RUSI International Sea Power Conference

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1 RUSI International Sea Power Conference Power Projection from the Sea Challenges and Opportunities 1 2 July 2014 RUSI, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET Day One: Tuesday 1 July 0830 Registration and Welcome Coffee 0915 Administrative Remarks 0920 Session One: Keynote A Nation s Place in the Maritime Century Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB DSC ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff 1015 Morning Coffee 1045 Session Two: Navies, Politics and Economics Professor Geoffrey Till, Emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies and Chair, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, Defence Studies Department, King s College London Dr Robert Johnson, Director, Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford Political Relevance: Maritime Power and Grand Strategy Lieutenant General Sir Robert Fry KCB CBE, Chair, Albany Associates and Trustee, Royal United Military Relevance: Maritime Power; Distinct, Complimentary or Alternative Approaches Dr Martin Stopford, Non Executive President, Clarkson Research Services Limited Economic Relevance: Maritime Power and National Prosperity Royal United 1

2 1230 Lunch 1330 Session Three: International Naval Power Lieutenant General Sir Rob Fry KCB CBE, Chair, Albany Associates and Trustee, Royal United Rear Admiral Eric Chaperon, Commander, French Maritime Reaction Force (COMFRMARFOR) Strategic Power Projection (From the Sea) Rear Admiral Flávio Augusto Viana Rocha, Head of Strategy, Naval Staff, Brazilian Navy Rear Admiral Qiu Yanpeng, Commander, North Sea Fleet, Chinese People s Liberation Army Navy Vice Admiral John Miller USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Fifth Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces PRE RECORDED VIDEO PRESENTATION War Fighting without Access and Basing: A Small Footprint and Political Options 1500 Afternoon Tea 1530 Session Four: National, Allied and Organisational Responses Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Dymock KBE CB, Director, Wise Pens International Limited Rick Froh, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO HQ Vice Admiral Christian Canova French Navy, Deputy Commander, NATO Maritime Command Maritime Challenges for NATO: An Allied Operation Commander s View Rear Admiral Paolo Treu, Commander, Italian Navy Front Line Forces, Commander, Italian Maritime Forces (NATO) and NRF 2014 Maritime Component Commander Maritime Power in the 21 st Century: The Role of Navies for the Broadest State Action at Sea Joëlle Jenny, Director for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention, European External Action Service The Implications of a Reinvigorated Naval Power for an EU Foreign Policy Royal United 2

3 1700 Conference Reception Sponsored by Day Two: Wednesday 2 July Registration and Welcome Coffee 0900 Introduction: The RUSI Sea Power Research Programme 0930 Session Five: The Naval Geo Politics of East Asia Professor James Bergeron, Political Advisor, NATO Maritime Command Dr Alessio Patalano, Lecturer in East Asian Warfare and Security, Department of War Studies, King s College London Differing National Relationships with the Sea in East Asia Professor Geoffrey Till, Emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies and Chair, Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, Defence Studies Department, King s College London An Academic Perspective on the Nine Dashed Line Rear Admiral Umio Otsuka, Director General for Command, Control and Intelligence, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Enabling Proactive Contribution to Peace 1100 Morning Coffee 1130 Session Six: The Amphibious Spectrum From Maritime Expeditionary Operations to HADR Sir Brian Burridge KCB CBE ADC, Vice President Strategic Marketing, Finmeccanica UK Royal United 3

4 Dr Randolph Kent, Senior Research Fellow, King s College London The Future of the Littoral: Mega cities and the Impact of Climate Change on Amphibious Operations Professor James Bergeron, Political Advisor, NATO Maritime Command NATO Maritime Expeditionary Force Concept Michael Codner, Senior Research Fellow in Military Sciences, Royal United Services Institute A2/AD and BMD: Assured Access 1300 Lunch 1400 Session Seven: Contemporary Maritime Legal Issues Professor Steven Haines, Professor of Public International Law, School of Law, University of Greenwich Chris Whomersley, Former Deputy Legal Advisor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Professor Maurice Mendelson QC, Barrister, Blackstone Chambers David Hammond, Barrister, 9 Bedford Row International Group The Future of Private Maritime Security Companies Discussant: Professor Sarah Percy, Professor of International Relations, University of Western Australia 1530 Session Eight: The New Era of Submarine Operations in East Asia Commodore Bob Mansergh OBE Royal Navy, Associate Consultant, Harmonic Limited Simon Chelton, Associate Fellow, Royal United Submarines in the Asia Pacific Air Vice Marshal Edward Stringer CBE, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, Ministry of Defence, UK Maritime Patrol Aircraft Captain Keizo Kitagawa, Defence Attaché, Embassy of Japan Maritime Patrol Aircraft: A Japanese Perspective ASW Considerations in the Asia Pacific Royal United 4

5 1700 Closing Address: Admiral Viktor Chirkov, Commander in Chief of the Russian Navy TBC 1715 Conference Close Royal United 5