Conference Day One: Tuesday, 2nd February, 2010

The below is just a summary of sessions, for full details, please download the Event Brochure

MEETING THE CHALLENGE

08.45 Chairman's Welcome And Introduction To Day One

Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB, MC (R'td)
Visiting Professor in War Studies
King's College London

09.00 A British Perspective: Preparing Tomorrow's Capabilities While Fighting Today's Wars

Right Honourable James Arbuthnot
Chairman of the Defence Select Committee, House of Commons
UK Parliament

09.20 Examining The Future For Vehicles Procured As Urgent Operational Requirements

Major General Chris Wilson CB
CBE, Director (Battlespace Manoeuvre) and Master General of the Ordnance
UK MoD

09.40 Latest Developments In Systems Integration For Medium Weight Armoured Fighting Vehicles

David Leslie
Business Development Director UK
BAE Systems Global Combat Systems and Chairman CTAI

10.00 The Procurement Debate - Q&A Panel Discussion

Panellists Include:

Lieutenant General Antonio Gucciardino General Manager of the of the Procurement Agency for Land Systems Italian Army	Gerald Howarth MP Shadow Defence Minister UK Parliament
Right Honourable James Arbuthnot Chairman of the Defence Select Committee, House of Commons UK Parliament	Major General Chris Wilson CB CBE, Director (Battlespace Manoeuvre) and Master General of the Ordnance UK MoD

Stream A	Stream B
INCREASING SURVIVABILITY WITH INTEGRATED WEAPON SYSTEMS	DELIVERING REQUIREMENTS COST EFFECTIVELY
11.20 Delivering Real-Time Situational Awareness with the PILARw Gunshot Detection Systems (GDS) Fabrice Parodi Sales & Marketing Manager O1dB-Metravib	11.20 The UK Approach to Through Life Support Brigadier Martin Boswell Head of Through Life Support, DE&S UK MoD
11.40 Increase Survivability through the Use of Remote Controlled Weapon Systems Rune Werner Vice President Marketing & Sales Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace	11.40 Supporting & Maintaining the French Army's VBCI: An Innovative Partnership Approach Major Patrice Appourchaux Maintenance Programme Manager, VBCI French Army Materiel Command
12.00 Q&A Panel Session	12.00 Q&A Panel Session

UTILISING LESSONS LEARNED TO DRIVE PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENTS

14.20 Vehicle Survivability: Entering a New Era

David Hind
Managing Director
Force Protection Europe

14.40 Modernisation & Upgrade Requirements For The Indian Army

Major General Anukul Chandra (R'td)
Former Additional Director General Equipment Management
Indian Army Headquarters

15.00 Developments To The Lemur Remote Weapon Station Based On Operational Experience In Afghanistan

Michael Borén
Product Director, Direct Fire Systems, Land
BAE Systems Bofors AB

15.20 VBCI And ARAVIS In Service With The French Army: Lessons Learned

Gerald Lefebvre
Vice President Marketing & Sales Europe
Nexter

15.40 Q&A Panel Discussion

MAXIMISING OPERATIONAL EFFECT

17.00 Examine Challenges Of Materiel Readiness And Support In Current Operations

Brigadier General Hans-Joachim Fischer
Deputy Chief of Staff, Planning, Armaments and Logistics
German Army

17.20 From Prey To Hunter: A Revolution In Battlefield Defence Solutions

Admon Yehuda
Vice President, Land Platforms and Weapon Systems
Elbit Systems

17.40 Q&A Panel Discussion

18.20 Chairman's Summary And Closing Remarks

18.30 Evening Drinks Reception & Annual Gala Dinner