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CONFERENCE DAY ONE - TUESDAY 28 JANUARY0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

0900 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS: Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy

0915 MISSION READINESS TO ACHIEVE LASTING EFFECTS • Ensuring that ships, submarines, aircraft, BMD and expeditionary forces are forward-operating and project naval power in 6th Fleet’s area of responsibility • Improving ability to operate from the high end of the spectrum (integrated missile defence) all the way to maritime domain awareness • Developing the next generation of naval leadership • Lessons learned from recent training exercises: outlining Mission Sea Breeze 2019 and deterring the opponent in the Black Sea

Vice Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti, U.S. 6th Fleet Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe, U.S. Navy

0945 ENHANCING INTEROPERABILITY AND READINESS FOR NATO OPERATIONS • Overview of current operations and multinational exercises to boost capability of NATO allies • Assessing Dynamic Mongoose and modern challenges of ASW • Developing interoperability for joint operations through live and synthetic training exercises • Aligning capability to great power dynamics: preparing for the high-intensity threat Vice Admiral Keith Edward Blount, CB, OBE, FRAeS, Commander, MARCOM

1015 NAVAL POWER IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE TECHNICAL MODERNISATION PROGRAMME • Evaluating the deteriorating security environment in Eastern Europe and its impact on naval power projection • Overview of the MIECZNIK programme for the procurement of new vessels • Enhancing ASW and SAR capability through acquisition of new naval aviation assets • The Offset strategy and national shipbuilding plans Vice Admiral Krzysztof Jerzy Jaworski, Commander Maritime Operations Center, Polish Operational Command

1045 HEADS OF DELEGATION PHOTOGRAPH

1100 MORNING COFFEE AND NETWORKING

1130 COMMANDERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: FUTURE SURFACE FLEET FOR OPERATIONS IN A DIGITAL ERA • We now live in a world of great power dynamics. Navies need to maintain a persistently visible force and increase lethality to ensure security of national waters. What is the right approach to shipbuilding and modernisation of the existing fleet? How can industry support operational versatility and multi-mission modularity? What is the necessary force structure for the future operating environment? • The battlespace is becoming increasingly digital. Adversaries are employing asymmetric tactics, conducting EW and cyber offensive operations. What new opportunities and challenges does digitisation present? How can navies ensure network resilience and protect communications? • Maritime operations will require an ever increasing ability to collect and act on sensor data to build the tactical picture for operations. How can navies enhance threat detection and accelerate decision-making without compromising signature management? Moderator: Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy Panelists: Vice Admiral Richard A. Brown, Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Vice Admiral Keith Edward Blount, CB, OBE, FRAeS, Commander, MARCOM Vice Admiral Santiago Vascones Morey, Chief of the General Staff, Peruvian Navy Vice Admiral Manuel Antonio Martinez Ruiz, Director for Engineering and Naval Shipbuilding, Spanish Navy

1230 COUNTERING PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AT SEA • Strengthening maritime security by deterring, preventing and repressing piracy • Evaluating challenges associated with fighting the asymmetric threat • Maximising rapid reaction capability to effectively respond to lower-end threats • Lessons learned: reflecting on latest operations and tactics employed by non-state actors • Roadmap for capability development to enhance naval combat Vice Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave, Operation Commander, EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta

1300 FIGHTING THE ASYMMETRIC THREAT • Reinforcing joint operations: achieving interoperability and advancing multi-domain missions • Providing a systematic approach to capturing and destroying vessels used by smugglers • Overview of unique CONOPs for countering illegal arms trafficking • Enhancing threat detection and information exploitation to make timey engagement decisions • Advancing data dissemination and information exchange • Maintaining naval presence and increasing offensive fire power to deter smugglers in international waters • Ensuring operational requirement for future warships complies with dual use concept: integrating modular platforms with specialised functions, able to remain at sea for long periods in wide areas of operation • Assessing maintenance challenges and their impact on rapid reaction Confirmed Senior Representative, EU NAVFOR Mediterranean

1330 NETWORKING LUNCH

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CONFERENCE DAY ONE - TUESDAY 28 JANUARY1430 REESTABLISHING SEA CONTROL

