Industry Day 2012
The area below highlights the main topics of this year's Industry Day. The main titles link to a downloadable PDF with information about the Panel or Breakout Session, while the names of lecturers and titles of lectures (when in bold) link to the lecturer's biography or the presentation/summary of the lecture, when available.
- Opening Remarks by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
- Opening Remarks by Latvian Minister of Defence
- Opening Remarks by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
- Keynote Address by NATO Secretary General
- Keynote Address by Chairman of Military Committee
- Closing Remarks by Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
- Key Take-Aways by Mr Damon WILSON
Panel 1 – "A Dynamic Context"
Moderated by Mr Damon WILSON
- Mr Patrick Auroy, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
"Chicago Summit outcomes" - Major General Peter C. Bayer, Jr., ACT Deputy Chief of Staff Strategic Plans and Policy
"New threats and challenges: analysis of the current and future environment" - Major General (Ret.) Barry Bates, Vice-President for Operations, National Defence Industrial Association
"Industry perspective on a new dynamic context / The changing industrial landscape" - Mr Marc Cathelineau, Chairman ASD External Affairs Committee, Aerospace and Defence Industries Association in Europe (ASD)
"Industry perspective on a new dynamic context / The changing industrial landscape"
Panel 2 – "Adapting to the game changers"
Moderated by Mr Damon WILSON
- General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
"Adapting to the game changers" - Ms Claude-France Arnould, European Defence Agency Chief Executive
"European perspectives" - Mr Ernest J. Herold, Deputy assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment and Director Strategy
"Multinational Challenges" - Mr Janusz Zakręcki (President PZL Mielec, Poland)
Transatlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation: Sikorsky's development of PZL Mielec - Mr John Ponsonby, Agusta Westland Ltd Senior Vice President Training
"Improving the rotary wing value proposition for military requirements: the Agusta Westland roadmap"
Panel 3 - Discussion on "Frameworks for engagement with Industry and actionable items to enhance NATO-Industry relationship"
Moderated by Mr Damon Wilson
- Strategic-level panel led by Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, ACT Deputy Chief of Staff Capability Development
- Mr Phil Choppen, NATO Support Agency representative
"Medical & NATO/Industry success story" - Mr Brett Lambert, Deputy Assistant US Secretary of Defence for Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy
- Mr John I. Laugerud, Norwegian Deputy National Armaments Director
"Multinational and Industrial Cooperation - A Norwegian Perspective" - Mr Michael Maiden, Northern Defence Industries Chairman
- Mr Martin Hill, NATO Industrial Advisory Group Vice-Chairman
- Mr Phil Choppen, NATO Support Agency representative
Breakout session I "Technology Trends and Science Challenges"
- Moderator - Major General Albert Husniaux, NATO Chief Scientist
- Brigadier General Jorgen Hansen-Nord, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Requirements
"Technology Trends and Science Challenges" - Doctor William Halal, Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology, and Innovation, George Washington University
"Tracking the Technology Revolution: Highlights from the TechCast Project" - Dr Raffaele Esposito, NIAG Honorary Chairman
"Technology Trends and Science Challenges and Industrial Perspective" - Dr Peter Collins, NATO Industrial Advisory Group
Breakout session II "Framework for NATO engagement with Industry"
- Moderator – Mr Wayne Fujito, Chairman NATO Industrial Advisory Group
"Framework for NATO Engagement with Industry" - Brigadier General Giovanni Fungo, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Engineering
"Framework for NATO engagement with Industry" - Mr John Louth, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
"Smart Defence – The Building Blocks" - Mr Mike Lyden, NATO Support Agency General Manager
"Framework for NATO Engagement with Industry: Smart Defence, Smart Support, and Smart Engagement" - Mr David Burton, Chief Technology Officer, NATO Communications and Information Agency
"NATO Agency Reform and the new NATO Communications and Information Agency" - Mr Manuel de Pablo Daza, Navantia Systems General Manager; and
- Mr. Douglas Wilhelm, Director of MS2 Naval Combat & Missile Defense Systems International Programs, Lockheed Martin
"Spain's F-100 AEGIS Frigate Program" - Mr Paolo Venturoni, Senior Executive, Finmeccanica
"Framework for NATO engagement with Industry" - Mr Lennart Källqvist, Saab Group
"Framework for NATO engagement with Industry: A PfP Industry Perspective" - Mr Gagan Puranik, Associate Director, Verizon Wireless
"Framework for NATO engagement with industry"
Breakout session III "Immersive Training Environments"
- Moderator – Mr Paul Thurkettle
"NATO Immersive Training Technologies Status & Projects" - Brigadier General Dourouklis, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Joint Education Training and Exercises.
"NATO developments in ITE and requirements for future coordinated development with Nations and Industry" - Mr Craig Turner - Bohemia Simulations Ltd.
"Working for NATO and national governments – successes and frustrations" - Ms Phaedra Boinodiris. Serious Games program Manager, IBM
"Serious Games beyond Training: From Process optimization to complex problem solving" - Mr Vladimir Simanski, Virtual Reality Media, Chief Executive Officer
"International/Transatlantic Industry Cooperation" - Mr Amit Talati, Head of Strategy and Military Products Training & Simulation, Thales
"Immersive Training Environments: Training for The Front Line" - Governmental Representative from United Kingdom
Breakout session IV "Joint ISR"
- Moderator - Mr Ludwig Decamps, Defence Investment Division, NATO HQ
- Brigadier General Michelle D. Johnson, Head Operations & Intelligence Division, Allied Command Operations
- Colonel Rachel A. McCaffrey, Chief Intelligence Division, HQ AAC Ramstein
- Mr John Neumayer, Deputy Head JISR Branch, Allied Command Transformation
- Brigadier General Jaroslaw Stróžyk, Deputy Director Intelligence Division, International Military Staff
- Mr Rob Munday – Chairman Study Group 164 - NATO Industrial Advisory Group
- Mr Charles Gulledge, C4ISR Systems, Lockheed Martin IS & GS-Defence
- Ambassador Marisa Lino, Corporate Director for Federal Agencies, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Brief on "Priority Shortfall Areas and Capability Packages"
- Brigadier General Jorgen Hansen-Nord, ACT Assistant Chief of Staff Capability Requirements
"Capability Development Priorities" - Mr Tony Solomon, Programme Manager, NATO Security Investment Programme Branch, HQ SACT
"Translating Capability Requirements into Capability Packages"