Conference Day Two: 10th July, 2008

9.00 Chairman’s Address And Opening Remarks

Brigadier Charlie Hobson (Ret’d)

9.10 Keynote Address: Balancing New And Existing Logistics Requirements

• EUCOM logistics support changes and challenges
• National partner and combined collaboration
• Humanitarian assistance victories in Europe and Africa

Robert Moore SES
Deputy Director of Logistics and Security Assistance Directorate
US EUCOM

9.50 Harmonising Defence And Humanitarian Logistics

• Civil Military Cooperation
• Interaction between Humanitarian and Military Actors in conflict situations
• Utilising military resources during natural disaster emergency operations

Amer Daoudi
Director of Transport and Procurement
UN World Food Programme

10.30 Liquid Logistics: Supply Of Essential Services

• Multimodal transport systems
• Transport and storage of fuels and portable water

Jan Gerhard-de Vries
Managing Director
WEW Westerwälder Eisenwerk GmbH

11.30 How Does Nato Use Current Operations To Speed Up And Steer Logistics Transformation In The Right Direction?

• NATO Response Force (NRF) and current NATO operations implementation of multinational logistics
• Civilian capabilities as a complement to military capabilities
• Visibility of logistics in support of the deployed commander

Bruno Cantin
Head of Logistics Plans and Policy Office
NATO HQ

12.10 End To End Logistics: Is Information The Key?

• How crucial is the role of the logistic picture to success?
• Is the division of the military supply chain into manageable pieces sensible?
• Can industrial and military supply chains ever coalesce?
• Is a collaborative approach between the military and industry the only way to achieve success

Lt Col Paul Redwood
Logistics Decision Support Management, DEC Command Control & Infrastructure Information
UK MoD

12.50 Maintaining Perishable Assets through out the Cold Chain

Stephane Baudin
Sales & Business Analyst, Strategic Accounts
Thermoking Europe

14.30 More outsourcing for Logistics in EU Crisis Management Operations

• More Outsourcing for Logistics:
• Why?
• The Limits
• The Challenges
• The European Industrial-based Third Party Logistics Services Platform
• Roadmap

Gerard Heckel
Assistant Capabilities Manager (Manoeuvre)
European Defence Agency

15.10 How Much Drag Does Logistics Bring To The Modern Day Battle In Helmand?

• Personal challenges from the battlefield
• Success stories from Afghanistan
• How should procurement be directed to better serve the modern logistician

Col Andy Maynard
Commanding Officer of the Commando Logistic Regiment
Royal Marines*

*subject to final confirmation

15.50 Afternoon Tea

16.20 Airlift And A400m Logistics

• Update on the A400M programme
• Data sharing and information management
• Support policies for the A400M

Cyrille Greffe
Materiel Support Officer
OCCAR-EA

17.00 Panel Session: Logistic Transformation - What Next?

• Are there realistic milestones to be reached in the next 18 months?
• Should the focus be solely on accommodating Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs)?
• How can transformation principles improve logistics now?

17.40 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks

18.00 Close Of Conference

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