14TH ANNUAL AFCEA SYMPOSIUM AND EXPOSITION ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (AFCEA) SYMPOSIUM AND EXPOSITION. For additional information contact AFCEA's Greater Omaha Chapter President: Lt Col Stu Carter, USAF at e-mail: carters@stratcom.af.mil or call (402) 294-1288. The Greater Omaha Chapter of AFCEA (AFCEA is a private organization, not affiliated with the US Government) will host a symposium and exposition at the Officers Club, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, 22-24 September 1997. "Joint Vision -- Joint Venture" is the theme for the symposium. A golf tournament will take place on 22 September. On 23 September topics to be presented include: a Joint Staff briefing -- JV 2010 -- Attaining Information Superiority from a Network Centric Perspective; and from USSTRATCOM/J2 -- Intelligence Perspective, J5 -- War Planning Perspective, J3/J4 -- C2 Perspective, J6 -- Support Strategy; AFGWC Future Directions, 55WG Mission Changes, and 55CG Future Directions. Maj Gen John Hawley, ASC2A/CC, will be the LuncheonKey Note Speaker, and Mr John Gilligan, SES-5, Air Force Program Executive Officer for Battle Management (AFPEO/BA), will be the Dinner Key Note Speaker During the morning of 24 September, agenda items include USSTRATCOM briefings: J66 -- C4ISR Implementation Strategy, J1 -- Outsourcing and Privatization, and J66 USSTRATCOM's Future Contracting Plan. It is anticipated that the current status of the proposed Computing Environment STRATCOM ARchitecture (CESAR) contract will be briefed (See http://www.stratcom.af.mil/cesar/cesar.htm). The symposium will allow open exchange of ideas and the focus to aid industry in understanding the current Joint Vision -- Joint Venture precepts of key commands on Offutt AFB. The briefings are unclassified and open to all interested firms. The government does not intend to award any contracts on the basis of this forum. The symposium is for informational purposes only and the government does not intend to pay any costs associated with the symposium. Registration is required. Deadline is 19 Sep 97. Contact John Swenson, Omaha Chapter Membership Chairman via e-mail: swensonj@stratcom.af.mil for registration requirements or the Executive VP/Symposium Director: Carl Basili at e-mail: Carl.A.Basili@TRW.com or(402) 293-6098 for general symposium information.

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