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Colonel Rizwan Ali Team Leader for Task Force Cyber at SHAPE Colonel Ali is the Team Leader for Task Force Cyber at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. In this position, Col Ali leads a multi-agency team that provides cyberspace situational awareness, program management, operational support and exercise development expertise to SACEUR and SACEUR’s five subordinate commands. Col Ali is a US Air Force officer with extensive field and operational experience in both Space and Cyberspace units. Prior to his assignment in NATO, he was commander of the US Air Force’s largest cyber security and cyber engineering center, with over 1,000 personnel.

Dr Michèle Alliot-Marie MEP, Former Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, French Republic Née le 10.09.1946 Expérience politique: Fonctions dans un parti politique: 1993 –99: Membre du bureau politique du RPR 1999 –2002: Présidente élue du RPR 2002: Membre du bureau politique de l’UMP Fonctions dans des organes locaux de gouvernement: 1995 –2002: Maire de Saint Jean de Luz 2002 –2014: 1er adjointe au maire de Saint Jean de Luz Fonctions dans un Parlement national: 1986 –1993, 1995 –2002, 2011 –2012: Députée à l’Assemblée nationale française Fonctions dans un gouvernement national: 1986 –88: Secrétaire d’État à l’Enseignement 1993 –95: Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Sports 2002 –07: Ministre de la Défense et des Anciens combattants 2007 –09: Ministre de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-mer et des Collectivités territoriales 2009 –10: Ministre d’État, ministre de la Justice et des Libertés – Garde des Sceaux 2010 –11: Ministre d’État, ministre des Affaires étrangères et européennes Fonctions au PE: 1989 –1993, depuis 2014: Députée au parlement eu ropéen Membre du Groupe du Parti Populaire Européen (PPE)

Jean Asselborn Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Minister of Immigration and Asylum Born on 27 April 1949 in Steinfort. Following the legislative elections of 13 June 2004, Jean Asselborn joined the government as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration on 31 July 2004. Upon the return of the coalition government formed by the Christian Social Party (CSV) and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) as a result of the legislative elections of 7 June 2009, he retained the offices of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 July 2009. In October 2012, at his instigation, Luxembourg was for the first time elected to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for 2013 and 2014. Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, he was appointed Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Minister of Immigration and Asylum on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the LSAP and the Green Party. As of July 2004, Jean Asselborn represents the Luxembourg government at the Council of Ministers of the European Union in its Foreign Affairs and General Affairs configurations. He is currently the longest-serving minister among the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union. At national level, Jean Asselborn was elected to Parliament for the first time in 1984 while standing for the LSAP in the constituency of the South. He served as a Member of Parliament until 2004. He assumed the role of chairman of the LSAP parliamentary group from 1989 to 1997 and that of vice-president of Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

Major General Chris Badia Commander of the European Air Transport Command Major General Chris Badia actively served the German Air Force for many years, both domestic and abroad. As of 2003, the focal point of his career was in the politico-military arena with various staff positions with the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin, amongst which a few years working directly under the Deputy Minister of Defence in Berlin, first as a staff officer then as his personal staff officer. Just before taking on the responsibility as Commander of the European Air Transport Command in the Netherlands in 2014, General Badia was closely engaged in the future planning of the German Armed Forces, the foundations of the German Armed Forces such as we know it today.

Dr Christina Balis Principal, Director of European Operations, Avascent Dr Balis heads the European operations of Avascent, the leading strategy and management consulting firm serving clients operating in aerospace, defence and government-driven markets. Based in Paris, she supports corporate and financial clients operating out of or looking to expand to Europe and adjacent geographies. She has experience providing strategic advisory services, assessing market opportunities, and supporting merger and acquisition activities across a diverse set of defence, civil government, and commercial markets. In-between her consulting career across both sides of the Atlantic, Dr Balis worked as vice president for strategy and corporate development at Serco Inc., the US subsidiary of international services company Serco Group plc. Prior to her consulting career, she was a fellow in the Europe Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. She holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna and Washington, DC) and a joint B.A. degree in European Business Administration from the ESB Business School (Reutlingen) and Middlesex University (London).

Patrick Biewer CEO of LuxGovSat, Luxembourg Patrick Biewer was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LuxGovSat in July 2015. Patrick has held a number of senior positions within SES since he joined in 1993, and has accumulated some impressive leadership experience during his career. More recently, he held the position of Managing Director with SES Broadband Services (SBBS). As CEO of the new Public Private Venture, Patrick reports directly to the LuxGovSat Board of Directors. In his new role, he assumes the responsibilities for all of LuxGovSat’s business activities, building customer relationships with international institutions, such as the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) or the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Patrick Biewer is a Luxembourg national, was educated in France and the UK and holds an MBA from the Open University as well as a Master degree in telecommunications. Lieutenant General Heinrich Brauss Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning General Brauss was appointed Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning on 4 October 2013, having joined the International Staff of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in September 2007 as Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Policy and Planning. Prior to joining NATO he served at the EU, first in the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) as Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations & Exercises Division and then as the Director of the Civilian/Military Cell and the EU Operations Centre. In 2001 he assumed command of an Armoured Brigade in Potsdam/Germany. He also deployed for operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he served as Chief of Staff in the Headquarters of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR). Other appointments included, inter alia, Chief of Staff of a Mechanised Infantry Brigade and Commander of an Armoured Artillery Battalion. He first gained international experience as a member of the Staff of the German Military Representative in the Military Committee of NATO and EU/WEU in Brussels, where his responsibilities covered NATO’s strategy, enlargement, command and force planning. He also served as Branch Chief in the Planning and Advisory Staff to the former German Minister of Defence, Volker Rühe, in Bonn/Germany.

Siegfried Bücheler Vice President Programs and Supply Chain Management and Member of the Board of MBDA Germany In this role he is deputy of the managing director. He is responsible for acquisition and management of national and international programs, logistic and customer relationship. With regard to supply chain management he is responsible for the procurement strategy, subcontractor management and offset. He also represents MBDA Germany as a member of Board of Directors in various Joint Ventures. Previously, he was CEO of Bayern-Chemie, the Center of Excellence for solid propulsion rocket motors in Germany. Prior to this role, Bücheler was Head of Supply Management and Member of the Board of LFK Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH. Bücheler spent also three years as a Head of Production. In this role he was responsible for all production activities at different production plants. In his role as a program manager for the European Stinger Production program with a volume of more than 1.3 bn Euro he was responsible for the acquisition, production and delivery of more than 13.000 Stinger to German and international customers. As a CFO for the business unit Security Systems of Dornier GmbH, he had among others the financial responsibility for the sale, development, production and logistic of security devices and systems for civil and military customers. Siegfried Bücheler received his degree as Industrial Business Manager.

Prof Dr John L. Clarke Professor of leadership, management and defense planning at the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany He directs the Program on Civil Security there. Dr Clarke is recognized as a leading expert on the role of military forces in Homeland Security and Homeland Defence issues. He has developed and taught numerous courses on homeland security, crisis management, and stability operations, as well as developing scenario-based exercises and simulations. He recently led a major research project on European Approaches to Homeland Security. He has

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conducted projects in over 50 countries worldwide and speaks 6 languages.

Martin J. Coyne Director, Domestic AMD Business Development Deputy, AMD Business Development Air and Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Martin J. Coyne has more than 30 years of combined military and industry service forming a strong industrial background in program management, advanced programs, and business development. He has first-hand experience with nearly every groundbased air and missile defense weapon system developed over the past 40 years, including HAWK, Stinger, Avenger, Patriot, THAAD, multiple C2 systems, GMD, and MEADS. Previously, Mr. Coyne was Director of Business Development for MEADS International, the prime contractor for the Medium Extended Air Defense System, from 2005 to 2012. In this position, he was responsible for development and execution of keep-sold strategies, coordination of multinational marketing efforts, and representing the program to high-level government stakeholders in the U.S. and abroad. At Boeing Company, he was the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Chief-of-Staff and Business Development Director. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mr. Coyne served as an Air Defense officer, with time spent at every level from platoon to Department of the Army. He also served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves.

Rear Admiral Dr Thomas Daum Director Information Technology, since 2012, Federal Office of the Bundeswehr for Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, Koblenz/Germany During his career, Admiral Dr Daum served in the German Fast Patrol Boat Flotilla as Operations Officer, Commanding Officer and Squadron Commander including participation in NATO Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR. He served as Scientist Staff Officer at the Armed Forces University, as Section Head at the German Fleet Command and at the Bundeswehr Operations Command and as Staff Officer at the Navy Staff, Ministry of Defence. At the rank of a Captain, he served as Branch Head at the Federal Office of the Bundeswehr for Information Technology and Information Management, as NATO C3 Representative in the staff of the German Military Representative at NATO and EU in Brussels/Belgium, as Head of CIS Division at the German Fleet Command and as a Branch Head in the Navy Staff and in the Strategy and Operations Division, Ministry of Defence.

