BSC Berlin Security Conference 1 4 t h C o n g r e s s o n E u r o p e a n S e c u r i t y a n d Defenc e e Euro-Atlantic Partnership firm anchor in a turbulent world 17 18 November 2015 andel s Hotel & Convention Center Berlin Landsberger Allee 106 D-10369 Berlin About the Congress One of the largest events on European Security and Defence Meeting place for up to 1 000 participants from more than 50 countries International forum for members of parliament and other politicians, and representatives of the armed forces, security organisations and industry Partner in 2015: the United States, with high-ranking speakers Supported by an Advisory Board composed of distinguished international personalities Exhibitions with companies from Germany, Europe and the US Organised by the Behörden Spiegel Germany s leading independent Newspaper for the Civil and Military Services Advisory Board Industrial Cooperation Partner Sponsors Jir í S edivý Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, former Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015 Platinum Gold Wolfgang Hellmich MP, Chairman of the Defence Committee, German Bundestag Prof. Ioan Mircea Paşcu MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister of Romania Silver Bronze Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering President of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and former President of the European Parliament Michael Roth MP Minister of State for Europe, Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office Dr. Karl von Wogau Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group, Congress President BSC 2001 2011 Robert Walter Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President European Security and Defence Association (ESDA), Congress President BSC 2012 2014 Programme Partner Supported by congress languages: English / German plus French for the main programme Media Partner THE MAGAZINE FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE ( The European )
Top Speakers 2015 Main Programme Tuesday, 17 November 2015 Dr Lubomír Zaorálek Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State Alexander Vershbow Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Douglas E. Lute United States Permanent Representative to NATO Aleksey Meshkov Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation Peter Watkins Director General for Security Policy, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General Terry Halvorsen Chief Information Officer, US Department of Defense 08.00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration 08.45 Welcome to the Congress» R. Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel» Jir í S edivý, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, former Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015 09.00 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Opening Ceremony» Dr Lubomír Zaorálek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic» Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State» Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and former President of the European Parliament OPENING The order of speakers may change. 10.15 Innovation through Euro-Atlantic Partnership» William Schmieder, President, Raytheon International Inc. Europe 10.45 Coffee Break 11.15 The key role of satellites for global connectivity» Karim Michel Sabbagh, President & CEO, SES 11.45 Euro-Atlantic Security responsibilities and lead» Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 12.00 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE Euro-Atlantic Security: Washington Brussels Moscow how to meet the new challenges?» Prof Ioan Mircea Pasçu MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister of Romania» Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group Spokesman on Security and Defence, European Parliament» Dr Hans-Dieter Lucas, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to NATO» Douglas E. Lute, United States Permanent Representative to NATO» Aleksey Meshkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation» Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO» Peter Watkins, Director General for Security Policy, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom» Lamberto Zannier, OSCE Secretary General HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE 13.30 Luncheon / Buffet 15.00 PANEL SESSION > Panels A1 A5 16.30 Coffee Break 17.00 ICT as a firm anchor for Defence and Security in a turbulent world» (ret) Jo Godderij, Executive Advisor, Atos Public Sector 17.20 Keynote Speech» John B. Emerson, Embassy of the United States Berlin 17.40 Best Procurement Practice for major Military Projects» Mathias Oberndörfer, Head of Public Sector, KPMG Germany 18.00 FORUM INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION TTIP what may be the implications for transatlantic defence and armament cooperation?» Robert Walter, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, President European Security and Defence Association (ESDA)» Dr Christian Mölling, Senior Resident Fellow, Security Policy, The German Marshall Fund of the United States» Dr Christina Balis, Principal and Director of European Operations, Avascent Europe» Prof Dr John L. Clarke, Director of Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies» Terry Halvorsen, Chief Information Officer, US Department of Defense» Michael J. Lyden, General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA)» Prof Dr Vasile Secǎreş, President, NATO Partnership Studies Center, SNSPA FORUM INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION 19.30 Buffet / Networking 21.30 End of the first day
