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0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE renewal of their surface fleets?  Does the sheer volume of maritime security missions 0850 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: challenge the concept of a multi-mission OPV? How Vice Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval can we speed up reconfiguration to provide for a more Engineering, Brazilian flexible fleet structure?  What measures can be done to advance interoperability 0900 CORE NAVAL POWER CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM: and enhance the availability of open architecture systems THE TAMANDARE CLASS CORVET PROJECT that can easily be integrated into legacy platforms?  Brazil: a country of continental dimensions – overview of the Brazilian maritime context and main tasks 1100 HEADS OF DELEGATION PHOTOGRAPH  Enhancing naval land operations – outlining the role of artillery units, C2, Air Control and Anti-aircraft Defense, Special 1115 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING Operations, Amphibious Vehicles in the maritime domain 1145 CREATING A CAPABLE, VERSATILE NAVAL FORCE: AN  Addressing procurement plans and requirements for the ECUADORIAN PERSPECTIVE Development Programme, Marine Nuclear  Assessing procurement priorities and Plan Apolo to Programme, and the Tamandaré-class enhance the force’s patrolling capabilities to prevent  Obtaining full operational capability at speed illicit activities at sea  Deepening strategic partnerships with regional and  Examining the recent commissioning of the Isla San international counterparts Cristobal, Stan Patrol 5009 OPV  Mapping out the strategic vision of the future and  Consolidating regional cooperation to maximise security creating a navy permanently ready to act in the sea and of territorial waters and obstruct transnational crime in the internal waters, individually or jointly Darwin Jarrín Cisneros, Commander, Flag Officer Confirmed, Representative of the Commander, Ecuadorian Navy Brazilian Navy 1215 NAVAL COMBAT SYSTEMS EVOLUTION FOR MILITARY 0930 SUPPORTING HEMISPHERIC SECURITY VESSELS  Establishing enduring partnerships with naval forces in  KRONOS Dual Band radar C-X Latin America  KRONOS Power Shield L band radar  Enhancing interoperability and in support of combined  KRONOS Naval HP operations  NA30 S MK2 FCS  Providing security and stability in the maritime environment  DSS IRST  Developing an agile, lethal, and ready force capable of  SDR Naval radio competing across the full Spectrum of Competition  IAMD capabilities, CMS (evolution)  Establishing new concepts to compete at lower end of spectrum 1245 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN PARADIGMS IN  Creating asymmetric advantages with dynamic, THE NEW BUQUES ACCIÓN MARITIMA distributed Forces  Balancing proved systems with new developments  Providing ready naval forces to respond to crisis and  Fostering intercompany approaches to push synergies contingencies  System Engineering applied to the “ship” system Rear Admiral Sean S. Buck, Commander US Naval Forces  Expert tools to support shipbuilding management Southern Command / US Fourth Fleet, US Navy  SP Navy Logistic Support Approach aligned with Engineering and development 1000 HONDURAN LITTORAL WARFARE AND HIGH SPEED  F-110 definition and development paradigms: optimizing FORCE the hull and reducing signatures  Maximising efficiency of counter-narcotics operations  “Technology Niches” for specialised equipment through procurement of new near coastal patrol vessels Vice Admiral Manuel Antonio Martinez Ruiz, Director for (NCPV) with upgraded electro-optical infrared sensors Engineering and Naval Shipbuilding, Spanish Navy and diagnostic equipment  Outlining engagement in multinational training exercises 1315 NETWORKING LUNCH to combat international organized crime and illicit drug trafficking 1430 ANTICIPATED RENEWAL OF THE SURFACE FLEET:  Examining MIO, naval interceptors, and high speed VISION FOR 2025 Naval Force  Supporting Antarctic logistics  Explicating Honduran vision for development and  Outlining the renewal and acquisition of OPVs and light determining requirements to accelerate maneuverability of the surface fleet  Enhancing multi-mission modularity to project credible Captain Jose Jorge Fortin Aguilar, Chief of Naval Staff, naval power and retain high readiness for MIO Honduran Navy Rear Admiral David Burden, Director General of Materiel, Argentine Navy 1030 INDUSTRY LEADERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION  How can industry provide tailored solutions to the 1500 DEVELOPING SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITY operational requirements of Latin America?  Evaluating acquisition plans to reinforce capabilities  How can industry support Latin American shipyards on aerial search, rescue, and general patrol missions modernise existing platforms and move towards the capability

