BULOWS KASERNE BASE, DENMARK --Irish Soldiers stand in formation during the Combined Endeavor opening ceremony on Sept. 3, 2009 at Fredericia, Denmark. Combined Endeavor 2009 is headquarters U.S. European Command Sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace and NATO nations focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

Ohio National Guard Soldiers Lt. Col. James Sizemore (from left), Sgt. 1st Class Jason Molodec, 2Lt. Timothy Kurfiss and Col. Andrew Aquino (right) stop for a photo with Col. Saša Milutinović (second from right), head of religious services for the Serbian Armed Forces chaplaincy program, June 16, 2018, during Exercise Platinum Wolf. The Serbian-led two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise brought 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)

BULOWS KASERNE BASE, DENMARK -- Swedish Army Capt. Stefan Eklund runs fiber optic cable to his nation's workspace on Sept. 3, 2009 at Bülows Kaserne, a remote site in Denmark during Combined Endeavor. Combined Endeavor 2009 is headquarters U.S. European Command Sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace and NATO nations focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

ZOUTKAMP, NETHERLANDS-- Col. Jeroen Cox of the Dutch Army briefs volunteers from twenty different countries who gather to fill sandbags in preparation of a severe wind storm at Camp Willem Lodewijk Van Nassaukazerne, the Netherlands, Sept. 3, 2009 during Combined Endeavor 2009. Combined Endeavor 2009 is a Headquarters U.S. European Command Sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace, NATO, and other nations focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

A soldier assigned to the British army defends the perimeter during foot patrol training at Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018. The Serbian-led two-week, multinational peacekeeping exercise brings more than 500 soldiers from 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22, 2018. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)

190807-N-BM428-0007 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 7, 2019) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Edward Guity, and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Bradley Holloway, front, wait to fire a .50 caliber machine gun aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) during exercise Mighty Waves 2019, Aug. 7, 2019. Mighty Waves is an annual disaster response exercise lead by Israel designed to enhance interoperability and promote cooperation among regional Eastern Mediterranean naval forces. Donald Cook, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the U.S. 6th fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

Beth accompanied Stephen Peront to London. They were able to take a few extra days and explore London as they are reporting on Stephen's blog.

A few of us who were there and on our feet on Sunday got together at the Colosseo restaurant (http://colosseorestaurant.co.uk/) for an enjoyable dinner the night before the Document Interoperability Initiative event.

It was great to see Beth again. I first met her and their four amazing youngsters at the Seattle Pike Place Public Market when they were vacationing last year.

U.S. Army and Republic of Korea soldiers fly a U.S. Marine Corps humvee by CH-47 Chinook helicopter during helicopter support team interoperability training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Republic of Korea. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 and Combat Logistics Battalion 4, participated in the Korean Interoperability Training Program in preparation for operational deployments.

An officer from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) police component receives a certificate after completing an interoperability training organised by the Field Technology Section (FTS) of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) in Mogadishu, Somalia on 1 December 2022.

UN Photo / Raymond Baguma

U.S. Army aviators from 10th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted training with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Polish Special Operations Forces DATE near Lubliniec, Poland. The training between NATO Allies included firing from an airborne platform, air assault and casualty evacuation to continue to build ready and interoperable NATO SOF and conventional forces. (U.S. Army photos courtesy of 10th Combat Aviation Brigade Unit Public Affairs Representative) 170601-A-TZ475-004

Joint Interoperability Testing Command ushers in new command and senior enlisted leadership with a ceremony July 26 at the JITC Compound, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (U.S. Army Photo by Karen Sampson)

BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA -- U.S. Army Col. Michael V. Schleicher (left), Defense Attache Officer of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and BiH Army Brig. Gen. Dragan Vuković, Deputy Commander of the Support Command of the Armed Forces of BiH/Combined Endeavor 2009 Senior Manager, render salutes to the 29 nations participating in Combined Endeavor 2009 during the opening ceremonies for Combined Endeavor (CE) 2009 held at Kozara Barracks, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sep. 3, 2009. Combined Endeavor 2009 is a Headquarters U.S. European Command sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace and NATO nations, focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability, and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. William Greer)

A British army soldier prepares for a rapid air assault exit from a Serbian Mi-8 helicopter, June 20, 2018, during Exercise Platinum Wolf. Nearly 30 soldiers from the United Kingdom participated in the Serbian-led, two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise that brought 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)