Lieutenant General Dominique de Longvilliers Deputy Commander AIRCOM General de Longvilliers was appointed Deputy Commander of NATO‘s Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on 1 July 2013. He was born in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne, France) on 2 January 1961. Military Career: 1982: Entry at the Air Force Academy 1991: Exchange pilot with Naval Aviation, 17 th Embarked Fighter Squadron, Hyères Naval Aviation Base 1993: Chief of operations, Fighter Squadron 01.005 «Vendée», Orange Air Base 1995: Deputy Operations to Rafale programme project officer, French Air Force Staff, Paris 1996: Deputy Commander, Fighter Squadron 01.002 «Cigognes», Dijon Air Base 1998: Commander, Fighter Squadron 01.002 «Cigognes», Dijon Air base 2000: United States Air Force Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 2001: Deputy then Head of Planning Division, Studies and Global plans, Air Force Staff, Paris 2005: Base Commander, Air Base 133 Henry Jeandet, Nancy-Ochey 2008: Operational Coherence Officer «protection-safety», Defence Staff, Paris 2010: Chief of Staff, Air Defence and Air Operations Command , Paris 2012: Deputy Commander, Air Defense and Air Operations Command, Paris

Ihor Dolhov Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine Born on 06/06/1957, in Slavuta, Khmelnytska Reg., Ukraine 1980 –graduated from State T. Shevchenko University of Kyiv, philologist, lecturer, PhD in linguistics; 09.1994 –10.1997: Counselor, Embassy of Ukraine in Finland; 10.1997 –11.1997: Acting Deputy Head of the Depart ment of Political Analysis and Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; 11.1997 –12.2000: Deputy Head of the Department of Political Analysis and Planning, Ministry of Foreign Af fairs of Ukraine; 12.2000 –10.2001: Deputy Head of the Main Directora te for Foreign Policy, the Presidential Administration; 10.2001 –04.2002: Director of the Department for Poli cy and Security – Head of the Directorate for Political Analysis and Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 04.2002 –07.2004: Ambassador Extraordinary and Ple nipotentiary of Ukraine in the Republic of Turkey; 07.2004 –01.2006: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; 01.2006 –05.2008: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany; 05.2008 –02.2009: Head of the Main Directorate for Foreign Policy, Secretariat of President of Ukraine; 02.2009 –2010: Ambassador at Large of the Depart ment for Information Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; 07.2010 –06.2015: Ambassador Extraordinary and Ple nipotentiary of Ukraine in Belgium, Luxemburg and NATO

Colonel (ret.) Roman Dufek MLCC Director Senior Advisor, Head of Standardization and Interoperability Department Born: 1968, Zlín, the Czech Republic Military Service: 28 years. In rank since October 2008, retired from the military service at the end of 2014 Education: US Army Logistics Management College (2002) Military Academy (1987 –1991) Military Career: 2011 –2014: NATO International Staff – Defence Planning and Policy Division, Logistics Capabilities Section – Chief of Logistics Partnership 2011 –Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre – Director 2009 –2010: Ministry of Defence, Logistics Division, Military Transportation and Logistics Information Services Department - Head 2008 –2009: Ministry of Defence, Logistics Division, Logistics Development and Planning Branch - Acting Director 2005 –2008: Czech Delegation to NATO, Brussels - Military Adviser 2002 –2005: General Staff, Logistics Division - Senior Staff Officer 2001 –2002: Head Logistics Bureau, International Lo gistics Cooperation Department – Chief 1999 –2000: Centre for Logistics Development and Coordination with NATO, Cooperation with NATO Department – Deputy Chief 1997 –1999: General Staff, Command and Control Division, Information Systems Development Branch - Senior Staff Officer

James E. Edge General Manager, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency James E. Edge became the General Manager for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Management Agency (NAGSMA) on 21 January 2013. He leads a diverse team of 50 specialists fielding a system that provides real-time ground battle management and intelligence information from the world’s largest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. He is responsible for technical and functional integrity of the program through effective resource allocation, financial analysis, strategic planning and exploitation of cutting-edge technology. Mr. Edge oversees contracts in excess of 1.2 billion Euro; he justifies and manages the agency’s multi-million Euro annual operating budget. Prior to taking up duty with NAGSMA, Mr. Edge was the Director of International Business at a U.S. engineering and technical service company. There he led the company to its first international contracts and partnerships with European companies. Mr. Edge served NATO prior to the current post as well when he was the Deputy General Manager of the NATO Air Command and Control System Management Agency; NACMA. He holds a MS in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, an MBA from Golden Gate University, and a BS in Engineering Technology, from Texas A&M University. Mr. Edge retired from the United States Air Force on 31 December 2005, in the rank of Colonel.

John B. Emerson JD U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany John B. Emerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2013 as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and presented his credentials to German President Joachim Gauck on August 26, 2013. Mr. Emerson was the President of Capital Group Private Client Services from 1997 to July 2013. Capital Group is one of the world’s largest investment management firms, with more than one trillion dollars in assets under management. Previously, Mr. Emerson served on President Clinton’s senior staff, from 1993-1997. He served as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel, and subsequently as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he was the President’s liaison to the nation’s governors. Mr. Emerson also coordinated the Economic Conference of the Clinton-Gore transition team and led the Administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994, and the extension of China’s MFN trading status in 1996. In 2010, President Obama appointed Mr. Emerson to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Before joining the Clinton administration, Mr. Emerson served as the Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney (1987-1993), during which he was selected by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung to visit Germany as part of an American-German delegation. Before that, he was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, specializing in business and entertainment litigation and administrative law. Mr. Emerson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Government and Philosophy from Hamilton College and his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago.

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Lieutenant General James Rupert Everard CBE Commander British Land Forces General Everard was born on 23 September 1962 in Tilton, Leicestershire. He was educated at Uppingham School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before commissioning into the 17 th /21 st Lancers in 1983. He served in Germany and at the US National Training Centre before attending the Army Command and Staff Course in 1992. He deployed to Bosnia as Chief of Staff to 4 th Armoured Brigade in 1994. He served for two years as a Squadron Leader with The Queen’s Royal Lancers in Germany and Canada, before deploying to Kosovo as the Military Assistant to the Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC). From 2000-2002 he commanded The Queen’s Royal Lancers in Germany, Cyprus (UNFICYP) and Kosovo. After two years focused on Iraq and Afghanistan as Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Plans at the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters, he attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in 2005. This was followed by a six month deployment to the Pentagon as the Chief of Defence Staff Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He commanded 20th Armoured Brigade from December 2005 –2007 in Germany and Iraq. He was General Officer Commanding 3rd (United Kingdom) Division from July 2009 to April 2011. Prior to his current appointment he spent two years as the Assistant Chief of the General Staff and one year as the Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) working in the Ministry of Defence, London. He assumed the role of Commander Land Forces in August 2014 where he commands the Army’s deployable divisions and is responsible for their force preparation and generation for operations. He is also the Standing Joint Commander (UK) for response to UK Contingency.

Major General Bernhard Fürst Vice Chairman of NATO Air and Missile Defence Committee General Fürst began his military career in July 1974. He received his SAM Officer’s training in Fort Bliss, Texas, USA and subsequently served in various positions within the German GBAD Forces. In 1987 –1989 he attended the Command and General Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College. He held numerous national and international staff and command positions, i.e. Battalion Commander of SAM Group 34, instructor in Air Warfare at the Command and General Staff College, Section Chief Air Defense in the Operations Division of the International Military Staff at NATO Headquarters, Branch Chief Military Issues of Security Policy and Bundeswehr Matters at the Federal Chancellery, Chief of Staff of the German Air Force Command and Commander of the 2 nd Air Division. From May 2012 to May 2013 he was assigned to Headquarters ISAF as the Deputy Chief of Staff Resources. General Fürst assumed responsibilities as the Vice Chairman Air and Missile Defence Committee on 1 August 2013. He is a graduate electrical engineer of the Federal Armed Forces University in Munich.

Michael Gahler Member of the European Parliament Michael Gahler has been a member of the European Parliament since 1999 and is currently (2014 –2019) serving on the committee on foreign affairs, and the subcommittee on security and defence (where he is spokesperson of the EPP Group). He is a substitute member of the committee on transport and tourism. He is the chairman of the delegation for the relations with the Pan-African Parliament, member of the South Africa delegation, and member of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly ACP-EU. Mr Gahler studied law in Germany, with further studies in France, and later joined the diplomatic school of the foreign office (1990 –1991), after which he spent two years as desk officer in the department of “international environmental politics”. From 1993-1995, he was assistant in the international office of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Between 1995 and 1999, again with the German foreign office, he was desk officer for the Baltic States and the Council of the Baltic Sea states.

Lieutenant General (Ret) Jo Godderij Executive Advisor, Atos Public Sector General Godderij was born in Brunssum, Netherlands, 1950. He entered military service in 1969 and after the Military Academy and pilot training he had several operational flying and staff jobs. He was responsible for air operations of the Netherlands Air Force as a colonel and since 1990 he has been involved, at staff level, with the preparations for and conduct of all peace operations of the Royal Netherlands Air Force until 1994. In his general ranks he was responsible for plans and policy of the Air Force in the period 1995 –1997, Depu ty Commander of the Combined Air operations Centre Kalkar 1997 –1999 and Vice Commander in Chief of the Netherlands Air force. In 2001 he was promoted to LtGeneral and appointed as Vice Chief of Defence of the Netherlands, a job he held for nearly 3.5 years. His last two jobs in the military were Netherlands Military Representative in the Military Committees of NATO and the EU (2004 –2007) and Director General of the International Military Staff at NATO HQ (2007 –2010). Godderij retired in 2010 after 41 years of military service and some 3000+ flying hours, mainly fighters. Since his retirement in August 2010 of active duty, General Godderij has been involved with two ICT Companies: ATOS (a world player with over 90.000 people) as VP Government Affairs EMEA until April 2013 and subsequently on contract base as executive advisor Atos GmbH for defence; and NCIM (a niche player in mainly the Dutch market) as Senior Advisor until September 2015. At present he is chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rotary Wing Training Centre and Helios Flying Group, and chairman of the Supervisory Board of an Insurance Company called Midglas.

