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5th-6th DECEMBER 2011 | THE MARRIOTT HOTEL, AMSTERDAM

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Major General Major General Major General (S) Attend the largest Jochen Both, (S) Christopher Barbara J. Commander, Bogdan, KC-46 Faulkenberry, bespoke military airlift European Air PEO and Deputy Director, Transport Program Director, J3/J4 Operations conference in Europe Command Aeronautical and Logistics, Systems Center AFRICOM Meet high-level CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN: representation from Wing Commander Andrew Brookes (Rtd), Director, The Air League Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR / ODYSSEY SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDES: DAWN Colonel Birame Diop, Officer in Gunnar Borch, General Manager, Command, Air Transport Section, NATO Airlift Management Participants are James Smith, Chief of Movement unrivalled in their Colonel Keith P. Boone, Control Section, United Nations Commander, Heavy Airlift Wing seniority and influence Brigadier General (R) Dimitrios across the international Colonel Christian Schmidt, Director, Petridis, Aviation Project Support Movement Coordination Centre Manager, NAMSA airlift community Europe Laurent Donnet, Project Officer in Colonel Jennifer Thompson, Chief Deployment, European Defence Hear first class presentations AMCC, NATO SHAPE Agency about the following projects, Colonel Bas Pellemans, Paulo Gastão Silva, Vice-President, programs and commands: Commanding Officer Eindhoven, KC-390 Programme, Embraer RNLAF KC-46; KC-390; AFRICOM; Damien Allard, A400M Market Senegalese Air Force; Heavy Lieutenant Colonel Juan García Development Manager, Airlift Wing; NATO Airlift Tutor, Management Section Leader, Airbus Military OCCAR A400M Programme Division Management Agency; A400M; Doug Brooks, President, NATO SHAPE; JAPCC; European Major Roger Efraimsen, NATO Airlift ISOA Defence Agency; NATO Staff Officer, JAPCC Maintenance & Supply Agency

PLUS, ON DECEMBER 7th: ATTEND THE POST-CONFERENCE SITE VISIT TO THE MCCE AND EATC AT EINDHOVEN AIR BASE

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08.30-08.50 12.25-13.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE The Movement Coordination Centre Europe • Activities at the MCCE • Harmonising cross-European airlift and aerial refuelling 08.50-09.00 • Improving aerial efficiencies and sharing assets among CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: member nations Wing Commander Andrew Brookes, Director, Colonel Christian Schmidt, Director, Movement The Air League Coordination Centre Europe

13.00-14.15 09.00-09.35 NETWORKING LUNCH SPONSORED BY OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Air Mobility Challenges During Operation ODYSSEY DAWN 14.15-14.50 Major General (S) Barbara J. Faulkenberry, Deputy NATO Airlift Management Agency; Support to the SAC Program • From idea to reality Director, USAFRICOM J3/J4 Operations and Logistics, USAF • Stand-up phase challenges • The sustainment phase SESSION 1: • NATO agency reform impact FUTURE PLANS, REQUIREMENTS AND ACQUISITON PART ONE • Lessons identified and the way ahead Gunnar Borch, General Manager, NATO Airlift Management Agency 09.35-10.10 Airlift Capacity in the African Union SESSION 3: LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS • Programme overview and the mission update • Assessing Africa’s national capabilities 14.50-15.25 • An overview of the African Stand-By Force Commercial Airlift Support to the Combat Zone Lieutenant General William Mortensen (R), Executive • Making these force’s airlift capacities efficient, rapid and Vice President, National Air Cargo relatively large • Future evolution – What will be the best scheme in the long 15.25-16.00 term? OCCAR-EA Management of the A400M Colonel Birame Diop, Officer in Command, Air • OCCAR, an organization for armaments cooperation • The A400M programme background and history Transport Section, Senegal AirForce • Current status of the A400M programme • What is coming next 10.10-10.45 Lieutenant Colonel Juan García Tutor, A400M IL-76: Value Saving Solutions for Cost-Cutting Times Programme Management Section Leader, OCCAR • IL-76 – versatile military airlifter A400M Programme Division • Key theatres within effective reach 16.00-16.30 • IL-76 = 35% traffic to Afghanistan AFTERNOON TEA SPONSORED BY • ISAF Supply bridge from EU to Afghanistan • Optimizing procurement processes 16.30-17.05 Azat Mulgimov, Commercial Director, The A400M as an Export Aircraft to Extra-European Markets • Strategy for taking the A400M into extra-European markets Aviacon Air Cargo • The marriage of requirements and Airbus products • The full air transport and air-to-air refueling product range and 10.45-11.15 where it applies MORNING COFFEE SPONSORED BY • A400M development and projected capabilities Damien Allard, A400M Market Development Manager, Airbus Military SESSION 2: MULTINATIONAL COOPERATION PART ONE 17.05-17.40 11.15-11.50 Avoiding a Future Crisis in Commercial Airlift Capability KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND • The often unacknowledged but significant and essential role Major General Jochen Both, Commander, European Air of commercial airlift • A sector under threat; an ageing fleet and financially Transport Command challenged airline sector • Established procurement mechanisms; are they actually 11.50-12.25 appropriate to meet future capacity needs? Strategic Airlift Capability: 12 Nations, 1 Vision, 1 Mission • The changing role of the broker; from intermediary to • Cooperative Operations – Is the SAC program a best practice programme manager • An uncertain future; the need for deeper strategic investment or a national panacea? and longer term thinking • Concept to Initial Operational Capability (FOC) – a discussion Shahe Ouzounian, Chief Operating Officer, Chapman of challenges and lessons-learned Freeborn • IOC to Full Operational Capability (FOC) – Tailwinds, Headwinds, Turbulence ahead 17.40-17.50 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF DAY ONE • 30 Year Program -- a post-FOC marathon Colonel Keith Boone, Commander, 17.50-19.20 Heavy Airlift Wing DRINKS RECEPTION SPONSORED BY

