7th Congress on European Security and Defence www.euro-defence.euBerliner Sicherheitskonferenz

2008: A Roadmap to a Security and Defence UnionPolitical Initiatives and Procurement

10 - 11 November 2008

Berlin Congress Center (bcc)Alexanderstraße 11 (Alexanderplatz)

10178 Berlin

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An Event of the Behörden Spiegel Group in Cooperation with Dr. Karl von Wogau, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament

Supported by • European Commission, Brussels• EPP-ED (EVP) Group in the European Parliament, Brussels

In Coordination with• AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association (ASD), Brussels• Clausewitz-Gesellschaft e.V., Hamburg• Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V., Bonn• EuroDefense Deutschland, Bonn• European Organization for Security (EOS), Brussels• European Security and Defence Assembly / Assembly of the Western European Union, Paris• European Security Foundation (ESF), Brussels• Kangaroo Group, Brussels• Security and Defence Agenda (SDA), Brussels

programme status: August 2008

Congress-Languages: English/German – Simultaneous Translation

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Monday, November 10th

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition

09.00 Welcome to the CongressR. Uwe Proll, Editor in Chief, Behörden Spiegel ✔Dr. Karl von Wogau, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security andDefence of the European Parliament and President of the Conference ✔Brigadier General (ret.) Reimar Scherz, Conference Chairman ✔

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE09.15 European Security & Defence Union –

Perspectives after Lisbon and DublinProf. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, Brussels ✔

09.45 The Roadmap for European Security – how far, how fast?Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, Brussels ✔

10.15 Key Note Speech European Industry NN

10.45 Coffee Break

11.15 Solidarity in Europe is not a one-way roadDr. Meglena Plugtschieva, Deputy PrimeMinister, Republic of Bulgaria, Sofia ✔

11.45 EULEX and the Future of the Kosovo Pieter Feith, EU Special Representative in Kosovo, Pristina

12.15 Border Security – a crucial issue and HP's worldwide involvementIngo Juraske, Vice President EMEA, Hewlett Packard, Berlin ✔

12.45 Luncheon / Buffet

14.15 Political and Strategic Implications of Transatlantic CooperationNN, Northrop Grumman

14.45 Panel Session (Panels I-V)

16.30 Coffee Break

17.00 PARLIAMENTARIAN FORUMThe Role of the European Parliament in Security and DefenceChairman: Graham Watson MEP, Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament, Brussels ✔Introduction: Elmar Brok MEP, Brussels ✔Panelists: Angelika Beer MEP, Brussels ✔Lord John Francis Hodgess Roper, UK Parliament, House of Lords, London ✔Jörn Thießen, MP, Member of German Defence Committee, Berlin ✔Robert Walter, MP UK, Chairman Defence Committee, European Security and Defence Assembly / Assembly of the WEU, Paris ✔

18.30 Key Note Speech Industry Louis Gallois, CEO, EADS, Paris

19.00 Dinner SpeechNN

19.30 Reception

21.00 End of the first day

Tuesday, November 11th

08.00 Opening of the Exhibition

08.30 Conference continuedBrigadier General (ret.) Reimar Scherz, Conference Chairman

08.35 Future Challenges for the Security and Defence IndustryAndreas Hammer, Vice President and HeadKey Account Germany, EADS, München ✔

09.00 MINISTER FORUMThe Bundeswehr – Forces in permanent modernization for NATO and EU MissionsDr. Franz Josef Jung, Federal Minister of Defence, Germany, Berlin ✔

09.25 Poland's Objectives in European Security & DefenceBogdan Klich, Minister of National Defence, Poland, Warsaw ✔

09.50 The European Neighbourhood Policy - making Europe more secureBenita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commission, Commissioner forExternal Relations and European Neighbourhood, Brussels ✔

10.15 Q&A-PeriodDr. Franz Josef Jung, Bogdan Klich, Benita Ferrero-Waldner ✔Chairman:Dr. Karl von Wogau, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the European Parliament ✔

