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2011 Programme
Day One: 1 June 2011
0800 Registration, Tea and Coffee
0900 Opening Keynote Addresses
Chairs:
Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute
Lieutenant General (Ret’d) Theodore G Stroup, Jr Vice President Education, Association of US Army
Speakers:
General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff
General Martin Dempsey, Chief of Staff, US Army
1015 Keynote Session One: The Strategic Context and Nature of Conflict
Chair:
Lieutenant General Paul Newton, Commander Force Development and Training
Speakers:
General Zhang Qinsheng, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, People’s Liberation Army, China
General Enzo Martins Peri, Chief of the Army, Brazil
Emile Hokayem, Senior Fellow for Regional Security, International Institute of Strategic Studies Middle East
1115 Tea and Coffee
1130 Session Two: Interagency and International Collaboration
Chair:
Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute
Speakers:
Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy
Lieutenant General Mark P Hertling, Commanding General US Army Europe
Sarah MacIntosh, Director Defence and International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Marshall Elliot, Deputy Director, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department, Department for International Development
Iain King, Stabilisation Unit
Alan Sparkes, Director - Weapon Systems & Integration to Platforms, MBDA
1300 Lunch sponsored by Northrop Grumman
1415 Afternoon Keynote Addresses
Chair:
General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff
Speaker:
Général d’larmée Elrick Irastorza, Chef d’état-major de l’armée de Terre, France
1445 Session Three: Delivery of Military Capability – Training, Basing and Living
Chair:
General Sir Mike Jackson
Speakers:
Lieutenant General Mark Mans, Adjutant General
Brigadier Richard Smith, Chief of Staff, Field Army
See Also: Brigadier Richard Smith Speaking Notes
Julian Wathen, Director of Defence Services, OCS Group UK Ltd
Major General Bruce Brealey, Land Forces Transformation
See also: Major General Bruce Brealey Speaking Notes(23 Kb)
1600 Tea and Coffee
1630 Session Four: Future Force Structures and Enablers
Chair:
James de Waal, Visiting Fellow, Chatham House
Speakers:
Rear Admiral Philip Jones, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Major General James Everard, Assistant Chief of General Staff
Air Commodore Malcolm Brecht RAF, Air Commodore Air Staff
1730 Closing Address: Defence Economics
Chair:
Professor Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker:
James Blitz, Defence and Diplomatic Editor, Financial Times
1800 Reception sponsored by MBDA
Day Two: 2 June 2011
0800 Registration, Tea and Coffee
0845 Opening Keynote Addresses Day Two
Chair:
Professor Michael Clarke and Lieutenant General (Retd) Theodore G Stroup Jr
Speakers:
General Sir Nick Parker, Commander in Chief Land Forces, British Army
Lieutenant General Rhett A Hernandez, Commanding General, US Army Cyber Command
0945 Session Five: Land Fighting Power in the Future
Chair:
Lieutenant General Paul Newton, Commander Force Development and Training
Speakers:
Major General Nick Carter, Director General Land Warfare, British Army
Brigadier Paul Denning, Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines and Assistant Chief of Staff (Land and Littoral Manoeuvre), Navy Command Headquarters
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles
Patrick Little, Senior Capability Manager Training and Simulation, Saab UK
1100 Tea and Coffee sponsored by SAIC
1120 Session Six: Building an Equipment Programme for the Army
Chair:
KC Brown, Director of Army Programs, Northrop Grumman
Speakers:
DE&S speaker TBC
Major General Bill Moore, Master General of the Ordnance and Director Battlespace Manoeuvre
Lieutenant General Robert P Lennox, Deputy Chief of Staff G8, US Army
1230 Session Seven: Particular Technology and Capability Challenges
Chair:
Lieutenant General (retd) Dan Zannini, Vice President, SAIC
Speakers:
Air Vice Marshal Steve Hillier, Director Information Superiority, Ministry of Defence
Brigadier Jim Hockenhall, Director Information Superiority, Headquarters Land Forces
Industry speakers TBC
1310 Closing remarks
Speaker:
General Sir Peter Wall, Chief of the General Staff
1330 Lunch sponsored by Saab
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