Conference Documentation: Air Mission Planning

Day 1

8:30

Registration & Coffee

9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Diego Ruiz Palmer, Special Advisor to the Secretary General for Economics and Security, NATO HQ

9:10

Mission Support - The Developing Challenge

Sean Bell, Director, VANGOVION LTD

9:50

Air Mission Planning from Airlift and AAR point of View

Colonel Giorgio Seravalle, Chief of Air Operations, Italian Air Force Staff

10:30

Morning Coffee

11:00

Close Air Support

Lieutenant Colonel Cory Jeffers, Commander, 13th ASOS

11:40

Air Mission Planning in Special Air Operations

Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Fernandez Shaw, Staff Officer, Spanish Airforce

12:20

Networking Lunch

13:20

Mission Planning in practice: Small Air Force Deployment

Lieutenant Colonel Jaroslav Mika, Deputy Wing Commander, 21st TAW, Caslav, Czech Air Force

14:00

Moving On – Adapting Command and Control

Air Commodore Paddy Teakle, Deputy Commander , NATO AEW&C Force Command, NATO

14:40

Afternoon Tea

15:50

How can we optimise Military Support Systems in a Multi- Force Air Operation

Colonel Reinhard Krell, Director, Movement Coordination Centre Europe

15:50

How can we optimise Military Support Systems in a Multi- Force Air Operation

Diego Ruiz Palmer, Special Advisor to the Secretary General for Economics and Security, NATO HQ

15:50

How can we optimise Military Support Systems in a Multi- Force Air Operation

Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Fernandez Shaw, Staff Officer, Spanish Airforce

16:50

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Day 2

8:30

Registration & Coffee

9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Sean Bell, Director, VANGOVION LTD

9:10

Air power strategy formulation and the power of disruptive red teaming

Brigadier General Holt, United States Deputy Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee , United States European Command (US EUCOM)

9:50

Does the Air Tasking Order support the way that air missions are conducted

George Onslow, Scientific Advisor, Air Warfare Centre, Royal Air Force

10:30

Morning Coffee

11:00

Movement Coordination Centre Europe

Colonel Reinhard Krell, Director, Movement Coordination Centre Europe

11:40

The Role of NSPA in Mission Planning of Airborne Platforms

Dimitrios Petridis, Programme Manager of the Aviation Support Programme Office, NATO Support Agency (NSPA)

12:20

Networking Lunch

13:20

Planning Contingent Operations

Wing Commander Nick Maxey, SO1 Airlift , Royal Air Force

14:00

Semi-Automated Decision Support for Operations in Time Compressed Environments

John Mahaffey, Senior Scientist, NATO C3 AGENCY

14:40

Afternoon Tea

15:10

Integration and certification of mission planning and post mission debrief/analysis tools

Squadron Leader Derek Reinhardt, Lead-In Fighter Capability Assurance Program – Resident Project Team , Royal Australian Air Force

15:40

The Increasing Operational Effectiveness and Flexibility while reducing the workload: Can a pan-European approach be implemented

George Onslow, Scientific Advisor, Air Warfare Centre, Royal Air Force

15:40

The Increasing Operational Effectiveness and Flexibility while reducing the workload: Can a pan-European approach be implemented

Colonel Giorgio Seravalle, Chief of Air Operations, Italian Air Force Staff

15:40

The Increasing Operational Effectiveness and Flexibility while reducing the workload: Can a pan-European approach be implemented

Dimitrios Petridis, Programme Manager of the Aviation Support Programme Office, NATO Support Agency (NSPA)

16:40

Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

In this 6th installment of the Annual Air Mission Planning Conference, the emphasis shall be on the expanding challenges facing defence and how there is a greater need for Mission Planning capability to advance to the next generation of defence requirements. Mission Planning has matured significantly from its early roots as a way to strategise missions and load them swiftly into a fighter jet, to the current need to enable seamless access to the Digital Battlespace, not only during the Planning Phase, but also throughout the mission and the post-flight debrief. However, this transformation into a vital component of coalition interoperability has not come without its challenges, specifically security, connectivity, and bandwidth. This conference will review the development of Mission Planning and look at the huge potential, and challenges, facing the next stage of development into Full Mission Support capability.