REGISTRATION IS CLOSED 

Deadline to enrol: 18 March 2024

The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Collaboration Support Office and the Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel are pleased to announce the registration opening for the International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS), to be held on 23-24 April 2024 in Koblenz, Germany.

ICMCIS 2024 is Public Release and only open to citizens from NATO Nations, NATO bodies and STO Enhanced Opportunity Partners (Australia, Japan, Sweden).

Held as a STO Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel activity (IST-205 RSY), ICMCIS 2024 is organised by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz, with support from Fraunhofer FKIE, NASK and NCIA.

The ICMCIS is the largest scientific conference in Europe on military CIS. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on the development and implementation of advanced information and communications technologies (ICTs) for defence and military systems.

Keynote Speakers

• Tomas Tauginas, Lithuanian Armed Forces STRATCOM Department
• Rainer Beeck, German Land Command, CDO Land
• Andreas Knopp, University of the Bundeswehr Munich
• Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology

The Conference is in-person only.

To register, please login with your STO Events credentials or create an account if you do not already have one. After login you will see at the bottom of this page the green button “Book now”; click on it to start to enrol.

The General Information Package (GIP) specifying fees, logistics, accommodation, travel, etc. will be visible and ready for download on this website after your registration has been validated by the IST Panel Office. After validation, return to this page again, log on with your credentials and download the GIP located in the grey box below the Google maps picture or above the bar below.

Note: The block-booked hotel rooms at the first hotel listed in the GIP couldn't be reserved on the Sunday evening, so if you include this date when using the booking link in the GIP this hotel will not be proposed as available; Should you choose this hotel, you will have to indicate Monday until Friday and additionally book by yourself on the Sunday. 

More information can be found on the ICMCIS website at https://icmcis.eu and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com.

Please ensure that you enrol before 18 March 2024 at 23:59 CET (Paris time). Registration will then be closed.

You will need to indicate your professional email account since personal email accounts (hotmail, gmail, etc.) cannot be accepted.

For content and technical matters, please contact the ICMCIS Chair, Mr. Antoine Smallegange, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For logistical and administrative questions, please contact the IST Panel Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We look forward to greeting you at this second edition of the ICMCIS as a NATO STO event.

The NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) Collaboration Support Office and the Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel are seeking abstracts for a Research Symposium (RSY) on "Towards the convergence of Edge Computing, Adaptive Networking, and Information Management at the Tactical Edge", to be held on 15-16 October 2024 in Lillehammer, Norway.  

The symposium will be held in conjunction with the 54^th IST Panel Business Meeting. It is NATO Unclassified and open to representatives of NATO Nations, NATO bodies and STO Enhanced Opportunity Partners (Australia, Japan, Sweden) and Austria, Singapore, Switzerland, Ukraine.

The deadline for abstract submissions is 30 April 2024 (16 April for U.S. authors)

Objectives 

This symposium aims to present state-of-the-art updates on the development and application of edge computing from academic and industry professionals. It also seeks to gain more insight into how these technologies can be applied to real NATO operational issues.

It intends to provide a forum for scientists, industry practitioners, and military users to present novel ideas on the foundation, implementation, and application of edge computing at the tactical edge.

Topics:

Submissions must identify one or more topics (from the numbered list in the attached call for papers) and explicitly state the military and NATO coalition relevance and impact of their work.

The list of topics and sub-topics is not exhaustive, but shows typical research issues that fit firmly within the scope of exploring trust and security in the context of the convergence of edge computing, adaptive networking, and information management at the tactical edge. We encourage submissions ranging from concepts, ongoing research & development, actual implementations, and lessons learned from real-world exercises and/or operations.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2024 (16 April  for US authors or authors affiliated with US organisations)  

All details about the deadlines and paper submission, including format requirements, are provided in the call for papers document located in the grey box on the right-hand side of this page.

Accepted papers should be accompanied by a signed Publication Release Form, available on the NATO STO website; otherwise no material can be published.

For more information, please contact the IST Panel Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..