Major Conferences at RUSI
Each year the Royal United Services Institute hosts several major policy conferences reflecting our commitment to the specialist interest of the defence and security community.
As the leading independent forum at the heart of Whitehall these conferences bring together academics, business, policy makers and officials allowing delegates to have the opportunity to assess and engage with these key opinion formers and help shape the defence and security landscape.
These conferences include:
10 May 2012, HMS President, Victoria Embankment
As 2012 marks the fifty year anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the second UK PONI Annual Conference will consider a range of issues associated with nuclear stability in both the military and civilian realms.
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30-31 May 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London
This international conference will feature authoritative presentations from senior military representatives, policy makers, industry and analysts, with the objective of addressing the key issues, policies and capabilities surrounding missile defence in Europe.
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7-8 June 2012, Church House Conference Centre
Representing an opportunity to influence thinking on how an Army that is constantly undertaking large-scale, long-term operations, can transition to one that prepares for and is capable of tackling a wider range of strategic challenges.
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4-5 July 2012, RUSI, Whitehall, London
For the 2012 event, as many nations begin to think about security matters beyond Afghanistan, as the UK itself moves on from the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review to bring together a future force to meet its defence and security needs for 2020 and beyond.
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25-26 September 2012
This year’s Conference will explore how structural changes within the MoD will affect the management of C4ISTAR capability and information exploitation across the department.
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RUSI’s CNI conferences are firmly established as the most important public forum for discussion of critical infrastructure policy. The 2011 conference explored the full breadth of reform to CNI policy and delivered insights on security and resilience priorities in the period ahead.
Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate, gave the keynote speech. Watch the video >
Click here to view details of the 2011 conference, held on 12 October 2011 >
Air Power Conference
2011 Conference:
The Right Honourable Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence opened this year’s Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power conference speaking on “Reformed Defence”. Watch the speech and discussion >
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