1. Directed Energy Professional Society Annual Report Edward A. Duff President 1 November 2006 http://www.deps.org

2. DEPS Vision Be recognized as the premier professional organization for exchanging information and advocating research, development and application of Directed Energy

3. 2006 DEPS Events DatesEventLocation 20-24 MarchDirected Energy Systems Symposium Beam Control Conference Directed Energy Modeling and Simulation Conference Employment of Directed Energy Weapons Conference High Energy Laser Lethality Conference Monterey, CA 4-6 AprilHigh Power Microwave ConferenceAdelphi, MD 15-16 JuneSolid State and Diode Laser Technology ReviewLos Angeles, CA 1-3 AugustDE Test and Evaluation ConferenceAlbuquerque, NM (with ITEA) 28-29 SeptemberUltrashort Pulse Laser WorkshopBoulder, CO (with SPIE) 30 October – 2 November Ninth Annual DE SymposiumAlbuquerque, NM 3 NovemberDirected Energy Education WorkshopAlbuquerque, NM

4. 2007 DEPS Events DatesEventLocation 19-23 MarchDirected Energy Systems Symposium Beam Control Conf DE Modeling and Simulation Conference Employment of DE Weapons Conference High Energy Laser Lethality Conference High Power Microwave Conference Monterey, CA 26-28 JuneSolid State and Diode Laser Technology ReviewLos Angeles, CA 7-9 AugustDE Test and Evaluation ConferenceAlbuquerque, NM (with ITEA) 26-28 SeptemberUltrashort Pulse Laser WorkshopBoulder, CO (with SPIE) 5-9 NovemberTenth Annual DE SymposiumHuntsville, AL 9 NovemberDirected Energy Education WorkshopHuntsville, AL

5. Other DEPS Activities Publications www.deps.org Proceedings Journal of Directed Energy (JDE) Classified Journal in planning Member updates - Sponsor Updates Education Professional development short courses Graduate/undergraduate programs K-12 and vocational curriculum development

6. DEPS Financial Status Cash on hand –Sep 2004 -- $311,758 –Sep 2005 --$204,669 –Sep 2006 --$310,960 2006 budget –Income (net from events, sponsorship, membership, miscellaneous)$212,000 –Expenses (Office, committees, BOD, BSEA, Staff, other) $184,500 –Expected Reserve for 06 $27,500 Independent Audits –2004 Audit completed December 05 –2005 Audit underway

7. DEPS Board of Directors Elected by the DEPS Membership Serving Members William BakerRe-elected Rett BenedictRe-elected Dennis Boesen Edward Duff Donald Lamberson Lou Marquet Ed Pogue J. Thomas SchriempfRe-elected Greg Schneider Resigned – New position at NATO New Directors Tom Meyer

8. Previous DEPS Directors Greg Schneider

9. DEPS Officers Elected by the Board of Directors Serving Officers President Edward Duff Vice President William Baker Secretary Dennis Boesen Treasurer Rett Benedict New Officers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

10. DEPS Professional Personnel Executive Director Dr. Samuel Blankenship Executive Administrator Cynnamon Spain Business Manager Tiffany Wheeler Administrative Assistant Donna Storment

11. DEPS Recognition Be recognized as the premier professional organization for exchanging information and advocating research, development and application of Directed Energy As part of our vision, we recognize service and excellence

12. Board of Science and Engineering Advisors (Year term expires) John Albertine (2008)John Albertine (2008) Jackie Gish (2007)Jackie Gish (2007) Art Guenther (2006)Art Guenther (2006) John Tatum (2008)John Tatum (2008) Pat Vail (2006)Pat Vail (2006)

13. DE Scholarships 2006-2007 Co-Sponsored by the HEL JTO and DEPS Thomas Fitzgerald, Air Force Institute of Technology Brad Hoff, University of Michigan John McCorkindale, University of Illinois at Chicago Alice Nightingale, University of Notre Dame Edward Nissen, Northern Illinois University Daniel Roskey, University of Arizona Donald Wittich, University of Notre Dame

14. Best Paper Awards Best Student Paper Best HEL Paper Best HPM Paper The Best Paper Awards are underwritten by Brashear, a division of L-3 Communications.

15. DEPS Event Chairs Recognition Ceremony Presented by Mr. Edward Duff Ms. Cynnamon Spain

16. DEPS Fellows In Recognition of Significant Contributions to DE Fellows of the Directed Energy Professional Society, listed below, are esteemed members of the Directed Energy community, noted for creative contributions and distinguished service.

17. DEPS Fellows John Albertine Frederick (Fritz) Benning Kenneth Billman Robert Butts Jacqueline Gish Arthur Guenther William Laughlin Thomas Romesser J.Thomas Schriempf Sadegh Siahatgar Alfred Skolnick Phillip Sprangle David Stoudt John Tatum Patrick J. Vail

18. DEPS Fellows Induction Induction Ceremony Presented by Mr. Edward Duff Dr. J. Thomas Schriempf