Conference Day Two: 1st October, 2008

09:00 Chairman’s Welcome

Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham KCB (Ret’d)
formerly Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Equipment Capability)
UK MoD

09:15 Italian Coast Guard: Operating OPVS To Secure Italian Economic And Security Interests

• Role in homeland security
• Operational feedback on OPVs
• Future reliance on OPVs

Rear Admiral Ferdinando Lolli Head Ligurian District, Genoa Harbour Master Italian Coast Guard

Rear Admiral Francesco Lo Sardo Head 4th Department (Naval and Air Assets) Italian Coast Guard

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09:55 Evolving Naval Warfare

• Impact of naval artilleries
• Operational relevance of medium and small calibre guns in Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
• OPVs and their expandable mission
• Growth potential for naval artilleries in OPVs

Massimo Gualco
Director Marketing & Sales
OTO Melara

11.05 Delivering A Flexible, Low Whole-Life Cost OPV

• Providing a key enabler to affordable worldwide naval presence
• Ensuring multi-role functionality
• Planning for all the implications across the Defence Lines of Development (DLoDs)

Chris Broadbent
DEC(AWE) Platforms & Enablers Capability Advisor, DSTL
UK MoD

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11:45 Spanish Navy Buque De Acción Marítima (BAM) Class Of OPVS

• Update of the BAM programme
• Delivering capabilities to cover anti-terrorism missions, illegal immigration patrols and protection of the EEZ
• The importance of modular construction to allow for multi functional roles

Staff Officer
Plans & Policy Division
Spanish Navy

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12.25 Modern Propulsion Systems For Patrol Vessels

• Key selection criteria
• Mission flexibility as a payoff
• Life Cycle Cost versus Investment
• Long term support by tailor made logistic concepts

Christoph Fenske
Senior Manager Application Centre Marine
MTU

14:20 Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels

• The current role of OPVs
• Operational employment and feedback
• Capabilities of the River Class

Commander Richard Pethybridge
Commander Fisheries Protection Squadron
Royal Navy

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15:00 The Turkish Navy Milgem Corvettes And New OPVS

• MILGEM corvette
• New type patrol vessel
• Future plans

Captain E Murat Akdeniz Naval Platform Construction Department Head Turkish Naval Headquarters

Serdar Demirel Head of Department of Naval Platforms, Undersecretariat for Defence Turkish Ministry of Defence

Necmi Koldas Project Manager Undersecretariat for Defence Industries Turkey

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16:10 The New Dutch Navy OPV Project

• Detail on the operational background
• Assessment of the requirements of the new vessels
• Project status update

Robert Zuiddam
Project Manager OPV
Netherlands MoD

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16:50 OPVS In Theatre Security Cooperation

• What is a suitable concept of operations for a small ship to be used in Theatre Security Cooperation (TSC)? What other ship missions would relate to TSC missions?
• What additional missions should a small ship be prepared to conduct in order to obtain cooperation from potential partner nations?
• What tasks are required by the above missions? What capabilities are required to conduct these tasks? What ship characteristics are needed to provide these capabilities?
• What is the nature of the U.S. Navy’s interest in foreign navies, and how would a small ship interact with these navies?
• What are the environmental constraints on ship characteristics? Do sea state considerations in regions of interest put a lower bound on vessel size? How do sea state considerations affect the concept of employment?

Robert W. Button
Senior Researcher
The RAND Corporation

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17:30 Chairman’s Closing Speech

17:50 End Of Conference

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