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Additionally, the APG Senior Commander, who is also the CECOM Commanding
General, typically provides welcoming remarks and gives an overview about the
CEMA Conference’s importance. This year, CECOM Deputy to the Commanding
General Liz Miranda will provide welcoming remarks.

The way forward

Bertoli said the COVID-19 pandemic created a challenge to hosting the conference
for a few years, but operations are mostly “back to normal,” and attendance is
close to capacity. However, attendees have expressed a desire to reintroduce an
international component, he added.

“That is a little challenging to do at the classified level; but it is something we
have been talking about, we would like to try to bring it back,” Bertoli said.

Schwartz, who has been involved with the conference for four years, said there
is an opportunity to get more representation from the other military branches.

“We are very heavily Army focused for good reason,” he said. “But we don’t
know what we don’t know, and it could be something great that another service
is working on that we are just not tracking. We do our best to stay in alignment
with those services and understand where they are working but having them
come to this and share information is always important.”

Bertoli and Schwartz think the conference and the Army are well positioned for
the future.

“I think we’re in a good place,” Bertoli said. “We’re in for a lot of change over the
next few years as the technology landscape is rapidly advancing, and there’s lots
of innovation on the horizon. This is an exciting time for Army electronic warfare.”

For more information about CEMA, visit
https://crows.site-ym.com/page/CEMA2024

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