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Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Programme
Day One: 13 July 2011
0800 Registration, Refreshments and Display
0900 Conference Opening Remarks and Welcome
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence
0915 Session One: Delivering Reformed Defence
Speakers:
The Right Honourable Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence
Discussion Session
Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Services Institute
Discussion Session
1045 Morning Tea and Coffee
1115 Session Two: The Industry Contribution
Chair:
Air Vice-Marshal Simon Bollom BSc CEng FRAES MIMech RAF, Director General Combat Air, Ministry of Defence
Speakers
Chris Boardman, Managing Director, Military Air and Information, BAE Systems
‘The Future of the Air Sector’
Steve Wadey, Managing Director, MBDA
‘The Future of European Complex Weapons’
Mike Simpson, Head, Synthetic Training, Inzpire
‘Training Away Uncertainty’
Colin Paynter, Chief Executive Officer, Astrium Ltd
‘Ensuring and Assuring Access to Space’
Discussion Session
1245 Networking Lunch and Displays
1345 Session Three: International Co-operation
Chair:
Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Services Institute
Speakers:
Général d'Armée Aérienne Patrick de Rousiers, Inspecteur Général, Armée de l’Aire, France
‘Developing the Bilateral Partnership’
Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik, Inspektur der Luftwaffe, German Air Force
‘Integrating Capabilities and Skills with Partner Nations (A Central European View)’
Major General Henrik Røboe Dam, Commander Tactical Air Command, Royal Danish Air Force
Discussion Session
1515 Afternoon Tea and Coffee
1545 Session Four: Delivering Air Power in the Current Operational Environment
Chair:
Major General Gordon Messenger DSO OBE ADC, Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters, Ministry of Defence
Speakers:
Commodore Paul Chivers Royal Navy, Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, Royal Navy
‘Combining Air and Naval Power in Operation Unified Protector’
Brigadier General Glenn Walters USMC, Assistant Wing Commander, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, US Marine Corps
‘Integrating Indigenous and Coalition Air Assets in Support of USMC forces in Southern Afghanistan’
Brigadier Kevin Abraham, Director Force Development, British Army
‘Air, Space and Land Power: from Current Operations into the Future’
Discussion Session
1715 Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence
Discussion Session
1800 Drinks Reception
Day Two: 14 July 2011
0830 Registration
0900 Keynote Address Keynote
Speaker:
General Mark Welsh III, Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe
‘Partnering by Choice and Necessity’
Discussion Session
0930 Session Five: Debating the Future Environment
Chair:
Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford
Speakers:
Howard Wheeldon, Senior Strategist, BGC Partners
‘The Continuing Impact of Financial Uncertainty’
Dr Tomas Ries, Senior Lecturer, National Swedish Defence College
‘Global Security Flows’
Dr Tarak Barkawi, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge
‘Multiculturalism and UK Grand Strategy’
Discussion Session
1100 Morning Tea and Coffee
1130 Session Six: Austere Air Power in the Future Operating Environment
Chair:
Professor Phil Sabin, Professor of Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College London
Speakers:
William Nye, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office
‘The Formulation and Implications of the National Security Strategy’
Air Commodore Stu Evans, Director, Air Warfare Centre (desig) and former Director, Air and Space, Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Ministry of Defence
‘Future Operating Concepts (Joint)’
Air Commodore Edward Stringer, OP ELLAMY Air Contingent Commander and Head Joint Capability (desig), Ministry of Defence
‘Strategic Value of Air and Space Power in the 21st Century’
Discussion Session
1300 Closing Remarks
Speaker:
Air Marshal Dick Garwood CB CBE DFC MA RAF, Deputy Commander in Chief (Operations) RAF High Wycombe
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