee, J. Wu, D. Dolgov & M. Boddy. “Coordination of Highly Contingent Plans”

16:30    Panel Session: Coalition DP&E                                                                                                  

Chair: Todd Humiston

Wednesday, May 2

7:30-8:30  Breakfast & Registration  

8:30      Invited Talk - Invited Talk - COL (R) John M. Bratton, USPACOM and Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (mpat.org)

9:30      Break                                

10:00    Session 4: Scenarios        

· D. Roberts, G. Lock, & D. Verma.  “Holistan – A Futuristic Coalition Scenario for International Coalition Operations”

· M. Abramson, R. Mittu & J. Berger.  “Coordination Challenges and Issues in Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction and Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Scenarios”

· P. Smart, A. Russell & N. Shadbolt.  “AKTiveSA: Supporting Civil-Military Information Integration in Military Operations Other Than War”

11:30    Lunch                                

13:00    Session 5: Cultural Issues 

· W. Sieck & J. Patel. “Cultural Issues in Coalition Operations”

· K. Sharpe, K. Gremban & K. Holloman.  “Evaluating the Impact of Culture on Planning and Executing Multinational Joint Force Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction Operations”

· S. Poltrock, M. Handel & M. Klein. “Understanding Process Differences: Agreeing Upon a Single Way to Skin a Cat”

14:30    Break                                

15:00    Sesssion 5: Cultural Issues (Continues)

· L. Perlovsky. "Neurodynamics of Consciousness and Cultures". 

15:30    Panel Session: Cultural issues                                                                                                   

            Chair: Linda Pierce