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 Improving and naval aviation to conduct SAR operations and improve situational awareness GROUP 1 GROUP 2  Enhancing interoperability by implementing modular THE ROLE OF AUVs IN FUTURE configurations and incorporating coast station specific WEAPONS SYSTEMS capabilities under the same management software SEARCH & RESCUE Can autonomous How can we upgrade  Advancing situational awareness through modernisation underwater vehicles unit lethality? Advancing of VTS systems augment the capability the kill-chain and  Integrating modular software and hardware components of surface warfare enhancing to manage sensor networks and correlate various inputs vessels? interoperability of naval architecture to a track fusion GROUP 3 Rear Admiral Ricardo Della Santa, Commander of Fleet, GROUP 4 POWER Uruguayan Navy SITUATIONAL GENERATION & AWARENESS PROPULSION How can we network 1530 GUARANTEEING SECURITY IN COASTAL WATERS How can mobility be sensors and intelligence  Safeguarding human life, the sovereignty of the State accelerated with minimum gathering assets to and natural resources signature? Should we support situational aim to decreasing fuel  Guaranteeing security and public order in jurisdictional awareness and agile consumption of the future waters and coastal areas, in strict adherence to the decision-making legal system surface combatant?  Providing state-of-the-art equipment that supports the GROUP 6 efforts made by the Staff of the National GROUP 5 MULTINATIONAL Service MULTI-MISSION OPERATIONS: Comisario Martin Arias Araya, Commander, Costa Rican MODULARITY & CHALLENGES Coast Guard COST-EFFECTIVE FLEET &OPPORTUNITIES STRUCTURE How can regional partners Does the sheer volume of 1600 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING improve interoperability maritime security missions for combined operations challenge the concept of 1630 INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS GROUPS against lower-intensity a multi-role vessel? What threats? These interactive discussion groups will provide the are the challenges of opportunity to debate the future landscape of naval reconfiguration? warfare. Each discussion group will be led by an expert who will guide attendees and facilitate the participation of the many experts and practitioners from both industry and the military who can share knowledge on the subject. 1730 DAY ONE CLOSING ADDRESS: CAPABILITIES OF THE Participants will be able to move between the discussion NAVAL INDUSTRY IN MEXICO  groups to refine their understanding of the given topics Capabilities and future plans of SEMAR  and reflect on their vision for future development of Construction with the private industry and indigenous maritime capability. shipbuilding  Development of intercepting patrols, coastal This discussion will: surveillance patrol vessels  Help delegates network with each other through  Ocean Surveillance Patrols. structured discussions on topics they have a shared  Long Range Oceanic Patrols. interest in  Examining the commissioning of the long-range patrol  Allow military to share their challenges and operational vessel Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance: POLA to be realities with each other and solution providers in industry used in international exercises, humanitarian missions  Give industry leaders critical insight into how in and territorial water protection the region see their key operational challenges  Help engagement between navies and industry in order Admiral José Antonio Sierra Rodríguez, Director of Naval to share solutions to the identified requirements Construction, At the end of the session the discussion leaders will feedback 1800 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS the key takeaway points in 2 minutes or less to the wider Vice Admiral Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval conference audience. Leaders are encouraged to contribute Engineering, Brazilian Navy to a meaningful outcome by providing a single page summary of the key of their discussion group. This will form part of the conference post-show report.

