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Event Overview
A note to the membership:
DEPS was very proud to host the first-ever, Limited Distribution virtual conference. In addition to being able to support CUI sessions via Microsoft, we were pleased to introduce a new virtual conference experience platform, Pathable, to our members. All of our Open/ Distribution A activities took place here, specifically our virtual exhibition hall.
All presentations (Distribution A to Limited Distribution D) were exclusively supported via a Microsoft platform.
Please feel free to reach out to office@deps.org with any additional questions regarding the symposium.
Virtual Symposium at a Glance
- Tuesday AM Plenary Session
- Virtual overviews of DE systems from
- OSD Dr. James Trebes - Acting Principal Director, Directed Energy, OUSD R&E
- NAVY LCDR David Nicolas - Section Head N96, US Navy
- ARMY Dr. Craig Robin - Deputy Director, DE Project Office, US Army Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technology Office
- MDA Mr. Rich White - Program Director, Sensors & Directed Energy, Missile Defense Agency
- AIR FORCE Mr. Jack Hedenburg - Deputy, Directed Energy, AF Life Cycle Mgt Center
- JIFCO Col. Wendell Leimbach, Jr., USMC - Director, Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office
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- Virtual system-oriented breakout technical sessions Wednesday AM & Thursday AM
- Virtual Exhibits and Reception
- Virtual Professional Development Short Courses
- Systems Engineering for DE Systems
- HPM End to End Modeling
- HPM DEW and Their Effects
- Design of Tests for Transitioning DE Weapon Systems to Acquisition Programs for Warfighter Fielding
- Introduction to Counter DEWS
- Atmospheric Laser Propagation
The 2020 Directed Energy Systems Symposium virtual event was held online, Monday 16 November - Thursday 19 November.
The DE Systems Symposium continued to focus on systems aspects of DE in a limited-attendance environment.
Attendance at all sessions was
limited to U.S. citizens with security clearances, who are employees of the U.S. Government
or its contractors.
Proceedings of the Symposium will be published. See our
Online Store for proceedings of previous Directed Energy Systems Symposia.
Program and Agenda
An overview of the agenda is provided below, while the
final technical program is available here.
| Preliminary Overview Agenda |
Monday, 16 November
- AM/PM Virtual Professional Development Short Courses
- Tuesday, 17 November
- AM Virtual Plenary Session
- PM Virtual Exhibit Hall Hours
- Wednesday, 18 November
- AM Virtual Breakout Technical Sessions
- PM Virtual Exhibit Hall Hours
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- Thursday, 19 November
- AM Virtual Breakout Technical Sessions
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Substantial program changes were made to the DE Systems Symposium in 2018. These changes were a reaction to the increasing
opportunities to transition Directed Energy Weapon concepts. The opening morning plenary session was replaced by a full
day plenary of system level talks. Following the plenary were two days of presentations
and posters that focus on system level contributions. DEPS encourages the use of these presentation time slots
to further detail the systems discussed at the plenary.
System focus areas for technical breakout sessions included:
- Warfighter Operated Systems
- Technology Demonstrator Systems
- Air Defense
- Industrial Base
- Systems Level Laser Source Power Scaling
- Operational Employment
- Operational Requirements and Mission Level Analysis
- Auxiliary Support Systems
This new format was designed to inform interested parties about the general state of this emerging militarily relevant
technology. It also provides our research and development scientists and engineers with a comprehensive view of current
technology needs.
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