08:10 Chair’s Opening Address

INTEGRATED COALITION AIR DEFENCE

08:20 MIDDLE EAST ROUNDTABLE: Considerations And Perspectives On Achieving Integrated Air Defence For The Region

• Vision and goals for an integrated air and missile defence umbrella: co-operation strategies for a common air picture
• How does this vision affect the requirements, acquisition priorities and guiding principles?
• Ensuring the compatibility of configuration and communication
• Roadmap on establishing an Air and Missile Defence Centre of Excellence for training and simulation exercises, and leadership cultivation

Roundtable participants include:

09:00 Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC)’s Joint Integrated Air And Missile Defence Study

• Aim and scope
• Current findings
• Proposed baseline

Colonel Jay R. Bickley, USAF
Branch Head Combat Air
Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC)

10:10 From Concept To A Fielded Capability: Effectively Developing And Deploying Your Air And Missile Defence Systems

• Focusing on all aspects of development from conceptualisation to integration of the system
• Identifying the gaps in existing systems and procedures and defining future improvements
• Applying the experiences from the Netherlands’ Armed Forces in joint integrated air and missile defence

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

10:50 COUNTRY BRIEF: Updates On Italy’s Joint Air And Missile Defence Approach

• Air and missile defence national policy and organisation
• Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence contribution: ongoing activities
• Role of modeling & simulation: national policy, testing activities and training opportunities
• Challenges ahead

Lieutenant Colonel Paolo Nuvoloni
Air & Missile Defence Section Chief
Italian Air Force General Staff

NEXT GENERATION AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS

11:30 Future Generation High-Precision Control Systems For Air Missiles

• New developments in high-precision guidance systems
• Digital control versus radar: understanding the effectiveness, scalability and commonality
• Leveraging on vision control: pros, cons and challenges of implementation

Dr. Saif A. Al-Hiddabi
Assistant Secretary General for Research, The Research Council of Oman and Associate Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Sultan Qaboos University

13:10 Unconventional Space-Based Early Warning Sensors And Ground-Based Missile Defence Systems

• Leveraging weather satellites for early warning and reconnaissance
• Other unconventional sensors and land-based interceptors that can be effectively utilised by missile defence systems
• Future technology for early warning sensors and interceptors

Professor Bhupendra Jasani
Expert in Military Applications of Outer Space
King’s College, London

13:50 Reviewing The Evolving Capabilities Of Unmanned Aviation Vehicles And Assessing Their Implications On The Global Air Defence Strategy

• Unmanned Aviation Vehicles (UAVs) as a threat
• Understanding the evolving capabilities of UAVs
• What are the key considerations when developing counter measures to fight against UAVs?

Dr. Mohammad Amin Al Jarrah
Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering
American University of Sharjah (AUS)

15:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: Evaluating Future Trends For Air Defence

• With non-traditional attack corridors expanding, what are the capabilities necessary to target unconventional weapons?
• Future joint and coalition air defence strategies for ensuring a full blanket protection
• Evaluating the next generation technology

Moderator

Professor Bhupendra Jasani
Expert in Military Applications of Outer Space
King’s College, London

Panelists