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Land Warfare Conference 2008

The Conference Committee will be looking for papers that ensure that the LWC 2007 Program is addressing the latest developments and ideas in the field of Land Warfare methodologies and systems.

You are invited to submit appropriate papers for oral or poster presentation in the categories that are listed below. However, an abstract of papers that may appeal to the conference, but do not necessarily fit any of the categories listed may still be submitted for consideration.

Conference Theme:

 

Pervasive, Persistent, Proportionate:
Landforce and Urban Warfare 

Areas of Special interest

Hardened and networked Army
Urban combat and operations
Counter terrorism/counter insurgency
Cross cutting technologies: detection, surveillance, and monitoring
Operational support to enhance capability
Rapid insertion of technology

Focal Areas

Lethality

• Direct, indirect, conventional, non-conventional weapons
• Technology drivers for enhanced fire power
• Weapons for special operations
• Warheads and lethality
• Weapon system modeling/validation
• Payloads and delivery systems
• Propulsion technologies
• Fuze technologies
• Target engagement (static and mobile)
• Future concepts
• Area denial weapons
• Less than lethal systems
• Tank Armaments
• Mortars
• Precision munitions
• Sensor and seeker systems
• Weapons effects
• Guidance and Fire Control Systems

C4ISREW

• Interoperability
• Technology drivers
• Situational awareness
• Command, control, communication and computers, surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance
• Detection
• Recognition
• Combat ID
• Battlefield digitization
• NCW

Strategic Lift

• Amphibious Lift
• Air Lift
• Technology Alternatives

Soldier Modernisation

• Technology issues: Lethality, Human Performance, C4I, Survivability, Mobility, Sustainability, Modeling, Simulation and Evaluation, Training
• Operational issues
• System integration
• Interoperability and integration of legacy systems
• International Programs
• Close Combat
• Counter Terrorism
• Objective Force
• Mechanised Forces

Simulation, Modelling and Training

• Weapons training
• Application of modelling and simulation in training
• Technology driven training
• Role of synthetic environment for training
• Combat Training Centre (CTC)
• Virtual simulation
• Individual, team and collective training
• Human sciences
• Artificial intelligence and decision making
• Performance measurement, verification and validation

Force Protection

• CBRND
• Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP)
• Ballistic Protection
• Body Armour
• Survivability
• Biotechnology
• Bio/Chemical defence

Mobility and Counter Mobility

• Land/Air/Sea
• Area denial weapons
• Minefield clearance and construction
• Obstacle/Barricade breaching and construction
• Civil affairs

Sustainability

• Logistics technology
• Casualty evacuation
• Battlefield clearance
• Maintenance of re-supply
• Distribution

Emerging Technology

• Robotics
• UAV
• Artificial Intelligence
• MEMS
• Nano-technologies
• Computing Technologies  
• Sensing technologies
• Power and cell technology
•  Power management systems
• Night vision technologies
•  Novel power generation sources
• Energy harnessing technologies
• Space based systems
• Innovative technology enhancements
• Enabling technologies
• Dual use technologies
• Wireless networks
• Networking in extreme conditions
• UAV/UGV/UUV armaments

There is no restriction on the number of papers by each registrant. However, the Conference Committee prefers no more than two papers per registrant to maximise the opportunities for other researchers to present their work. Papers will be refereed and printed in full in the conference proceedings.