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Past Events - 2009 Events
US Defense Conference 2009
Meeting Security Challenges
in the New Administration
Date: 4-5 May 2009
Region: Washington DC, USA
Description: The premier conference on US defence strategy and policy.
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Full conference detailsEvent Overview
The Obama Administration faces significant national security challenges: managing ongoing military operations in two remote theaters; staying vigilant against persistent, current threats; identifying and preparing for future threats; restoring and modernizing the armed forces; and accomplishing all of this amidst a serious economic downturn. As new political leaders grapple with this dangerous and unpredictable security environment, what should industry expect and how should industry respond to shifting trends in Department of Defense policies and programs?
Key themes
- Global flashpoints that will confront US leaders and how they may respond
- The defense priorities of the Obama Administration and the challenges of adapting US forces for a changing world
- Implications of the global economic crisis for defense priorities and programs
- The shape and size of the US defense budget under Obama: The implications of political change in a global economic downturn
- The defense industry in 2009-2013: Managing risk while supporting US defense requirements
Official IDEX Gulf Defence Conference 2009
Changing World: Emerging Threats and New Security Challenges
Date: 23 February 2009
Region: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Description: The Official IDEX 2009 Conference.
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Event Overview
The first decade of the 21st century is drawing to a close and the world faces a fast changing security environment. As stark, new challenges have emerged so too have older threats resurfaced. Recent strategic debate has emphasised the urgent need for change and for fresh approaches to enduring problems. The 2009 Gulf Defence Conference is designed to examine some of these newly identified trends while also taking a fresh look at some of the more intractable challenges.
Key themes
- Examination of the spectrum of emerging threats identified by international experts, include consideration of: the impact of climate change; growing water scarcity; potential vulnerabilities to cyber-attack; and the strategic implications of international organised crime
- A closer look at the latest trends in international terrorism, with particular consideration of its impact in the Gulf region and the differing approaches to implementing improved homeland security
- Security implications of Gulf nuclear energy programmes, including specific responses to possible nuclear accidents.
Past Events - 2008 Events
UK Defence Conference 2008
Delivering effective and affordable through life solutions to the front line
Date: 28 October 2008
Region: UK
Description: The premier conference on UK defence strategy and policy.
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Event Overview
This year's high-level authoritative conference will examined the most critical challenges and opportunities facing the defence industry in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America and elsewhere. It seeked to answer three critical questions: What are the new technology requirements in an era of uncertainty and asymmetry? Given the inexorable acceleration of change, how will defence procurement become agile and innovative, and still be affordable? Against this background, how will governments maintain the capability to deliver programmes.
Key themes
- Future conflicts and their technology requirements
- Securing innovation and agility - how do we refresh miltary capability through life and make agility affordable?
- The management of military programmes and developing Through Life Capability Management in the long term
What drives China's defence industry?
The drivers and implications of China's emerging
defence-industrial capability
Date: 23 September 2008
Region: UK
Description: A half-day Janes Industry briefing. Click here for full briefing details
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Event Overview
China's push to extend its strategic reach demands the rapid and extensive modernisation of its military forces. This requirement has seen investment in the armed forces increase hugely over the last 20 years, with little sign of slowing in the future. As a critical enabler of China's future military and economic strength, China's domestic defence industry is one of the key beneficiaries of China's rapidly growing defence budget both as a supplier to the PLA and as an emerging player in the export marketplace.
Key themes
- How changes to China's defence-industrial base are impacting China's ability to produce military equipment.
- What the future is for China's military exports; and where its key markets are likely to emerge.
- The key growth drivers and pressures in the defence budget.
- Short and longer term forecasts for overall spending and procurement spending.
- What will the implications be for the international defence community?
Official Eurosatory 2008 International Conference
Homeland Security in urban areas
Date: 18 June 2008
Region: France
Description: The offiical Eurosatory 2008 international conference on Homeland Security issues and developments.
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Event Overview
Homeland Security in urban areas is the theme of The Official Eurosatory Conference to held alongside Eurosatory 2008. Speakers from France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Spain and Canada will join in a wide-ranging debate over the difficult and demanding issues affecting governments and over the responses that are appropriate during critical incidents.