Alexander V. Grushkov Russian Federation Permanent Representative to NATO Born in 1955. In 1977 graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). He has been working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia since 1977 and held various diplomatic posts in the central office of the MFA and abroad. 1995 –1996: Head of Division, Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament of the MFA of Russia; 1996–2000: Head of the Russian Delegation on Military Security and Arms Control in the Negotiating Forums in Vienna, Representative of the Russian Federation to the Joint Consultative Group on the CFE Treaty, the Open Skies Consultative Commission at the OSCE Forum for Security and Cooperation; 2001–2002: Deputy Director, Department of European Cooperation; November 2002: September 2005 – Director, Department of European Co-operation; In 2005 –2012: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Responsible for European and Euro-Atlantic organizations. Diplomatic rank: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Lieutenant General Volker R. Halbauer Commander 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps General Halbauer was born on 17 December 1955 in Kürnbach. 1975, he joined the German Army as an Officer Cadet in the Airborne Infantry. Subsequently, he studied at the Helmut-Schmidt-University in Hamburg from 1976 and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in 1980. From 1991 to 1992, he studied at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in Fort Leavenworth, USA. In July 1994, he became Commander of the Airborne Infantry Battalion 283 in Münsingen until April 1996. From 1996 to 1997 he studied at the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) in Fort Leavenworth, USA. Afterwards he was the Syndicate Leader, lecturer and Tutor of the General Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and General Staff College in Hamburg until 1999. This was followed by his assignment as a Desk Officer Armed Forces Staff at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn. From November 2000 to December 2002, he held the post as the Director of the General Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and General Staff College in Hamburg. In January 2003, he was appointed Chief of Staff 10th Armoured Division in Sigmaringen and he held this post until September 2004. Subsequently, he worked as the Branch Chief Army Development, Army Staff at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn. This assignment ended in July 2006 and was followed by an assignment as Commander Air Manoeuvre Brigade 1 in Fritzlar. In December 2008, he was appointed Director Army Staff III, Operations and Concept Division at the Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn, where he was appointed Chief of Staff, Army Staff, in March 2010. Between September 2012 and September 2013 he was Commander of the KOSOVO Force (COM KFOR).

Terry Halvorsen Chief Information Officer, US Department of Defense Terry Halvorsen assumed the duties as the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer effective March 8, 2015. He previously served as the Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer. Prior to that, he was the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer. As DoD CIO, Mr. Halvorsen is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Information Management / Information Technology and Information Assurance as well as non-intelligence space systems; critical satellite communications, navigation, and timing programs; spectrum; and telecommunications. He provides strategy, leadership, and guidance to create a unified information management and technology vision for the Department and to ensure the delivery of information technology-based capabilities required to support the broad set of Department missions. Before, Mr. Halvorsen was the deputy commander, Navy Cyber Forces. He began serving in that position in January 2010 as part of the Navy Cyber reorganization. Previous to that, Mr. Halvorsen served as the Deputy Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command. He was responsible for providing leadership for over 16,000 military and civilian personnel and supporting over 300 ships and approximately 800,000 globally dispersed computer network users. In this position he was responsible for the business performance of Navy network operations, space operations, information operations and knowledge management. Mr. Halvorsen served as an Army intelligence officer in a variety of assignments, including Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Widener University, and a master’s degree in educational technology from the University of West Florida.

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Dr Helke K. Hesse Head of R&D and Assistant to the CEO at Schmidt & Bender Dr Hesse is the Head of Research and Development at Schmidt & Bender since 2011 after two years of experience as an optical design engineer in the same department. She is also the Assistant of the Managing Director at Schmidt & Bender. She obtained her diploma in mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe in 2004 and continued her studies on a PhD scholarship from the German Research Foundation at the University of Heidelberg in 2005. Her PhD thesis on “Multiple Shooting and Mesh Adaptation for PDE Constrained Optimization Problems” was finished in 2008. She works in optical engineering since 2008 and successfully supervised multiple projects on military solicitations for enhanced optical day sights at Schmidt & Bender.

Lieutenant General Ben Hodges Commanding General U.S. Army Europe A native of Quincy, Florida, General Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry. After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Germany, he commanded Infantry units at the Company, Battalion and Brigade levels at the 101st Airborne Division and in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. His most recent operational assignment was as Director of Operations, Regional Command South, in Kandahar,

Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions to include Tactics Instructor at the Infantry School; Chief of Plans, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Army Congressional Liaison Officer; Task Force Senior Observer-Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA; Coalition/ Joint -3 (CJ3) of Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM; Chief of Staff, XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg; and Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army. His last assignment was as Commander, NATO Allied Land Command from 2012 to 2014.

Thomas Homberg Managing Director, MBDA Deutschland GmbH In August 2012, Thomas Homberg became Managing Director of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and a member of the MBDA Executive Committee. He also became Executive Group Director Improvement with responsibility for all MBDA efficiency and improvement programmes. Thomas Homberg joined EADS in 2003. He headed Strategic Business Development for the Defence and Security Systems business unit at EADS headquarters in Ottobrunn and Paris from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 until the end of 2007, he was responsible for Corporate Strategy and Planning at EADS. From 2008 he was Corporate Vice President, Head of Strategic Coordination responsible for EADS corporate strategy. Before joining EADS, Thomas Homberg served as a paratrooper and general-staff officer of the Bundeswehr (the German Armed Forces). He completed his training as a general-staff officer in Germany and France. As military attaché at the German embassy in Paris, he dealt with issues of defence and security policy. Prior to that, he served as a paratrooper officer in several command and staff functions with Airborne Brigade 31 of the Mobile Air Forces Command/4th Division (Kommando Luftbewegliche Kräfte/4. Division). Thomas Homberg enlisted in the Bundeswehr as an airborne officer candidate in 1985. He then studied business at the Bundeswehr University in Hamburg. Thomas Homberg was born in Kassel 1966.

Emmanuel Jacob President EUROMIL Born in Hasselt (Belgium) on 10 August 1958 Joined the Belgian Armed Forces in March 1979 as a short term soldier NCO training in 1981 (Field Artillery) Served in the 17 th Field Artillery Battalion in Altenrath (Germany) Transferred in 1984 to the General Headquarters in Brussels until 1991 Nominated in the different NCO ranks and nominated Chief Warrant Officer in March 2006 Off duty as of 1 April 2012 Advisor Human Resources and Education at the cabinet of the Belgian Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem from January 2012 till October 2014 Administrator – delegated by the MoD – at the Bel-

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gian Veteran Institute from January 2012 till October 2014 Policy Officer at the cabinet of the Belgian Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Pieter De Crem as of October 2014

Andy Jeffrey UTC Aerospace Systems Born in 1966, Andy joined the RAF in 1986 and following navigator training was posted to the Tornado GR1 on IX Squadron at RAF Bruggen, in Germany. Following this, he was posted to the Hawk T Mk1A as a Navigator Training Instructor on 234 and 74 Squadrons at RAF Brawdy and then RAF Valley. After returning to the Tornado GR1A on II(AC) Squadron, he was one of the first two Tornado crews to fly with night vision goggles, Jeffrey then completed the QWI course. On promotion to Squadron Leader in 1998, Jeffrey completed staff tours in the Air Warfare Centre and then the ISTAR procurement area of the MOD before returning to the GR4 force on II(AC) Squadron. Following Staff College, Jeffrey was appointed as the MOD’s UAV/UCAV expert in the Air Staff and drafted the highly acclaimed UK UAV Road Map and UK UAV Airspace plan. He then went on to be the first OC of the newly reformed 39 Squadron flying the MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) in Creech AFB, NV and developed the aircraft‘s multi-mission capabilities in the ISTAR and armed roles. In 2010 Jeffrey returned for a 3rd tour in the MOD within the Joint Capability Area with specific responsibility for the development of CONOPs for novel weapons. In 2011 Jeffrey left the RAF and joined the Goodrich Corporation (now part of UTAS) as a business development manager responsible for the marketing of the DB-110 sensor which started operations in the RAF‘s RAPTOR pod and is now in service with numerous air forces carried by fast jets, multi-engine platforms and MALE RPAS.

Brigadier General Günter Katz Director Air Operations, German Air Force Operational Command General Katz was born in Wiesbaden, on 29 th August 1962. Military Career: 1982: Entry into the German Air Force 1986 –1992: Instructor pilot and weapon instructor, 2./ Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen”, Wittmund 1992 –1993: Operations officer training, Staff Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen” 1993 –1994: Operations officer, 1./ Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen” 1994 –1996: Squadron commander, 2./ Fighter Wing 71 “Richthofen” 1996 –1998: General Staff Officers Course, German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Hamburg 1998 –2000: Staff Officer to COMAIRNORTH, HQ AIRNORTH, Ramstein 2000 –2003: Staff Officer Politico-Military Policy and Bilateral Relations Branch, Armed Forces Joint Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin 2003 –2004: Spokesman of the German Air Force, Fe deral Ministry of Defence, Berlin 2004 –2007: Commander, Fighter Wing 73 “Steinhoff“, Laage 2007 –2012: Branch Chief III 1, Politico-Military Policy and Bilateral Relations, Armed Forces Joint Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Berlin 2012 –2013: Spokesman ISAF, Kabul 2013 –2014: Director Air Operations, German Air Force Operational Command, Cologne 2014 –2015: Assistant Chief of Staff Operations, German Air Force Headquarters Since 2015: Commander Flying Forces, Air Force Forces Command Colonel Heinrich Krispler Deputy CIS Director and the Branch Chief CIS Policy and Requirements in the EU Military Staff Born 4 January 1966. After joining the military forces in the year 1985 Col Krispler graduated 1989 from the Austrian Military Academy as a signal officer. He served in the Austrian Armed Forces in different positions and on different levels and was the Head of the J6 division of the Austrian Joint Forces Command for the last 9 years. Since May 2015 Col Krispler is the Deputy CIS Director and the Branch Chief CIS Policy and Requirements in the EU Military Staff and is responsible for strategic planning and advice in this regard. Col Krispler has 3 academic master degrees in the following areas: Telecommunication Engineering, Information Technology and Information Management.

