CONFERENCE PROGRAMME RAeS Air Power Specialist Group RAeS AIR POWER CONFERENCE 2020- THE ROUTE TO AIR POWER 2040 MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2020 13:30 OPENING REMARKS Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society 13:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1 - INDUSTRY VIEW OF KEY ELEMENTS OF AIR POWER 2040 Speaker: Richard Franklin, Managing Director, Airbus Defence and Space in the UK Interviewer: Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society , 14:25 PANEL DISCUSSION - WHAT ELSE AND WHAT NEXT BEYOND TEMPEST/FCAS? Chair: Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society Panellist: BAE Systems Panellist: FCAS Ltd. Panellist: Leonardo Panellist: MBDA Panellist: Royal Air Force 1Gp 15:20 Networking Break 15:40 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2 - UK AS AN INTERNATIONAL PLAYER IN 2040 Speaker: Mark Goldsack CBE, Director UK Defence and Security Exports, Department for International Trade Interviewer: Dr Sophy Antrobus FRAeS, Post-Doctural Research Associate at the Freeman Air and Space Institute, King’s College London 16:35 CLOSING REMARKS Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society 16:45 CLOSE OF DAY ONE Proudly sponsored by: www.aerosociety.com/AP20 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME RAeS Air Power Specialist Group RAeS AIR POWER CONFERENCE 2020- THE ROUTE TO AIR POWER 2040 TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2020 13:30 OPENING REMARKS Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society 13:35 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3 - THE CHALLENGES FOR UK INDUSTRY TO DELIVERING AIR POWER 2040 Interviewer: Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society Speaker: TBC 14:35 PANEL DISCUSSION - ISR to be confirmed 15:30 Networking Break 15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION - WHAT PART WILL SPACE/HYPERSONICS PLAY IN AIR POWER 2040? WHAT WILL UK PART OF THAT BE? Chair: Wg Cdr Allen Antrobus, FRAeS, Key Account Manager, Military Space, Airbus Defence and Space Panellist: Dr Robert Bond, Head of Future Programmes, Reaction Engines Panellist: Dr Alice Bunn FRAeS, International Director, UK Space Agency Panellist: Liz Seward, Senior Space Strategist, Airbus Defence and Space Panellist: Air Vice Marshal Harv Smyth, Director Space, UK Ministry of Defence 16:20 Networking Break 16:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4 - AIR POWER 2040: REQUIREMENTS AND CHALLENGES, A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE Speaker: Lieutenant Gen Christian Badia, German Ministry of Defence, DG Interviewer: Air Marshal Sir Chrisopher Harper FRAeS, Managing Director, CH4C Global Ltd 17:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 5 - PROJECT ASTRA: WHAT ARE THE KEY TRANSFORMATIONS NEEDED TO PREPARE THE ROYAL AIR FORCE FOR AIR POWER 2040? Speaker: Air Marshal Andrew Turner CB CBE, Deputy Commander, RAF 18:00 CLOSING REMARKS Simon Henley FRAeS, Chair, Air Power Specialist Group, Royal Aeronautical Society 18:10 CLOSE OF DAY TWO Proudly sponsored by: www.aerosociety.com/AP20.