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1 2013 RUSI Missile Defence Conference Day One: Wednesday 12 June Registration and Welcome Coffee 0850 Opening Remarks 0900 Session One: Developments and Perspectives on US and NATO Missile Defence Policy Professor Michael Clarke, Director-General, Royal United Services Institute Nancy E Morgan, Director for International Affairs, United States Missile Defense Agency Ballistic Missile Defense System Update Frank Rose, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Space and Defense Policy, United States Department of State An update on US Missile Defense Policy 1000 Morning Coffee 1030 Keynote Address Speaker: Dr Jonathan Eyal, Senior Research Fellow and Director of International Studies, Royal United Services Institute Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General, NATO NATO and Missile Defence Royal United Services Institute 1

2 1100 Session Two: Missile Defence, Geopolitics, Deterrence and Proliferation Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Research Director and Director of UK Defence Policy, Royal United Services Institute Jacek Durkalec, Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Project, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) Transforming Deterrence? The Role of Missile Defence for NATO Dr Andrew Futter, Lecturer in International Politics, University of Leicester Ballistic Missile Defence and New Geopolitical Challenges 1215 Networking Lunch Sponsored by 1315 Session Three: The Dynamics of European Ballistic Missile Defence and Interaction with Russia Michael Codner, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Military Sciences, Royal United Services Institute Roberto Zadra, Head, BMD Section, Defence Investment Division, NATO NATO-Russia Dialogue on Missile Defence: Status and the Way Ahead Official Representative, Russian Federation TBC Dr Azriel Bermant, Research Associate, Arms Control, Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University The US-NATO-Russia Triangle: The Fraught Politics of Missile Defence 1500 Afternoon Tea Royal United Services Institute 2

3 1530 Session Four: Development of NATO and European Capabilities Bernd Kreienbaum, Executive Advisor, IABG (Brussels) Dr Sebastian Huluban, State Secretary for Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of National Defence, Romania NATO s Posture Post 2014: The Role of Ballistic Missile Defence Ambassador Fatih Ceylan, Deputy Under Secretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey Dave Kiefer, Deputy Programme Director, NATO BMD NATO BMD Interim BMD in Operation and Moving Ahead to the Future Jeroen de Jonge, Commander RNLN (ret.), Maritime BMD Consultant, TNO (Netherlands) European Contributions to NATO BMD: A Business Case for Trans-Atlantic Burden Sharing 1700 Break 1710 Session Five: Fireside Chat The Strategic Defense Initiative Thirty Years On Panel: Dr William Schneider, Senior Fellow, Defense Science Board (US Department of Defense) and former Under Secretary of State Rear Admiral John Gower OBE, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Nuclear & Chemical, Biological), UK Ministry of Defence; Henry Trey Obering III, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton (Retired Lieutenant General and former Director, United States Missile Defense Agency); Rear Admiral Simon Charlier, Senior Defence Adviser, MBDA; Paul Schulte, Non- Resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Europe and Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program 1800 Conference Drinks Reception (for all attendees) Sponsored by Royal United Services Institute 3

4 1900 Speakers Dinner (by invitation only) Sponsored by Royal United Services Institute 4

5 Day Two: Thursday 13 June Registration and Welcome Coffee 0855 Administrative Remarks 0900 Opening Address Speaker: Michael Codner, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Military Sciences, Royal United Services Institute Dr Robert Kupiecki, Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy, Ministry of National Defence, Republic of Poland The Polish Perspective on Missile Defence 0930 Session Six: Challenges and Perspectives Beyond Europe Dr Jeremy Stocker, Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute Uzi Rubin, Director, Rubincon Consulting Ltd Rockets and Missiles in Syria s Civil War Overview and Implications Professor Christopher Hughes, Professor of International Relations and Japanese Studies, University of Warwick Security Developments in Northeast Asia and Missile Defence 1030 Morning Coffee 1100 Session Seven: Ballistic Missile Defence Capabilities and Systems (Surveillance, Target, Acquisition and Command and Control) John W Holly, Vice President Missile Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company John Wilkinson, Deputy Director, Allied Integration, United States Strategic Command NIMBLE TITAN: Shaping Missile Defense Royal United Services Institute 5

6 Dr Igor Sutyagin, Research Fellow, Russian Studies, Royal United Services Institute Ballistic Missile Defence: Russian Actions and Counteractions 1230 Networking Lunch Sponsored by 1330 Session Eight: Ballistic Missile Defence Capabilities and Systems (Weapon Systems) Dr George Mavko, Director, European Missile Defense, Raytheon Missile Systems Rear Admiral Randall M Hendrickson, Commander, Navy Air and Missile Defense Command and Program Executive, Aegis BMD, United States Missile Defense Agency Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Overview and Update Mira Ricardel, Vice President, International Business Development, Network and Space Systems, The Boeing Company A Cooperative Approach to Regional Ballistic Missile Defense Claudio Ponzi, Air Defence and BMD Sector Head, Business Development Directorate, MBDA ASTER based Naval BMD Martin J Coyne, Business Development Director, Air and Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Countering the Threat: BMD Weapons in an International Construct 1500 Conference Close Royal United Services Institute 6

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