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Crisis in the Horn of Africa RAF Air Power Conference 2011 Air Power in an Age of Uncertainty 13-14 July 2011 Banqueting House, London Day One: 13 July 2011 0800 Registration, Refreshments and Display 0900 Conference Opening Remarks and Welcome Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence 0915 Session One: Delivering Reformed Defence Speaker: The Right Honourable Dr Liam Fox MP, Secretary of State for Defence, Ministry of Defence Discussion Session Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Services Institute Discussion Session 1045 Morning Tea and Coffee 1115 Session Two: The Industry Contribution Chair: Air Vice-Marshal Simon Bollom BSc CEng FRAES MIMech RAF, Director General Combat Air, Ministry of Defence Speakers: Chris Boardman, Managing Director, Military Air and Information, BAE Systems ‘The Future of the Air Sector’ Steve Wadey, Managing Director, MBDA ‘The Future of European Complex Weapons’ Royal United Services Institute 1 Mike Simpson, Head, Synthetic Training, Inzpire ‘Training Away Uncertainty’ Colin Paynter, Chief Executive Officer, Astrium Ltd ‘Ensuring and Assuring Access to Space’ Discussion Session 1245 Networking Lunch and Displays 1345 Session Three: International Co-operation Chair: Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, RUSI Speakers: Général d'Armée Aérienne Patrick de Rousiers, Inspecteur Général, Armée de l’Aire, France ‘Developing the Bilateral Partnership’ Lieutenant General Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik, Inspektur der Luftwaffe, German Air Force ‘Integrating Capabilities and Skills with Partner Nations (A Central European View)’ Major General Henrik Røboe Dam, Commander Tactical Air Command, Royal Danish Air Force 'International Corporation from a RDAF perspective' Discussion Session 1515 Afternoon Tea and Coffee 1545 Session Four: Delivering Air Power in the Current Operational Environment Chair: Major General Gordon Messenger DSO OBE ADC, Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Speakers: Commodore Paul Chivers, Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton, Royal Navy ‘Combining Air and Naval Power in Operation Unified Protector’ Royal United Services Institute 2 Brigadier General Glenn Walters USMC, Assistant Wing Commander, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, US Marine Corps ‘Integrating Indigenous and Coalition Air Assets in Support of USMC forces in Southern Afghanistan’ Brigadier Kevin Abraham, Director Force Development, British Army ‘Air, Space and Land Power: from Current Operations into the Future’ Discussion Session 1715 Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF, Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence Discussion Session 1800 Drinks Reception Royal United Services Institute 3 Day Two: 14 July 2011 0830 Registration 0900 Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: General Mark Welsh III, Commander, United States Air Forces in Europe ‘Partnering by Choice and Necessity’ Discussion Session 0930 Session Five: Debating the Future Environment Chair: Professor Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford Speakers: Howard Wheeldon, Senior Strategist, BGC Partners ‘The Continuing Impact of Financial Uncertainty’ Dr Tomas Ries, Senior Lecturer, National Swedish Defence College ‘Global Security Flows’ Dr Tarak Barkawi, Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge ‘Multiculturalism and UK Grand Strategy’ Discussion Session 1100 Morning Tea and Coffee 1130 Session Six: Austere Air Power in the Future Operating Environment Chair: Professor Phil Sabin, Professor of Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King’s College London Speakers: William Nye, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Office ‘The Formulation and Implications of the National Security Strategy’ Royal United Services Institute 4 Air Commodore Stu Evans, Director, Air Warfare Centre (desig) and former Director, Air and Space, Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Ministry of Defence ‘Future Operating Concepts (Joint)’ Air Commodore Edward Stringer, OP ELLAMY Air Contingent Commander and Head Joint Capability (desig), Ministry of Defence ‘Strategic Value of Air and Space Power in the 21st Century’ Discussion Session 1300 Closing Remarks Speaker: Air Marshal Dick Garwood CB CBE DFC MA RAF, Deputy Commander in Chief (Operations) RAF High Wycombe ‘An Operational Résumé’ 1315 Networking Lunch Royal United Services Institute 5 .
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