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08.30-08.50 12.25-13.00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE Ensuring Ethics and Standards in the Stability Operations Industry • Working with governments and international clients to ensure 08.50-09.00 a constructive partnership CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: • Providing a valuable forum for key firms to determine essential Wing Commander Andrew Brookes, Director, industry ethics and standards The Air League • Informing the concerned public about the activities and role of the industry SESSION 4: Doug Brooks, President, ISOA FUTURE PLANS, REQUIREMENTS AND ACQUISITON PART TWO

09.00-09.35 13.00-14.15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: KC-46 Program Update NETWORKING LUNCH • The KC-X Aerial Refueling Aircraft Request for Proposal: Securing value and exceptional AAR capability for USAF 14.15-14.50 • Procuring 18 operational KC-46 tankers by 2017 Ilyushin IL76TD-90 and Antonov AN124 Challenges in Strategic • What now for the KC-135? Airlift • A Vision for the Future: The KC-46 and AAR in 21st Century • Quiet European airspace and shortage of capacity theatres • Additional challenges facing air transportation Major General (S) Christopher Bogdan, KC-46 PEO and • What to do next? Program Director, Aeronautical Systems Center, USAF Dennis Gliznoutsa, Commercial Director, Volga Dnepr Airlines 09.35-10.10 The KC-390 Tactical Air Transport Program SESSION 6: MULTINATIONAL COOPERATION PART TWO • Program status and master schedule overview • Planned roles of the KC-390 in 14.50-15.25 • Aircraft highlights to address market needs AMCC Support to Current NATO Operations Paulo Gastão Silva, Vice-President, KC-390 Programme, • Operation Unified Protector Embraer • Evacuations across North Africa • Rapid reaction and tactical support • The strategic future 10.10-10.45 Targo ® Airlift Colonel Jennifer Thompson, Chief AMCC, • Targo ® is a new HMA - Helmet Mounted Avionics NATO SHAPE • The new technology opens new opportunities in the Airlift 15.25-16.00 world NAMSA: The Cost Effective Ways for Maintenance & Supply of • Facilitate precise movements, coordinate crew interaction Military Airlift Operations and manage all elements of your mission • FWA involvement & MRO & supply support • Affordable HUD replacement with all-aspect display and line • Unscheduled DLM & Battle Damage Repairs for C-130s and of sight capability major modifications for C-5, JSTARS and KC-135 Aircraft to Itai Orenstein, Marketing Director, HMS, Elbit Systems meet in-theatre requirements Aerospace • HELI involvement: Phased Inspections, DLM and fleet-wide modifications pre-deployment 10.45-11.15 • Western types and Mi -17 MORNING COFFEE SPONSORED BY Brigadier General (R) Dimitrios Petridis, Aviation Project Support Manager, NATO Maintenance and Supply SESSION 5: HUMANITARIAN, PRIVATE SECTOR AND MEDICAL Agency AIRLIFT OPERATIONS 16.00-16.30 11.15-11.50 AFTERNOON TEA SPONSORED BY United Nations Movement Control Section (Logistics Support Division) Scope of Operations 16.30-17.05 • Scope of operations and highlights 2010/2011 NATO Air Transport Capability: An Assessment • UN working with Troop/Police contributing countries • The increasing importance of AT to NATO’s modern • New Global Field Support Strategy for the Department of Field operational concept Support • Strategic and tactical AT requirements vs inventory • Field support including the Transportation and Movements • Command, control, co-ordination and information Integrated Control Centre (TMICC) management issues • Sudan operations and difficulties experienced in working in • Future AT considerations and challenges that environment Major Roger Efraimsen, NATO Airlift Staff Officer, James Smith, Chief of Movement Control Section, JAPCC United Nations 17.05-17.40 11.50-12.25 Maximising European Airlift Capabilities through Enhanced Tactical and Strategic Medical Airlift: A Civilian Experience for Cooperation Cost and Resource Effectiveness • Enhancing efficiency of European airlift using innovative • Overview of current Military Medical Airlift system concepts • Balancing cost and finite military medical airlift resources for • Why a European air transport fleet makes sense greatest mission effectiveness • Coordinating a European approach to future airlift • A civilian-military medical system, relieving the burden and Laurent Donnet, Project Officer in Deployment, focused on the specific needs of each nation European Defence Agency Robert Lamb, CEO, RMSI & Dr. Arnaud Derossi, Regional Medical Director, 17.40-17.50 International SOS CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

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On Wednesday 7th of December SITE VISIT TO THE MCCE AND THE EATC AT

EINDHOVEN AIR BASE EHV W E R E D I

Site Visit Itinerary: 09.30 Arrival and Refreshment Break 12.00 Group One at EATC; Group Two to MCCE Facilities 10.00 Opening Briefing and Welcome • Introduction to air mobility in RNLAF 13.00 Transfer from MCCE/EATC • (K)DC-1O cockpit update programs • International cooperation 13.15 Lunch at the Officer’s Mess Colonel Bas Pellemans, Commander, Eindhoven Air Base 14.00 Groups One and Two Combined Tour of Eindhoven Air Base 10.30 Refreshment Break 15.30 Refreshments in the Officer's Mess 10.45 Transfer to MCCE and EATC and Allocation of Groups 16.00 Return Coach to Amsterdam

11.00 Group One to MCCE Facilities; Group Two Groups 1 and 2 will be allocated during morning refreshments, subject to numbers. Times may change subject to refreshment requirements at EATC and tour lengths.

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