2007 CJMTK User Conference

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The 4^th annual CJMTK User Conference was held March 27 and 28 at the Heritage Conference Center in Chantilly, Virginia.  The Heritage Conference Center is a state-of-the-art facility with a 320 person auditorium, seven conference rooms, and two breakout rooms – all of which are fully equipped with audio/video capability.  Over 225 users attended representing the  DoD services, DIA, DISA, NGA and over 70 different CJMTK programs.   Based on user feedback, the conference was extremely successful.

The Day One Plenary sessions began with presentations by the CJMTK management team: Sue Riley, NGA; Brett Cameron, Northrop Grumman; and Gary Scoffield, ESRI. Topics included CJMTK program updates; CJMTK as a platform for integration; and ESRI technical capabilities, support and resources for developers. In addition, Sue Riley, NGA Program Manager of CJMTK and GVS, presented an overview of the GEOINT Visualization Services (GVS) program which provides a foundation for "visible integration" of net-centric GEOINT services. GVS is an important source of data for the C2I community that will be available on both SIPRNET and JWICS.

The second half of the day focused on dynamic overviews of experiences and lessons learned from CJMTK approved mission applications. These presentations discussed migrating to CJMTK for implementation of geospatial capabilities and demonstrated the flexibility of the toolkit by showing in vehicle, client, enterprise, and web service solutions.   Programs presented included:

-        FBCB2 Map Partition Prototype/Migration

-        PM Battle Command

-        AWarE/Tiger

-        Integration of Falcon View and CJMTK

-        Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset (IWMDT)

-        Providing Shared Situational Awareness over Airborne Networks through Airborne Web Services using CJMTK

Day Two of the conference began with a Keynote Address by Dr. Keith Littlefield, Director of Acquisitions for NGA which examined the progress made on CJMTK in the five years since the award of the contract. The remainder of the day consisted of technical seminars provided by CJMTK and ESRI.  These seminars focused on a variety of topics including: new capabilities in 9.2; Enterprise GIS architectural considerations; and developing with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Server, Military Analyst, MOLE (2525B symbology rendering), and Geodatabase. 

The conference also provided opportunities for networking and technical exchange of ideas. Attendees interacted with NGA, MCG&I representatives, CJMTK staff and ESRI presenters. 

The CJMTK program strives to maintain an open environment for communicating and working with our user community.  Our goal is to keep the community apprised of new features and capabilities, lessons learned, and educational opportunities.  The Users Conference is a valuable instrument for communicating with our potential and established users and the CJMTK program would like to thank our user community for their participation. 

In addition, we would like to thank ESRI for providing refreshments for the conference.

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