Key themes
- Detection and prevention of terrorist incidents
- Development of sufficiently robust critical national infrastructure
- How best to manage the consequences of attacks
- How to improve the links between the civil and military arms of government in securing the most effective response to incidents
Europe Defence Conference 2008
A five year assessment - policies, programmes, people
Date: 7 May 2008
Region: Germany
Description: The premier conference on European defence strategy and policy.
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Event Overview
The risks and threats in a volatile world are increasing and armed intervention may become a necessity rather than a choice. How is Europe responding at the national, EU and NATO levels? What are the equipment and manpower priorities? Will they be met? How will Europe work with its North American and Australian friends? What will be the effects of changed French Government views of the Atlantic relationship and what initiatives may France take in its forthcoming EU presidency? These are the key questions for this timely and topical conference.
Key themes
- What capabilities European states will require in the changing but uncertain circumstances of the next decade
- The role of industry in meeting acquisition requirements effectively and economically in the absence of any real common security and defence policy architecture
- The consequences for the security of Europe, the defence policies that follow in individual country, EU and NATO contexts and for European relationships with the United States and its friends elsewhere
US Defense Conference 2008
The outlook for policy and defense business under the next Presidency
Date: 22 April 2008
Region: USA
Description: The premier conference on US defence strategy and policy.
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Event Overview
After the most significant and wide open Election Campaign in many years, what will be the priorities of the next Administration and what will shape the future of the DoD, the four US fighting arms and the global defense industry which is so crucially dependent on the United States?
Key themes
- Challenges to the priorities for the next Administration
- Lessons from the period since 2001 and challenges for 2009 and after
- Is a cyclical downturn due or are the expenditure dynamics changing?
- The defense industry in 2008-2012 - meeting US defense requirements and US defense in the wider world
- Geopolitics 2008-2012 - impacts on the US and US impacts elsewhere – the Gulf, the wider Middle East, South Asia, Europe and the Pacific
Past Events - 2007 Events
UK Defence Conference 2007
How to cope with uncertainty - the immediate challenges for governments, the military and industry
Date: 10 September 2007
Region: UK
Description: The premier conference on UK defence strategy and policy.
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Event Overview
In 1990 the threats of today were not envisaged. Will this be equally true of the situation that will confront the world in the 2020s? Equipment lead times are long and acquisition processes complex and expensive. This forum, held as DSEi brings London into global focus, looks at how to avoid being wrong footed in the 2020s. Military and industry will focus jointly on the operational, acquisition and budgetary consequences of the increasing threats that stem from geopolitical trends, which will be highlighted by strategic thinkers drawn from a number of significant countries.
In the course of a highly authoritative day the conference will explore what needs to be done and when to produce the right balance of capabilities.
Key themes
- The Future of Warfare - What should be anticipated?
- Protecting Freedom of the Seas, Littorals and Choke Points if Globalisation breaks down
- After Iraq and Afghanistan - Dealing with Failed and Failing States
- Major Challenges - How to Avoid being Wrong Footed in 2020
US Defense Conference 2007
US Defense to 2008 and Beyond
Date: 1 May 2007
Region: US
Description: The premier conference on US defense strategy and policy.
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Event Overview
The DoD and the US military require innovation and improved management of performance in the current climate of financial stringency and operational overstretch. Jane’s and Cityforum will be addressing these challenges during the US Defense Conference. The conference will focus on two principal themes: Industry and Government and the Geopolitical Picture and US Policy Responses.
This essential event will not only highlight the capability requirements facing the U.S. military services, but will also provide critical analysis and insight into through life capability, clever procurement and best practice logistics.
