1. Directed Energy Professional Society Report & Recognitions William Baker 3 November 2008

2. 2009 schedule HPM Weapons Conference, March, Albuquerque DE System Symposium, April, Monterey DE Programs and Capabilities, May, DC Lasers, June, Boston DE T&E, August, Albuquerque Annual DE Symposium, November, San Antonio

3. 2010 schedule DE System Symposium, April, Monterey Advanced High-Power Lasers, June, Boulder DE T&E, August, Albuquerque HPM Weapons Conference, September, UK Annual DE Symposium, November, DC

4. Other DEPS Activities Publications Proceedings JDE JDE (Limited Edition) Books HEL Weapons High Power Fiber Lasers Effects of DE Weapons Education Short Courses Internships Graduate Scholarships Support from HEL JTO

5. DEPS Financial Status Cash on hand –Sep 2007$330,000 –Sep 2008$365,000 –Sep 2009$191,000 2009 budget –Income (net from events, sponsorship, membership, miscellaneous)$236,000 –Expenses$333,000 –Expected Reserve -$97,000 Independent Audits –2007 Audit completed, June 2008 –2008 Audit completed, August 2009

6. DEPS Board of Directors Elected by the DEPS Membership Directors serve 3 year terms with a two term limit Serving Members William Baker Rett Benedict Edward Duff Kirk Hackett Lou Marquet Tom Meyer Ed Pogue Jim Riker John Wachs New Directors Tim Andreadis Jim Horkovich

7. DEPS Officers Elected by the Board of Directors Serving Officers President William Baker Vice President Ed Pogue Secretary Jim Riker Treasurer Rett Benedict New Officers President Ed Pogue Vice President Kirk Hackett Secretary Jim Riker Treasurer Tom Meyer

8. DEPS Board of Scientific and Engineering Advisors Jorge Beraun Kirk Hackett George Neil Harold Schall David Stoudt

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

10. Program Best Paper Awards Induction of Fellows In Memoriam

11. 2008 Best Paper Awards HEL D. O’Connor, A. Majumdar, C. Marrs, P. Langston, R. Deweese, S. Lundin, A. Ogloza, G. Beckstrom, M. Wisecarver, B. Vent, T. Morgan “Some Recent Results of Maritime Laser Propagation Measurements over 1.35 and 7.07 km: Analysis of Turbulence Parameters” HPM P. Coleman, C. Woods, G. Nelson “Diagnostic Array for Characterizing Narrow Band HPM Sources” Student C. Stephenson, A Fliflet, R. Bruce, S. Gold, M. Imam, C. Feng “Millimeter-Wave Solid-State Reactive Sintering of Polycrystalline Nd:YAG Laser Host Materials”

12. DEPS Fellows Recognizing Significant DE Contributions Fellows of the Directed Energy Professional Society are esteemed members of the DE community, noted for creative contributions and distinguished service

13. Current DEPS Fellows John Albertine Frederick Benning Jorge Beraun Kenneth Billman Robert Butts Jacqueline Gish Kirk Hackett William Latham William Laughlin Stephanie Miller Michael Murphy George Neil Glen Perram Thomas Romesser Harold Schall LaVerne Schlie J. Thomas Schriempf Sadegh Siahatgar Alfred Skolnick Phillip Sprangle David Stoudt John Tatum Patrick Vail

14. DEPS Fellows Induction Tim Andreadis Jack Slater

15. In Memoriam Maj Gen Donald Lamberson 1931 - 2009