NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) requests nominations
for the 2010 NCW Awards. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, December 8,
2009. Award winners will be announced during IDGA`s NCW 2010 Conference on
January 26, 2010 in Arlington, VA.
IDGA's NCW Awards are the most prestigious awards in the net-centric operations
discipline. They honor, recognize, and promote initiatives in the US Department
of Defense, Coalition Governments, and Defense Industry that exemplify and
advance the principles and capabilities of net-centric operations.
The winners represent the best in current initiatives and undoubtedly will set
new standards of excellence for incorporating this transformational concept into
future work for the Department of Defense and its partners.
The 2010 NCW Awards categories include:
1.Outstanding US Government Program
2.Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Network Centric Operations
3.Outstanding Network Centric Program from a Coalition Partner
4.The Outstanding Industry Achievement Award
5.The Arthur K. Cebrowski Award
To identify these leading programs and initiatives, IDGA has enlisted a
distinguished panel of defense sector leaders to accurately and objectively
evaluate the net-centric innovations that support our military operations.
The 2010 NCW Awards Panel of Judges includes:
* Dr. Ron Jost - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space, and
Spectrum, OASD NII/CIO
* Dag Wilhelmsen - Technical Director, NATO Communication and Systems Agency
* Terry Morgan - Chairman, Emeritus, Network Centric Operations Industry
Consortium
* Stephen Rejto- Director, Network Centric Operations, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology Lincoln Laboratory
* Fred Stein - Distinguished Principal Engineer, MITRE
* Dr. Andreas Tolk - Associate Professor, Engineering Management and Systems
Engineering, Old Dominion University
* COL David Moore, USA - Project Manager, Battle Command, PEO C3T
* LtCol (GS) Sönke Marahrens - DEU FLO to USJFCOM J9 & Concept Developer
To apply for the 2010 NCW Awards and for further information including complete
descriptions of award categories, list of judges, and past winners please visit
http://www.ncwawards.com or contact Tom Engelman at 212-885-2737
ortom.engelman@idga.org.
The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) is a non-partisan
information-based organization dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas in
public service and defense through live conferences and events. We bring
together speaker panels and events comprised of military and government
professionals while attracting delegates with decision-making power from
military, government, and defense industries.
In addition to our live events, IDGA also offers an online community dedicated
to providing defense industry professionals with breaking news, business
opportunities, introductions, podcasts, webinars, and presentations from key
industry leaders. Members of our online community are able to extend their live
event experience and interact with the defense industry by leveraging the
opportunity to network, share ideas, best practices, and business solutions.
For more information, please visit http://www.idga.org.
IDGA
Tatiana Pose, 212-885-2759
tatiana.pose@idga.org
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