Conference Program
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CONFERENCE CHAIRMEN: The Hon Jacques S Gansler
Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, University of Maryland and former Under Secretary for Defense Acquisition
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Mr Marc Lee
Chairman, Cityforum Ltd
Introduction to the conference
Mr Scott Key
President and COO, Jane's Information Group
OPENING SESSION: Challenges for 2009 and after
Opening Keynote Address
The Honorable Tina W Jonas
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense
The role and equipment of the military – lessons from experience in this decade
Major General Charles J Dunlap Jr
Deputy Judge Advocate General, US Air Force, Pentagon
Security policy - Lessons for the future from experience in this decade
Dr Kori Schake
Professor of International Security Studies, United States Military Academy, West Point and
Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, State Department
The budgetary future for US Defense - the implications for industry
Mr David Trachtenberg
Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
PANEL DISCUSSION - budgets, policies and equipment priorities
SESSION TWO: The defence industry in 2008-2012
Meeting US defense requirements
Setting the scene
The Hon Jacques S Gansler
Director, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, University of Maryland and former Under Secretary for Defense Acquisition
Keynote address: Is the industry able to meet US requirements swiftly, flexibly and economically?
The Honorable Delores M Etter
Professor, United States Naval Academy and former Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
What are the givens in US defense acquisition 2008-2012?
Dr Loren Thompson
Chief Operating Officer, Lexington Institute
The defense industry – capital markets analyses
Mr Byron Callan
Analyst, Aerospace, Defense Security Fund, Perella Weinberg Partners
PANEL DISCUSSION - acquisition, areas for growth, stability and decline, M&A, foreign companies in the US market
US defence in the wider world
Keynote Address:International trade - issues and solutions
Mr Frank Ruggiero
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade and Regional Security, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
What do European companies bring to US defense?
Mr Allan C. Cameron
Chairman and CEO, Thales North America Inc.
The future for international defense industry collaboration - a DoD assessment
Mr Gary Powell
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Industrial Policy), The Pentagon
Financing the defense industry - an internatioanl banker's perspective
Mr Richard Hooke
Head of Aerospace & Defence, Global Banking and Markets, Royal Bank of Scotland
US Defense business with its allies
Mr Kent Schneider
President and CEO, AFCEA
The United States in world markets – US industry priorities
Mr Jeremiah Gertler
Acting Vice President of International and Defense Affairs, Aerospace Industries Association
PANEL DISCUSSION - ITAR, the trade objectives of the US and other countries, government agendas
SESSION THREE: Geopolitics 2008-2012 - Impacts on the US and US impacts elsewhere
A world of ‘futures’ – what is likely?Mr Tate Nurkin
Jane's Strategic Advisory Services, Jane's Information Group
The Gulf and the paramount US interest in its security
Mr Mark Kimmitt
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, The Pentagon
Iraq, Afghanistan and their neighbours – lessons for the future
Dr Anthony Cordesman
Arleigh A Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
China 2008-2012 - an enigma
Dr Michael Pilsbury
Consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense
Russia - another enigma
Ms Olga Oliker
Senior International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation
Europe and the United States
Mr Thomas Valasek
Director of Foreign Policy and Defence, Centre for European Reform
Final Panel Discussion
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