How to get there Defence Test & Evaluation Base DTEB Database By Plane From Fiumicino Airport take the train to „Fara Sabina-Montelibretti“. A bus service will be organized from the station to CEPOLISPE. powered by European Test and Evaluation Community Days Conference By Train From „Roma Tiburtina“ take the train to „Fara Sabina-Montelibretti“. A bus service will be organized from the station to CEPOLISPE. By Car From A1, take the exit „Fiano Romano“ for the S.S.4 direction „ Rieti“. After 4 km take the exit „Salaria“ and after 100 m turn left for Montelibretti and continue for 2.5 km until reaching „CEPOLISPE“ on the right. T.E.C.D. 2014 25 – 26 Nov CEPOLISPE Montelibretti (Rome) - ITALY T.E.C.D Topics ‘Agile T&E’ *** T&E Economics and Enterprise (‘sweating the assets’) *** Opportunities for joint test events to minimise later integration issues (‘Early T&E’) *** Right test/ right time / right place *** Data Mining and Analysis Techniques for Processing Large T&E Data Sets *** Innovative approaches to T&E (eg. Network Across T&E Centres, etc.) *** Developing T&E Tools, techniques and methods through R&D *** T&E Capability Planning - Gap Analysis *** Future Trends in Industry and Government *** Broadening the use of Modelling & Simulation in T&E *** International T&E Perspectives and Experience *** T&E Policies and Best Practice for EU Interoperability (eg. Military Airworthiness experience, Mutual Acceptance Procedures, etc.) *** European T&E Centres and Networks of Excellence (eg. In Cyber, Environmental, Munitions Safety, Unmanned Systems etc) *** … Location Registration Opens: 14 July 2014 Registration Closes: 7 November 2014 Only 150 Places available CEPOLISPE via Montelibrettese, KM 2,500 00010 Montelibretti (ROMA), ITALY Contact/ Registration European Defence Agency Cooperation Planning and Support Tel.: +32 2504 - 2932 Fax: +32 2504 - 2915 Email: DTEB@EDA.EUROPA.EU Registration: WWW.EDA.EUROPA.EU/EVENTS Accommodation: A list of suitable conference hotels will be provided on EDA’s Event Site “Working together to optimise the EU Test & Evaluation Base network to improve defence acquisition outcomes in a time of financial challenge“ ABOUT DTEB Why are we doing this? To generate an inclusive T&E community to grow stakeholder awareness on how to evaluate, deliver and sustain enterprise capability and its suitability, performance and preparedness to support the EU’s Armed Forces Objectives • Broaden the EU T&E network • Engage with, support and influence policy development; • Focus on EDA and Industry capability effectiveness and interoperability best practice; • Encourage other agencies (EU Institutes, NATO, etc.) to actively participate and contribute; • Investigate opportunities to support enterprise transformation; • Build greater awareness of T&E activities into capability performance and suitability owners; • Explore synergies between T&E, Training, Modelling & Simulation, Experimentation and R&D communities. • Explore the use of T&E capabilities to more effectively support the future EU needs (i.e. resilience and security) Day One 25.11.2014 Session 1:Welcome 10:00 - 13:00 Opening address keynote speech and EU Panel Discussion “Working together to optimise the EU Test & Evaluation Base network to improve defence acquisition outcomes in a time of financial challenge“ Session 2:European Project Management 14:00 - 17:00 This session focuses on project management issues and requirements for Test and Evaluation as well as on examples and experiences of how to include EU T&E assets in national and international project cooperation. Day Two 26.11.2014 Session 3:European T&E Cooperation 09:00 - 12:00 This session focuses on cooperation for T&E Centres, who will have the opportunity to inform delegates about their capabilities and to initiate new T&E Networks This session includes a guided tour through the CEPOLISPE Test Centre of Excellence Session 4:How EDA supports T&E in Europe 14:00 - 17:00 The last session introduces EDA’s approach to the Defence Test and Evaluation Base and will give an overview on projects and tools powered by EDA to support EU Member states in their efforts to establish T&E Networks. Farewell Address 17:00 Farewell adress by EDA