Bernhard Kuhn Senior Sales Manager, OMNINET GmbH Bernhard Kuhn, born in 1956, studied Communications Engineering at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg between 1976 and 1980 as a part of his officer training. After various leadership and training assignments as a career officer in the Bundeswehr Army Signal Corps, he left the armed forces in 1991. He continued as Senior Vice President at TOP Business GmbH (formerly known as Philips Academy), responsible for national and international mobile and fixed networks telecommunications training. In 2009, he joined OMNINET GmbH as a Senior Sales Manager catering for German and French sales projects. He is responsible for the majority of national and international Public Authority customers including NATO, Bundeswehr, and NGOs.

General (ret.) Harald Kujat Former Chief of Defence of Germany and Chairman of the NATO-Military Committee Born on 1 st March 1942 in Mielke (West Prussia). He retired from active service in the German Air Force June 2005 after having served as Chief of Defence of Germany from 2000 to 2002 and as Chairman of the NATO-Military Committee from 2002 to 2005. Among many high-ranking national and international assignments were Assistant Director Plans & Policy and Deputy Director, International Military Staff (IMS), NATO Headquarters, Brussels/Belgium, 1996 –1998, Director, Policy and Advisory Staff, Ministry of Defence, Berlin/ Germany, 1998-2000. General Kujat is an alumnus of the German Armed Forces General Staff Academy and an alumnus and honorary alumnus of the NATO Defence College. He is the author of several books and articles on security policy and military strategy.

Lieutenant General Francesco Langella Director for Air Armaments and Airworthiness General Langella was born in Neaples on the 15 th of April 1953. He joined the Air Force Academy in Pozzuoli (NA) on the 18 th October 1972 as Engineer Cadet and became member of the Corso Nibbio 3°. From 1995 to 1998 he assumed the position of Assistant Attachè in Bonn. After this period, from 1998 to 1999, he served in SEGREDIFESA ad Desk Officer of the NH-90 Project. In 1999, promoted Colonel, became Director of the 11th Division in ARMAEREO, being responsible for the technical aspects and procurement of Avionic Systems. From 2005 to 2008 was posted in the Air Force Logistic Command where, after having been the leader of 2 Offices, respectively responsible for the Tornado and EF2000, assumed the position of leader of “Ufficio Coordinamento Tecnico Operativo”. From 2008 to 2009 he attended the 60 th session of Istituto Alti Studi Difesa (IASD), the high management level training Institute of the Italian Defence Ministry. Promoted Brig. Gen. in 2009 he assumed the position of Chief of 2 nd Department of ARMAEREO responsible principally for technical aspects and procurement of helicopter system. In January 2012 he assumed the position of Chief of 1ST Department of ARMAEREO where he is responsible principally for technical aspects and procurement of fixwing aircraft. He is also the General Manager’s Deputy for Research and Technologies activities within ARMAEREO. In July 2012 he has been promoted to the rank of Maj. General. From November 2012 to October 2014 he assumed the position of Deputy Technical Director of Armaereo. In July 2014 he has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and 9 th October he was appointed as a Director of ARMAEREO and Chief of Engineers Corps.

Major-General Ludwig Leinhos Director, NATO Headquarters Consultation, Command and Control Staff Born in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, General Leinhos joined the Air Force in 1975 and graduated with a Master’s degree in technical engineering. After his tenure as Executive Officer to the Director, Air Force Staff and later as Executive Officer to the General Manager of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme Management Agency (NAPMA), he took up the post of Commander, SIGINT Analysis Centre 70 (later 92). In his capacity as a military leader with the strongest team spirit and well recognized leadership, he led more than 2.000 military and civilian personnel. He was appointed Head of Division to build-up the new Federal Office for Information Management and Technology, managing Federal Armed Forces IT Systems, C3 interoperability issues and international cooperation. As Branch Chief and Deputy IT-Director, German MoD Modernization Staff, he played a leading role, ensuring the introduction of state-of-the-art information technology to the German Armed Forces. As General Manager of NAPMA, he was responsible for managing the NAEW&C Programme, acting as Executive Agent for NAPMO Nations. On 1 March 2013, Major General Leinhos assumed the duties of Director, NATO Headquarters Consultation, Command and Control Staff (NHQC3S) at NATO Headquarters, Brussels. This post also fulfils the role of CoVice Chairman of the C3 Board.

Dr Besik Loladze Deputy Defence Minister, Parliamentary Secretary to Defence Minister Date of birth: March 10, 1975 Education: 1992 –1997: Tbilisi State University Qualification in law, specialty – lawyer of constitutional law; 1998–2001: Tbilisi State University Postgraduate student in law theory and constitutional; law; 2002 –2003: University of Potsdam, Institute of Munici pal Sciences Scientific research 2011: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law Scientific research on the legal issues; 2011 –2015 University of Potsdam, Faculty of Jurisprudence, Promotion Research, Scientific degree: doctor of law. Work Experience: 1998–1999: Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Deputy Head of Public Law Department; 1999 –2000: Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Head of Local Self-Governance Bodies Relation Department; 2000: Ministry of Justice of Georgia, Head of Local SelfGovernance Bodies Relation and State Registry Department; 2001: Constitutional Court of Georgia, Head of Legal

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Issues Department; 2003 –2004: Constitutional Court of Georgia, Head of Administration; 2004: Tbilisi State University, invited lecturer in Municipality law; 2005 –2006: Member of Supreme Council of Georgian Justice; 2006 –2010: Constitutional Court of Georgia, Member of Constitutional Court, Deputy Chairman of the Court; 2011–2014: University of Potsdam, Institute of Municipal Sciences, Invited Scientist; 2014 –2015: Ilia State University 2014–2015: Grigol Robakidze University

Dr Hans-Dieter Lucas Permanent Representative of Germany on the North Atlantic Council Born on 11 October 1959. 1978: Studies in History, Political Science, Law and Catholic Theology in Bonn and Paris 1987: Political Directorate-General at the Federal Foreign Office 1989: German Embassy, Moscow 1991: Political Directorate-General: Baltic States 1995: Head of the Personal Office of Foreign Minister Genscher 1998: Chief speechwriter of Foreign Minister Kinkel 1999 Head of Press and Public Affairs, German Embassy, Washington D.C. 2003: Head of Division at the Federal Chancellery for Bilateral Relations with the States of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus 2006: Director at the Federal Foreign Office for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (Ambassador) 2010: Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, Brussels (Ambassador) 2011: Political Director of the Federal Foreign Office since July 2015 Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany on the North Atlantic Council, Brussels

Doug Lute U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ambassador Lute assumed his position as the U.S. Ambassador to NATO in August 2013. Previously Ambassador Lute served at the White House under Presidents Bush and Obama, from 2007 to 2013, first as the Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, and more recently as the Deputy Assistant to the President focusing on Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Ambassador Lute retired from a career in the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant General after 35 years of active duty. Prior to the White House, he served as the Director of Operations on the Joint Staff, overseeing U.S. military operations worldwide, and serving in multiple NATO Commands, including commanding U.S. forces in Kosovo.

Rear Admiral (Retired) Mike Lyden General Manager, NATO Support and Procurement Agency Mike Lyden became General Manager of the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) in July 2012. In April 2015 the NSPA mission was expanded to cover the entire range of systems acquisition and life cycle support services and the Agency was renamed the NATO Support and Procurement Agency. He retired as a Rear Admiral from the United States Navy in October 2011 after serving for over 32 years in the Navy Supply Corps, the U.S. Navy’s cadre of business and logistics professionals. His Navy career culminated with his assignment as Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and 45 th Chief of the Navy Supply Corps from 2008 to July 2011. Mike Lyden received a bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps in 1978. He also received a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in the United States. Mike Lyden’s afloat tours include supply officer, USS Valdez (FF 1096); stock control officer, USNS Sirius (TAFS 8); and supply officer, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). His shore and staff assignments include Navy Supply Corps School, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Naval Aviation Supply Office, Naval Supply Systems Command, and Office of Chief of Naval Operations.

General Gratien Maire Vice Chief of Defence Staff He was born in 1957 and joined the French Air Force in 1978 upon entering the French Air Force Academy. He was awarded his fighter pilot wings in 1981 and was posted to the 33rd Reconnaissance Wing at Strasbourg AFB in 1982 where he served as Flight Commander from 1986 to 1988. In 1993, he was posted to the French Air Force Fighter Pilot School (Tours) where he was first assigned as Head of Operations, then Deputy Commander and subsequently Commander. In 1996, he was selected to attend the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A, from which he graduated in 1997. He was then posted at the French Air Force Headquarters as Deputy to the International Cooperation Office Director. Between 2000 and 2003, he served as Defense Attaché to the French Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. In 2003, he attended the French Center for Advanced Military Studies, aka CHEM, and the Institute of Advanced National Defense Studies, aka IHEDN. In August 2004, he was assigned to the Prime Minister’s cabinet. He was then appointed Superintendent of the French Air Force Academy on September 1, 2006. In August 2008, he was posted as Defense Attaché at the Embassy of France in the United States. In August 2011, he was appointed as Deputy Inspector of the Armed Forces. In September 2012, he was appointed Deputy chief of staff for International Affairs at the Joint Staff.

