PROGRAMME MARITIME SECURITY: STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL AND INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION Monday 19 – Thursday 22 January 2009 953rd WILTON PARK CONFERENCE In partnership with the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies In association with and support from CNA With additional support from Department for Transport, Thales and Aegis Research and Intelligence Synopsis What is the evolving nature of risks and threats in the maritime environment? What are current gaps in the gathering, sharing and analysis of information concerning that environment, and how can those gaps be filled? How might bilateral, regional, and international legal frameworks for maritime security operations evolve? How can leading maritime powers and multinational organisations assist developing countries in building capacity for securing their coastal areas and Economic Exclusion Zones? MONDAY 19 JANUARY SETTING THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK 1430-1445 INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE Robert GRANT Programme Director, Wilton Park 1445-1630 1 MARITIME SECURITY IN THE WIDER CONTEXT What is the role of maritime security in the wider international security context? What is the changing nature of risks and threats in the maritime environment? How well are current policies, legal frameworks, inter-agency and international approaches, and military capabilities able to cope with these risks and threats? Chris TRELAWNY Head, Maritime Security Section, International Maritime Organisation, London Jan KOPERNICKI Vice President Shipping Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited. London Chris PARRY Strategic Forecaster 1630-1715 Tea and conference photograph 1715-1830 2 KEY ISSUES IN MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS What are the priorities in delivering effective maritime security – information technology, political co-operation or military capability? Is there a tension between ‘hi-tech’ and ‘affordable’ approaches to delivering maritime security? What lessons can be drawn from efforts to deal with the recent upsurge in piracy off the east coast of Africa? What are the longer term challenges affecting both the east and west coasts of Africa? In what ways can the role of regional approaches and organisations be strengthened? Magnus ADDICO Secretary General, Maritime Organisation for West & Central Africa, Abidjan Chantal POIRET Ambassador and Coordinator against Maritime Piracy, Foreign Ministry, Paris Rear Admiral Phil JONES Commander UK Maritime Force and Commander, EU Naval Force, Portsmouth 1900 Drinks reception 1930 Dinner TUESDAY 20 JANUARY ENHANCING CAPABILITY CHAIR: Michael CODNER, Director of Military Sciences, RUSI 0900-1030 3 DELIVERING EFFECTIVE MARITIME SURVEILLANCE: IMPROVE TRUST, BUILD CONFIDENCE AND IMPROVE THE PICTURE What are current gaps in the gathering, sharing and analysis of information concerning the maritime environment, and how can those gaps be filled? Vice Admiral Pim BEDET Deputy Commander, Allied Maritime Component Command, Northwood Captain George MCCARTHY Branch Head, Outreach and Coordination, Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness, Washington DC Rear Admiral Jean-Marie LHUISSIER Marketing and Sales Director - EU & NATO, Thales Naval Division, Brussels 1030-1100 Tea and coffee 1100-1230 4 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR MARITIME SECURITY: IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS What new legal measures could countries and international organisations potentially implement in order to allow for greater flexibility in the conduct of maritime security operations, including with regard to rule of engagement, operational concepts, and arrest and prosecution of criminal activity? Commodore Neil BROWN Director Naval Legal Services, Royal Navy Thomas WINKLER Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen 1230-1430 Lunch CHAIR: Lee WILLETT, Head , Maritime Studies Programme, RUSI 1430-1600 5 THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND THE AFRICAN CONTINENT: CASE STUDIES IN BUILDING DEVELOPING COUNTRY CAPACITY FOR MARITIME SECURITY What are the economic and security benefits to developing countries of building stronger capability for maritime security? What have programmes to help build maritime security capacity in developing countries achieved to date? How could they become more effective? In what ways could countries and organisations develop greater mult-lateral co- operation in this area? Captain Bertrand MOPIN Head of Department Operational Studies, French Navy Staff; Director, Chief of European Naval Staffs (CHENS) Maritime Co-operation in Africa Working Group, Paris Captain Skip