Under the instruction of a Serbian Armed Forces soldier (right), Spc. Harrison Daniel of the Ohio National Guard's 838th Military Police Company learns proper armored personnel carrier gunner tactics during a field training event, June 19, 2018, as part of Exercise Platinum Wolf. About 50 members of the unit participated in the two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise that brought 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)

Joint Interoperability Testing Command ushers in new command and senior enlisted leadership with a ceremony July 26 at the JITC Compound, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (U.S. Army Photo by Karen Sampson)

April 26, 2008, Seaman Apprentice Scott Semelsberger, a Hospital Corpsman, of 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, takes the pulse of a female patient at the field medical clinic in Tmar Pok, Banteay Meanchey, Kingdom of Cambodia. Marines and sailors of 3rd Medical Battalion are deployed in support of Cambodia Interoperability Program '08, a bilateral Medical and Dental Civil Action Program which is intended to build on the relationship between the U.S. and Cambodian governments and develop interoperability between U.S. forces and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Thomas Lew)

This is what CAmbodia

This is what Cambodia is like, kind of.

A soldier from the Bulgarian Armed Forces participates in offensive operations training during Exercise Platinum Wolf 2018, June 14, 2018. The Serbian-led two-week, multinational peacekeeping exercise brings more than 500 soldiers from 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbia’s South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker)

April 27, 2008, Petty Officer 3rd Class Christina Cranston, a Hospital Corpsman, of 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, sorts through medication for patients receiving medical care at the field medical clinic in Tmar Pok, Banteay Meanchey, Kingdom of Cambodia. Marines and sailors of 3rd Medical Battalion are deployed in support of Cambodia Interoperability Program '08, a bilateral Medical and Dental Civil Action Program which is intended to build on the relationship between the U.S. and Cambodian governments and develop interoperability between U.S. forces and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. (Official USMC photograph by Cpl. Thomas Lew)

This is what CAmbodia

This is what Cambodia is like, kind of.

Workshop on Voice and Video Services Interoperability Over Fixed-Mobile Hybrid Environments, Including IMT-Advanced (LTE)

British soldiers belonging to the Coldstream Guard, walk towards the training area after preparing their equipment while participating in a multinational combined arms demonstration alongside Troopers assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Romanian Land Forces during an Exercise Wind Spring Distinguished Visitor's event at Smardan Training Area, Romania, Apr. 18, 2015. The purpose of the event was to demonstrate interoperability between NATO Allies, while also allowing members of the Romanian government, along with British military leadership, to watch as the units worked and trained together in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve-South. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)

During the week of June 19-23, members of the Tennessee Army and Air National Guard, along with their Bulgarian counterparts, participate in a series of readiness exercises in Thracian Sentry 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Thracian Sentry 2023 highlights the 30-year-long partnership between the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense and the Tennessee National Guard and commemorates many years of military cooperation. During the exercise, the two teams exchanged knowledge and best practices to help develop interoperability and improve readiness for full-spectrum operations in complex combat medical care environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Yonette Martin)

ZOUTKAMP, NETHERLANDS-- German Army members haul sandbags in preparation for a severe wind storm, Sept. 3, 2009, at Camp Willem Lodewijk Van Nassaukazerne, the Netherlands, during Combined Endeavor 2009. Combined Endeavor 2009 is a Headquarters U.S. European Command Sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace, NATO, and other nations focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

Second ITU-T Study Group 11 Regional Workshop for Africa on “Counterfeit ICT Devices, Conformance and Interoperability Testing Challenges in Africa”

Tunis, Tunisia, 23 April 2018​

ZOUTKAMP, NETHERLANDS-- A Hungarian military member sits next to a U.S. Air Force member during a meeting at Combined Endeavor 2009, at Camp Willem Lodewijk Van Nassaukazerne, Netherlands, Sept. 3, 2009. Combined Endeavor 2009 is a Headquarters U.S. European Command sponsored communications and information systems interoperability test between and among Partnership for Peace and NATO nations, focusing on the deliberate planning process, communications information systems and human interoperability, and development of a road map for future improvement among participants. (Department of Defense photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (July 14, 2021) - The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9) sits pierside after delivering personnel and supplies for Pacific Partnership 21. City of Bismarck is serving as the mission platform for Pacific Partnership 21. Pacific Partnership, now in its 16th iteration, brings nations together to prepare during calm periods to effectively respond in times of crisis. Each year, the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Joseph R. Vincent/Released)

