7th Congress on European Security and Defence www.euro-defence.eu Berliner Sicherheitskonferenz

2008: A Roadmap to a Security and Defence Union Political Initiatives and Procurement

10 - 11 November 2008

Berlin Congress Center (bcc) Alexanderstraße 11 (Alexanderplatz) 10178 Berlin

An Event of the Behörden Spiegel Group in Cooperation with Dr. Karl von Wogau MEP, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the

Supported by • European Commission, Brussels • European and Defence Security Assembly / Assembly of Western European Union, Paris • EPP-ED (EVP) Group in the European Parliament, Brussels • CDU/CSU-Group in the EPP-ED-Group in the European Parliament, Brussels • Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

In Coordination with • AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association (ASD), Brussels • Clausewitz-Gesellschaft e.V., Hamburg • Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V., • EuroDefense Deutschland, Bonn • European Organisation for Security (EOS), Brussels • European Security Foundation (ESF), Brussels • Kangaroo Group, Brussels • Security and Defence Agenda (SDA), Brussels

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Main Programme Jacques Barrot Dr. Karl von Wogau programme status: October 2008 ✔= confirmed Vice President European Chairman of the Prof. Dr. Commission and Subcommittee on Hans-Gert Pöttering Commissioner Security and Defen- President for Justice, Freedom and ce of the European European Parliament Security Parliament Monday, November 10th

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition Dr. Franz Josef Jung Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva Bogdan Klich Minister of Defence Deputy Prime Minister Minister of National 09.00 Welcome to the Congress Bulgaria Defence Poland R. Uwe Proll, Editor in Chief, Behörden Spiegel ✔ Brigadier General (ret.) Reimar Scherz, Conference Chairman ✔

Lieutenant General Vice Admiral Lieutenant General Hans-Otto Budde Wolfgang E. Nolting Klaus-Peter Stieglitz OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Chief of the Chief of the Chief of the 09.15 The Roadmap for European Security – how far, how fast? German Army German Navy German Air Force Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, Brussels ✔ th 09.45 Realization of the European Security and Defence Policy – Tuesday, November 11 current civil and military operations 08.00 Opening of the Exhibition Dr. Karl von Wogau MEP, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament and 08.45 Conference continued President of the Conference ✔ Brigadier General (ret.) Reimar Scherz, Conference Chairman ✔

10.15 Space as a Key-Enabler for European Security and Defence 08.50 Future Challenges for the Security and Defence Industry Dr. Reinhold Lutz, Senior Vice President Strategy and Andreas Hammer, Vice President and Head Strategic Business Development, EADS Astrium, /Paris ✔ Key Account Germany, EADS, München ✔

