Information in Warfare Conference 2016 9-10 February 2016 Church House, Westminster, London
PROGRAMME
Day One: Tuesday 9 February 2016 The Implications from SDSR for C4ISR
0830 Registration and Welcome Coffee
0915 Conference Welcome by Peter Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
0930 Keynote A – A View from Main Building
Chair: Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker: Air Marshal Philip Osborn, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, UK
1030 Session One: SDSR Outcome and Implications
Chair: Major General John Patterson, Director Capability, UK Joint Forces Command
Speakers: Air Commodore Nick Hay RAF, HoC C4ISTAR, UK Joint Forces Command
Brigadier David Evans RM, ACOS N6, Navy Command HQ
Air Commodore Chris Moore RAF, ACOS A6, HQ Air Command
Brigadier Greg Wilson, Head of Capability Command & Command Support, Army Headquarters
1200 Lunch
1330 Session Two: Theory and Reality – A Perspective from Full-Spectrum Operators
Chair: Michael Harwood, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speakers: Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence, UK
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Brigadier Tom Copinger-Symes, Commander 1, ISR Brigade
1500 Afternoon Tea
1530 Session Three: Enabling Integrated Operations
Chair: Major General (Retd) Bill Robins, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speakers: Major General Ivan Hooper, Director Operations, ISS, UK Joint Forces Command
Simon Fovargue MBE, Vice President and General Manager, UK Defence, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. CEO ATLAS Consortium
1700 Keynote B – A JFC Perspective
Chair: Peter Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker: General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, UK Joint Forces Command
1745 Conference Drinks Reception
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Day Two: Wednesday 10 February 2016 Information Age in Warfare in 20135
0830 Registration and Welcome Coffee
0915 Conference Welcome: Outline and Future Research Programme
0930 Keynote C – Political Perspectives
Chair: Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker: Philip Dunne MP, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence, UK
1015 Morning Coffee
1045 Session Four: EME/Future Internet
Chair: Ewan Lawson, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speakers: Major General Jim Hockenhull, Director Cyber Intelligence and Information Integration, UK Joint Forces Command
Steven Mason, Vice President Advanced Cyber Solutions, L-3 TRL Technology
1200 Lunch Sponsored by
1315 Session Five: Disruption and Organisational Implications
Chair: Neil Couch, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker: Andrew Payne, Defence Consultant and co-author of RUSI paper ‘ISR in 2035 and beyond”
Susanna Mason, Director General Defence Exports and Commercial Strategy, Ministry of
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Defence, UK
1430 Afternoon Tea
1500 Session Six: The Debate – Sovereignty and the Mil-Industry Relationship Going Forward
Chair: The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, Senior Associate Fellow, Royal Unites Services Institute
Speakers: To be confirmed
1600 Closing Remarks
Chair: Peter Roberts, Senior Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
Speaker: Air Marshal Philip Osborn, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence, UK
1630 Conference Close
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