Lieutenant General Eric Margail Commander of Headquarters Rapid Reaction Coprs-France General Margail was born on 7 th October 1959 in SIDI-BEL-ABBES (Algeria). After preparing the Grandes Ecoles in la FLECHE, he joined the Saint Cyr Military Academy (class “General Lassalle” 1979 –1981), and chose infantry upon graduation. Assigned back to the 2 nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment, he served as operations officer and later assumed command of a combat company (1988 –1990). Assigned to the General Staff / Public Information Office, he passed the entrance examination to the General Staff Course (1993 –1994) and attended afterwards the second class of the Joint Staff College (1994 –1995). Afterwards he was staff officer within the Foreign Legion Command in AUBAGNE, speech-writer for the Chief of the General Staff and then staff officer within the general Staff/ Human Resources. He assumed command of the 2 nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment (stationed in NIMES) on 17 th July 2002 until 1 st July 2004. Posted to the Defence Staff, he took charge of the planning cell for Africa at the Joint Operations Centre. In September 2005, he attended the 55 th Class of the Higher Command and Staff Course (CHEM) and the 58 th Class of the College of Higher Defence Studies. He was then posted to the Defence Staff, where he worked directly with the DCOS Organization. He was promoted to Brigadier General on 1 st August 2008, when he assumed command of the 6 th Light Armoured Brigade (the CP of which is in NIMES). He was appointed DCOS Employment and Support of the General Staff in August 2010 and promoted to Major General on 1st April 2011. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 1st August 2013 when he took command of Headquarters Rapid Reaction Coprs-France (HQ RRC-FR).

Prof. Dr. Peter Martini Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing, and Ergonomics, FKIE, in Wachtberg, Germany The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the largest organization of applied research in Europe. With its staff of more than 370 people, FKIE is proud to be a member of the Fraunhofer organization and the Fraunhofer Group for Defense and Security. In addition, Prof. Martini is head of the Institute of Computer Science 4 at the University of Bonn. After studying computer science and electrical engineering at the Technical University of Aachen, Germany, Prof. Martini spent 4 years as scientific assistant at the Technical University of Aachen. During that time, he finished his Ph.D. in computer science. From 1990 to 1996, he was professor of computer science at the University of Paderborn, Germany, before he changed to Bonn. At the University of Bonn, he established a research group active in the areas of IT security, mobile communication and high speed networks. From 2003, Prof. Martini was a member of the scientific advisory council of FKIE, from 2005 he chaired this committee until he became director of FKIE in 2010. Prof. Martini’s group became widely known from its research in the areas of security in tactical communication systems and countermeasures against botnets. The demystification of the conficker worm was one of the most popular examples of successful research in his group.

Dirk Moede Senior Key Account Manager Defense for Computacenter AG & Co. oHG in Germany Dirk Moede (53) is responsible for the relationship into the defense market (Bundeswehr, BWI and Defense Industry) in Germany. Before he joined Computacenter in 12/2013, Dirk Moede worked, after university, more than 20 years for different ICT-companies in different positions, within the Public and Defense sector (e.g. Nortel Networks and Dell). With Computacenter and the inside defence team, he contributed to different solutions in the “Secure Mobile Communications”, HaFIS and networking arena and “In-Theater-Services”, based on open standard technology solutions for the Armed Forces. He works in AFCEA Bonn chapter and BITKOM AK Verteidigung as a delegate of Computacenter.

Dr Matthias Möseler Chairman of the Board, steep GmbH Dr Möseler, born December 16 1969, studied at the University of Bonn and Seattle University, Washington and graduated with degrees in political science and law in 1993. He then worked as a research assistant at the German Federal Parliament and in different ma-

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nagement positions in the IT sector. From 2003 on, Dr Möseler was the Managing Director of the humanIT Software GmbH. In 2008, he became head of the BetaTech GmbH, a subsidiary of the Serco GmbH, before becoming Managing Director of the Serco GmbH in September of 2008. In July of 2012, he bought the company from the British Serco plc through a management buyout and, since then, has been running it as CEO with its new name steep GmbH.

Ambassador Victoria Nuland Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Ambassador Nuland assumed her position as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in September 2013, after previously serving as the Department of State Spokesperson. As Assistant Secretary she is responsible for diplomatic relations with 50 countries in Europe and Eurasia, as well as with NATO, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Ambassador Nuland is a career Foreign Service officer and from 2005 to 2008 served as U.S Ambassador to NATO, and Special Envoy for Conventional Armed Forces in Europe from 2010 to 2011. Ambassador Nuland speaks Russian and French, and has served in Mongolia, China, and Russia.

Mathias Oberndörfer KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Position: Managing Partner, Segment Head Public Sector Education and qualification: Studied law at Friedrich-Alexander-University ErlangenNuremberg 1999: First Legal State Degree (Erlangen) 2001: Second Legal State Degree (Higher Regional Court Nuremberg) Professional Experience: Until 2005: International auditing company “Public Services” 2005: KPMG, “Public Sector” 2007: Development of the practice group “Public Sector” within KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (KPMG Law) with currently about 40 legal experts, specialized in public authorities 2007: Office Head, KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (KPMG Law), Nuremberg 2009: Partner, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft 2014: Managing Partner, Segment Head Public Sector, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Lieutenant General ret. Klaus Olshausen, PhD Former President Clausewitz Association In spring 1964 Klaus Olshausen joined the army corps of engineers of the Bundeswehr upon graduation from high school. In the later part of his career, he had served as First Deputy Commander at the headquarters of EUROCORPS in Strasbourg and then IV (GE) Corps in Potsdam. In 1999, he was assigned to KFOR I and II (Kosovo) first as Deputy Commander KFOR (GE) and later as Chief Joint Implementation Commission (JIC). From October 2000, he served as the German Military Representative to the MC/NATO and MC/European Union until his retirement from active service on 30 April 2006. Dr Olshausen has been the President of the Clausewitz Society from August 2006 until October 2013. Some of his recent publications covered the civil war in Syria and the Russia-Ukraine crisis and war as well as EU-NATO issues, including the mission and the development in Afghanistan. Prof. Ioan Mircea Pasçu MEP Vice Chair Committe on Foreign Affairs Prof. Pasçu is a Member of the European Parliament and Vice Chair AFET since 2007. He was Minister of Defense of Romania (2000–2004) contributing substantially to the admission of Romania into NATO. Presidential counsellor, Head of Foreign Policy Department of the Romanian Presidential Administration (1990 –1992), Vice-President of the National Salvation Front (1990 –1992), State Secretary, Deputy Minister of Defence (1993 –1996), Chairman of the Committee on Defence, Public Order and National Security, Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament (1996 –2000), Member of the Romanian Parliament (1996 –2007), Vice-President of the Social Demo cratic Party (1997 –2006). Professor of International Relations, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (since 1990). Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (1990 –1996). Chair of International Relations, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (2004–2009). Member of: the Strategic Advisors Group of the US Atlantic Council, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (since 1993), the consultative committee of the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Geneva (since 2002), the academic advisory board to the NATO College, Rome (2006 –2008), the SACEUR Mentor Group (2006 –2009), the advisory board of the Security and Defence Agenda (since 2012), the board of the Kangaroo Group (since 2013) and, the advisory board of the European Security Round Table (since 2013).

Dr Hans-Gert Poettering President of the European Parliament ret. Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Hans-Gert Poettering was born on 15 September of 1945 in Bersenbrueck (Lower Saxony, Germany). Studies: After Abitur (University Entrance Certification, 1966), two years military service, reserve officer Studies of Law, Political Science and History at the Universities of Bonn and Geneva as well as at the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva (1968–1973) First state law exam (1973) Conferral of Doctorate, Dr. phil. (1974) Second state law exam (1976) Appointed honorary professor (1995) Political Activities (extract): Honorary Member of the European Parliament Only deputy who has been Member of the European Parliament continuously since the first direct election in 1979 till 2014 Since January 2010 Chairman of the Konrad-AdenauerStiftung 12 th President of the European Parliament since the first direct election (January 2007 –July 2009) Chairman of the EPP-ED (christian democrats) group in the European Parliament (1999 –2007) Member of the Federal Board of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU, Germany) Member of the Federal Executive Commitee (1999 –2009)

R. Uwe Proll Publisher and chief editor, responsible for all print products of the Behörden Spiegel Group Born 1953 in Bonn Since 1976: freelance correspondent for various daily newspapers in Germany (Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich / Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Cologne / Saarbrücker Zeitung, Saarbrücken / GeneralAnzeiger, Bonn / Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt / Münchener Merkur, Munich / Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf / Hessische Allgemeine Zeitung, Kassel / Westfalenpost, Hagen / Neue Presse, Hannover) Main focus: media policy Since 1980: research assistant at the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education); lectures at the FH Köln (department of social pedagogy); editor of the newsletter “Mediendienst” of the Adolf Grimme Insitute, Marl; freelance correspondent for various radio stations (Nordeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg and Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne) 1985: Co-founder and chief editor of the monthly newspaper Behörden Spiegel, Germany’s largest independent newspaper for the public sector with a circulation of 104.000 copies. Main focuses: German and European politics, modernization of the public sector, reports on defence and military issues, on interior European security and defence policy, on national security, on procurement law and on IT and telecommunication equipment for federal, state and local authorities Since 1990: Co-founder and chief editor of other magazines like Vergaberecht (news for the public and private procurement market), Flugbegleiter (magazine for the Special Air Mission Wing of the German Air Force). 1997: Publisher and chief editor of the bi-weekly magazine tC teleCommunication, Bonn 1998: Founder and chief editor of the series “Moderne Streitkräfte” 2008: Founder of the magazine “European Security and Defence Union”, Brussels

