AVATAR Supports the MPCU.
Avatar team members Randy and Whitney Foster will be supporting the 14th Annual Mission Planning User’s Conference, Nov 18-21 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. This will be the 11th time Randy has supported the planning and execution of the conference attended in excess of 1500 supports of the mission planning enterprise. The conference is hosted by Col Gary Hetland, Commander 951st Electronic Systems Group, Hanscom AFB, Bedford, MA.
The conference aims to present a venue for the mission planning enterprise to exchange ideas, promote mission planning, train on the latest technology and gain perspective on future mission planning innovations.
This year’s agenda includes speakers James "Snake" Clark, Technical Director, Simulation and Integration, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Innovations Directorate and Unmanned Aerial Systems Task Force, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force; Brig. Gen. Kenneth Merchant, Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command; Brig. Gen. Stephen Hoog, Commander, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center; and, Army Col. Anthony Potts, Project Manager, Aviation Systems.
The agenda also includes a full spectrum of mission planning topics from across the services to include senior leadership perspectives about the future of mission planning and war fighter experiences in the present.
The MPUC is open to all individuals in the mission planning enterprise – both government and industry program managers, developers, logisticians and anyone who works with the MPS.
More than 200 seminars and classes detailing mission planning systems requirements that support war fighters’ executing missions with the MPS will also be included as part of the conference. An exhibit hall will feature vendors of government and industry mission planning product experts.
Avatar is proud to be a recognized leader in conference planning and strives to make the IT needs of the customer priority and the event a complete success.
-Randall Foster
