The conference areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following Technology for Defence, Safety and Security: Sensor systems (radar, optronics); electronic warfare; cyber warfare and information; systems; command, control and communications; vehicles and platform protection; aeronautics; maritime; systems; detonics, ballistics and explosives; soldier; systems; rapid prototyping; systems engineering; modeling and simulation; field measurement and evaluation; and technology management. Information and Communications Technology: ICT Architecture Framework; e-Business Infrastructure; ICT for Safety Director General Intelligence & Security; Enterprise Architecture, ERP Enterprise Resource Planning; Security, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; IT Management; Ad Hoc, Mesh, Sensor Networks; Cognitive Network Applications; Cooperative Diversity and Physical Layer Network Coding; Cross-Genre Networks; Cross-Layer Design; Disruption-Tolerant Networks; Hybrid Optical/RF Networks; Mobility Management; Next-Generation Wireless Networks; Optical Networks; Personal Area and Body Area Networks; Protocols: MAC, Link-Layer, Network, Transport, Scalability of RF networks, Network Control. Rockets and Missiles: Missile and Aircraft Aerodynamics; Flight Dynamics and Simulations; Flight Test and System Identification; Wind Tunnel Testing; Heat Transfer in Defence Applications; Target Coverage and Weapon Effectiveness; Propulsion and Technologies; Modeling and Simulation of Rocket Engines and Propulsion Systems; Control Navigation and Guidance System. Explosive and Blasting: Warhead mechanisms & effects; Weapon concept analysis; Protection of combat vehicles, aircraft, and personnel from bullet; penetrator; shaped charge and fragmenting warheads; Explosive and Energetic materials; Explosive detection; Generation and propagation of intensive loading; Materials served in impact and explosive environments; Structure failure and engineering protection under extreme loading; Multi-scale mechanics: experiments, modeling and simulation. Unmanned Vehicle Systems: Airspace Control; Integration; Interoperability; Security Air worthiness; Levels of Safety; Sensor Fusion; Vehicle Operations; Manned/Unmanned Aviation; Simulation; Smart Sensors; Navigation; Standardization; Certification; Control Architectures; Payloads; Technology Challenges; Energy Efficient; Path Planning; Training; Environmental; Issues, Regulations, Applications, Fail-Safe Systems; Reliability of Communications, Frequency Management; Risk Analysis; Test beds. Operations for Defence: Applications of Defence Technology for Noncombatant Evacuation Operations; Exploitations of Defence Technology in Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance; Military Support to Civil Authorities; Important Roles of Defence Technology in Peacekeeping Operations; Advancement of Defence Technology in Intelligence Extraction and Acquisition; Ways ahead of Defence Technology in Anti-Terrorism; Implementation of Defence Technology in Counter-drug Operations; Defence Technology in Facilitating Support of Civil Authorities; Integration Defence Technology for Military Simulation and Training Vehicle for Defence: Automotive Technology and Platform; Marine Technology and Platform; Aerospace Technology and Platform; Vehicle Performance and Survivability; Platform Structural Design and Analysis; Platform Manufacturing and Process Design; Platform Statics; Dynamics; Vibration; Acoustics; and Control; Fluids Engineering Systems & Technologies in Vehicle System; Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering in Vehicle System; Materials Vehicle Structures; Systems; Design, and Complexity in Vehicle System; Weapon Control Design and System Analysis; Vehicle Verification and Validation; Numerical Method Applied to Vehicle System; System Architecture Design in Platform; Artificial Intelligence in Platform Application Smart Technology: Smart Grid; Smart Home; Smart Country; Smart Defence Technology; Smart Military Base.