10.45 Coffee Break 09.15 The Bundeswehr – Forces in an ongoing Process of Modernization for NATO and EU Missions 11.30 Solidarity in Europe is not a one-way road Dr. Franz Josef Jung, Federal Minister of Defence, Germany, Berlin ✔ Dr. Meglena Plugtschieva, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia ✔ 09.45 Question and Answers Dr. Franz Josef Jung ✔ 12.00 Border Security – a crucial issue and HP's worldwide involvement✔ 10.00 Future Security & Defence Capabilities – Ingo Juraske, Vice President EMEA, Hewlett Packard the increasing importance of Optronics Ralf Klädtke, President and CEO, Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH ✔ 12.30 New Developments and Approaches to a European Defence Union Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the 10.30 Coffee Break European Parliament, Brussels ✔ 11.15 European Security & Defence Industries 13.00 Luncheon / Buffet ready for a common Security & Defence Market Erik Löwenadler, Executive Vice President, Saab, Stockholm ✔ 14.15 European Maritime Security Strategy Dr. Markus Hellenthal, CEO, Thales Deutschland, Stuttgart ✔ 11.45 EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROCUREMENT FORUM The Defence Package for the European Defence Market 14.45 Panel Session (Panels I-V) Chairman: Dr. Paul Weissenberg, Director, ✔ DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission, Brussels ✔ 16.30 Coffee Break Introduction: Ewald Angeli, Verticle Sector Manager MOD, Panasonic Panelists: 17.00 PARLIAMENTARIAN’ FORUM Jacques Cipriano, Vice President European Affairs, ✔ The Role of Parliaments in European Security and Defence Safran Group, Brussels ✔ Chairman: François Gayet, Secretary General ASD, Brussels Graham Watson MEP, Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Richard Hlavaty, Czech Defence and Security ✔ Democrats in the European Parliament, Brussels ✔ Industry Association (DSIA) ✔ Carlo Magrassi, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, Introduction: MEP, Brussels ✔ Panelists: European Defence Agency (EDA), Brussels ✔ MEP, Brussels ✔ Georges Peene, Deputy Director OCCAR-EA, Bonn Lord Roper, UK Parliament, House of Lords, London ✔ 13.00 Luncheon / Buffet Jörn Thießen, MP, Member of German Defence Committee, Berlin ✔ Robert Walter, MP UK, Chairman Defence Committee, 14.00 Panel Session (Panels VI-X) European Security and Defence Assembly / Assembly of WEU, Paris ✔ 15.45 Coffee Break 18.30 Political and Strategic Implications of Transatlantic Cooperation 16.00 NATIONAL MILITARY FORUM John Brooks, President, Northrop Grumman International, Inc Network Centric Operations – do we have the capabilities for NATO and the European Union? 19.00 Poland's Objectives in European Security & Defence ✔ Chairman: Bogdan Klich, Minister of National Defence, Poland, Warsaw Petra Heß, MP, Member of the German Defence Committee, Berlin ✔ 19.30 Reception Introduction: General (ret.) Harald Kujat, former Chief of Defence Germany and later Chairman of NATO Military Committee ✔ Brass Quintet of the German Air Force Band Berlin Panelists: 21.00 End of the first day LtGen Hans-Otto Budde, Chief of the German Army, Bonn ✔ ViceAdm Wolfgang E. Nolting, Chief of the German Navy, Bonn ✔ LtGen Klaus-Peter Stieglitz, Chief of the German Air Force, Bonn ✔ Sunday, November 09th 17.30 Closing Remarks 18:30 Reception Dr. Karl von Wogau MEP, President of the Conference ✔ 19:00 Note of the Host 21:00 End of Reception +++ SEPERATE REGISTRATION AND LIMITED PLACES +++ 7th Congress on www.euro-defence.eu European Security and Defence 2008: A Roadmap to a European 10 - 11 November 2008 Security and Defence Union Political Initiatives and Procurement Panel Programme programme status: October 2008 ✔= confirmed

