A five year assessment - policies, programmes, people
The risks and threats in a volatile world are increasing and armed intervention may become a necessity rather than a choice. How is Europe responding at the national, EU and NATO levels? What are the equipment and manpower priorities? Will they be met? How will Europe work with its North American and Australian friends? What will be the effects of changed French Government views of the Atlantic relationship and what initiatives may France take in its forthcoming EU presidency? These are the key questions for this timely and topical conference.
European defence industry integration could have major benefits in terms of cost but a continuing attitude of nationalism in many governments makes this a longer term solution. However, the changing perspective of France may produce real changes in the European outlook. This Frankfurt conference pays particular attention to the capabilities European nations will require in the changing but uncertain circumstances of the next decade. It will focus on the role of industry in meeting acquisition requirements effectively and economically in the absence of any real common security and defence policy architecture. The panel of speakers will comprise political figures, military commentators and industrialists from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as independent, demographic, strategic and technology experts.
The conference programme contains the most up-to-date details of confirmed speakers and conference topics. Online registration is open for this event and "early bird" discounted rates are available for the first 100 registrants before 16 April!.
PDF of the completed conference brochure now available
Why attend?
This conference examines at a very high level the state of European defence and the questions facing the European defence industry and foreign corporates that sell to the continent. The challenges are many but the Sarkozy Government, among others, proposes action in 2008 and beyond. The Mallet White Paper and the French presidency of the EU have the potential to dynamise what has been a static situation:
- Gain unparalleled insight into how European countries will develop their defence and security policies
- Hear how leading global executives and experts expect European policy and defence industry to develop
- Discuss with leading officials their priority concerns and expenditure intentions and focus on the assessments made by industrialists
- Identify the best business opportunities
- Network with key policy and strategy makers
- Direct your questions to those responsible for shaping the defence policies of tomorrow
Conference audience
The conference is aimed at a high profile international audience of senior figures from defence, military and aerospace sectors, including strategists, analysts, acquisition executives, influential leaders and decision-makers :
- Senior executives responsible for, and who influence, strategy within defence companies
- Policy, requirement and procurement officials from within defense ministries and other governments agencies
- Senior executives from research and development organisations
- Journalists and press from trade and national publications
Key themes
This conference is the third in a series that began successfully in DC in the spring and continued with a powerful and very well attended forum in London at the time of the DSEi exhibition. The Europe Defence Conference will focus on the strategic issues facing Europe, the politics of defence and on the prospects for industry in European and other markets.
- The conference will look at the capabilities European states will require in the changing but uncertain circumstances of the next decade.
- The role of industry in meeting acquisition requirements effectively and economically in the absence of any real common security and defence policy architecture.
- It will examines the consequences for the security of Europe, the defence policies that follow in individual country, EU and NATO contexts and for European relationships with the United States and its friends elsewhere.
- The panel of speakers will comprise political figures, military commentators and industrialists from both sides of the Atlantic, as well as independent, demographic, strategic and technology experts
For more information or to receive a copy of the conference brochure when it becomes available, please email: antonia.carew@janes.com
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