Deadline: 18 March 2024

53^rd Panel Business Meeting

Koblenz, Germany, 22-26 April 2024 (In-person meeting)

By invitation from Germany, the 53^rd (Spring 2024) Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel Business Meeting (PBM) will be held in Koblenz from Monday 22 to Friday 26 April 2024.

Participation is only open to appointed IST Panel Members, Associate Members and Members-at-Large. Guests will be invited on behalf of the IST Panel Chairperson.

Registration is open until 18 March 2024.

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 the PBM 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. 

Important: you will need to enrol separately for the second edition of the ICMCIS (International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems) as IST Panel activity, which will take place on 23-24 April 2024 at the same premises.

If you wish to attend the social events, as well as the lunches, please ensure that you return the completed respective forms included in the Annexes of the GIP also before 18 March 2024.

We look forward to seeing you in Koblenz.

The System Analysis and Studies (SAS) Panel is one of the seven NATO STO Scientific and Technical Committees. The SAS Panel conducts studies, analysis and information exchange activities that explore how operational capability can be provided and enhanced through the exploitation of new technologies, new forms of organization or new concepts of operation.

Participation in its semi-annual business meetings is open to nationally appointed Panel Members, Associate Members and Members-at-Large only. Guests will be invited on behalf of the SAS Panel Chair.

Registration closes 10 April 2024. 

If you already created an account on the STO Events site in the past you can login with the same credentials. If it is your first time to use the STO Events site you will have to sign up first. Please note that these credentials are NOT the same as for Science Connect. We recommend to register your company or governmental email address when creating your STO Events account. 

When your registration is validated by the STO and you are logged in to STO Events, you will be able to access the General Information Package that has appeared on this meeting announcement. This document provides you all information needed to make your travel arrangements.