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DAY ONE | 25 JUNE OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 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 Admiral Francisco Deiana, Former Director of Naval can we speed up reconfiguration to provide for a more Engineering, Brazilian Navy 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 Submarine Development Programme, Marine Nuclear Assessing procurement priorities and Plan Apolo to Programme, and the Tamandaré-class corvettes 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 Rear Admiral 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 frigates 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 www.asdevents.com - www.asdevents.com/event.asp?id=20332 DAY ONE | 25 JUNE OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES Improving maritime patrol aircraft 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 Coast Guard 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 navies 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, Mexican Navy 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. www.asdevents.com - www.asdevents.com/event.asp?id=20332 DAY TWO | 26 JUNE PLATFORM MODERNISATION AND SHIP DESIGN PRIORITIES 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
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