08.50 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

09.00 Keynote: Addressing The Future Naval Plans Of The Spanish Navy

• Spanish naval conceptual perspectives
• The implications on new programs including the Alvaro de Bazan frigate.

Rear Admiral Jose Antonio Ruesta Botella
Head of Plans & Policy Division
Spanish Navy

09.40 Keynote: The Navy’s Increasing Importance – How To Meet The Permanent Resource Pressure

• Reasons for the growing importance of the German Navy - challenges and limitations
• Prioritisation or specialisation?
• Effects on economy and a common European foreign policy - a personal view

Rear Admiral Karl-Wilhelm Ohlms
ACOS Logistics, Material and Armaments, Naval Staff
German MoD

10.50 Anti Piracy Operations: Operation Atalanta

• Analysing the success of Combined Task Force 150
• Feedback and Lessons Learned from operations in Africa
• Highlighting the naval interoperability and equipping challenges needed for future development

Rear Admiral Peter Hudson
Commander
EU NAVFOR

11.30 Trends In Current Naval Development

• How will navies respond to the changing political and economic landscape?
• How can navies react to emerging threats including piracy?

Professor Eric Grove
Director, Centre for International Security and War Studies
University of Salford

13.30 The Significance Of Naval Aviation In Shaping Future Naval Plans

• Overview of naval air power of NATO nations
• Highlighting the importance of naval aviation in the 21st century naval arena
• Detailing the future development plans of NATO

Commodore Niels Friis (DNK N)
Commander Maritime Air
NATO Northwood

14.10 Canada's Navy At 100

• Celebrating 100 years as a Navy
• Assessing current capabilities of the Canadian Navy
• Where the Canadian Navy is going over the coming decade

Captain Harry Harsch
Canadian Defence Attaché

15.20 The Future Development Of The Royal Navy

• Update on the progress of the key UK procurement initiatives including the CVF Project
• Overview of Astute class submarine development
• Highlighting the efforts to increase amphibious capabilities

Rear Admiral Chris Parry (ret'd)
Former Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
UK MoD

16.00 Assessing The Threat Of Piracy In Shaping Future Naval Plans

• Assessment of the current piracy threat
• Insight into its effect on procurement and operational development
• Highlighting the most significant developments to countering the piracy threat

Commander Mike Mason (ret’d)
International Relations Expert, Centre for Defence and International Studies, and Principal Consultant
Systems Consultant Services

16.40 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks

17.00 Close Of Day