Battle Group Poland soldiers conduct their first multinational Spur Ride at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 1-2, 2017. Per cavalry tradition, soldiers must complete a series of grueling mental and physical tests to earn the honor to wear silver spurs. The historic event helped strengthen the bond between the NATO allies and improved their interoperability. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)

Maintainers with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 224 prepare McDonnell-DouglasF/A-18D ''Hornets'' to take off at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 14, 2016. VMFA (AW)-224, home based at MCAS Beaufort, S.C., is temporarily based in Iwakuni on a unit deployment program and deployed to Northern Japan to participate in the Chitose Aviation Training Relocation Exercise Jan. 12-22. During the exercise, the squadron conducted dissimilar air combat training with and against the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to further support combined interoperability and Pacific theater security cooperation.

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

Battle Group Poland U.S. combat engineers are training how to operate a volcano scatterable mine system during the mechanical breaching training near Bemowo Piskie Training Area June 9. Saber Strike 17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year’s exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations’ militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)

Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers are marching for a pass and review near Bemowo Piskie Training Area June 5. Saber Strike17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year's exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations’ militaries.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)

Addressing this morning the annual «Semantic Interoperability Conference»

ITU Workshop on “Trustable and interoperable digital Identities for Human and Agentic AI”

30 -31 March 2026,

Geneva, Switzerland

©ITU/D.Woldu

Hospitals get to reduce the #patient wait-time significantly, with #RPA based CT scans & chest X-rays for faster testing, thus, accelerating #COVID19 detection.

190807-N-BM428-0004 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Aug. 7, 2019) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Edward Guity, left, and Gunner’s Mate Seaman Bradley Holloway, right, man the .50 caliber machine gun aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) during exercise Mighty Waves 2019, Aug. 7, 2019. Mighty Waves is an annual disaster response exercise lead by Israel designed to enhance interoperability and promote cooperation among regional Eastern Mediterranean naval forces. Donald Cook, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its ninth patrol in the U.S. 6th fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Damon Grosvenor/Released)

Joint Interoperability Testing Command ushers in new command and senior enlisted leadership with a ceremony July 26 at the JITC Compound, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (U.S. Army Photo by Karen Sampson)

Second ITU-T Study Group 11 Regional Workshop for Africa on “Counterfeit ICT Devices, Conformance and Interoperability Testing Challenges in Africa”

Tunis, Tunisia, 23 April 2018​

Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, 77th Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted deck landings in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 11-12. The UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache crews took turns landing their aircraft aboard the USNS Alan Shepard to qualify their crews in this type of maneuver. Upon completion of the qualification each set of aircraft was refueled by the vessel and flown back to Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Training exercises like these play an important role in mission readiness and total force capability by increasing interoperability between branches, which is vital for joint collaboration missions.(U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman)

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

Workshop on Voice and Video Services Interoperability Over Fixed-Mobile Hybrid Environments, Including IMT-Advanced (LTE)

Officers from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) military and police components in a group photo at the end of a training on interoperability organised by the Field Technology Section (FTS) of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) in Mogadishu, Somalia on 1 December 2022.

UN Photo / Raymond Baguma

Multinational soldiers from KFOR Regional Command - East secured a helicopter landing zone and conducted slingload operations in the vicinity of Kleçke, Kosovo demonstrating interoperability of forces in the KFOR area of operations. Operation Amber Castle is being conducted to showcase the joint capability and multinational interoperability of KFOR RC-East's commitment to providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people and institutions of Kosovo. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young, RC-East Public Affairs)

OASIS, the international open standards consortium, joins with the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department/e-Development TG and World Bank Institute to

present a workshop on

Open Standards for Government Transformation:

Enabling Transparency, Security and Interoperability

April 17, 2009

World Bank, Washington, D. C.

8:15 am - 3:15 pm Washington DC time

Battle Group Poland U.S. Soldiers are marching for a pass and review near Bemowo Piskie Training Area June 5. Saber Strike17 is a U.S. Army Europe-led multinational combined forces exercise conducted annually to enhance the NATO alliance throughout the Baltic region and Poland. This year's exercise includes integrated and synchronized deterrence-oriented training designed to improve interoperability and readiness of the 20 participating nations’ militaries.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kevin Wang/Released)

Joint Interoperability Testing Command ushers in new command and senior enlisted leadership with a ceremony July 26 at the JITC Compound, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. (U.S. Army Photo by Karen Sampson)