CONFERENCE DAY TWO THURSDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2009
Key speakers:
- General Ved Prakash Malik PVSM (retd), Former Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army, President, Institute of Security Studies, Observer, Research Foundation
- Ratan Shrivastava, Director Aerospace & Defence, South Asia & Middle East, Frost & Sullivan
- Lieutenant General VG Patankar PVSM UYSM VSM (retd), Former Director General of Perspective Planning, Indian Army Headquarters
- Commodore S Sammadar, Director Naval Plans, Indian Navy Headquarters
- Vijay Mathur, Former Chairman, Airports Authority of India
- Air Marshal VK Bhatia PVSM AVSM Vr C & BAR ADC (retd), Former Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Air Command, Indian Air Force
- Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak AVSM VSM (retd), Indian Air Force, Additional Director, Centre for Air Power Studies
- Lieutenant Colonel (Dr) Arvind Kumar Sinha, Director - International Collaboration, Australian Aerospace & Defence Innovations Ltd
- Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd), Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies
- Major General Mark Matthews, Director of Requirements, Air Combat Command, United States Air Force
- Air Commodore Garry Porter, Policy and Concept Development Branch, Joint Air Power Competence Center (JAPCC), NATO
- Benjamin S. Lambeth, Anayst and Author, Rand National Research Institute
Expanded program agenda for 2009 offering more defence market insights, business leads and networking opportunities
9:00 Registration, Tea And Coffee
Morning session:
(Includes 30 minute networking refreshment break - tea and coffee)
9:30 Session Iii: Innovation And Modernisation Opportunities For India’s Defence Forces
Topics to be addressed:
- The future of defence procurement - Evolution of the defence industrial supply base
- How will the defence procurement process change over the next 25 years?
- How will the defence industrial base and the main suppliers evolve over that time?
- What are the opportunities and threats of these developments for the emerging economies?
- New directions in India’s defence production and updated procurement procedures
- Evolution of the RFP process, offsets and platform selection
- What are the key opportunities and challenges ahead for the defence forces with modernisation and restructuring?
- Indian Air Force, Army Aviation and Naval Air Arm options and directions for the future
- Enhancing cooperation, partnerships and alliances between India and the international defence industry
- Moving towards new models of collaboration, innovation and industrial reinvestment
- Discussion and Q&A
12:30 Networking Lunch
Afternoon session:
(Includes 30 minute networking refreshment break - tea and coffee)
13:45 SESSION IV: KEY AIR POWER ISSUES FOR FUTURE Key Speakers:
Topics to be addressed:
- Aerospace power in the foreign policy of nations - Future directions
- Maximising future multi-role capabilities with a new generation of fighter aircraft platforms and weapon systems
- The roles for manned and unmanned platforms
- Army aviation opportunities on the electronic networked battlefield
- Achieving effective integration of land and air forces
- Meeting the challenges of evolving regional and global security threats
- Regional air power development - China’s military modernisation
- Discussion and Q&A
