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

Content:

This year's conference consisted of plenary and breakout sessions based around a central theme of 'Evidence Based Support to Decision Makers.' The conference 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.

Language and Classification:

The program is "NATO Unclassified" and is presented and published in English during the conference.

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 also hosted a one-day workshop entitled "Operational Analysis in a restructured NATO." The aim of this workshop was to discuss 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 was open to participants from NATO, NATO Nations and NATO accredited Centre's of Excellence.