08:10 Chair’s Opening Address

NEW AND EMERGING THREATS

08:20 Analysing The Geopolitical Challenges In The Middle East: Identifying The Region’s Emerging Security Concerns

• Increase in terrorism threats from the state and non-state players including CBRN and ballistic attacks
• Crystal-balling the future of Iraq, Iran, Yemen and the rest of the Gulf and the security concerns
• The growing threats facing civilians and critical infrastructure

Dr. Christian Koch
Director of International Studies
Gulf Research Center

09:00 New Threats In South Asia And Their Implications On Worldwide Security

• The changing environment
• Home-grown insurgency and the rise of the “Kamakazi“ UAVs
• South Asia’s integrated air defence strategy

Major General Muniruzzaman
NDC, PSC, (RETD), President
Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS)

9:40 Proliferation Threat And Response

• Regional dynamics: political and military
• Emerging state and non-state WMD and missile capabilities
• Preventive measures and defense requirements

Honorable Robert Joseph
former Ambassador of the United States

INTEGRATED JOINT AIR DEFENCE COUNTRY BRIEFS

10:50 Integrated Air & Missile Defense: A Theater Strategic Implementation

• Building on current regional Air and Missile Defense capabilities
• Phased adaptive approach improvements

John M. Urias
Vice President - Programs & UAE SL-AMRAAM Capture Lead
Raytheon

11:30 COUNTRY BRIEF: Sri Lanka’s Coordinated Approach For Integrated Air Defence

• A coordinated approach by the army, navy, air force and police
• Top-level planning to ensure effective integration
• Operational roadmaps implemented by the tri-services to ensure full blanket protection

Air Vice Marshall Harsha Abeywickrama
Deputy Chief of Staff
Sri Lanka Air Force

12:10 The Emerging Threat: Leveraging Upper Tier To Bolster National Defence

• Upper tier’s role in Integrated Air and Missile Defense
• The lower and upper tier synchronisation and integration
• Shared early warning and battle space de-confliction

13:50 COUNTRY BRIEF: The Role Of The United States Air Defence Artillery School In Ensuring Integrated Joint Air Defence

• Training of soldiers and leaders to make rapid, clear-headed decisions
• Requirements for effective communication and instilling them in the doctrine
• Lessons learnt

Brigadier General Roger F. Mathews
Commandant
US Army Air Defense Artillery School

14:30 COUNTRY BRIEF: Netherlands’ Ground Based Air Defence Strategies

• Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) Air Defence current capabilities and structure (weapon systems and Command and Control)
• Deployment options in integrated coalition defence
• Netherlands’ GBAD strategies: requirements, acquisition priorities and future plans

Colonel Laurens Jobse
Commander
Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) Air Defence Command

FUNCTIONALITIES OF INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENCE

15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Gaining Interconnectivity And Interoperability Between Coalition Forces And Industry Organisations To Achieve A Blanket Protection Of The Air Space

• Identifying the processes to achieve interoperability
• How do you ensure your systems “talk” to each other? What are the limitations?
• Outlining the strategies and processes to overcome the challenges of the system

Moderator:

Mark Stoop
Strategic Consultant Air & Missile Defence, TNO Defence
Security and Safety

Panelists