• Replacing the F-313 frigate KNM Helge Instad and balancing modernisation with the need for new surface combatants • Assessing platform requirements to protect large sea areas and Norway’s long coastline• Increasing fleet lethality and offensive firepower capability by upgrading long-range air defence systems• Evaluating long-standing cooperation with Germany on submarine acquisition

Rear Admiral Nils Andreas Stensønes, Chief of the Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy

1500 PANEL DISCUSSION: THE CHANGING ARCTIC AND ITS IMPACT ON NAVAL POWER• Ice in the Arctic continues to recede and open up new maritime trade routes and economic opportunities. Emerging opportunities

are likely to spur conflict over competing interests and spheres of interest. Russia has already expanded its military presence in the far north. How should NATO navies respond to the changing Arctic and project naval power over emerging economic routes?

• Apart from cold weather, bodies of water in and around the Arctic have rough seas and extreme weather. What are some of the peculiarities of operating in in the Arctic? What are the challenges of blue-water Arctic operations? How should navies proceed and view this region in light of climatic changes?

• How should navies reform training to equip naval operators for missions in the Arctic?

Moderator: Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Nils Wang, Director, Naval Team Denmark

1600 AFTERNOON TEA AND NETWORKING

1630 COMBINED TRAINING FOR NATO FORCES• Conducting combined training exercises to better execute surface, sub-surface, aerial surveillance, and special operations

activities in support of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO)”• Assessing lessons learned and uncontrollable factors in training exercises• Addressing synthetic training to replicate the scope, complexity and geography of real-world operations Captain Rosario La Pira, Director of Training Support and Transformation, NMITOC

1700 PANEL DISCUSSION: ENSURING RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, AND SKILLS RETENTION • As the century progresses, navies find that manpower is depleting and there is competition for scarce talent. This poses

significant pressure on recruitment and skills retention. How can navies effectively cultivate individuals with the required skill sets? How can militaries expand the pool of talent and make naval service attractive to the people with the right education and ethical outlooks?

• How can navies mitigate the gender gap and attract women into the armed forces? Should equipment on-board warships evolve to cater for physical abilities of women?

• How should training evolve to cope with a changing skills requirement? Should greater reliance be placed on synthetic training? Should remote training be introduced?

Moderator: Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Nils Wang, Director, Naval Team Denmark

1800 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy

1815 DRINKS RECEPTION

1930 GALA DINNER: by invitation only

"A very useful conference to get an overview of current and future plans for navies around the world."

2019 Delegate, Leonardo



CONFERENCE DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

0900 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS

Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy

0915 GREAT POWER COMPETITION: THE THREAT AND STRATEGY• Building the culture of excellence to maintain maritime superiority against long-term strategic competitors • Enabling the navy to fight and win the battle for sea control in an age of great-power competition • Ensuring presence and control by growing the navy to 350 ships by 2049 – outlining the vigorous 30 year shipbuilding plan• Experimentation to advance CONOPs for unmanned systems: assessing the planned procurement of LUSVs to be paired with

Zumwalt-class destroyers in strike missions and become attritable systems for future confrontation

Vice Admiral Richard A. Brown, Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

0945 TRANSFORMING THE NAVY FOR OPERATIONS IN THE DIGITAL ERA• Assessing the future operating environment and technological trends shaping naval requirements • Addressing NavyX, autonomous systems, and experimentation for the Royal Navy • Programme Nelson and Information Warrior: creating a big data platform to provide global information access and enable data-

driven decision-making • Digitization: evaluating opportunities and risks

Rear Admiral Andy Burns OBE, Commander UK Maritime Strike Force & Rear Admiral Surface Ships, Royal Navy

1015 PANEL DISCUSSION: THE IMPACT OF DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY ON NAVAL OPERATIONS• AI is disrupting the technological landscape and transforming the nature of operations. AI’s potential to accelerate decision-making

and mitigate the burden on the Warfighter will cause a revolutionary shift in the way we fight. The advantages of AI are evident, however what changes organisational culture are necessary to field this technology? What kind of checks and balances, verification processes are necessary to integrate these technologies into legacy structures suited for a different era?

• Data breaches and IT cyber security concerns are slowing down modernisation. How can we secure data and ensure rapid hardening of the network? Should navies rely on the cloud and transition legacy applications into a common platform for information storage?

• What is the Digital Twin and what benefits can it bring?• How much automation is too much automation? Do we require automated digital network systems to streamline live information

to NOCs with minimal human intervention? How much of the human factor needs to remain in the OODA loop?