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0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE for the full spectrum of operations  Enhancing information exchange and communications 0850 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: systems for maritime interdiction operations Vice Admiral Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval  Retaining tactical advantage against the continuously Engineering, Brazilian Navy evolving technology used by drug traffickers  Upgrading the existing surface fleet – examining 0900 CURRENT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION INITIATIVES AND signature management and C2ISR for effective detection REQUIREMENTS of the adversary  Encouraging private industry engagement and naval  Modernising Large Patrol Vessels to create a construction in cooperation with Brazilian companies, persistently visible force according to Brazilian law and offset requirements Vice Admiral Carlos Ramos Pérez, Commander of the Naval  Outlining the main features of 500t Patrol Vessel Project Command of the Pacific, Guatemalan Navy  Overview of current projects: Tamandaré , NPaFlu, NPa500BR, Rio Branco class 1130 ENHANCING MARITIME CAPABILITY AND SECURITY  Improving manoeuvrability, enhacing propulsion OF TERRITORIAL WATERS: A TTDF PERSPECTIVE systems with feathering, decreasing fuel consumption  Examining current objectives, emerging requirements, and maintenance cost and ship design priorities  Enhancing maritime capability to improve EEZ vigilance,  Assessing the recent commissioning of coast patrol navigation safety, search and rescue, pollution control, vessels and interceptors to enhance defence against drug interdiction, smuggling and illegal fishing combat asymmetrical threats support to military operations  Outlining plans for the future decade and cooperation Confirmed Representative, epresentingR the Program with regional partners Office, Brazilian Navy Rear Admiral Hayden Pritchard, Chief of Defence Staff, 0930 REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERUVIAN NAVY FOR SPECIALIST Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force Pending Ministerial ASSETS TO FACE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES Approval  Improving the capability to operate efficiently in joint 1200 : MAINTAINING INTEGRITY OF and combined operations MARITIME BORDERS  Maintaining high readiness to perform MSO, counter-  Increasing manpower to reinforce maritime security terrorism missions, jungle and riverine operations and protection of industries and natural resources in against illicit activities territorial waters  Outlining the current structure of the Naval Forces and  Addressing challenges faced by the Belize Coast Guard emerging requirements for operations in the future decade in maintaining the integrity of maritime borders while  Examining indigenous shipbuilding and Offset agreements assisting in law enforcement efforts at sea for new projects and multi-role vessel program  Assessing strategic development and positioning of Rear Admiral Gonzalo Carrera Mazuelos, Director of Naval the Coast Guard over the medium and long-term as it Enlistment, Peruvian Navy actively participates in countering transnational crime 1000 BUILDING MARITIME CAPABILITY Captain Elton Bennett, Deputy Commandant, Belize Coast  Maintaining global presence through the T31e, T26 and Guard Subject to Final Confirmation OPV B2 1230 PANEL DISCUSSION: STRATEGIC LEADERS’ DEBATE  Delivering carrier strike capability and maintaining continuous at sea deterrent Leveraging the candour and experience of senior  Force Development priorities: amphibious readiness leadership to generate debate, share insight, and answer 2030+, theatre maritime support, carrier capability questions on the future of the surface fleet.  through maritime task groups What are the greatest threats you expect to see in the  Horizon scanning and S&T synchronization future operating environment?  Industrial experience and international collaboration to  What will the future surface combatant look like? What achieve desired results are the limits of multi-mission modularity?  Lessons learned from the Unmanned Warrior exercise  Will more capable future platforms allow for a reduced and roadmap for future capability development number of ships to meet levels of tasking which might well increase in the future? Commander Stuart Royston, Senior Naval Representative for  Will fewer ships limit a navy’s ability to have global reach the Americas, Department for International Trade, UK MoD notwithstanding the capabilities of individual vessels? 1030 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING  What sort of surface combatant force structure will navies be able to afford? 1100 NAV AL OPERATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG  How do you envision working with private industry to TRAFFICKING boost indigenous shipbuilding capability?  The current threat environment: combatting narcotics Moderator: trafficking, smuggling of merchandise, Illicit arms Vice Admiral Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval trafficking, trafficking in persons and Illegal migration, Engineering, Brazilian Navy border porosity, natural disasters  Developing fleet flexibility and multi-mission modularity 1300 NETWORKING LUNCH

