Programme for Day 1 Programme Day 2 Programme Day 3

Tuesday 21 April 2009 Air Power in Strategy and Strategy in Air Power

08.30 Registration & Coffee - sponsored by Marshall Aerospace

SESSION 1: AIR POWER IN STRATEGY
09.00



09.15
Welcome and Introduction
David Rowland, President, Royal Aeronautical Society
Keith Mans, Chief Executive, Royal Aeronautical Society


Keynote speech: Air Power – An Essential Component of Military Defence
ACM Sir Glenn Torpy GCB CBE, Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence

SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC REQUIREMENT
Chairman: Sir Kevin Tebbit, Chairman, Finmeccanica UK
09.45


10.05


10.25


10.40

11.00
1 The Strategic Context
Prof Michael Clarke, Director, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies


2 Air Power in Defence Strategy
Sir Brian Burridge, Chairman, Air Power Group, Royal Aeronautical Society


3 Legal Considerations & International Legitimacy
Cdre Neil Brown, Director, Naval Legal Services


Panel Discussion

Coffee & networking break - sponsored by Marshall Aerospace

SESSION 3: DELIVERING THE STRATEGIC REQUIREMENT
Chairman: Sir Brian Burridge, Chairman, Air Power Group, Royal Aeronautical Society
11.30


11.50


12.10

12.30
4 Strategic Planning – Certainty versus Uncertainty
AVM Tim Anderson, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence


5 Air Power Strategy: A Missing Link
Air Cdre Paul Colley OBE, Head of Joint Doctrine, Air and Space, UK MoD Development, Doctrine and Concepts Centre


Panel Discussion

Networking Lunch

SESSION 4: A STRATEGY FOR AIR POWER
13.50


14.20


14.40


15.00


15.20

15.50
Keynote speech
Quentin Davies MP, Minister for Defence, Equipment & Support, Ministry of Defence


6 Defence Budgets: Trouble Ahead?
Keith Hartley, Emeritus Professor, Director, Centre for Defence Economics, University of York


7 Delivering Capability
Lt Gen Andrew Figgures CB CBE, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Equipment Capability, Ministry of Defence


8 Meeting Customer Demands
Dr William Alvin Wilby, Senior Vice President, Battlespace Protection & Awareness, Selex Galileo


Panel Discussion

Tea & networking break - sponsored by Marshall Aerospace

16.20


16.50


17.00
Keynote speech: Delivering the Effect
AM Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE, Chief Joint Operations


Concluding Remarks
Sir Brian Burridge, Chairman of the Air Power Group, Royal Aeronautical Society


Welcome Reception - sponsored by Finmeccanica




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