Main Programme Wednesday, 18 November 2015 Top Speakers 2015 08.00 Opening of the Exhibition 08.30 Welcome to 2 nd Conference Day 08.40 OPENING OF THE 2 ND CONFERENCE DAY» Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg, holding the Presidency of the European Union 2/2015 OPENING Jean Asselborn Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg, holding the Presidency of the European Union 2/2015 09.00 Industrial Perspective of European and Transatlantic Armament Cooperation» Thomas Homberg, Managing Director, MBDA Deutschland GmbH 09.20 HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW The new challenges how to re-establish confidence as security partners Werner Sonne, German TV Correspondent, speaking with CLOSING HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM INTERVIEW» Michèle Alliot-Marie MEP, former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior, French Republic» Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg» Alexander V. Grushko, Russian Federation Permanent Representative to NATO 10.00 Secure Collaboration across Nations» Brett Wahlin, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), HP 10.30 Ceremony European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence» presented by Jir í S edivý, President of the Berlin Security Conference 2015» and Jacques Tissier, President of CiDAN (Association Civisme, Défense, Armée, Nation) 11.00 Coffee Break 11.30 PANEL SESSION > Panel B1 B5 13.00 Luncheon / Buffet 14.15 US MILITARY PERSPECTIVES 14.20 Strong Europe» Ben Hodges, Commanding General U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) 14.50 Land based Robotics for security purposes an industrial view» Philipp von Saldern, Director Business Development and Director International Sales, RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence 15.00 HYBRID WARFARE LESSONS LEARNED 15.00 Keynote Speech» Besik Loladze, Deputy Defence Minister, Parliamentary Secretary to the Defence Minister, Ministry of Defense, Georgia 15.15 Keynote Speech» Ihor Dolhov, Deputy Defense Minister for European Integration, Ministry of Defence, Ukraine 15.30 HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM Hybrid Warfare the new challenge creating the right capabilities!» Heinrich Brauss, Assistant Secretary General Defence Policy and Planning (DPP), International Staff, NATO HQ» James Everard, Commander Land Forces, British Army» Ben Hodges, Commanding General U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR)» General Gratien Maire, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, État-Major des Armées, France» (ret) Dr Klaus Olshausen, former President Clausewitz Association 16.30 CLOSING REMARKS» Jir í S edivý, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, former Minister of Defence, Congress President BSC 2015 Michèle Alliot-Marie MEP, former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, French Republic Alexander V. Grushko Russian Federation Permanent Representative to NATO Ben Hodges Commanding General U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) Heinrich Brauss Assistant Secretary General Defence Policy and Planning (DPP), International Staff, NATO HQ James Everard Commander Land Forces, British Army General Gratien Maire Vice Chief of Defence Staff, État-Major des Armées, France 16.45 End of the Congress Conference Chairman: Brigadier General (ret) Reimar Scherz, Behörden Spiegel Jir í S edivý Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO, Congress President BSC 2015
Top Speakers 2015 Panel Programme 17 November 2015 Major General Ludwig Leinhos Director, NATO HQ Consultation, Command & Control Staff Prof Dr-Ing. Joachim H.G. Ender Director, Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR Joachim Wundrak Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre General (ret) Harald Kujat former Chairman NATO Military Committee Major General Dr Ansgar Rieks Director General, German National Military Aviation Authority Francesco Langella General Directorate of Air Armaments, Ministry of Defence, Italy Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group Spokesman on Security and Defence, European Parliament Peter Round, Director Capability, Armament & Technology, European Defence Agency (EDA) Panel A1 C5ISR for a combined and joint operational environment» Major General Ludwig Leinhos, Director, NATO HQ Consultation, Command & Control Staff» Dr Rainer Baumgart, Chairman of the Board, secunet Security Networks AG» Rear Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, former Director IT Directorate, BAAINBw, designated Chief of Staff, NATO Communications and Information Agency» Dr Helke Karen Hesse, Head of Research & Development, Assistant to the Managing Director, Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG» Colonel Heinrich Krispler, Branch Chief, Policy & Requirements Branch, EUMS CIS Directorate, EEAS» Dr Lothar Mackert, Vice President, Industry Unit Public Sector, IBM Germany» Dirk Moede, Senior Key Account Manager Bundeswehr, Computacenter» Dr. Timo Unger, Key Account Manager for military business in Germany and Austria, Panasonic Marketing Europe Panel A2 (organized by the Fraunhofer FHR) Protection of Space Infrastructure Chair and» Prof Dr-Ing. Joachim H.G. Ender, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR» Dr Reinhold Ewald, Astronaut/Cosmonaut, European Astronaut Centre, ESA» Dr Holger Krag, Head of the Space Debris Office, European Space Agency ESA/ESOC» Dr-Ing. Ludger Leushacke, Head of Radar for Space Observation, Fraunhofer FHR» Eckard Settelmeyer, Director Earth Observation, Navigation and Science, Airbus Defence and Space, Head of Site Friedrichshafen» Joachim Wundrak, Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre» Dr Stefano Zatti, ESA Security Office Manager, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati Panel A3 Integrated Air and Missile Defence task sharing Europe-USA» General (ret) Harald Kujat, former Chairman NATO Military Committee» William Blair, Vice President of Business Development, Air and Missile Defense Systems, Raytheon Missile Systems» Siegfried Bücheler, Vice President Programs and Supply Chain Management, Member of the Board, MBDA Germany» Martin