Program - 2013
Registration with Refreshments
Welcoming Remarks
Keynote Speech
Representative of our Patron His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum
Opening Remarks
Major General Staff Pilot Mohammed Bin Suwaidan Saeed Al-Qamzi
Commander, UAE Air Force and Air Defence
Session One
Facing the Regional Challenges: Matching the Ends, Ways, and Means
Chaired by: Major General (Ret.) Khaled Abdullah Al Bu-Ainnain, Former Commander, UAE Air Force and Air Defence
09:25 – 09:45
Global Partnerships: Operational Benefits of Integration and Cooperation
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford
Chief of the Air Staff, UK Royal Air Force
09:45 – 10:05
Building a Robust Regional Integrated Air & Missile Defense: Setting the Stage for a Coordinated and Integrated Regional Force
Brigadier General Mohammed Murad Hasan al-Baloushi
Chief of Air Support Command, UAE Air Force and Air Defence
Panel Discussion
Networking Session with Refreshments
Session Two
Connecting the Future Battlespace: Achieving Cross-Domain Synergy
Chaired by: Jeffrey B. Kohler, Vice President, International Business Development, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
10:40 – 11:00
Combined Air and Maritime Operations
Lieutenant General John W. Hesterman
Commander, United States Air Forces Central Command, Southwest Asia
11:00 – 11:20
Air Power in Recent Operations
General Denis Mercier
Chief of Staff of the French Air Force
11:20 – 11:40
Integrating the Sensor Network for Sustained Joint COIN Operations
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt
Chief of the Pakistani Air Staff
Panel Discussion
Presentation of Gifts
Afternoon networking session with refreshments
Sessions Three
Preparing Future joint & Coalition Ready Airmen: Training and Equipping the Forc
Moderated by Steve Goldfein, Sector Vice President, Business Development, Electronic Systems Sector at Northrop Grumman Corporation
12:20 – 12:40
Coalition Burden Sharing: Examining NATO’s Smart Defense Strategy
Lieutenant General Pas quale Preziosa
Chief of Staff of the Italian Air Force
12:40 – 13:00
Multinational Training: Raising Airmen to Meet Future Airpower Requirements for Collective Response
General Akin Ozturk
Commander of the Turkish Air Force
13:00 – 13:20
Response Force Readiness: Preparing Airmen for Future Joint & Coalition Operations
Major General Henrik Dam
Chief of Tactical Air Command at the Royal Danish Air Force
Interactive Panel Discussion
Brief thank you statements by organizers and sponsor
Lunch
Speakers
Hear from the global leaders in air power
General
Charles Q. Brown, Jr. Chief of Staff,
United States
Air Force
Lieutenant General
J.D. (Dennis) Luyt Commander,
Royal Netherlands
Air Force
Major General Staff Pilot Ibrahim N. Al Alawi Commander,
UAE Air Force
& Air Defence
Lieutenant General
Al Meinzinger Commander,
Royal Canadian
Air Force
Air Marshal
Gerry Mayhew
CBE Deputy Commander (Operations),
Royal Air Force
Lieutenant General
Gregory Guillot Commander,
Ninth Air Force,
Southwest Asia, U.S.
General
Stéphane Mille Chief of Staff
of the French Air
and Space Force
Lieutenant General
Ingo Gerhartz Chief of the
German
Air Force
Air Commodore
Dave Paddison Commander,
Joint Task Force 633,
Royal Australian Air Force
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