Delegate Audience
A gathering of influential leaders and decision-makers from the defense industry, including:
- Senior executives responsible for, and who influence, strategy within defense companies (including CXO, VP, Director level)
- Senior policy, requirement and procurement officials from within defense ministries and governments
- Senior executives from research and development organisations
- Defense attaches
- Journalists and press from trade and national publications
Transforming the Defence of the Gulf States
Strategies ● Requirements ● Acquisitions
Date: 17 February 2007
Region: Middle East
Description: The official IDEX 2007 Conference
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Event Overview
The official IDEX 2007 Conference once again brought together the most senior speakers from both Arab and Western Countries to discuss important strategies, requirements and acquisitions in transforming the defence of the Gulf States. The conference provided a comprehensive examination of the most important defence policy developments facing the GCC armed forces and assessed the requirements that will be needed to meet these challenges.
Delegate Audience
- IDEX visitors and exhibitors
- MoD Staff and senior military personnel
- Government officials and defence policymakers
- Defence Industry executives seeking to understand the requirements of GCC countries
- Official IDEX delegations
Past Events - 2006 Events
ATC Maastricht 2006
Re-shaping ANS for the Twenty-First Century
Date: 14 – 16 February 2006
Region: Europe
Description: The World’s Leading ATC Conference
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Event Overview
The Maastricht ATC conference, now in its sixteenth year, brings together the key decision makers from the ATM industry from around the globe. The conference allows delegates to hear the views of the industry leaders – from ANSPs, government civil aviation departments, regulators, global safety organisations, airspace users, airports, military aircraft operators and all stakeholders – including controllers and pilots.
The conference examined the operational, technical, institutional and regulatory implications of global initiatives to provide safer and more efficient air navigation services for the future. It looked at the following issues:
- Airspace user requirements for the future ANS system
- Institutional and other obstacles to achieving global harmonisation
- Developing a commonly agreed future global ATM technology
- Improving ANSP performance – benchmarking, economics and regulation
- Role of smaller ANSPs within a global system
- Implementing appropriate safety management systems
- Future of ANSP regulation – safety and economics
- Implications of further ANSP commercialisation initiatives
- Changing the relationship between technology providers and ANSPs
- Speeding delivery time-scales
- Civil and military co-operation
- The role of airports
Delegate Audience
The conference is a meeting place for everyone involved in developing new aviation services over the next few years – but will have a particular resonance for:
- Air navigation service provider executives
- Regulators
- Aircraft operators – civil, military and business aircraft owners
- ATM system suppliers
- Government transport officials
- Military airspace planners
- Airport executives
- ATC controllers and pilots
- Aviation safety professionals
- Consultants
US Defense Industry Conference
Date: 18 May 2006
Region: USA
Description: The premier forum for the global defense industry
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Event Overview
The Defense Industry Conference in Washington will convene top industry executives and influential defense policy makers to debate some of the most pressing current issues surrounding US policy, the US in the Pacific region, NATO, the defense industry and market and the American Quadrennial Review.
But as the industry faces a time of change, is it ready to meet the new challenges and demands ahead? What is the forward path for US defense procurement? What are the policy objectives of the United States? And what are the changes to the budgets and programs?
Delegate Audience
• Senior defence industry leaders
• National and international defence organisations
• Advisers, analysts and consultants
• Academic institutions
• Media and public relations specialists
Less Lethal Weapons 2006
Life saving technologies and techniques
Date: 25 – 26 October 2006
Region: UK
Description: Jane’s Ninth Annual Less-Lethal Weapons Conference
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Event Overview
The conference covered a range of LLW techniques from Europe and the USA including low-light operations; empty-handed skills and tactical training. Case studies showing LLW usage in Iraqi crowd control and the G8 summit - as well as the lessons learnt when less-lethal use of force leads to unintentional death. Developments in technology from around the world were disclosed as well as specific research into unintentional discharges and rapid entry devices.
Through topical and informed presentations, an open discussion forum and by examining real life case studies, the Jane’s Ninth Annual Less-Lethal Weapons Conference will allow you to debate best practice and operational requirements, whilst highlighting new LLW progress, policy and technology.
