Major General Angelo Palmieri Joins Speaker Line-Up for Network Centric Warfare 2018

London, United Kingdom, November 29, 2017 --(PR.com)-- SMi Group is proud to confirm that Major General Angelo Palmieri, Chief of 6th Division C4i and Transformation and Chief Information Officer of the Italian Army has joined the expert speaker line-up for the Network Centric Warfare 2018 Conference taking place in Rome next February.

Speaking on Day 1 of the event, Major General Palmieri will be providing a strategic overview of digital transformation in the Italian Ministry of Defence. The session will highlight:

An overview of the evolution of Strategic ICT Infrastructure and the case study of Italian Defence Information Infrastructure
The Evolution of C2 Systems and possible development toward a Service Oriented Architecture
The importance of Cyber Security in a Network Centric Warfare environment to gain and keep supremacy in all traditional domains
The importance of simulation in order to define operational needs and analyse capability gaps

With a dedicated focus on the Forza NEC programme, Network Centric Warfare 2018 be chaired by Lieutenant General (Ret'd) Giorgio Battisti, Commander of Italian Army Training and Doctrine Command, and will also showcase presentations from Italian Armed Forces representatives including:

Brigadier General Francesco Bruno, Commander, Pinerolo Brigade, Italian Army
Brigadier General (Ret'd) Giorgio Cuzzelli, Former Director, Joint Operations Centre, NATO JFC, Italian Army
Lieutenant General (Ret'd) Leandro de Vincenti, Former Italian Air Operations Commander and Former Chief of Staff JFC Naples, Italian Air Force
Rear Admiral (Ret'd) Andrea Mucedola, Former Head of Operation Support, Italian Navy
Major Filippo Biondi, Signal Processing Researcher, Italian Defence General Staff

Gold Sponsors Leonardo, prime contractor, system integrator and systems authority for the architectural requirements of the Forza NEC project, will be speaking at the conference. More details about their speaker and presentation will be announced shortly.

Network Centric Warefare 2018 will also provide delegates with updates from UK Ministry of Defence, US Army Europe, Royal Netherlands Air Force, DSTL, NATO and more. Key themes will include challenges and issues surrounding the demand for modernisation and digitisation of information, the growing need for interoperability within communication systems, and procurement for technological advancements of military assets.

The updated agenda as well as registration information can be found on www.netcentric-warfare.com/prcom.

Early Bird offers are available.

Network Centric Warfare 2018
1-2 February 2018
Crowne Plaza Hotel St Peter’s Spa, Rome, Italy

For sponsorship packages contact Sadia Malick on +44 (0) 207 827 6748 or email smalick@smi-online.co.uk. For delegate enquiries contact Andrew Gibbons on +44 (0) 207 827 6156 or email agibbons@smi-online.co.uk. For media enquiries, contact Honey de Gracia on +44 20 7827 6102 or hdegracia@smi-online.co.uk.

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