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1400 ENGAGEMENT WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO BOOST  Enhancing transnational security by reinforcing high INDIGENOUS CAPABILITY readiness and rapid reaction capacity  Overview of EMGEPRON and its role in building the  What it takes to establish records: review of Operation Brazilian Navy’s indigenous shipbuilding capability Narco Arpillera and counter-narcotics missions  Designing OPV -500BR and the Basic Engineering  Evaluating capability gaps and the renewal of aging Riverine Patrol Ship maritime platforms  Examining design requirements for the hospital ship Prefecto Mayor Alejandro Paulo Annichini, Head of Naval Papa Francisco and the Tamandare-class corvette Material Department, Argentine Coast Guard  Enhancing the SICONTA tactical control system to allow greater scalability, picture compilation of more than 100 1630 NEW TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE F-110 targets, and interfaces with legacy equipment SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM: A CHALLENGE FOR THE Reserved for EMGEPRON INDUSTRY AND THE SPANISH NAVY  Addressing industry/shipyard engagement and 1430 NEW CAPABILITIES AND LATEST NAVAL procurement priorities for the mid and short-term CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS  Optimising the F-110 for operations in littoral waters  Overview of current capabilities  Procuring suite of sensors and weapons to enhance  Expansion of the Naval Arsenal: Building, maintenance performance in the presence of land masses and modernization of units  Integrating AAW and ASUW capabilities to reinforce  Advancing R&D and focusing on modernisation Sea Power Projection and defence against asymmetric  Examining development priorities: submarine units warfare threats (Angamos class), multipurpose ship, maritime patrol  Reviewing additional innovation aspects for the future boats frigate, including EW capability and cyber defence Rear Admiral Federico Javier Bravo de Rueda Delgado, Captain Manuel Aguirre Aldereguia, Head of Capability Executive Director, SIMA Peru Definition Plans Section, Spanish Navy

1500 SHIPYARD PANEL DISCUSSION 1700 SPACE-BASED MARITIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS:  What are your current engineering projects and future WHERE 3 GLOBAL COMMONS CONVERGE programmes to increase combat capability of your navy?  International stewardship of the maritime environment  Which technological developments are critical to future and its resources ship design?  Assessing the collaborative information environment in  Technology transfer as a driver for the procurer: Does the maritime domain consideration of systems and module capability  Addressing advancements in intelligence gathering outweigh hull design? using space and cyber assets  Enhancing situational awareness by incorporating more  Using space-based MSA for enhanced battlespace advanced acoustic sensor systems awareness and communication  Incorporating pre-outfitting according to infrastructure limitations Professor Guy Thomas, Director, C-SIGMA Centre Invited Panelists: EMGEPRON | ASMAR | COTECMAR | SIMA Peru | ASTINAVE 1730 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE DAY TWO 1530 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING Vice Admiral Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval Engineering, Brazilian Navy 1600 REINFORCING HIGH READINESS TO PERFORM SAR AND MIO

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0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE Conference attendees will be invited on a tour of the Amazonas-class Offshore Patrol Vessels. The tour is planned in close cooperation with the Brazilian Navy, and will offer participants an opportunity to draw insights about the technical characteristics of the vessel. The site-visit will be led by technical experts, who will reflect on operational experience and unveil a detailed account of the Brazilian Navy’s capabilities and assets. Set in an interactive environment, the site-visit will present an additional networking opportunity, allowing attendees to build or strengthen existing partnerships with Latin American Navies and gain a thorough understanding of Brazilian requirements and procurement procedures. The site-visit will be conducive to informal discussions and interactive learning, offering yet another opportunity to get out of the traditional conference layout! Transport to the Amazonas-class OPV from the hotel is included.

0900 PARTICIPANTS MEET IN THE HOTEL LOBBY 1230 CAMARADERIE LUNCH

0915 TRANSFER TO OPV FOR TOUR 1400 COACHES RETURN TO HOTEL

0945 GUEST ARRIVAL AND WELCOME BRIEFING 1430 END OF CONFERENCE

1015 TOUR OF OPV

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