Delegate Audience
This exclusive two day international conference has been created specifically for the following groups:
- Leaders and operational personnel from land, naval and air forces
- Managers from the Police Service and Security Organisations
- Humanitarian and civil liberties groups
- Technicians involved in Science and Research fields of LLWs
- Industry involved in producing LLWs, munitions and ancillary equipment
- Government policy makers
- Academics and medical associations
- Scientists
- Lawyers
- Manufacturers and suppliers
UK Defence Industry Conference 2006
Europe - Policies ● Budgets ● Markets
Date: 10 October 2006
Region: UK
Description: high ranking UK defence industry executives and senior government and military officials convene at this annual conference
Pricing
Each CD-ROM costs £250 (plus VAT at 17.5%). This is inclusive of postage and packing.
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Event Overview
This conference is designed to provide a critical analysis of European defence and of the prospects for those who supply it. The ministries of the European Union have neither collective vision nor individual budgets that are capable of shaping European provision, acquisition and the positions of defence industry suppliers. Can this situation change and can Europeans unite over defence policy and encourage innovation, competitiveness and efficiency among its defence contractors?
Delegate Audience
- Senior executives responsible for, and who influence, strategy within defence companies (including CXO, VP, Director level)
- Senior policy, requirement and procurement officials from within defence ministries and governments
- Senior executives from research and development organisations
- Defence attaches
- Journalists and press from trade and national publications
2005 Events
ATC Maastricht 2005
Building Trans-national ATM services
Date: 1 – 3 February 2005
Region: Europe
Description: The World’s Leading ATC Conference
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Event Overview
Now in its 15th year and widely recognised as the leading ATC/ATM conference in the world. This year's event will address the theme of how air navigation service providers, regulators and industry can move towards a truly regional - and eventually global - basis of providing ATM services.
This conference will bring together the key decision-makers from around the world to develop solutions to the problem of laying the foundations to a global ATM system.
Delegate Audience
The conference has been created to meet the needs of senior level decision makers in the global ATM/ATC industry.
- Chairmen, Presidents, CEO’s and Managing Directors
- Operations Directors
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Air Traffic Management Consultants
- General Managers
- Directors
- Heads of strategic planning
- Senior managers
- Marketing Directors
- Business Development Managers
Gulf Defence Conference 2005
The cauldron of Iraq: it’s implications for security and defence
Date: 12 February 2005
Region: Middle East
Description: The official IDEX 2005 Conference
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Event Overview
The Gulf Defence Conference 2005 once again brought together the most senior and expert speakers from both Arab and Western Countries to discuss important defence issues facing the Gulf. The Conference has been timed to coincide with the largest land-force exhibition of the year – IDEX 2005.
Organised by Jane’s on behalf of the General Exhibitions Corporation of Abu Dhabi (the organisers of IDEX 2005), this Conference offers a comprehensive examination of future challenges of the Armed forces of the GCC and assess the requirements that will be needed to meet these challenges.
The Conference will address specific areas of interest resulting from the Cauldron of Iraq and the Gulf Defence Conference encourages delegates to express their views in an open forum.
Delegate Audience
- IDEX 2005 delegations.
- IDEX 2005 exhibitors and attendees.
- Ministries of Defence.
- Government officials.
- Military personnel.
- Defence manufacturers seeking to understand the latest thinking on the region.
- Media.
Less Lethal Weapons 2005
Critical Incident Intervention including Less-Lethal Weapons in War and Peace
Date: 26 – 27 October2005
Region: UK
Description: Jane’s Eighth Annual Less-Lethal Weapons Conference
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Event Overview
Now in its seventh year, Jane's Less-Lethal Weapons Conference has become the key meeting place for leading international police, military, government and industry experts to address the legal, operational and technical issues and challenges that surround the deployment of Less-Lethal Weapons.
The conference provided a crucial forum to debate and discuss what tactical options should be considered and at the right time for the right reasons so that best practice could be identified and shared.
Delegate Audience
This exclusive two day international conference has been created specifically for the following groups:
- Leaders and operational personnel from land, naval and air forces
- Managers from the Police Service and Security Organisations
- Humanitarian and civil liberties groups
- Technicians involved in Science and Research fields of LLWs
- Industry involved in producing LLWs, munitions and ancillary equipment
- Government policy makers
- Academics and medical associations
- Scientists
- Lawyers
- Manufacturers and supplier