J. Coyne, Director Domestic AMD Business Development and Deputy Air and Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control» Major General Bernhard Fürst, Deputy Chairman Air and Missile Defence Committee (AMDC), NATO HQ» Colonel (GS) Volker Samanns, Branch Chief, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany» Mike Ziemke, Office of Policy and Regional Affairs, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, United States Department of State Panel A4 Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) more opportunities than challenges» Major General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Director General, German National Military Aviation Authority» Dr. Reiner Stemme, CEO, REINER STEMME Utility Air-Systems GmbH» James E. Edge, General Manager, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Management Agency» Brigadier General Günter Katz, Assistant Chief of Staff Operations, German Air Force Headquarters» Colonel (GS) Dr Jan Kuebart, Branch Chief, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany» Francesco Langella, Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness, Ministry of Defence, Italy» Wilfried Schulze, Deputy Director Flight Standards, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Panel A5 Satellites for secure communications, surveillance and detection» Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group Spokesman on Security and Defence, European Parliament» Nicole Robinson, Corporate Vice President, Government SES Government Solutions, McLean/USA» Patrick Biewer, Chief Executive Officer, LuxGovSat» Colonel (GS) Jörg Dronia, Branch Chief, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany» Pascal Legai, Director, European Union Satellite Centre» Dr Natalia Maslakova-Clauberg, Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation, Institute of International Relations» Peter Round, Director Capability, Armament & Technology, European Defence Agency (EDA)» Brigadier General (AF) Jean-Daniel Testé, Commander Joint Space Command, France
Panel Programme 18 November 2015 Top Speakers 2015 Panel B1 Cyber Security lessons learned and conclusions» Prof Dr Peter Martini, Director, Fraunhofer FKIE» Brett Wahlin, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), HP» Colonel Rizwan Ali, US Air Force, Branch Head, Cyber Defence, Team Leader, Task Force Cyber SHAPE CIS & CD Directorate, SHAPE» Helko Kögel, Head of Cyber Security & Intelligence, ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH» François Rivasseau, European Special Envoy for Space, Head of Division Security Policy, Counter Terrorism and Space Policy, European External Action Service (EEAS)» Michael Sieber, Head of Unit Information Superiority, European Defence Agency (EDA)» Lieutenant Colonel Jens van Laak, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Tallinn» Dr Markus A. Zoller, CEO Division Defence, RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence Panel B2 Smart Energy a new approach for energy supply in NATO and in the EU» Sorin Ducaru, Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO HQ» Martin Schuster, Senior Advisor to the Board, Pfisterer Holding» Sharon McManus, Project Officer Energy, European Defence Agency» Dr Matthias Möseler, Chairman of the Board, steep GmbH» Dr Artũras Petkus, Head of Strategic Analysis and Research Division, NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence» Alexander Zotos, Product Manager Hybrid Systems, Marketing IDE INTRACOM Defense Electronics Panel B3 High-Readiness Task Forces of NATO and the EU procuring new capabilities Chair and» Wolfgang Wosolsobe, Director General, EU Military Staff, EEAS» Major General Christian Badia, Commander European Air Transport Command» James Everard, Commander Land Forces, British Army» Volker R. Halbauer, Commander 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps, Münster» Bernhard Kuhn, Dipl.-Ing., Senior Sales Manager, OMNINET GmbH» Général de Corps d Armée Eric Margail, Corps de Réaction Rapide-France, Lille» Alfredo Ramírez Fernández, Commanding General Headquarters Eurocorps (COMEC) Panel B4 Allied Air Power The Proper Answer to evolving European Military Challenges?» Major General Helmut Schütz, Commander Flying Forces, GAF Force Command» Wing Commander (ret) Andrew Jeffrey, Business Development Manager, UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), UK» Dominique de Longvilliers, Deputy Commander NATO Allied Air Command» Timothy M. Ray, Commander 3 rd Air Force and 17 th Expeditionary Air Force, U.S. Air Forces Europe» Air Vice Marshal Gary Martin Waterfall, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, Air Command, Royal Air Force» Joachim Wundrak, Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre Panel B5 Services & Training mandatory for procurement» Tim Rowntree, Director OCCAR-EA» Lutz Kampmann, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence» Colonel (ret) Roman Dufek, former Director Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre (MLCC), Prague» Emmanuel Jacob, President, EUROMIL» Peter Scaruppe, Director of Acquisition, NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA)» Major General Erich Staudacher, Deputy Director, Bundeswehr Planning Office» Major General Klaus Veit, Deputy Director- General, Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In- Service-Support (BAAINBw) Prof Dr Peter Martini Director, Fraunhofer FKIE Sorin Ducaru Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO HQ Wolfgang Wosolsobe Director General, EU Military Staff, EEAS Alfredo Ramírez Fernández, Commanding General Headquarters Eurocorps (COMEC) Major General Helmut Schütz Commander Flying Forces, GAF Force Command Dominique de Longvilliers Deputy Commander NATO Allied Air Command Timothy M. Ray Commander 3 rd Air Force and 17 th Expeditionary Air Force, U.S. Air Forces Europe Tim Rowntree Director OCCAR-EA
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