09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Introduction

Air Commodore Garfield Porter
Assistant Director Transformation, Joint Air Power Competence Centre
NATO

MILITARY SPACE: LATEST INTERNATIONAL PLANS AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

09.10 Opening Keynote Address: UK SPACE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

• Current UK MoD view and policy on Space
• Exploitation of space capabilities, plans and programmes for the UK’s benefit
• UK’s current assets and emerging requirements for future systems
• Who pays for Space?
• British Space Agency: implications for the UK MoD and defence industry
• Future directions and challenges for UK Space capability development

Air Vice-Marshal Barry North OBE
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
UK MoD

09.50 US Keynote Address: SPACE SYSTEM CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE US NAVY

• Overview of US Navy’s current Space-based capabilities
• Meeting the short-, medium- and long-term satellite needs of the US Navy
• SPAWAR’s SATCOM capabilities and new requirements
• Reconnaissance satellites: emerging trends and technologies
• Towards Operationally Responsive Space (ORS): future directions and challenges

Rear Admiral Liz Young
Director, Systems Engineering
National Reconnaissance Office
and Commander Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Space Field Activity (SSFA), and Programme Executive Officer for Space Systems
US Navy

11.00 French Keynote Address: FRENCH MILITARY SPACE: NEW ORGANISATION FOR IMPROVED FUTURE CAPABILITY

• Announcing the new French Joint Space Command (operational since July 2010)
• Role and missions of the new Command
• Organisation and structure of the new Command
• Overview of current French satellite systems and capabilities
• Future planned programmes and new capabilities

Brigadier General Yves Arnaud
Commanding Officer, Joint Space Command
French Joint Staff

11.40 UK Keynote Address: FUTURE SPACE OPERATIONAL CONCEPT

• The UK MoD’s relationship with the Executive Space Agency
• UK MoD’s operational concept for Space
• The need for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)
• Space control - a concept, role or chimera?
• Future Space

Air Commodore Ray Lock CBE
Director Air and Space, Development Concepts and Doctrine Centre
UK MoD

13.50 Developing Future Israeli Space Capabilties And Satellite Programmes

• Role of space in Israeli national defence concept
• The development of the Israeli space programme
• Current Israeli satellite capabilities and programmes
• Emerging operational requirements for new capabilities
• Our vision for future systems and assets

Lieutenant Colonel Shlomo Feder
Head of Space Branch
Israeli Air Force

14.30 European Union: Emerging Geospacial Intelligence (geoint) Systems And Capabilities

• The EU Satellite Centre: overview of latest activities
• Current commercial and governmental satellite systems and capability development
• New developments in GEOINT applications
• Advancements in GEOINT support for EU missions and operations
• Future opportunities for collaboration between the EU and international organisations

Tomaž Lovrenčič
Director
European Union Satellite Centre

15.40 Developing A Common European Space Responsiveness System (gianus)

• The idea behind the development of one coherent user-driven system of systems for Europe, linking navigation, comms and Earth observation
• The demand for an European controlled, integrated and responsive architecture for mainly civilian needs
• The involvement of the EU and industry

Erwin Duhamel
Head of Security Strategy and Partnership Development Office, DG’s Policy Office
European Space Agency

16.20 UAE Space Capability Development And The Yahsat Programe

• The role of Space in realising the UAE vision for Network Centric Warfare (NCW)
• Current Space-based needs of the UAE Armed Forces
• Systems development of new military and dual-use satellites
• Provision of military SATCOM: the YahSat programme
• Programme scope and timelines
• YahSat SATCOM capabilities
• Other future programmes and potential capabilities

Dr. Eng. Mohamed Alahbabi
Information Communication Technology (ICT) Advisor, Centre of Excellence & Development
UAE Armed Forces