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Panel Programme
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
Lieutenant General 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
Lieutenant General 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 Chair: » Major General Ludwig Leinhos, Director, ✓ NATO HQ Consultation, Command & Control Staff Introduction: » Dr Rainer Baumgart, Chairman of the ✓ Board, secunet Security Networks AG Panellists: » 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 Introduction: » Prof Dr-Ing. Joachim H.G. Ender, Director, ✓ Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR Panellists: » 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 » Lieutenant General 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 Chair: » General (ret) Harald Kujat, former ✓ Chairman NATO Military Committee Introduction: » William Blair, Vice President of Business ✓ Development, Air and Missile Defense Systems, Raytheon Missile Systems Panellists: » 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 Chair: » Major General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Director ✓ General, German National Military Aviation Authority Introduction: » Dr. Reiner Stemme, CEO, REINER STEMME ✓ Utility Air-Systems GmbH Panellists: » 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 » Lieutenant General 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 Chair: » Michael Gahler MEP, EPP Group ✓ Spokesman on Security and Defence, European Parliament Introduction: » Nicole Robinson, Corporate Vice President, ✓ Government SES Government Solutions, McLean/USA Panellists: » 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 B1 Cyber Security – lessons learned and conclusions Chair: » Prof Dr Peter Martini, Director, ✓ Fraunhofer FKIE Introduction: » Brett Wahlin, Vice President and Chief ✓ Information Security Officer (CISO), HP Panellists: » 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 » Franc¸ois 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 Chair: » Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, Assistant ✓ Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO HQ Introduction: » Martin Schuster, Senior Advisor to the ✓ Board, Pfisterer Holding Panellists: » Sharon McManus, Project Officer Energy, ✓ European Defence Agency » Dr Matthias Möseler, Chairman of the ✓ Board, steep GmbH » Dr Artu˜ras 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 Introduction: » Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe, ✓ Director General, EU Military Staff, EEAS Panellists: » Major General Christian Badia, Commander ✓ European Air Transport Command » Lieutenant General James Everard, ✓ Commander Land Forces, British Army » Lieutenant General 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 » Lieutenant General Alfredo Ramírez Fernández, Commanding General Headquarters Eurocorps (COMEC)
Panel B4 Allied Air Power – The Proper Answer to evolving European Military Challenges? Chair: » Major General Helmut Schütz, Commander ✓ Flying Forces, GAF Force Command Introduction: » Wing Commander (ret) Andrew Jeffrey, ✓ Business Development Manager, UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), UK Panellists: » Lieutenant General Dominique de Longvilliers, ✓ Deputy Commander NATO Allied Air Command » Lieutenant General 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 » Lieutenant General 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 Chair: » Tim Rowntree, Director OCCAR-EA ✓ Introduction: » Lutz Kampmann, Senior Vice President, ✓ Marketing & Sales, RUAG Schweiz AG, RUAG Defence Panellists: » 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 InService-Support (BAAINBw) Prof Dr Peter Martini Director, Fraunhofer FKIE
Ambassador Sorin Ducaru Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, NATO HQ
Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe Director General, EU Military Staff, EEAS
Lieutenant General Alfredo Ramírez Fernández, Commanding General Headquarters Eurocorps (COMEC)
Major General Helmut Schütz Commander Flying Forces, GAF Force Command
Lieutenant General Dominique de Longvilliers Deputy Commander NATO Allied Air Command
Lieutenant General Timothy M. Ray Commander 3 rd Air Force and 17 th Expeditionary Air Force, U.S. Air Forces Europe
Tim Rowntree Director OCCAR-EA