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Call for Papers
Topics for Consideration
Public Release, CUI, SECRET and SECRET/NOFORN papers and presentations are being sought on topics related to, but not limited to, the following:
- Measurement and Calibration
- Sensors
- HEL Sensors and Sources
- HPM Sensors and Sources
- Atmospheric Characterization and Effects
- DoD and Service Experimentation Plans/Campaigns and Results
- Designing Experimentation with Modeling and Simulation
- Distributed Testing and Experimentation
- Methodologies for Experimentation vs Test
- Implications of Using Conceptual, Developmental, and Operational Prototypes
- Instrumentation and Target Requirements for Game Changing Technologies
- Policy Recommendations (OSD, Services) to Accommodate Better Prototyping "Pass/Fail" Definitions
- Role of T&E in Experimentation Across the Kill Chain
- T&E Capabilities for Directed Energy Systems
- Testing Game Changing Technologies Integrated with Current Warfighter Capabilities
- Impacts of OPSEC on Testing and Experimentation
- Bio-effects
- Optical Manufacturing, Metrology and Testing for Prototype to Fielded Systems
In January 2018, ITEA and DEPS combined two long running events and focused the Joint theme on how test and evaluation could or should be involved in the DoD trend to focus significant energy on prototyping and experimentation. This focus was encouraged in an August 2017 DoD "Report to Congress Restructuring the Department of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Organization and Chief Management Officer Organization" that stated the:
"Department (of Defense) must increasingly leverage prototyping, experimentation and other developmental activities to retire technical risk before either weighing down the research and engineering phase with costly procurement decisions or weighing down a procurement program with costly technical risk."
In May 2019, the DoD Prototyping Guidebook was updated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emerging Capability and Prototyping Office. The Guidebook shares the following:
"In its report, "Weapon Systems: Prototyping Has Benefited Acquisition Programs, but More Can Be Done to Support Innovation Initiatives" (GAO-17-309), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) states that DoD has become increasingly risk averse" and further asserts that risk aversion stifles innovation.
One way of mitigating this risk-averse culture is institutionalizing a new definition of what constitutes prototyping "success" and "failure." Quite simply, since at its core prototyping is meant to generate a data set to inform a future decision, a prototyping project "succeeds" if it provides that data set—even if the prototype itself does not work.
Likewise, a prototyping project that does not generate a data set to inform a future decision "fails." Perspectives of "success" and "failure" in prototyping should have less to do with the prototype itself and more to do with the data that the prototyping project generates.
In most cases, the most important step in the prototyping process is evaluating the prototype. In fact, prototypes are often built specifically for the evaluation activity, and will be discarded after the evaluation. Evaluations should be designed and conducted in a way that addresses the purpose of the prototyping project. Evaluations typically come in three forms: demonstrations, experimentation, and red teaming.
Our Joint Conference leverages that DoD vision and the recent significant increases in prototyping and experimentation efforts to explore the role of T&E in "prototyping, experimentation and other developmental activities." This Conference will discuss the practical implications of T&E support to getting "game changing" technologies to the Warfighter.
- How are we incorporating new ideas about prototyping and experimentation "success" and "failure" into test planning, execution, and analysis?
- How is testing in support of experimentation different than traditional T&E? How is it the same?
- What are the roles of DoD T&E organizations and the Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFBs) in designing, planning, executing, and supporting these activities?
- Given that each Service has already embarked on significant prototype development and experimentation campaigns, with execution timelines that span years not decades, how do the Service and DoD T&E communities respond to rapidly emerging needs for instrumentation, infrastructure, and test methodologies to support these campaigns?
- How is testing in support of experimentation affected by the use of conceptual, developmental, and operational prototypes?
Key plenary speakers, panel discussions, and technical sessions will be part of the program to identify challenges, solutions, innovations and a future state; all contributing to moving us closer to creation of an infrastructure and principles, conducive to testing and training in a more operationally realistic environment. Come Join Us!
Note that all persons wishing to present at the DE T&E Joint Conference will be required to submit an abstract.
Submission Instructions
| Important Dates for Presenters |
12 December 2022
- Abstracts due
- 16 December 2022
- Authors notified of acceptance
- 23 December 2022
- Preliminary agenda published
- 20 January 2023
- *ALL presentations due with release forms*
- 30 Jan- 2 Feb 2023
- DE Test & Evaluation Joint Conference
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General information on the submission of abstracts, presentations, papers and release forms is provided here. Presentations and papers will be considered
for acceptance at an open, public release level, Limited Distribution C/D, as well as Classified Secret.
Note that it is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for
submitted abstracts, presentations, and papers. All submitted materials including unclassified presentations
must be appropriately marked for any distribution restrictions.
Additionally, please identify the presenter (if different from the lead author) and update contact information.
*We are encouraging UK participation at this event. Please plan your presentations accordingly and obtain FDO approval if necessary.
Abstracts
The abstract deadline has passed. Questions about abstracts may be directed to james.horkovich@bluehalo.com or tim.andreadis@nrl.navy.mil,
the Technical Conference Co-Chairs.
All persons wishing to present at the 2023 DE T&E Joint Conference must submit an abstract for consideration. Abstracts must be
unclassified and are due on or before 12 December 2022.
DEPS utilizes an online abstract submission system so that we may better track abstracts and plan a successful program. Only unclassified,
public release material may be entered online.
Unclassified, Public Release abstracts should be submitted in their entirety online. Authors nearing the submission deadline who do not yet have
release approval should submit a place-holder abstract prior to the deadline and then add the abstract body once release approval is obtained.
