ComDef'99 Series of Conferences
ComDef'99 Australia Conference - Defence Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region

Program updated 2/9/99

Welcome
Premier Kennett, Victoria
Welcome
Minister for Defence Moore

Time

DAY ONE - MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 1999

0800-0900

Registration

0900-0930

ComDef'99 Opening

  • Senator, The Honourable Eric Abetz, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Australia

0930-1030

Cooperation Programs

  • Bruce Bade, Director, Pacific Armaments Cooperation, DoD, United States
  • Maurice Hermann, Director General, Exports and International Programs, MoD, Australia
  • LGEN. (Ret.) Naruhido Ueda, Senior Executive Director, Defence Research Center, Japan
  • Tan Peng Yam, Deputy Director, Directorate of R&D, MoD, Singapore

1030-1130

Elements of Successful Cooperation

  • Peter Anstiss, CEO, British Aerospace Australia
  • Paul Salteri, President, Tenix, Australia

1130-1200

International Cooperation Perspectives

  • Tetsuo Tamama, Senior Researcher, Defence Research Center, Japan
  • Senator Professor Massimo Brutti, Deputy Minister for Defense, Italy

1200-1215

Global Hawk - U.S. -Australian Cooperation

  • COL. Craig R. McPherson, USAF, Director, Joint HAE UAV Division, WPAFB

1215-1230

Logistics Materiel Support

  • Craig Brandt, PhD, Director of Research, DISAM

1230-1400

Luncheon: Principles of Regional Cooperation

  • MAJGEN. Jim Connolly, AO, Commander Australian Theatre
  • BGEN. James D. Bryan, J-6, U.S. CinC, Pacific, United States

1400-1530

Government-Industry Partnerships
  • David Mitchell, Executive Director, Industry Investment, Department of Industry and Trade, Government of South Australia
  • Dr. Graham Kearns, Head Industry and Procurement Infrastructure, Australia
  • Richard Metrey, Director, NSWC, Carderock, United States
  • Bill Solitario, Director of Advanced Technology, Ingalls Shipbuilding, United States

1530-1700

Industry Aerospace Partnerships
  • Ed Cobleigh, Vice President, International Business Development, Raytheon International Inc., United States
  • Alan Tebb, Director General, Industry Policy and Programs Branch, DoD, Australia
  • Peter Varnish, Director, International Business Development, DERA, United Kingdom

1800

Reception

DAY TWO - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 1999

0800-0830

Registration

0830-0850
  • John Spellar, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, MoD, United Kingdom
0850-0930

Smart Procurement

  • The Honorable H. Lee Buchanan III, ASM (RD&A), Department of the Navy, United States
  • Merrilyn McPherson, First Assistant Secretary, Capital Equipment Programs, Department of Defense, Australia
0930-0950
  • Ken Harris, Managing Director, ADI

1000-1115

Systems Integration
  • Dr. Tony Collins, Sonartech Atlas, PTY Ltd
  • Dr. Roger Creaser, Chief, Maritime Ops.Div. DSTO, Australia
  • RADM. John P. Davis, USN, PEO, Submarines, NAVSEA, US
  • George Dasher, Vice President, Navy Systems, Lockheed-Martin, United States
  • Gordon Hargreave, Sonartech Atlas PTY Ltd.
  • Robert McCaig, Chief Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin, US
Y2K - The Millenium Bug
  • COL. Allen B. Conrad, CIO, Y2K. DND, Canada
  • William A. Curtis, Director, Y2K Oversight Office, DoD, US
  • Constance Fortune, Vice President, SAIC Canada
  • Valerie Keaton, Y2K UK Cabinet Office
  • Geoff Davis, Assistant Secretary, Y2K, Department of Defence, Australia

1115-1200

Knowledge Edge
  • Dr. C. Ian Chessell, Director, Electronics and Surveillance Systems, DSTO, Australia
  • Jean-Georges Malcor, Managing Director, Thomson Marconi Sonar
  • Nick Hammond, Managing Director, CelsiusTech Australia Pty.

1200-1230

FCT Program
  • COL. Diana L. Davis, Program Coordinator, Foreign Comparative Test Program, Department of Defense, United States
  • Nancy A. Moulton, Project Manager, Light Tactical Vehicles, U.S. TACOM, United States

1230-1400

Luncheon: Building on Regional Partnerships

  • INTRODUCTION: LTC. (P) Thomas Jordan, USA U.S. Army War College
  • AM Errol McCormack, Chief of the Air Force, Department of Defence, Australia
  • LTGEN C.W. Fulford, Jr. USMC, Commander, Marine Forces Pacific, United States

DAY THREE - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1999

0900-1700

Visit to Australian International Airshow

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