Moderator: Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy


1145 INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS Each roundtable will invite 15 participants to discuss the proposed topic. Round table leaders will be asked to summarise key points and report them to the conference organisers to publicise among the online community.

A: FUTURE FORCE STRUCTUREThe changing nature of warfare calls for an operationally versatile fleet, flexible enough to respond to near-peer conflict and asymmetric threats. This interactive discussion group will examine the right balance between high-end platforms and light multifunctional frigates and corvettes. It will invite participants to debate on the future makeup of the surface fleechallenges of achieving multi-mission modularity and interoperability between the future surface combatant and existing platforms.Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy

D: NETWORK RESILIENCEThe battlespace is now digital. Dispersed formations and greater reliance on digital technologies, leaves communication links susceptible to jamming and EW. This interactive discussion group will address ways to harden the network and protect information for malicious actors. Will navies continue to rely on satellite communications? Will information be stored on a shared cloud? These are some of the questions that will be raised.Industry Moderated

B: FUTURE WEAPONS SYSTEMSThe adversary is developing highly capable, long-range weapons systems. This undermines existing air defence systems and early warning measures. How should navies strengthen firepower and lethality? This roundtable discussion will address sensor-shooter pairing, fire control systems, and long-range missile systems for AAW and ASW in the future operating environment. Should directed energy systems be considered as the weapon of the future? Should navies focus on developing remotely-operated weapons systems on USVs? Industry Moderated

E: FUTURE COMBAT MANAGEMENT AND FORCE DIGITISATIONWe are now entering a Digital Era. Digitsation presents a myriad of opportunities paired with risks. Although digitised units are desired, how can we ensure open architectures to enable seamless software upgrades and modernisation? What measures need to be taken to minimise vulnerability? Does digitisation require a cultural and ethical shift? The Digital Twin concept is gaining prominence. What role will it play and how easy will it be to integrate with legacy platforms? Industry Moderated

C: AUTONOMY AND ROBOTICSUnmanned systems are transforming warfare and maritime operations. Not only do unmanned technologies increase sensor and magazine reach, they also enhance C2 by feeding information to the NOC. What challenges will the naval operator face with integrating unmanned technologies into existing force structures? How can the challenges of communications and persistence be mitigated? How will IT infrastructures support a manned-unmanned mix of capability in the maritime domain?Industry Moderated

F: THE POWER OF BIG DATA ANALYTICSGiven the changing volume and variety of data, collecting information and discerning actionable intelligence from background clutter in real-time is becoming increasingly difficult Accelerating decision-making and C2 will be necessary to retain the competitive advantage. This roundtable will assess ways to prevent data duplication and guarantee the availability of data in one environment. What role will big data analytics play in intelligence exploitation?



CONFERENCE DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARYG: POWER GENERATION AND PROPULSIONThe future surface combatant will require increased energy generation. This roundtable will assess methods to achieve greater energy efficiency, while reducing fuel consumption. How can greater power be generated without compromising manoeuvrability and limiting space for armament and crew? What role will hybrid electrical drive propulsion and gas turbines play? Are fuel cell technology and lithium-ion batteries the solution? Kees Posthumus, Head, Office for Marine Engineering, Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation

H: RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, RETENTIONRetaining high readiness will depend on recruitment, training, and skills retention. How can navies benefit from a wider pool of talent? How can we attract women into the armed forces?Synthetic training presents unique opportunities for equipping the force with the right skill set. How can navies improve simulation to prepare for high-intensity conflict in synthetic environments? Captain Rosario La Pira, Director of Training Support and Transformation, NMITOC

I: FUTURE SURFACE COMBATANT The future surface combatant will need to reinforce deterrence and sea power projection. What will its signature management tools be? What systems will go on-board for data collection, processing, and exploitation? How will the CMS and weapons systems evolve to create uncontested situational awareness? Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Nils Wang, Director, Naval Team Denmark


1400 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ENERGY GENERATION AND PROPULSION• Overview of RNLN Future Surface Warships Projects• Transforming propulsion in line with environmental regulations, demands of the operating environment, and design aspects of

the warship• Maintaining low signature levels and integrating vulnerability reduction levels • Developing the future combined propulsion system: assessing the role of fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries• Addressing DC grids and energy storage for the future surface combatant

