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Opening Remarks, by MG William C. Moore, USA (Ret.), Chairman, Special Operations & Low Intensity Conflict Division, National Defense Industrial Association..

A National Security Strategy For A New Century, The White House, May 1997..

National Military Strategy of the United States Of America Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1997..

Keynote Address, "Preparing Now For an Uncertain Future", by General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Commander in Chief, U. S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL..

Plenary Session: "The Nature of Future Military Operations" Moderated by Colonel Thomas E. "Tim" Davidson, USAF (Ret.), Director, Strategic Planning, International Security Management, Inc.

• "Dynamic Commitment War Game", by Mr. Vincent P. Roske, Deputy Director for Wargaming, Simulation, and Analysis, J-8, Joint Chiefs of Staff..

• "Planning Today for Tomorrow's Realities", by BG Robert J. St. Onge, USA, Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, U.S. Army..

• "Building the 21 st Century Air Force", by Brigadier General John F. Harvey, USQF, Director for Strategic Planning, USAF Reserve. XPX -Long Range Planning, HQ, USAF..

• "A Concept for Future MOUT", by Brigadier General Gregory S. Newbold, USMC, Director, Manpower, Plans & Policy, HQ USMC..

"Technology and Systems to Support SOF 2020", by Brigadier General (P) Bryan D. Brown, USA, Director, Force Structure, Resources, Requirements & Strategic Assessment Center, U. S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL.

• "Modernization Priorities" by Colonel Delloyd Vorhees, USA, Military Deputy to the Acquisition Executive, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL..

• "SOF Technology, Future Directions", by Mr. Frank Wattenbarger, Chief, Advanced Concepts and Engineering Division, U. S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL..

• "Flexible Approaches to Meet the Needs of SOF for the 21st Century", by Mr. Robert C. Doheny, Director of Acquisition, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Low Intensity Conflict..

Panel 1, "PSYOP and Information Operations-Integration and Interface", moderated by Colonel Paul B. Kappleman, USA, Deputy Director for Psychological Operations & Civil Affairs, Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.

• "Army Information Operations (IO) Implementation", Colonel Brian E. Fredericks, USA, Director, Information Operations Division, HQ, Department of the Army..

• "Integration of PSYOP and Intelligence", by Colonel Frank L. Goldstein, USA, Ph.D., Director of Psychological Operations, Air Intelligence Agency, San Antonio, TX..

• "V-22 & AC-130U Requirements, Near & Future", by Mr. Rusty Napier Boeing Defense & Space Group, 3001 North Rocky Point Blvd. Tampa, FL 33607..

• "Maintaining SOA Relevancies in an Uncertain Future", by Colonel Howard Yellen Commander, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Ft. Campbell, KY..

• "Aviation Foreign Internal Defense", Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Klingaman USAF (Ret.), Analyst HQ, Air Force Special Operations Command Hurlburt Field FL 32544..

• "Aircraft Modernization to Meet Mission Requirements", by Mr. John Shipley, Director, Special Programs (Aviation), Aviation and Missile Command, Ft. Eustice, VA 23606..

• "AFSOC 2025" by Colonel Gary Weikel, USAF, Deputy Director, Plans, Programs & Acquisition Management, HQ, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt, Field, FL.

• "USAID" by Dr. Johana Mendelson Forman, Senior Advisor, Office of Transition Initiatives, Bureau For Humanitarian Response, US Agency for International Development..

• "Doctrine for Civil Affairs in the Future", by Lieutenant Colonel Jan G. Papra, USA, Civil Affair Plans and Operations Officer, J-33, Special Operations Division, Office of Joint Staff, Pentagon..

• "Trans-National Threats", by Colonel W'lliarn C. Duesbury, USA, Deputy Division Chief, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Special Operations Division, HQ, Department of the Army, Pentagon..

• "Projecting Requirements for Civil Affairs Missions", Colonel Churchill Hutton, USA (Ret.), DynMeridian, 6101 Stevenson Ave., Alexandria, VA 22304..

• "Special Operations Information Operations", by Rear Admiral Thomas W. Steffens, Director, Intelligence and Information Operations Center, U. S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL..

• "SOF C4I Revolutionary Trends", Rear Admiral Gary F. Wheatley, USN, Program Manager, Military Studies, Evidence Based Research Corporation, 1995 Spring Hill Road, Vienna, VA 22182..

• "Time Modulation", by Mr. Ralph G. Petroff, President & CEO, Time Domain Corporation, 6700 Odyssey Dr., Huntsville, AL..

• "USCENTCOM Information Superiority Strategy for the New Millennium" by Colonel John J. Meyer, III, USA, J-6, USCENTCOM..

• " Unique C4I Platforms - Air Buoyancy Operations", by Mr. Robert J. Crazythunder, Vice President, Information System Management Division, MCA Research Corporation, 4601 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 810, Arlington, VA 22203..

• "Domestic Support Operations vs CT Support Operations", by Dr. David L. Silbergeld, Director, Center for Emergency Disaster Studies and Strategy, Pennsylvania State University, P.O. 2514, Wilkesbarre, PA 18707..

• "Objective Crew-Served Weapon (OCSW) for SOF", by Mr. Ed Daniels, Director, Advanced Programs, PRIMEX Technologies, Inc., 9236 East Hall Road, Downey, CA 90241-S308..

• "The Role of Non-Lethal Weapons in Military Operations", by Colonel Andrew Mazzara, USMC, Director, Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, Quantico, VA 22314-5100..

• " Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher (ALGL)", by Mr. Kevin Sullivan, Director, SOF Ordnance, SACO Defense Inc., 291 North Street, Saco, ME 04072.

• "Firestorm-Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW)", Mr. F. Steven Brown, Defense Systems, OICW, AAI Corporation, P.O. Box 238, Hunt Valley, MD 21030-0216..

• "Directional Infrared Countermeasures- System Tradeoffs" by Paul Lang, Dr. Edward Rippert, and Dr. Gerald Griffith, Northrop Grumman Corp., 600 Hicks Rd., Rolling Meadows, IL 60008.

• "SOF Peacekeeping", by Major General Andrew L. Cooley, USA (Ret.), DynCorp, 17202 Dechiro Circle, Spring, TX 77379..

• "The Future of SOF in the New World's Dis-Order'', by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Adams, Ph.D., Director of Intelligence and Special Operations, US Army Peacekeeping Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, PA..

Special Presentation: "SOF Modernization - Assuring Superiority for the Future", by the Honorable H. Allen Holmes. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict..

Presentation: "Resourcing SOF for the 21st Century- QDR/ NDP & Fiscal Realities for SOF', moderated by Mr. Raymond Domingues, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces & Resources, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.

• "Funding Challenges", by Brigadier Bryan D. Brown. USA, Director, Force Structure, Resources, Requirements and Strategic Assessments Center, U. S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fl..

• "SOF Modernization Priorities" by Colonel Delloyd Voorhees, USA, Military Deputy to the Acquisition Executive, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fl..

• "USAF Programming for Special Operations Forces", by Colonel Mark Zamzow, Chief Global Mobility Division, HQ, USAF/XPPM..