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Usi of Act Lecture Programme Past Presentations USI OF ACT LECTURE PROGRAMME PAST PRESENTATIONS 2009 Wednesday 4 March 2009, Professor Peter Leahy AC, Founding Director, National Security Institute, University of Canberra, “National Security – The Future”, ADC Wednesday 18 February 2009, Vice Admiral Russ Crane AM CSM RAN, Chief of Navy, “The Navy Today and Tomorrow”, R­1 Wednesday 4 February 2009, Mr Derek Woolner, Visiting Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, “From Sea 1114 to Sea 1000 – The Collins Submarine Project and the Next RAN Submarine”, ADC Wednesday 21 January 2009, Air Commodore Margaret Staib CSM, Commandant Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA), “Increasing The Participation Rate For Women In The RAAF”, R­1 2008 Wednesday 10 December 2008, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie AO DSC CSM, Chief of Army, “Adapting the Army for Contemporary Warfare”, R­1 Wednesday 19 November 2008, Colonel Philippe Ohl, Defence Attache, Embassy of France, “The New French Defence White Paper and the Implications for the Australia­Pacific Region”, R­1 Tuesday 11 November 2008, Mr Tom Burbage, Executive Vice President, Lockheed­Martin Aeronautics, “The Joint Strike Fighter”, R­2 Wednesday, 5 November 2008, His Excellency Jalil Abbas Jilani, High Commissioner for Pakistan, “The South Asian Regional Security Situation: Pakistan's Perspective”, ADC Wednesday 29 October 2008, Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM, Chief of Air Force), “The Air Force: One Team”, ADC Wednesday 15 October 2008, Rear Admiral Raydon Gates AO CSM RAN, former Head Australian Defence Force Staff (HADS), Australian Embassy, Washington, D.C. USA, “Favourable Winds: The Australian­US Alliance at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century”. ADC Wednesday 15 September 2008, Second Defence White Paper Forum, “The Relevance of Australian Defence Industry”, Panelists – Mr Chris Jenkins, Managing Director, Thales Australia; MR Brice Pacey, Strategic Analyst, ASC Pty Ltd; Mr Andrew Davies, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI); Mr Trevor Thomas, Editor­in­Chief, Australian Defence Business review and diar.com; ADC Wednesday 13 August 2008, Air Commodore John Oddie AM CSC, Commander Airlift Group, “ADF Airlift Experience and Consequences for The Future”, R­1 Wednesday 6 August 2008, First Defence White Paper Forum, “Balancing Competing Demands”, Keynote Speaker – Major General John Hartley AO Retd, President, RUSI of Australia; Panelists – Major General Jim Molan AO DSC, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Chief of Operations), Headquarters Multinational Force ­ Iraq; Major General Greg Melick AM RFD S.C. Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Reserves), Air Marshal Errol McCormack AO Retd, former Chief of Air Force; Mr John McFarlane AE, Deputy President, USI of the ACT; and Professor Lee Cordner AM RAN Retd, University of Wollongong; ADC Wednesday 16 July 2008, The Honourable Dr Michael Kelly AM MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, “The Asia­Pacific Centre for Civil­Military Cooperation”, R­1 Wednesday 2 July 2008, Mr Greg Tunny, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ASC Pty Ltd, “The Transformation of ASC”, ADC Wednesday 11 June 2008, Rear Admiral Nigel Coates AM RAN, Commander Australian Fleet, “The Fleet in 2008: Operations and Other Fleet Activities”, ADFA Wednesday 4 June 2008, Air Commodore Kym Osley CSC, former Commander Air Combat Group, “Air Operations in the Middle East”, ADFA Thursday 22 May 2008, Dr Roger Lough, Chief Defence Scientist, “Defence Science – Reflections and Perceptions”, R­1 Wednesday 7 May 2008, Mr Neil James, Executive Director, Australia Defence Association, “Defence White Papers: Alternative Views”, ADC Tuesday 15 April 2008, His Excellency the Governor­General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, “Reminiscences as Governor­General”, Patron’s Dinner, ADC Wednesday 2 April 2008, Commodore Allan du Toit AM RAN, former Commander, Combined Task Force CTF­158, “Commanding Combined Task Force CTF­158”, ADC Wednesday 19 March 2008, Vice Admiral Matt Tripovich AM CSC RAN, Chief, Capability Development Group, Department of Defence, “Capability Development”, R­1 Wednesday 5 March 2008, Professor Hugh White, Head Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, “The 2008 Defence White Paper – What it Needs to Do”, ADC Wednesday 20 February 2008, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, President, Submarine Institute of Australia, ““Maximising Strategic Options in Constrained Strategic Circumstances: The Future Underwater Warfare Capability, R­1 Wednesday 6 February 2008, Mr Vern Gallagher, General Manager Business Development, Thales Joint Systems “Defence & Defence Industry – Interactions & Understanding”, ADC Wednesday 23 January 2008, Major General Mike Smith AM Retd, CEO Austcare, “Advancing Civil­ Military Relations in Multi­National Operations”, R­1 2007 Wednesday 12 December 2007, Dr Michael Evans, Fellow, Australian Defence College, “Schools of Australian Strategy and the Challenge of Crafting National Security in the 21st Century”, R­1 Wednesday 21 November 2007, Air Vice­Marshal Tony Austin AM, Head Defence Health Services, “Medicine as a Force Multiplier for Engagement”, R­1 Wednesday 7 November 2007, Mr Alan Henderson APM, Head APEC 2007 Task Force, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet and Colonel Jeff Quirk CSC, Chief of Staff, Operation Deluge, Joint Operations Command, “APEC 2007 Security Arrangements”, ADC Wednesday 17 October 2007, Mr William Choong, Visiting Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, “When Knowing Thy Enemy Is Not Enough: Sino­American Deterrence Episodes in the Late 20th Century”, R­1 Wednesday 3 October 2007, Adjunct Professor Clive Williams, Macquarie University, “A Long Time Coming ­ Home At Last: Operation Aussies Home”, ADC Wednesday 19 September 2007, Mr Mark Dodd, Journalist, “The Australian”, “Political Party Views on National Security and Defence”, R­1 Wednesday 15 August 2007, Air Vice­Marshal John Harvey, Project Manager New Air Combat Capability (PM NACC), Defence Materiel Organisation, “Correcting the Record on the Joint Strike Fighter”, R­1 Wednesday 1 August 2007, Air Commodore Gavin Howse ONZM AFC RNZAF, Defence Adviser, New Zealand High Commission, “The Changing Australia­New Zealand Defence Relationship”, ADC Wednesday 18 July 2007, Brigadier Phil Winter, Commander, Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Task Force, “The Current IED Threat Facing Australian Defence Force Personnel in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO)”, R­1 Wednesday 11 July 2007, Mr David Withers, Managing Director, Boeing Australia Ltd, “Industry Policy and Industry's View of Australia's Future Security Needs”, ADC Wednesday 13 June 2007, Mr Mike Gahan, Consultant, “Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction – Civil Aviation Aspects”, R­1 Wednesday 30 May 2007, Mr Tony Pearce, Emergency Management Authority, “The Role of the Emergency Management Authority”, ADC Wednesday 2 May 2006, Admiral Chris Barrie AC RAN Retd, “Challenges for Australia’s Future Security”, ADC Wednesday 18 April, Rear Admiral James Goldrick AM CSC RAN, “Securing Australia and The Role of Border Protection Command”, R­1 Wednesday 7 March 2007, Air Vice Marshal Kerry Clarke AO Retd, Head Industry Division, Defence Materiel Office, “Defence Industry Policy – The Development Road and the Future”, ADC Wednesday, 7 February 2007, Ms Renee Leon, Chief Executive, Department of Justice and Community Safety, ACT Government, “The ACT Government’s Policy on Counter­Terrorism”, ADC Wednesday, 31 January 2007, Dr Lorraine Elliott, Senior Fellow, Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, “Environment and Security: What’s The Connection?”, R­1 2006 Wednesday, 13 December 2006, Mr Clive Williams, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, “The Mumbai Terrorists in Context”, R­1 Monday, 27 November 2006, Dr Stan Weeks, USN Retd, “Transforming Maritime Forces: Capacity Building For Non­Traditional Challenges”, shared with ANI/Sea Power Centre, ADC Wednesday, 15 November 2006, Mr Peter Black, Tenix Defence Maritime Division, “The Future of Australia’s Naval Shipbuilding Industry”, R­1 Wednesday 1 November 2006, Assistant Commissioner Paul Jevtovic, Australian Federal Police, “Recent Events in East Timor”, ADC Wednesday, 18 October 2006, Professor Harold Crouch, Department of Political and Social Change, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, “Challenges to Australia –Indonesia Relations”, R­1 Wednesday, 4 October 2006, Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd AO, Chief of Air Force, “An Overview of the RAAF: Challenges and Opportunities”, ADC Wednesday, 20 September 2006, Mr Bryce Hutchesson, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Affairs Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “Policy Responses to International Security Issues ­ A DFAT Perspective”, R­1 Wednesday, 9 August 2006, Major General Mike Hindmarsh, AM, CSC, Special Operations Commander, “Higher Command and the conduct of Combined and Joint Operations ­ A Special Forces Perspective”, ADC Wednesday, 19 July 2006, Major General Peter Williams, CMG, OBE, UK Army Retd, formally Head, NATO Military Liaison Mission, Moscow, “Russia – The Forgotten Pacific Power”, R­1 Wednesday, 5 July 2006, Mr Tony Pawson, Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, London, U.K., “Modern Day Intelligence Challenges”, ADC Wednesday, 5 July 2006, 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