Kees Posthumus, Head, Office for Marine Engineering, Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation

1430 PANEL DISCUSSION: PROPULSION FOR THE FUTURE SURFACE COMBATANT • Navies have unique requirements for shock, noise, vibration, reliability, maintainability, availability, and operability, presenting a

challenge to harmonize them. How can propulsion be enhanced without compromising any of these requirements?• There are increasing concerns over fossil fuel use and navies are beginning to consider alternative energy generation

methods. How can we ensure provision of highly capable, combat-ready warships while reducing fossil fuel consumption? What opportunities do fuel cells, batteries, DC grids present?

• What system will power the future surface combatant? What should its features be? How can we enhance thrust and speed without undermining signature management?



1600 BUILDING CAPABILITY AGAINST A CONVENTIONAL THREAT• Analysing Chinese capability development: shipbuilding and use of asymmetric tactics for hybrid warfare • Overview of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science Technology’s recently developed open-architecture, distributed combat

direction system to form the basis for all new naval surface and sub-surface combatants• Evaluating technologies that will go on-board the New Generation Guided-Missile Frigate

Admiral (Ret’d) Chen Yeong-Kang, Director of the Board of Directors, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science

1630 DRIVING S&T SYNCHRONISATION FOR NAVAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT• Assessing current investment in basic and applied research and advanced technology development programmes for naval platforms• Experimentation in advanced power systems, advanced propulsors, hydrodynamic performance, and metamaterials to enhance

energy generation for the future surface combatant • Examining acoustic and non-acoustic signatures to minimise warship detection • Developing platform autonomy and control in line with the LUSV strategy

Thomas C. Fu, Ph.D, Head, Mission Capable, Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Department, US Office of Naval Research

1700 PANEL DISCUSSION: APPLICATIONS OF UNMANNED TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN • What opportunities do unmanned and autonomous technologies present for naval power projection? What role will unmanned

platforms play in expanding sensor reach to provide real-time data? What are some of the challenges of using unmanned platforms as ISR assets?

• While autonomous lethality is ethically dubious, remotely-operated missile systems have been identified as a necessity. How will CONOPs change to accommodate for the integration of remotely-operated firepower?

• What are the challenges of integrating unmanned platforms from an information and communications standpoint? How can the naval operator and industry ensure interoperability of systems and open architectures? How can these systems be tied into navy’s existing C2 infrastructures to advance information gathering and exploitation?

• Unmanned vessels have proven durability and applicability in mine ordinance in shallow waters? How does the technology need to mature to provide route clearance in blue waters? Will unmanned platforms play a greater role and gradually replace manned

assets in future ASW?


1800 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF DAY TWO Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE, Former Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Royal Navy



CONFERENCE DAY THREE - THURSDAY 30 JANUARY0800 REGISTRATION & COFFEE

0900 CHAIRMAN’S OPENING REMARKS:


0915 MARITIME STRATEGY FOR A MEDIUM POWER• Transformation of a medium-sized Navy : enabling operational flexibility and availability of spare parts and improved

maintenance mechanisms• Building mass and augmenting surface fleet reach with limited resources • Ensuring operational versatility and multi-mission modularity of existing platforms and future acquisitions • Improving maintenance capacity and embedding modularity without compromising core vessel capability

Commodore Iain Lower, Head of Strategy & International Relations, Maritime Sector & Parliamentary Engagement, Royal Navy

0945 FLEET MODERNISATION AND THE OFFSET STRATEGY • Replacing AGUIRRE Class frigates and ANGAMOS Class submarines in line with the strategy to build a flexible navy for the full

spectrum of operations• Outlining requirements for the new fleet of frigates: the need for state-of the-art, proven sensor and weapons systems

compatible with Varayoc CMS capable to embark mission-specific modules• Addressing naval aviation and the anticipated acquisition of helicopters and drones to extend ISR capability and situational awareness • Modernising the existing surface fleet to be interoperable with the regional partners and the anticipated fleet of new frigates • Assessing the Offset Strategy and collaboration with international industry to boost indigenous shipbuilding capacity

Vice Admiral Santiago Vascones Morey, Chief of the General Staff, Peruvian NavyRear Admiral Augusto Bohorquez Villalta, Surface Warfare Commander, Peruvian Navy

1015 INDUSTRY LEADERS’ PANEL DISCUSSION: THE FUTURE SURFACE COMBATANT • As navies embark on ambitious shipbuilding programmes, industry has an instrumental in supporting naval construction and

strengthening national industrial bases of naval operators. What challenges does industry encounter when working with national shipyards?

