NATO Collaboration Bodies Einar Thorsen, CTO/CIS US – NATO Information Sharing (UNIS) Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) McLean, VA, USA, 1-3 December 2009 NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION NATO UNCLASSIFIED

NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION A little bit about NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization An alliance of 28 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949. Solidarity, Freedom, Security, Transatlantic link Consensus decision-making The North Atlantic Council Organizational Structure The list is rather long... Plenty of Collaboration Bodies! Note: A lot of the information on the Internet about NATO is from the 2001 Handbook – much has happened since then... A comprehensive list of the various Civil, Military, Organizations and Agencies can be found at http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/structure.htm. NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION NATO UNCLASSIFIED

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The NATO R&T/D Community North Atlantic Council NATO C3 Board Science for Peace & Security Committee Military Committee Conference of National Armament Directors NATO Army Armaments Group Allied Command Transformation Allied Command Operations NATO Naval Armaments Group NATO C3 Agency NATO Underwater Research Center RTO NATO Air Force Armaments Group NATO Industrial Advisory Group NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION

NATO Collaboration Bodies NATO Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) Promotes and conducts co-operative scientific research and exchange of technical information amongst 28 NATO nations and 38 NATO partners. Is the largest such collaborative body in the world encompasses over 3000 scientists and engineers addresses the complete scope of defence technologies and operational domains. Supported by an executive agency, the Research and Technology Agency (RTA) facilitates the collaboration organises a wide range of studies, workshops, symposia, and other forums NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION NATO UNCLASSIFIED

Research & Technology Organization Board members’ Leadership Level RTB RTA Panel members’ Level Panels AVT HFM IST SAS SCI SET MSG I M C Expert members’ Technical Teams Level NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION 9

Panel Members’ Level The RTO Panels/Group AVT Applied Vehicle Technology HFM Human Factors and Medicine IST Information Systems Technology SAS System Analysis & Studies SCI Systems Concepts & Integration SET Sensors & Electronics Technology MSG Modelling and Simulation Group NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION 11 14 11

NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION IST Panel Focus Areas Information Warfare and Assurance that includes: - INFOSEC - COMPUSEC - COMSEC - TRANSEC - Information Assurance - System Assurance Information and Knowledge Management that includes: - Decision Support Architectures - Data Mining - Data Warehousing - Information Fusion - Information Filtering - Visualisation - Knowledge-based Systems - Artificial Intelligence Communications and Networks that includes: - Voice Data and Video over disadvantaged links - Network Management - Network Security - Mobile Communications - Satellite Communications Architectures and Enabling Technologies that includes: - Software Engineering Technologies - Computing Technologies - Requirements Capture - Modelling and Simulation Technologies - Modelling and Simulation Architectures and Standards - Speech and Natural Language Processing - Groupware and Collaboration Tools NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION

Expert Members’ Level The Technical Teams Symposia (>100 participants, 3-4 days) Specialists’ Meetings (<100 people, 2-3 days ) Workshops (selected participation, 2-3 days) Task Groups (study group, 3 years max.) LTSS, MAS (study groups, 1-2 years max.) Lecture Series (junior and mid-level scientists) Technical Courses (on-site instructor training) NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION 11 14 11

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NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION CONTACTING NC3A NC3A Brussels Visiting address: Bâtiment Z Avenue du Bourget 140 B-1110 Brussels Telephone +32 (0)2 7074111 Fax +32 (0)2 7078770 Postal address: NATO C3 Agency Boulevard Leopold III B-1110 Brussels Belgium NC3A The Hague Oude Waalsdorperweg 61 2597 AK The Hague Telephone +31 (0)70 3743000 Fax +31 (0)70 3743239 Postal address: NATO C3 Agency P.O. Box 174 2501 CD The Hague The Netherlands NATO UNCLASSIFIED RELEASABLE FOR INTERNET TRANSMISSION NATO UNCLASSIFIED