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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Dec. 4, 2006
Table of Contents
- Day 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Mr Paul Kennedy, Independant Consultant, Information Systems and Management Consultancy Services.
- 9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - NATO RESPONSE TO COUNTER-TERRORISM
- Procurement policies and programmes
- Policies
- Fiscal considerations and implications
- New requirements
- NATO counter-terrorism programmes
- Challenges encountered and way forward
- Mr Robert Bell, Former Assistant Secretary General, Defence Investment , SAIC.
- 9.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - RAPID NATO PROCUREMENT - THE LIMITED INTERIM NRF CIS (LINC)
- Procuring CIS equipment
- In-house development of prototypes
- Testing and demonstration
- Use of commercial-off-the-shelf products
- Rapid procurement with industry
- Deployment
- Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director, SHAPE J2 IMB.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 REACTING TO THE MODERN THREAT
- NATO's new capabilities
- Overview of the NRF
- Fiscal and budgetary considerations
- Common funding
- Challenges faced
- Enhanced Capability Criteria
- The future of the NRF
- Lieutenant Colonel Mark Payne, , NATO SHAPE.
- 11.40 DEFENCE ASPECTS OF TRANSFORMATION
- High-level initiatives for capability improvements
- Comprehensive political guidance
- Improving national and collective capabilities
- Optimisation of defence spending
- Mr Klaus Kleffner, Head, Defence Capabilities Section, NATO.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 ALTERNATIVE FINANCING STRUCTURES
- Off balance sheet capital procurements
- Use of innovative structured finance offset solutions
- Economic enhancement - aligning procurements with longer term objectives of all stakeholders
- Greater flexibility in mapping future procurements
- Mr Grant Rogan, Chief Executive Officer, Summit Corporate Services Limited.
- 2.30 NATO STANDARDISATION REQUIREMENTS
- Interoperability and standardisation within NATO
- Standardisation policies
- Role of standardisation within procurement
- Interoperability and standardisation
- Role of the NATO Standardisation Agency within procurement processes
- Ensuring desired capability is reached
- Mr Cesare Balducci, Deputy Director, NATO Standardisation Agency.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 FEEDING THE FORCES
- Case study of the Subsistence Prime Vendor program
- Program is responsible for delivering all of the food to the troops in Iraq
- Explores providing end-to-end supply chain support to ensure that the food is delivered in the right quantities and on time in a war time environment.
- Rear Admiral SC USN (Ret) Mark Young, Vice President, Strategic Planning, Agility.
- 4.20 EU - NATO PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES
- Benefits of NATO procurement on the EU
- Current relationship
- Alliance standards on interoperability procurement policies
- Enhancing defence capabilities
- Planning capabilities and core assets
- Future relationship
- Mr Ivan Kotek, Managing Director and Member of the Board, Ceskomoravska investoraka.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Mr Paul Kennedy, Independant Consultant, Information Systems and Management Consultancy Services
- Day 2
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Mr Paul Kennedy, Independant Consultant, Information Systems and Management Consultancy Services.
- 9.10 INFLUENCING NATO ARMANMENTS ACQUISITION
- A perspective from the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG)
- Role of NIAG
- How can Industry influence NATO programmes
- Challenges faced by NATO in developing capabilities
- Way forward
- Mr Richard Sladden, NIAG Staff Officer, NATO Headquarters.
- 9.50 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - ENHANCING ALLIANCE TRANSFORMATION - A US PERSPECTIVE
- Vision: Broad and sustained competitive advantage
- Strategic imperative
- New logic and metrics
- Technology opportunities
- Alternative architectures
- Mr Terry J Pudas, Acting Director, Department of Defence .
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 KEEPING NATO MILITARY EQUIPMENT WORKING
- A perspective from the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA)
- Role and mission of NAMSA
- New challenges
- Procurement policies and processes
- Future procurement initiatives
- Dr Bulent Tudes, Programme Manager, Operational Logistics Support Programme, NAMSA.
- 11.40 NATO PROCUREMENT AND PROGRAMMES
- Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) - acquisition effectiveness and efficiency in the context of NATO standards
- Current relationship
- TLCSM principles
- A Framework within NATO standardisation policy
- Acquisition Practices
- Managing In-Service Reliability & Maintainability (R&M)
- Integrated Systems Approach to Quality through the Life Cycle
- Dr Joseph Kranz, Defense Systems Management and Cost Analysis Defense Acquisition Resources Management (IDARM) Program, US Naval Post Grad School.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 TIPS as the answer to meeting NATO’s core capability
- Overview of the ACCS requirements
- Multinational participation
- Procurement process
- Challenges
- Benefits of common software and system implementation
- Way forward
- Mr Larry Harrell, , Northrop Grumman Corporation.
- 2.30 INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
- Analysing a way forward for procurement within NATO
- • Dusan Bevc, Head, Slovenian Defence Industries
- Dusan Bevc, Head, Slovenian Defence Industries
- Dr Joseph J Kranz, International Defense Acquisition Resources Management (IDARM) Program, US Naval Postgraduate School
- James Barkas, Managing Director, BNI Group
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 CASE STUDY - NATO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
- Analysing the situation in Afghanistan
- Dr Bulent Tudes, Programme Manager, Operational Logistics Support Programme, NAMSA.
- 4.20 INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE
- Benefits of commercial research and development in NATO and procurement
- Mr Dusan Bevc, President of Defence Industry Section, Defence Industry Section.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Mr Paul Kennedy, Independant Consultant, Information Systems and Management Consultancy Services
AbstractSMi's 5th Annual NATO Defence Procurement conference will assess NATO’s implementation of procurement programmes by providing an international forum for the presentation of studies, experiences and analyses. The conference will provide an interactive platform for reviewing NATO and national procurement case studies, obtaining industry views and develop recommendations on implementation procedures for streamlining future procurement and acquisition.
Key topics for consideration include changes in NATO procurement policies, budget requirements and considerations, assessment of past and present procurement programmes and projects for the improvement of military capabilities through future procurement programmes.
NATO leaders have set in motion an ambitious modernisation process focusing on improving military capabilities, welcoming new members and forging and strengthening relationships with partners. The importance of a ready and viable infrastructure is more vital to NATO now than ever before and the emphasis on high technology equipment makes NATO an attractive option for firms supplying a wide variety of products and services.
The conference will provide a platform for senior NATO representatives to network with representatives from industry, academic institutions and representatives of respected NATO research bodies.
Our prominent speaker panel includes:
- Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director, NATO CIS Services Agency
- Lieutenant Colonel Mark Payne, Secretary, NRF Co-ordination Group - Deployed Forces Co-ordination Group, NATO SHAPE
- Terry J. Pudas, Acting Director, Force Transformation, US Department of Defense
- Klaus Kleffner, Head, Defence Capabilities Section, NATO
- Richard Sladden, NIAG Staff Officer, NATO Industrial Advisory Group
- Dr. Bülent Tudes, Programme Manager, Operational Logistics Support Programme, NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency
- Cesare Balducci, Deputy Director, NATO Standardisation Agency
NATO Defence Procurement will allow delegates to:
- GAIN insight into the key aspects of NATO policy, procurement and capability requirements
- LEARN about negotiating contracts and bid sucessfully with NATO Agencies
- EXPLORE the developing interface between NATO and the EU
- REVIEW procurement programmes developed to improve NATO capabilities
- NETWORK with key decision-makers and identify future opportunities to work with NATO
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