LUSSIER Deputy Director for Africa Regional Engagement, Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Africa, Naples Commander Samuel KAME-DOMGUIA Strategic Planning Officer, African Union Peace and Security Council, Addis Ababa 1600-1630 Tea and coffee 1630-1830 6 INTRODUCTION OF BREAK-OUT GROUPS IN PLENARY SESSION followed by break- out group deliberations INSTRUMENTS FOR BUILDING PARTNER CAPACITY: DEVELOPING THE NORTH ATLANTIC COAST GUARD FORUM Rear Admiral Georg LÀRUSSON Director General, Icelandic Coast Guard, Reykjavik TACKLING FLAG STATE CONSENT Dave ROBERTSON and Rachel QUICK Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, London FILLING CAPABILITY GAPS What are the key capability gaps, such as lack of sufficient numbers of assets, and how can countries and organisations fill them? Stan WEEKS Spectrum Group, Alexandria 1900 Reception drinks 1930 Conference Dinner with After Dinner Speaker KEYNOTE ADDRESS Admiral Sir Mark STANHOPE Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy, and Commander, Allied Maritime Component Command, Northwood WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER IN PRACTICE CHAIR: Robert GRANT, Programme Director, Wilton Park 0900-1045 7 FRAMING AN EFFECTIVE MULTI-NATIONAL MILITARY RESPONSE FOR DELIVERING MARITIME SECURITY What have the major political and operational challenges been in carrying out multi-national maritime security operations under the auspices of NATO, the EU, and Combined Task Force 150? How well have these challenges been overcome? What additional steps could maritime powers and organisations take to build more effective military capability for maritime security operations, such as harmonising national naval responses to maritime security operations tasking, for example? Chris HOLTBY Deputy Head, Security Policy Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London Eric THOMPSON Director, International Affairs Group, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria Christophe PIPOLO Military and Security Adviser, Policy Planning Staff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris 1045-1115 Tea and coffee 1115-1300 8 INTER-AGENCY CO-OPERATION: WHAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING, WHAT ARE THE SHORTCOMINGS? At national levels, what are the different agencies with responsibility for maritime security? What frameworks do different nations use for enabling and ensuring co-operation between the different national agencies responsible for delivering maritime security? What challenges do such agencies face in improving co-operation in delivering maritime security? In international terms, what frameworks exist for enabling and ensuring co- operation between different national agencies? How do current examples of co-operation indicate what kinds of frameworks are required and how they might work? Tim MANHIRE Executive Director, Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre, Lisbon Rear Admiral (select) Chuck MICHEL Chief, Office of Maritime and International Law, United States Coast Guard, Washington DC Joshua HO Senior Fellow, Maritime Security Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore 1300-1500 Lunch CHAIR: Eric THOMPSON, Director, International Affairs Group, Center for Naval Analyses 1500-1645 9 MARITIME SECURITY AND GLOBAL TRADE How critical for global trade is confidence in maritime security? What are the potential ramifications for global trade if that confidence becomes fragile? Are there ways in which the shipping industry and national/multi-national authorities can work more closely together to bolster confidence in maritime security whilst ensuring the timely and efficient movement of goods? How feasible is for to move beyond national ‘frontiers’ and work towards building an international regime for supply chain security at sea? How can countries and maritime organisations work to close gaps between national approaches to securing the security both of the maritime traffic on which the global economy relies and of the wider use of the sea? Is it possible, for example, to achieve greater harmonisation of national approaches to military-commercial fleet relationships, and if so, how? Simon WEBB Director General, Office of Maritime and International Law, Department for Transport, London Dominick DONALD Chief Analyst, Aegis Research and Intelligence, London 1645-1715 Tea and coffee 1715-1745 10 BRIEF 5 MINUTE REPORTS FROM SESSION 6 BREAK-OUT GROUPS 1745-1900 11 A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS: DEFINING THE PRIORITY MEASURES TO TAKE FORWARD James BERGERON Political Advisor, Striking Force NATO, Naples Martin MURPHY Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington DC 1900 Bar 1930 Dinner THURSDAY 22 JANUARY 0915 Participants Depart .