Lieutenant General Timothy M. Ray Commander, 3 rd Air Force and 17 th Expeditionary Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Third Air Force is U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s and 17th Expeditionary Air Force is Air Forces Africa’s numbered air force for U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command. Third Air Force and 17 th Expeditionary Air Force plans, deploys, sustains and redeploys Air Force forces that directly support the combatant commanders during contingency and wartime operations. General Ray oversees a headquarters staff, the 603rd Air Operations Center as well as Airmen located at 10 wings in Europe and one air expeditionary wing. General Ray earned his commission from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1985. He completed undergraduate pilot training and has held operational flying assignments in the T-38 and B-52, serving as an instructor, evaluator pilot and squadron commander. He has also flown the B-1 and commanded the 7 th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. General Ray had various staff assignments at the Major Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force and Combatant Command levels as well as served as Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan and Commander, 438 th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan. Prior to his current assignment, General Ray served as the Director of Global Power Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.

Major General Dr Ansgar Rieks Director German Military Aviation Authority He was born on May, 28 th 1959 in Nieheim/ Westphalia 1978: Officer Course, Air Force School, Fürstenfeldbruck 1979: Student, University of the Federal Armed Forces Germany, Hamburg; Examination: Graduated Engineer, Electronics 1986: Scientific Assistant, University of the Federal Armed Forces Germany, Hamburg; Examination: Doctor of Science in Engineering 1992: Chief Electronics Squadron, 31st Fighter Bomber Wing, Nörvenich

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1993: Personal Staff Officer Assistant Chief of Staff Politico-Military Affairs and Operations, Armed Forces Staff, MoD Bonn 1995: Student, National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA; graduated Master of Arts in National Security Affairs 1996: Branch Chief Logistics Plans & Policy, Air Force Support Command, Köln 1998: Officer for European Security Politics and Operations, Planning Staff MoD Bonn (Berlin since August 1999) 2000: Personal Staff Officer Parliamentary Secretary of State Walter Kolbow, MoD Berlin 2002: Commander Weapon System Support Centre, Landsberg am Lech 2004: Branch Chief Controlling Armaments Planning, MoD Bonn 2008: Division Chief Modernization Projects 2012: Division Chief Strategic Defence Planning & Concepts, MoD Bonn 2013: Commander German Air Force Office, Cologne, and Commander German Air Force Support Forces Command

François Rivasseau Minister Plenipotentiary, Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU to the United States François Rivasseau was appointed Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United States in April 2011. Prior to joining the Delegation, he served from 2007 until 2011 as the Deputy Head of Diplomatic Mission at the French Embassy to the United States. Following an early tour at the French Embassy in Colombia (1986–1989), he served as the head of the NATO desk in the Strategic Affairs and Disarmament department at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1993, Rivasseau became the Deputy Assistant Secretary for UN political affairs. Two years later, he moved to Geneva to serve as the Deputy Permanent Representative at the French Mission to the Conference on Disarmament. During his time in Switzerland, he took part in negotiations over the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Ottawa Convention banning land mines. In 1998, Rivasseau was appointed the Deputy Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary for Information and Communication at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he was promoted to Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary two years later. In 2003, Mr. Rivasseau returned to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France, taking part in the nuclear negotiations with Iran and leading the French Delegation to the NPT at the 2005 Review Conference. In 2006, he was elected for a year president of the Third Review Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which restricts the use of inhumane armaments such as mines, lasers, and incendiary weapons. A native of Bordeaux (1954), Mr. Rivasseau holds degrees from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux and University of Bordeaux III, as well as a Ph.D. in law from the University of Bordeaux I. He studied at the prestigious École Nationale d’Administration in Paris, France (1979 –1981).

Nicole Robinson SES Government Solutions, USA Nicole Robinson currently serves as the Corporate Vice President of Government Market Solutions. She joined SES Government Solutions in 2007 and is responsible for the development of new products, goto-market strategies and new business opportunities with global governments and institutions. Ms. Robinson is currently serving in the elected position of Chair of the Hosted Payload Alliance, serves on the Board of the Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) and was the recipient of a 2012 Future Leaders Award by the Society of Satellite Professionals International. Nicole Robinson has spent 15 years in the Defense industry, with a Bachelor’s in Communications, an MBA from Liberty University and is a graduate of the Senior Executives in National and International Security Program at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.

Tim Rowntree Director OCCAR Tim began his career as a Craft Apprentice in the UK Ministry of Defence before joining the Student Engineer training programme and graduating with an Honours Degree in electrical and electronic engineering in 1980. He completed a range of technical and project management tours, including 5 years at the multinational Eurofighter project office in Munich, before joining the UK Tornado programme in 1996, where he became the Deputy Project Team Leader. In May 2001, he became the UK’s Lynx Integrated Project Team Leader with responsibility for the airworthiness, in-service support and capability upgrade of circa 160 Army and Navy Lynx helicopters, and 2 major new helicopter projects. He was then appointed as the UK’s Deputy Director Air Systems in April 2004, where he was responsible for providing assurance to the UK’s Defence Procurement Agency Executive Board that air systems projects met time, cost and performance targets. Tim became the first Director General Air Support upon the creation of UK’s new Defence Equipment and Support organisation (DE&S) in April 2007. He then completed the 2008 Royal College of Defence Studies course and returned to the appointment of Director General Air Support (later re-named Director Air Support) in October 2008. In this role he was responsible for the procurement and through-life support of the UK’s military Air Transport, Air to Air Refuelling and ISTAR aircraft fleets, and additional systems such as synthetic training and simulation, aircraft defensive aids and commodity items which provide cross-platform support to all of the UK’s aircraft fleets. On 1 March 2013 Tim became the OCCAR Director. In this role he is responsible for the leadership and development of OCCAR to deliver collaborative European defence equipment programmes on a through-life basis on behalf of the OCCAR Member States and nonOCCAR nations participating in OCCAR programmes.

Karim Michel Sabbagh PhD President and CEO of SES He is the President and CEO of SES, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of SES ASTRA. Born in 1963, he studied at the American University of Beirut, holds a PhD with Honors in strategic management from the American Century University in New Mexico, and a Doctorate in international business management from the International School of Management, Paris. Prior to joining SES, Mr Sabbagh was a Senior Partner and a global practice leader for communications, media & technology at Booz & Company. He served on the Board of Directors of SES from April 2011 until August 2013 and was a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of SES during the same period.

Colonel (GS) Volker Samanns Branch Chief BMVg (MoD) AIN V 3 Born April, 13 th 1962 in Weidenau / Sieg, Germany 1981: Joined the Bundeswehr / German Air Force 1998: 43 rd General Staff Course / German Armed Forces Staff College, Hamburg 2000: Executive Officer / S3 Staff Officer German Directorate, NATO Reaction Forces Air Staff, (RFAS), Kalkar 2002: General Staff Officer, German Air Force Air Staff III 2, Ground Based Air Defense Systems, International Plans & Policy, MoD Bonn 2004: Aide-de-Camp to Vice Chief German Air Force, German Air Force Air Staff, MoD Bonn 2007: HQ GAFCMD, Section Head A 5 II, Ground Based Systems, Cologne 2009: General Staff Officer Operations, Chief of Staff, HQ GAFCMD, Cologne 2009: Chief of Staff “Joint Monitoring and Coordination Office” during “United Nations Mission in Sudan – UNMIS” in JUBA, Southern Sudan 2009: Commander GAFADC USA, Fort Bliss, TX 2012: Branch Chief 1 I, German Air Force Strategic Concept Development, HQ German Air Force, Berlin 2013: Branch Chef AIN V 5, Equipment / Information Technology / In-Service Support Air, Space and Air Defence Systems, MoD, Bonn 2014: Branch Chef AIN V 3, Equipment / Information Technology / In-Service Support Transport and special purpose Aircraft, Satellite, Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Space and Air Defence Systems, MoD, Bonn

Peter Scaruppe Director of Acquisition NATO Communications and Information Agency Peter Scaruppe took the post of Director of Acquisition for the NCI Agency on 1 October 2013. Previously, from May 2011 to September 2013, Scaruppe was Industry and Market Director at the European Defence Agency (EDA). There he was in charge of EDA’s work to develop a globally competitive European Defence Equipment Market and a capability driven European Defence Technological and Industrial Base. From 2009, he was Assistant Director for Defence Market at the EDA Industry and Market Directorate. Prior to that, he served as Head of Division, Analyses and Armaments Economics in the Directorate General of Armaments of the German Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn, after serving as a Counselor for Defence Cooperation and Economics at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. from 1999 to 2004. From 1985 to 1999, he worked in various capacities in the Directorate General of Armaments of the German FMoD and the Federal Office for Military Technology and Procurement in Koblenz.