Panel I Panel VI The further development of ESDP – The use of Space for the Security of Europe Do we need a European White Book? Chairman: Chairman: Dr. Paul Weissenberg, Director, DG Enterprise & Industry, Daniel Ducarme, MP, Belgium, Rapporteur ESDP, European Commission, Brussels ✔ WEU Assembly, Brussels ✔ Introduction: Introduction: François Gayet, Secretary General, ASD, Brussels ✔ Giles Merritt, Director of the Security & Panelists: Defence Agenda (SDA), Brussels ✔ Yannick d’Escatha, President CNES, Paris ✔ Panelists: Wolfgang Duerr, Vice President Security and Defence Dr. Annegret Bendiek, Deputy Director EU External Germany, EADS Astrium, Bremen ✔ Relations, SWP, Berlin ✔ Edward O’Hara, President Technology and Aerospace, Dr. Petros M. Kareklas, Permanent Secretary, Assembly of the Western European Union, Paris ✔ Cyprus Ministry of Defence, Nicosia ✔ Thomas Reiter, Member of Executive Board, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff MEP, Brussels DLR e.V., Cologne ✔ Christoph Raab, Managing Director, COPURA, Brussels ✔ Panel VII The future of UAVs/UASs Panel II European – transatlantic cooperation EU and NATO Cooperation – Chairman: Capabilities on the Ground and in C4I Carlo Magrassi, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, ✔ Chairman: European Defence Agency (EDA), Brussels Brigadier General Thomas Franz, J 6 and Chief CIS-Div, Introduction: German Joint Support Command, Rheinbach ✔ Nat F. Piscitelli, Director International Programs, ✔ Introduction: Northrop Grumman Corporation Dr. Andreas Groth, EDS Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf ✔ Panelists: Panelists: Nicolas Chamussy, Senior Vice President, ✔ Edgar Buckley, Senior Vice President, European Busi- EADS/MAS, Munich ness Development, Thales ✔ Jean François Coutris, Executive Vice President, Sagem✔ Klaus Kleffner, NATO IS, Brussels ✔ Défense Sécurité, Brussels Brigadier Reinhard Trischak, EU Military Staff, Brussels ✔ Brigadier General Wolf-Dietrich Kriesel, German Air Force Office, Cologne ✔ Luc Tytgat, European Commission, Brussels ✔ Panel III Panel VIII The European Research Programme Simulation and Training – with special focus on European Security Research Better spending and more efficiency Chairman: Chairman: Luigi Rebuffi, CEO, European Organization for Security Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger, Deputy (EOS), Brussels ✔ Commander Armed Forces Office, Bonn ✔ Introduction: Introduction: Marco Malacarne, European Commission, Ulrich Aderhold, Managing Director, DG Enterprise and Industry, Brussels ✔ CAE Elektronik GmbH, Germany, Stolberg ✔ Panelists: Panelists: Prof. Stephanie Anderson, University of Wyoming, USA ✔ BrigGen Richard Bolz, Commander German Army Erwin Bernhard, MOD GE, Directorate General Aviation School, Bückeburg ✔ of Armaments, Bonn ✔ Harald Görtz, BU Director Training and Simulation, Dr. MEP (GER), Brussels ✔ Thales Deutschland, Koblenz ✔ Richard Hlavaty, Czech Defence and Security Industry Alexander A. Litwinenko, CEO, Oh.D. DINAMIKA, Association (DSIA) ✔ Moscow ✔ NN, Diehl-BGT Colonel Peter Schütz, Director German Army Panel IV Warfighting Simulation Center, Wildflecken ✔ NATO Missile Defence and the Security in Europe Panel IX Chairman: Command and Control – Interoperable CIS – General (ret.) Harald Kujat, former Chief of Defence a prerequisite for joint and combined operations Germany and later Chairman NATO Military Committee✔ Chairman: Introduction: Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director NATO CIS Jiri Sedivy, Assistant Secretary General, NATO, Brussels ✔ Services Agency, SHAPE ✔ Panelists: Introduction: François Deneu, Head of Missile Defence Chris Darnell, Global Director NATO, HP ✔ Programmes, EADS Astrium, Les Mureaux ✔ Panelists: Richard Froh, Deputy Assistant Secretary General Sean Berg, EMEA, Defence and Public Security, Dell, for Armaments, NATO-IS, Brussels ✔ Frankfurt/M. ✔ Scott Harris, Head Europe, Lockheed Martin, Brussels ✔ Franz Peraus, Senior Vice President, EADS/DS ✔ Eckart von Klaeden, MP, Member of Brigadier General Klaus F. Veit, Deputy Director, Foreign Committee, Berlin ✔ Bundeswehr IT-Office, Koblenz ✔ Manuel Medina Ortega MEP (ESP), Brussels ✔ Dr. Jörg Kattein, rola Security Solutions GmbH, Panel V SPECIAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL Oberhausen ✔ Detlef Vohwinkel, SQS Software Quality Systems AG, Border Surveillance – Common and standardized Cologne European Equipment inevitable Chairman: Panel X Panagiotis Chinofotis, MP, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior, Greece, Athens ✔ Maritime Security – Introduction: Adequate forces and equipment for the right strategy BrigGen Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director Chairman: Frontex, Warsaw ✔ Rear Admiral Fernando Lista, Deputy Director General Panelists: EU Military Staff, Brussels ✔ General Ferenc Banfi, Head of the EU Border Assistance Introduction: Mission (EUBAM) to Moldava and Ukraine, Odessa ✔ Tim Mahon, Journalist, UK, Chaltenham ✔ Ingo Juraske, Vice President EMEA, Hewlett Packard ✔ Panelists: Evangelista Ladis, Hellenic Aircraft Industries, Athens ✔ Colonel (ret) Edward Walby, Northrop Grumman ✔ Peter Obermark, CEO, THALES Defence Deutschland ✔ Captain (N) Reinhard Wollowski, MOD GE, Naval Staff, Bonn ✔ 7th Congress on www.euro-defence.eu European Security and Defence 2008: A Roadmap to a European 10 - 11 November 2008 Security and Defence Union Berlin Congress Center Political Initiatives and Procurement

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