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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Nov. 26, 2007
Table of Contents
- DAY ONE
- Registration & Coffee
- Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Bertel Heurlin, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security and Integration, University Of Copenhagen.
- Swedish Transformation and Regional Implications: Developing Capabilities to Meet Future Needs
- Creating smaller more focused and mission-oriented defence forces
- Current developments: mobilisation, supplementation and preparation
- Fostering readiness for wide range of missions in all kinds of operational environment
- Becoming an active contributor to the development of a joint EU crisis management capability
- Facing the challenges ahead and implications for regional cooperation
- Major General Michael Moore, Director, Development and Transformation, Ministry of Defense.
- A Perspective on Finnish Transformation Challenges and Responses
- Security challenges faced by Finland
- Transformation towards a national Network Enabled Defence (NED)
- Armed Forces in support of interagency departments to manage vital national functions
- Participation in international military crisis management
- Colonel Juha Pyykonen, Director, National Defence University, Finland.
- Morning Coffee
- Baltic Defence Transformation: the Latvian Perspective
- New defence concept and implementation of state defence policy
- Professionalization
- Role of National Guard
- Participation in international operations - Afganistan
- Latvian participation in NATO Response Force (NRF) and EU Battle Group (EU BG)
- Defence budget
- Security sector reform assistance to partner countries
- Cooperation with the Baltic States and the Nordic countries
- Didzis Nimants, Director, Ministry of Defence, Latvia.
- Adapting to a Changing Strategic Environment: Implementation of the New Estonian Force Structure
- Meeting NATO and EU requirements
- Enhanced participation and contributions to international peace support operations
- Role and nature of Nordic and Baltic cooperation
- Working towards the EU battlegroups
- Future prospects and regional strategy
- Christian-Marc Lifländer, Director, Policy Planning Department, Estonian Ministry of Defence.
- Networking Lunch
- Military Co-operation in the Baltic States
- Strategic rationale, framework and institutions
- Defence cooperation and cooperation in operations
- Common projects - past and present (BALTEDFCOL, BALTRON, BALTNET, BALTBAT)
- Patterns of commitment between Baltic and Nordic countries
- Future prospects
- Professor Arunas Molis, Acting Head of Political and Strategic Studies Department, Baltic Defence College.
- German Perspective on Transformation
- Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Harz, Division Chief, German Armed Forces Planning, Bundeswehr Transformation Centre.
- Afternoon Tea
- US Perspective of Nordic and Baltic Transformation
- Colonel Alex Portelli, Division Chief J5, United States European Command (EUCOM).
- Partnership Between the Public and Private Sectors
- Responding to today's challenges
- Regional trends
- The business world and administration co-operation
- Pools for co-ordinating practical work
- Mika Purhonen, Director General, National Emergency Supply Agency, Finland.
- Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- DAY TWO
- Registration and Coffee
- Chairman’s Opening Remarks
- Bertel Heurlin, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security and Integration, University Of Copenhagen.
- SPECIAL ADDRESS: New Forms of Nordic And Baltic Co-Operation: Planning and Strategic Considerations
- Radically altered threat picture
- Considerations: rapid pace of development, both in technology and in European society at large
- Emerging common approach to European security
- International crisis management: crisis-management operations of the United Nations, the European Union and NATO
- Achieving greater capabilities: rational for regional cooperation
- Practical issues and coping with commitments
- Cecilia Looström, Director, Department for Military Affairs, Ministry Of Defence.
- Fostering Baltic Sea Security
- Identified Risks and surveillance of the Baltic
- Energy security: Risk of remilitarisation of Baltic Sea
- Costal and Naval efforts: Perspective on current partnerships
- Learning from civic co-operations
- Procedures and technology to share available data
- Building cooperative arrangements
- Areas where increased co-operation is most urgently needed to improve security in the short-term and long-term
- Identification of requirements to ensure Baltic Security in the future
- Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad, Chief of Staff, Swedish Navy.
- Morning Coffee
- The Need for Multinational Air Force Co-operation
- Rational for deeper integration
- North Sea Co-operation
- Internationalisation
- Brigadier General Morten Klever, Chief of Air Operations Inspectorate, Royal Norwegian Air Force.
- Improving European Capabilities: the EDA Approach
- Why Europe should do better in defence
- How it can do better and invest in the right stuff
- Early results of EDA
- Dick Zandee, Head, Policy and Planning, European Defence Agency (EDA).
- Networking Lunch
- Transformation Priorities for the Lithuanian Armed Forces: Ensuring a Reliable Deterrence and Defence
- Interoperability with neighbours and partners
- Major international commitments of Lithuania
- Regional co-operation: Interoperability with Denmark
- Main requirements and ambitions
- Looking ahead: Lithuanian National Defence System (NDS) in
- Renatas Norkus, Undersecretary, Ministry of Defence, Lithuania.
- Nordic Battle Group (NBG)
- Framework and build-up
- Transforming policies into realities
- Nordic crisis management force (UN, OSCE, EU or NATO) from onwards
- Full operational readiness by the first half of
- Effect on future requirements within areas of defence activities
- The issue strategic transport and air transport
- Colonel Hakan Hedlund, Chief of Staff, Nordic Battle Group.
- Afternoon Tea
- NORDCAPS: Nordic Coordinated Arrangement for Peace Support
- Puprpose and scope of NORDCAPS
- NORDCAPS structure
- Close harmonization and coordination of the Nordic nation’s participation in international operations
- Benefits of Nordic defense Peace Support Operations cooperation
- Common security sector reform
- Regional capacity building and other kinds of military training (courses, training and exercises)
- Lieutenant Colonel Egil Nordli (NOR Army), Chief of Staff, NORDCAPS Planning Element.
- Supporting Critical Equipment
- Changing equipment procurement strategies to meet current and future needs
- Fostering greater cooperation in support of critical equipment
- Structural changes needed in defence administrations
- Gunnar Hult , Chief Scientist and Director of R&T , Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), Sweden.
- Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Conference
AbstractHow are Nordic and Baltic Defence Forces Transforming?
Nordic and Baltic countries are increasingly committed to international operations. Lead by a shift in thinking, transformation processes are being designed and deployed to make Nordic and Baltic forces more internationally interoperable and available.
As a result, a greater need and desire has emerged for regional co-operation in order to guarantee increased capabilities and security.
From Stockholm, Nordic and Baltic Transformation 2007 will investigates these processes, providing you with an full picture of regional developments and prospects.
Benefits from Attending:
- Gain an exclusive insight into the direction, scope and depth of Nordic and Baltic defence transformation
- Understand the long term defence planning and requirments for Sweden, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Germany
- Hear allied perspectives on Nordic Defence Transformation from EUCOM and Industry
- Review the changes in procurement strategies
- Understand regional cooperative procurement strategies to safeguard critical equipment
- Discuss the role Private Public Partnerships (PPP’s) might play in the future of regional defence procurement
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