Reimar Scherz Brigadier General (ret.) Brigadier General (ret.) Reimar Scherz joined the Bundeswehr in 1964 and retired in 2005. In his time of active service he held commanding, staff and special functions in national and international assignments. Many of those dealt with security policy, with command and control and with the respective information and communication systems. He attended the German General Staff College, the US Armed Forces Staff College and the NATO Defense College. In his last appointment he was Vice President of the Federal Office of the Bundeswehr for Information Management and Information Technology. After his retirement he was Vice-President of the AFCEA Bonn Chapter for ten years and member of the Executive Committee of AFCEA International for six years. He is member of the programme and editor board of the Behoerden Spiegel Group, publishing the most important newspaper for Public and Civil Services in Germany. He has been moderator and chairman of various national and international conferences. BrigGen (ret.) Scherz is the coordinator and moderator of the Berlin Security Conference, one of the largest yearly events dealing with European Security and Defence.

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Martin Schuster Senior Adviser of PFISTERER Holding AG Martin Schuster born in 1951, is now Senior Adviser of PFISTERER Holding AG following ten years as Managing Director of PFISTERER Kontaktsysteme. Since 1980 he has participated both as a member and as a leader in several national and international standardisation working groups.

Major General Helmut Schütz Commander Flying Forces Air Force Force Command Born 1956 in Amberg/Oberpfalz 1975: Joined the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Basic Training GAF Training Regt 3, ROTH 1976: Electronic Engineering, MEng University of the Bundeswehr, MUNICH/NEUBIBERG 1981: Jet Pilot Training GAF Command USA, SHEPPARD AFB, TEXAS, USA / LUKE AFB, ARIZONA, USA 1992: Air Power Studies Instructor Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College, HAMBURG 1993: Staff Officer Planning Reaction Forces Air Staff (NATO), KALKAR 1995: Operations Group Commander Fighter Bomber Wing 31 “BOELCKE”, NÖRVENICH 1997: Policy Branch Action Officer, German Air Force High Command MoD, BONN 1998: Military Assistant to Deputy Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff MoD, BONN 2000: Wing Commander Fighter Bomber Wing 33, BÜCHEL 2002: Director Nuclear Policy & Proliferation German Delegation to NATO, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM 2004: Assistant Chief of Staff A5 Plans GAF Air Operations Command, KALKAR 2006: Director of Operations GAF Operations Command, COLOGNE-WAHN 2008: Military Assistant to Parliamentary State Secretary Schmidt, MP MoD, BERLIN 2010: Chief of Staff GAF Operations Command, COLOGNE-WAHN 2013: Deputy Commander and Commander Flying Forces GAF Forces Command, COLOGNE-WAHN

Prof Dr Vasile Secaˇ res¸ NATO Partnership Studies Center, Bucharest Born: March, 5 th , 1948 – Darmanesti, Bacau County, Romania Present position: Professor of International Relations, President of the Commission for Quality Evaluation and Assurance, Head of Department, International Relations and European Integration Department, Member of the Board and Senate, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania. Chairman of the Board, Romanian Banking Institute, Bucharest, Romania. Chairman of the Board, Eximbank, Romania Career and professional experience: Academic positions; Political and administrative top level positions during the early phase of transition in Romania; Banking high level positions. 1990 –1991: Founder and Dean of Higher Political Studies Faculty, University of Bucharest 1991 –2005: Founder and Rector of the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration 2002 –2007: Founder and President of the NATO Studies Center, Bucharest (a PfP regional training center, developing programs for the Balkans and the Wider Black Sea Area) 2012 –present: President, NATO Partnership Studies Center Jir˘ í S ˘ edivy´ Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO Before being appointed to his current position in September 2012, Jir˘ í S ˘ edivy´ served as First Deputy Minister of Defence, Czech MoD (since December 2010). From October 2007 to November 2010 he was NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Minister for European Affairs (January–September 2007), with the responsibility of coordinating the development of priorities of the Czech EU Presidency, and as Minister of Defence, in 2006. He has a distinguished academic record. From 2004 to 2006 he was Professor of Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies, lecturing on such topics as defence sector transformation, civil-military relations and national strategy making. Between 1999 and 2004, he was Director of the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Assistant Professor of International Relations at Charles University, Prague, and Professor of European Security at New York University, Prague Centre. As an expert, scholar and opinion maker, he played an important role in the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO and EU. He also served as external adviser to President Václav Havel. He has been a member of a number of international expert teams and task forces preparing policy recommendations and security analyses, including for the EU, NATO and the US government. He is widely published in the field of international relations and security. Born in 1963, Jir˘ í S ˘ edivy´ is a graduate of Charles University, Prague (Ph.D. in Political Science, 1999), and of King’s College, London (M.A. in War Studies, 1995).

Eckard Settelmeyer VP Airbus Defence and Space Director Earth Observation, Navigation & Science, Head of Site Friedrichshafen 1987: Joined Department of Robotics and Automatic Control at Dornier GmbH 1988–1993: Varying roles in Project ROTEX (STS-42 / D2-Experiment) reaching from Development Engineer to Project Manager 1993 –1997: Project Management for the Experimental Servicing Satellite Project at Jena-Optronik GmbH 1994–1997: Study and System Engineering Activities as member of Small Satellite Development Group; member of system engineering team for CHAMP mission at German Research Centre for Geosciences 1997 –2002: Project Management for the development, production and launch phase of the GRACE mission; customer: NASA/JPL 2002 –2007: Head of Earth Observation, Navigation & Science “German Programs and Applications” 2007 –2008: Head of Earth Observation, Navigation & Science “German Programs and Applications” and “Galileo Projects” Since 2008: Director Earth Observation, Navigation & Science, Germany; Head of Site Friedrichshafen Education: Graduated from the Universities of Kaiserslautern and Stuttgart with a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Mechanical Engineering / Control Techniques Year of birth: 1959

Werner Sonne Journalist Born 1947 in Riedenburg, Germany Member on the board of the Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft (German Atlantic Association); Contributor to the “Advisor” of the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies at John-Hopkins-University, Washington; Commentator for daily newspaper “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”; Author for news magazine “CICERO”; Senior correspondent for ARD German TV Retired June 30 th 2012 as Berlin Bureau Chief for ARD Morning Show “Morgenmagazin” 1968–1981 Correspondent for WDR/ARD Radio in Bonn and Washington 1981 Special correspondent for ARD TV newscenter in Hamburg 1982 –94 Deputy editor in chief for WDR TV in Cologne 1984–1986 Correspondent for ARD TV in Warsaw, Po land 1986–1992 Correspondent for ARD Bonn 1992 –1997 Correspondent for ARD Washington 1997 –1999 Anchor for political talk show on ARD docu mentary channel “Phoenix” 1999 –2004 Correspondent for ARD Berlin 2004 –2012 Berlin Bureau Chief for ARD Morning Show

Dr. Timo Unger Panasonic Dr.-Ing. Timo Unger graduated at Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, in communications engineering. After his university career, he joined the leading European missile-systems provider MBDA Systems as a system engineer for missile communications. In 2011, he joined Airbus Defence and Space (former EADS Astrium) as a business development manager responsible for several governmental satellite communication projects, e.g. the communication services provided in the framework of SATCOM Bundeswehr Stufe 2. Since July 2015, he is the key account manager for military business in Germany and Austria at Panasonic Marketing Europe responsible for Panasonic‘s market-leading robust Toughbook/Toughpad products.

Alexander Vershbow Ambassador, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ambassador Vershbow took up his position in February, 2012 after serving for three years as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. In that position, he was responsible for coordinating U.S. security and defense policies relating to the nations and international organizations of Europe (including NATO), the Middle East and Africa. From 1977 to 2008, Alexander was a career member of the United States Foreign Service. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1998 –2001); to the Russian Federation (2001–2005); and to the Republic of Korea (2005 –2008). He held numerous senior positions in Washington, including Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council (1994–97) and State Department Director for Soviet Union Affairs (1988–91). During his career, he was centrally involved in strengthening U.S. defense relations with allies in Europe and Asia and in transforming NATO and other European security organizations to meet post-Cold War challenges. He also was centrally involved in efforts to promote democracy and human rights in the former Soviet Union. Alexander Vershbow is a long-time student of Russian Affairs and international relations. He received a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University (1974) and a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Certificate of the Russian Institute from Columbia University (1976). Alexander Vershbow was born in Boston, MA.

