THE HON. DR MIKE KELLY MP
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support
Monday, 8 September 2008
037/2008
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH
FOR SYDNEY
The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly AM MP,
today officially opened the Ninth Asia-Pacific Military Operations Research
Symposium (AMORS IX), at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
The three-day international symposium is hosted by the Defence Science and
Technology Organisation (DSTO).
This year’s symposium theme - “Operations Analysis and Operations Research
Supporting Current Operations” - focuses on the growing importance of military
analysis in both current operations and other areas of the defence capability life
cycle.
“Military operations analysis plays an important role in all areas of the defence
capability life cycle, from identifying our capability needs to the specification of
operational or systems requirements and evaluating our current in-service systems,
Dr Kelly said. “
“Since 2005, DSTO has deployed volunteer analysts into operational areas in some
15 ADF and Coalition operations, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, East Timor and the
Solomon Islands.”
“It is reassuring to see that operations analysis is being pursued with such
enthusiasm and we are using the skills developed here to achieve better operational
outcomes and to help shape future capability decisions,” Dr Kelly said.
DSTO was supporting operations analysis with a unique joint Pre-deployment
Operations Analysis Course. The annual four-week course was proving so
successful it was now attracting international interest with several coalition partners
sending participants.
Held every two years with the host status rotated amongst participating nations, the
symposium has drawn some 25 international visitors from 12 countries including
Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, (Republic of) Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States of America.
Further Information: Mr Anthony Ween, A/Head Operations Research Discipline
Canberra, 02 6265 1853, Mobile 0421 588 615.
Media contacts:
Mark Sjolander (Dr Mike Kelly):
02 6277 4840 or 0407 102 220
Defence Media Liaison:
02 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664
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