10.45 Coffee Break

11.15 European Security & Defence Industries ready for a common Security & Defence MarketÅke Svenson, CEO Saab ✔

11.45 EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROCUREMENT FORUMThe Defence Package for the European Defence MarketChairman: Dr. Paul Weissenberg, Director, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission, Brussels ✔Introduction: Dr. Markus Hellenthal, CEO, Thales Germany, Siegburg ✔Panelists:Carlo Magrassi, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, European Defence Agency (EDA), Brussels ✔IGA Patrick Bellouard, OCCAR-EA Director, Bonn ✔François Gayet, Secretary General ASD, Brussels ✔Jindrich Ploch, General Director, LOM Praha, PragueNN, Industry

13.00 Luncheon / Buffet

14.00 Panel Session (Panels VI - X)

15.45 Coffee Break

16.00 NATIONAL MILITARY FORUMNetwork Centric Operations – do we have the capabilities for NATO and the European Union?Chairman:Petra Heß, MP, Member of the German Defence Committee, Berlin ✔Introduction: General (ret.) Harald Kujat, former Chief of DefenceGermany and later Chairman of NATO Military Committee, Berlin ✔Panelists:LtGen Hans-Otto Budde, Chief of the German Army, Bonn ✔ViceAdm Wolfgang E. Nolting, Chief of the German Navy, Bonn ✔LtGen Klaus-Peter Stieglitz, Chief of the German Air Force, Bonn ✔

17.30 Closing RemarksDr. Karl von Wogau, President of the Conference ✔

Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert PötteringPresident European Parliament

Dr. Franz Josef JungMinister of Defence Germany

Benita Ferrero-WaldnerCommissioner for External Relations

Vice AdmiralWolfgang E. NoltingChief of the GermanNavy

Lieutenant GeneralKlaus-Peter StieglitzChief of the German Air Force

Lieutenant GeneralHans-Otto BuddeChief of the German Army

Key Note Speakers 2008

Sunday, November 09th

18:30 Reception

19:00 Note of the Host

21:00 End of Reception +++ SEPERATE REGISTRATION AND LIMITED PLACES +++

Dr. Meglena PlugtschievaDeputy Prime MinisterBulgaria

Bogdan KlichMinister of National Defence Poland

Jacques BarrotVice President andCommissioner for Justice, Freedomand Security

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Panel I

The further development of the ESDP – Do we need a European White Book?Chairman:Helmut Kuhne MEP (GER), Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Brussels ✔Introduction:Giles Merritt, Director of the Security & Defence Agenda (SDA), Brussels ✔Panelists:Anna Gomez MEP (POR), Brussels ✔Dr. Petros M. Kareklas, Permanent Secretary, Cyprus Ministry of Defence, Nicosia ✔Jean Claude Mallet, Conseiller d’Etat, ParisChristoph Raab, COPURA, Brussels ✔Helga Schmid, Director Policy, EU-Council, Brussels

Panel II

EU and NATO Cooperation –Capabilities on the Ground and in C4IChairman:Rear Admiral Fernando Lista, Chairman EUMC Working Group, BrusselsIntroduction:Dr. Andreas Groth, EDS Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf ✔Panelists:Klaus Kleffner, NATO IS, Brussels ✔Brigadier Reinhard Trischak, EU-Military Staff, Brussels ✔NN, Thales NN, Industry

Panel III

The European Research Programmewith special focus on European Security ResearchChairman:Luigi Rebuffi, European Organization for Security (EOS),Brussels ✔Introduction:Marco Malacarne, European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, Brussels ✔Panelists:MinDirig Erwin Bernhard, MOD GE, Directorate Generalof Armament, BonnDr. Christian Ehler MEP, Brussels ✔Richard Hlavaty, Czech Defence and Security IndustryAssociation (DSIA) ✔Prof. Stephanie Anderson, University of Wyoming, USA ✔NN, SAFRANNN, Industry