Philipp von Saldern Director Business Development and Director International Sales, RUAG Defence Born July 13 th , 1970 in Northeim, Harz Professional Experience: 01/2011 –today RUAG Defence, Director Business Development and Director International Sales

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01/2010–12/2010: RUAG Electronics AG, Vice President International Sales 07/2009 –12/2009: EADS, Defence and Security Systems, Head of Sales Passive Protection and Security 02/2008–06/2009: EADS, International Sales Director for Canada 03/2006–02/2008: EADS, International Sales Director for Baltic countries, Ukraine, Hungary, Azerbaijan 08/2005 –03/2006: EADS, Sales Manager for Homeland Security 08/2002 –08/2005: EADS, Sales Manager for Air Defence and Surveillance Systems 1990 –2002: German Armed Forces / Armoured Recon naissance Troop Education & Qualification: 2012 Session Européenne des Responsables D’Armament (SERA), Institute des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale, Paris, France 1993 –1997: Studies in Social and Political Sciences, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich

Brett Wahlin Chief Information Security Officer, HP Brett Wahlin is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at HP. He is responsible for building world-class, extensible security capabilities that protect HP’s assets and workforce, enable and extend business capabilities, and showcase HP’s security solutions at work. Wahlin is also charged with guidance and expansion of security methodologies across the HP separation, the largest such event in the history of business. All aspects of information security – operations and cyber defense; customer engagement and solutions; cyber assurance; product security; governance, risk and compliance; identity and access management; identity and access management; and, security transformation and training – fall under his purview. As a security industry veteran, Wahlin brings to HP nearly 30 years of experience leading large enterprise information security architecture, policy, operations, and development. Previously, Wahlin served as Chief Security Officer for Sony Network Entertainment International, where he established a comprehensive post-breach information, product and physical security function. Prior to Sony, he was Chief Security Officer at McAfee where he headed all aspects of information and physical security, as well as McAfee on McAfee – a test bed for McAfee’s security solutions. Earlier in his career, he worked as Chief Information Security Officer at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Vice President of Security Architecture for Wells Fargo, and held various positions in security with Intel. He started as a security professional in the US Army, specializing in the areas of linguistics and counterintelligence. Wahlin holds three degrees from Arizona State University: MBA, BA in Russian Language, and BS in Criminal Justice

Robert Walter Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg; Former President, European Security and Defence Assembly/Assembly of WEU, Paris; President of the European Security and Defence Association Robert Walter joined the European Security and Defence Assembly/Assembly of WEU in 2001. He chaired its Defence Committee for three years (2006–2008) and at the same time was Chairman of its largest political group, the Federated Group of Christian Democrats and European Democrats. He was President of the Assembly from December 2003 until June 2011. He led numerous fact-finding missions (to Afghanistan, Chad, the Congo, Georgia, Turkey and the Western Balkans) for the purpose of preparing Assembly reports, with a particular focus on operations led by or involving the EU. As a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe he chaired the European Democrat Group (now European Conservatives) from 2010 to 2014 and was leader of the United Kingdom Delegation, 2010 –2015. In 2011 Robert Walter was elected President of the European Security and Defence Association, which brings together national parliamentarians and MEPs with a particular interest in European security and defencerelated issues, including European and transatlantic armaments cooperation. He was also a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly from 1997 served as Chairman of its European Affairs Committee since 2005, and was a vice chairman of the Assembly from 2010 to 2015. From 2010 to 2013 he chaired the British group of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU). In 2014 he was elected a Vice President of the IPU in Geneva. Robert Walter served in the United Kingdom Parliament from 1997 to 2015 (Member for North Dorset in the south-west of England). He was born in 1948 and educated at Warminster School and the University of Aston in Birmingham. He graduated (B.Sc.) in 1971, and was awarded an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) in 2011. Before entering the House of Commons he was an international banker and farmer. He is a former member of the London Stock Exchange and a former director of the New York investment bank, Aubrey G. Lanston & Co. Inc.

Peter Watkins Director General Security Policy, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Peter Watkins took up the appointment of Director General Security Policy on 9 April 2014. He is responsible for advising the Secretary of State for Defence on all aspects of the defence contribution to security policy, including multilateral and bilateral defence relations and nuclear policy. Peter Watkins joined the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in 1980. Prior to his present appointment, Peter was Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, a world-renowned institution responsible for the education and training of UK military personnel and MOD civil servants in command and staff skills, leadership, acquisition, technology and languages. Previously, Peter was Director Operational Policy from 2008-11; this post is responsible for setting the policy framework for the planning and conduct of UK military operations overseas and in the UK. As Director Typhoon, he was responsible for the overall direction of the programme to deliver and support the RAF’s latest combat aircraft. Before that, from 2004–06, he was Command Secretary of RAF Strike Command (STC) which contained the RAF’s front-line aircraft. In this role, he was the board member responsible for resources (STC had an annual budget of about £2bn), civilian personnel and corporate services. He played a leading role in preparing the merger of Strike Command and Personnel & Training Command in 2007. Peter was Private Secretary to the Defence Secretary from 2001 –03. Peter was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, where he studied History and Political Philosophy. He is an ancien of the NATO Defense College (1993 –94); and was a Fellow at the Weatherhead Cen ter for International Affairs, Harvard University for the 2006–07 academic year. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Liveryman of the Coachmakers’ Company and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wosolsobe Director General, EU Military Staff Born in 1955, General Wosolsobe started his military career in 1974 at the “Theresianische Militärakademie” in Wiener Neustadt, Austria and was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in 1977. In 1987 and 1988, he joined the French “École Supérieure de Guerre Interarmées” and the “Cours Supérieur Interarmées”. Two additional years as defence planner (1989 –1990) were accompanied by functions as lecturer for strategic management methods at the Austrian Defence Academy and as Chief of Staff of the Territorial Command of Salzburg. In 1991, he joined the Austrian Diplomatic Mission in Geneva as a Military Advisor for Disarmament. His international career continued with the assignment as Defence Attaché (colonel) to France, from 1992 to 1997. Back to Austria, he took over command of the Austrian Special Forces for the period 1997 –1998. After his return to the MoD, he was appointed Director for Military Policy in 1999, a post which he occupied until 2005, promoted to Brigadier General in 2001. During the defence reform process, conducted during this period, BG Wosolsobe largely contributed to the adaptation of Austria’s defence policy to new realities, particularly ESDP. This laid the groundwork for his appointment as Defence Policy Director during the Austrian presidency of the EU-Council in 2006. From there, he joined Brussels as Military Representative in 2007 and was promoted to Major General in June of the same year. In 2012, he was elected to the post of DGEUMS as of 28 May 2013. In March 2013, he was promoted Lieutenant General.

Lieutenant General Joachim Wundrak Commander German Air Operations Command, Commander Combined Air Operations Centre UEDEM, Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Centre General Wundrak took over Command of the former German Air Force Air Operations Command Kalkar in April 2012, before it was renamed and restructured into the German Air Operations Command in July 2013. he holds a triple-hatted position at Kalkar/Uedem as he also commands the NCS CAOC UEDEM as well as he is the Executive Director of the NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar. General Wundrak, born in Buir (Kerpen), North RhineWestphalia, joined the Air Force in 1974 and was trained in Ground Defence before joining the ranks as a career pilot. Following numerous postings in the flying community, to include Commander, Air Transport Wing 62 in Wunstorf, he was appointed to Branch Chief, and later, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Federal Ministry of Defence until 2006. From 2006 to 2008 General Wundrak was assigned as Deputy Director, European Air Group at High Wycombe, UK followed by two tours in operations as Chief of Staff, German EUFOR Contingent and Deputy Chief of Staff, Air ISAF. He was the Deputy Commander German Air Force Command from July 2009 until he assumed command at Kalkar/Uedem.

Ambassador Lamberto Zannier OSCE Secretary General Ambassador Lamberto Zannier took up the post of OSCE Secretary General on 1 July 2011. Zannier is an Italian career diplomat. From June 2008 to June 2011 he was UN Special Representative for Kosovo and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). From 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the OSCE. Previous senior positions include Permanent Representative of Italy to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague (2000 –2002), chairperson of the negotiations on the adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

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(1998 –1999) and Head of Disarmament, Arms Control and Cooperative Security at NATO (1991 –1997).

Dr Lubomír Zaorálek Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Dr Lubomír Zaorálek was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic on 29 January 2014, following years in the position of the shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Social Democratic Party and a leading representative of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. He was born in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 6 September 1956. He graduated in philosophy from Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Brno. Prior to his appointment as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in January 2014, Lubomír Zaorálek was a leading figure in the Czech Parliament, in 2002 –2006 being the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies and later the Deputy Chairman. In 1998 he was elected the Deputy Chair of the Czech Social Democratic Party and since 2002 he was the Party’s Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1996, Lubomír Zaorálek was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic for the first time. Before he joined the Czech legislature, Lubomír Zaorálek served on the Ostrava City Council since 1990. He was elected on the ballot of the Civic Forum (Obcanské fórum), being one of its founders and representatives appointed to the Czechoslovak Federal Assembly in January 1990. At that time he joined the staff of the Philosophy Department of the Ostrava University teaching political philosophy, current philosophy, ethics and Czech political thought of the 19th and 20 th centuries.

Stefano Zatti Head of the ESA Security Office, European Space Agency Stefano Zatti is the Manager of the Security Office of the European Space Agency (ESA), based in Frascati, Italy. He has been working for ESA since 1993, covering roles related to the design and operations of the information systems and the communication networks of the Agency and then focusing on the security. He has started and developed the Security Office of the Agency, responsible for the definition of the corporate security policy and the control of the correct implementation thereof. Before, he worked for the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, where he took part in projects on internetworking, secure authentication and key distribution (Kryptoknight), and security management (Samson). Furthermore, he was employed at the University of California at Berkeley, where he worked on distributed systems and

contributed to the Berkeley Unix operating system. He teaches a graduate course on “Corporate Security Policies” at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.

Dr Markus A. Zoller CEO of RUAG Defence Dr Zoller is the CEO of RUAG Defence and member of the RUAG Group Executive Board since 2013. Before joining RUAG he gained many years of experience as project director, head of operations, board member and CEO of large international business units within technology companies such as ABB, Alstom, Continental and Siemens. Most recently, as an independent entrepreneur, Dr Zoller successfully developed and enhanced a number of SMEs. He completed his PhD at the University of St. Gallen in business administration and marketing, having previously gained a degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zürich. In addition to his professional responsibilities Dr Zoller serves as President of the Association for the certification for persons in management (VZPM), member of the executive board of the Swiss association for organization and management (SGO), member of the extended board of the Swiss-Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC), and he is engaged in lecturing at several business schools.

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