• The future maritime battlespace will require increased connectivity and digitisation. How can industry ensure that platforms have open architectures to enable integration of newer software at pace? What solutions are needed to ensure resilience and minimize cyber vulnerability?

• Maritime operations will require an ever increasing ability to collect and act on sensor data to build the tactical picture for operations. How can the collection, processing, and dissemination of data be accelerated?

• The future operating environment calls for increased firepower for AAW and ASW. What should the future surface combatant look like to act as an effective deterrent against future conflict? What sub-systems and services will be required?



1145 PROCUREMENT AND UPGRADES 2028 AND BEYOND• Outlining Offset obligations, the Multinational Corvettes programme and modernisation of frigates • Multifunctional corvettes: acquiring 4 ships in 7 years with a minimum of 15 day autonomy• Frigate modernisation programme: installing new combat management systems, surface-to-air missile launchers, ship-to-ship

missile launcher, fire control systems, and torpedo counter-measures in commonality with the corvette programme• Procuring mine hunters and upgrading mine layers for future operations in the Black Sea • Upgrading lethality by integrating shore based mobile missiles• Ensuring high resistance to jamming through electronic counter measures.

Vice Admiral Alexandru Mîrsu Ph.D, Commander, Romanian Navy

"It is a great conference. A good forum to hear the needs and strategies of global navies with an opportunity to meet and have discussions with Navy leadership."

2019 Sponsor, General Electric



CONFERENCE DAY THREE - THURSDAY 30 JANUARY1215 DEFINING THE NEW SURFACE COMBATANT

• Establishing the requirement for new AAW combatant for high sea duration missions, shallow water operation in congested and contested operational environments

• Enabling technology transfer and indigenous shipbuilding in the future to project naval power in the Mediterranean operating environment• Upgrading CMS and FCS for enhanced situational awareness and threat detection • Acquiring and upgrading naval air assets to achieve uncontested ISR capability

Rear Admiral G.N. Bamplenis, Director of Hellenic Navy Armaments Directorate, Hellenic Navy


1400 ADVANCED COMBAT MANAGEMENT FOR FUTURE NAVAL SYSTEMS• Procuring additional F-110 frigates to maximise presence in territorial and international waters • Introducing the Aegis combat system and fielding the new solid state S-band radar system for improved situational awareness• Ensuring CMS compatibility with existing infrastructure and its long-range, early detection, high accuracy, and uninterrupted

detection• Incorporating next level fire control systems, automatic sensor/ weapon pairing and distributed sensor/weapon deployment

Vice Admiral Manuel Antonio Martinez Ruiz, Director for Engineering and Naval Shipbuilding, Spanish Navy

1430 LOI DE PROGRAMMATION MILITAIRE• Outlining the naval modernisation programme, delivery of FREMM frigates and naval aviation assets• The Navy Airborne Drone System: acquisition of UAVs for ISR on new intermediate-size frigates • Mapping out the fleet structure and augmenting deterrence through nuclear submarine acquisition

Confirmed Flag Officer, French Navy


1530 ANTICIPATED RENEWAL OF THE SURFACE FLEET: VISION FOR 2025• Supporting Antarctic logistics • Outlining the renewal and acquisition of OPVs and light frigates• Enhancing multi-mission modularity to project credible naval power and retain high readiness for MIO

Vice Admiral David Burden, Director General of Materiel, Argentine Navy

1600 THE 15-TO-5 TRANSFORMATION IMPERATIVE • Enhancing local capability development to ease diversification challenges of the 15-to-5 transformation programme • Overview of maintenance, logistics, and training challenges that go hand in hand with procurement from a variety of foreign

suppliers• Rethinking naval shipbuilding and local MRO: creating long-term, predictable conditions for international suppliers to work with

local ship builders

Confirmed Senior Representative, Royal Malaysian Navy

1630 CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE


" Insightful speakers on critical topics of interest "

2019 Delegate, Orbis



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