The sixth NATO Operational Analysis (OA) Conference will take place 13-14 June 2012, hosted at the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A), in The Hague, Netherlands.

Content:

This year's conference will consist of plenary and breakout sessions based around a central theme of 'Evidence Based Support to Decision Makers.' During the conference we will at times split into two sub-topic streams encompassing: "Support to Decision Makers in Operations and Assessment" and "Support to Decision Makers in Capability Development."

Attendance:

The Operational Analysis Conference brings together the analysis community from NATO commands and agencies, national defence research organizations, academia and industry. It is open to all partner nations.

Language and Classification:

The program is "NATO Unclassified/Releasable to the Public" and is presented and published in English during the conference.

Presentations:

HQ SACT OA Branch would like to take this opportunity to request potential attendees to consider presenting at the conference. If you wish to present at the conference, may I ask that you respond with a short abstract or description before 06 April 2012. Presentations will need to be unclassified and should focus on the analysis undertaken and the support it provided to decision makers. Any abstracts or further questions can be submitted to the conference coordinator – details below.

Registration and Administration:

Registration for both the Conference and Workshop will be online clicking here.

All conference and administrative information is available on this webpage. It should be your first port of call to answer any questions.

Conference Coordinator:

Mr Alex Smethurst, Tel +1(757)747-4271, email alex.smethurst@act.nato.int

Pre-Conference Workshop:
'Operational Analysis and Operational Research in a Restructured NATO'

This year, prior to the conference on 12 June, we will also be hosting a one-day workshop entitled "Operational Analysis in a restructured NATO." The aim of this workshop will be to agree a vision for the use of OA across NATO bodies and headquarters and identify actions needed to deliver it, with the target of influencing on-going Agency Reform and NATO Command Structure PE implementation. This workshop is open to participants from NATO, NATO Nations and NATO accredited Centre's of Excellence. Registration is by the same website as for the conference.