Authors with Limited Distribution or Classified abstracts should submit a place-holder abstract (including title, expected classification/distribution of
the presentation, and contact info) so that an Abstract ID can be assigned, and then make arrangements with the symposium chair for providing their restricted material.
During the online submission process, authors may choose whether or not to display their abstract title on the DEPS website. Access to the full abstract content is
limited to those abstracts for which the author has submitted a simple, online abstract release form which will be available from their MyAccount page after the abstract
is submitted.
Authors will be notified on or before 16 December of acceptance of their paper for presentation and/or publication.
Please contact webmaster@deps.org with any technical issues regarding
abstract submission. Subject matter questions regarding abstracts should be directed to a member of
the
conference technical committee.
Note: While an automated email is sent confirming receipt of your abstract, some military
domains may block delivery of such an email. If you do not receive email confirmation, you may check this
online listing of submitted abstracts.
This listing is dynamically generated based on
abstracts received at the time the page is displayed and author permission (granted when submitted.) If the abstract ID assigned
to your abstract is contained in this listing, it has been received by DEPS.
Presentations and Papers
In order to assemble the presentations for the symposium in a timely manner, authors will be
required to submit the sponsoring Program Office approved versions of unclassified or classified presentations no later than 20 January. Any
presentation received after this date is subject to not being presented at the discretion
of the technical committee.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers as well as presentations. Submitted papers may, upon author
approval, be forwarded for consideration by editors of the Journal of Directed Energy,
a peer-reviewed publication.
There will be a special CUI JDE published in 2023. Please consider both a conference publication and a CUI submission in our Society's peer-reviewed journal.
Papers are will be due on or before 2 February and should be submitted in either Microsoft
Word format, which is preferred, or Adobe Acrobat format (pdf file). Specific format
instructions can be found on the following link: Journal Author
Instructions with the following exceptions: no page limit, single space paragraphs, double space between paragraphs
and integrated figures and tables. Include full information (including address, phone,
fax, and email) for corresponding author. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that
the paper has not been published, nor under consideration, elsewhere
Note that all submitted materials, including unclassified presentations, must be appropriately marked for security classification as well as identification of any distribution restrictions.
See Security Markings below.
UNCLASSIFIED SUBMISSIONS*
Unclassified, public release (Distribution A) presentations and papers that are less than 5MB in size are to be sent electronically to Carolyn Bowman
at graphic@deps.org.
Unclassified, CUI/limited distribution (C or D) presentations and papers or files which contain embedded videos, or are more than 5MB in size should
only be sent via DoD Safe. Government and CAC authenticated users can go directly to https://safe.apps.mil/ and
drop off files for Carolyn at graphic@deps.org. Non-CAC users must request a code to use the drop off site. Please email Carolyn at
graphic@deps.org to request a code be sent to you. Using DoD Safe is preferable, however, if you need to
send a CD, please mail it to:
DEPS Graphics
7770 Jefferson St. NE
Suite 440
Albuquerque, NM 87109
*Open and CUI/limited distribution (unclassified) presentations must be received by 20 January 2023; papers by 2 February 2023.
Please contact Carolyn Bowman at graphic@deps.org with questions regarding Unclassified Distribution A or CUI Submissions.
CLASSIFIED SUBMISSIONS**
Classified papers and presentations can be mailed via either US Postal Service registered mail or
via FedEx to the address below.
Please be sure and use the correct address depending on the mail option you are using.
FedEx Mailing Option
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US Postal Service Registered Mail Option
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Outer envelope:
DE JTO
Attention: Document Control
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Inner Envelope
DE JTO
Attention: Bailey Duran
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
When sending Fed-X, please mail at least 7 days prior to the appropriate due date to ensure on time dlivery.
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Outer envelope:
DE JTO
Attention: Document Control
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Inner Envelope
DE JTO
Attention: Bailey Duran
801 University Blvd. SE, Suite 209
Albuquerque, NM 87106
When sending via USPS, please mail at least 14 days prior to due date to ensure on-time delivery.
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Please mail classified submissions NLT 13 January in order to guarantee receipt by 20 January.
Please ensure packaging on outer envelope does not display individual names or security classification; display
only destination and a valid return address. Remember also that the CD as well as the actual file(s) must be appropriately
marked. See Security Markings below. Example CD markings are as follows:
(U) This Is My Story, Date, Classified
By: (person name, office symbol, and title that is creating the document)
Derived From: (what documents were used to classify the document)
Declassify On: (date the document can be declassified)
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**All Classified presentations must be received by 20 January 2023; papers by 2 February.
Please be sure and mail classified submissions in sufficient time to ensure deliery by the advertised due date.
Please contact Bailey Duran of the DE-JTO at bailey.duran.ctr@us.af.mil with questions regarding Classified Submissions.
Release Forms
Release forms are required for all papers and presentations submitted to
the 2023 Joint Conference on T&E Support to Prototyping and Experimentation.
Forms are due as soon as available / no later than 20 January. Sessions/presentations in the technical program are sequenced according to distribution level. It is critically important the accurate distribution level is recorded prior to the completion of the final agenda.
These PDF forms can be completed electronically and emailed to graphic@deps.org or faxed to the number on the form. It is the responsibility of the lead author to obtain all approvals and releases for submitted presentations and papers. Submission instructions are provided on the form itself.
Note that poster papers are considered presentations and the presentation release form should be used in those cases.
Presentation Release Form
Paper Release Form
Last updated: 5 January 2023
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