Panel IV

NATO Missile Defence and the Security in EuropeChairman:General (ret.) Harald Kujat, former Chief of Defence Germany and later Chairman NATO Military Committee✔Introduction:Jiri Sedivy, Assistant Secretary General, NATO, Brussels ✔Panelists: Eckart von Klaeden, MP, Member of Foreign Committee, Berlin ✔Manuel Medina Ortega MEP (ESP), Brussels ✔Richard Froh, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Armaments, NATO-IS, Brussels ✔NN, Lockheed MartinNN, Industry

Panel V SPECIAL HIGH-LEVEL PANEL

Border Surveillance – Common and standardized European Equipment inevitableChairman:Panagiotis Chinofotis, Deputy Minister, Ministry of the Interior, Greece, Athens ✔Introduction:BrigGen Ilkka Laitinen, Executive Director Frontex, WarsawPanelists:General Ferenc Banfi, Head of the European Border Assi-stance Mission (EUBAM) in Moldavia and Ukraine, OdessaIvan Gavrilov Ivanow, Deputy Minister of Defence, Bulgaria, SofiaFrantisek Padelek, Deputy Minister of Defence, Czech Republic, PraqueIngo Juraske, Vice President EMEA, Hewlett Packard,Berlin ✔NN, Industry

Panel VI

The use of Space for the Security of EuropeChairman:Dr. Paul Weissenberg, Director, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission, Brussels ✔Introduction:François Gayet, Secretary General, ASD, Brussels ✔Panelists:Yannick d’Escatha, President CNES, Paris ✔Thomas Reiter, Member of Executive Board, DLR e.V., Köln ✔Dr. Reinhold Lutz, Senior Vice President, EADS Astrium ✔NN, SAFRAN

Panel VII

The future of UAVs/UASsEuropean – transatlantic cooperationChairman:Carlo Magrassi, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, European Defence Agency (EDA), Brussels ✔Introduction: NN, Northrop GrummanPanelists:BrigGen Wolf-Dietrich Kriesel, German Air Force Office, Köln ✔Nicolas Chamussy, Senior Vice President, EADS/MAS, MünchenNN, SAFRAN

Panel VIII

Simulation and Training –Better spending and more efficiency Chairman:Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger, Deputy Commander Armed Forces Office, Bonn ✔Introduction:Ulrich Aderholdt, Managing Director, CAE Elektronic GmbH, Germany, Stolberg ✔Panelists:BrigGen Richard Bolz, Commander German Army Aviation School, Bückeburg ✔Colonel Peter Schütz, Director German Army Warfighting Simulation Center, Wildflecken ✔Magnus Brege, Saab AB, LinköpingHarald Görtz, Thales, Siegburg ✔

Panel IX

Command and ControlInteroperable CIS – a prerequisite for joint and combined operationsChairman:Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director NATO CIS ✔Services Agency, SHAPEIntroduction:Chris Darnell, Vice President NATO Worldwide, HP ✔Panelists:Lieutenant General (ret.) Jean-Paul Perruche, former Director-General EU Military Staff, BrusselsBrigGen Klaus F. Veit, Deputy Director, Bundeswehr IT-Office, Koblenz ✔Franz Peraus, Senior Vice President, EADS/DS Sean Berg, EMEA, Defence and Public Security, Dell,Frankfurt/M. ✔

Panel X

Maritime Security –Adequate forces and equipment for the right strategyChairman:Rear Admiral Fernando Lista, Chairman EUMC Working Group, BrusselsIntroduction:Tim Mahon, Journalist, UK, Chaltenham ✔Panelists:Captain (N) Reinhard Wollowski, MOD GE, Naval Staff, Bonn ✔Antonios Vidalis, Maritime Policy Taske Force,European Commission, BrusselsJames A. Moseman, Director Europe and NATO, NGC, Brussels ✔Evangelista Ladis, Hellenic Aircraft Industries,AthensNN, Thales

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