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Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-operation Agreements
26 January - 27 January 2005
Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-operation Agreements
This conference will examine the changing nature of the Nordic and Baltic counter-trade environment and the implications of this on the defence industry. It will give case studies on Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian industrial co-operation requirements, particularly focusing on current and future procurement projects. This conference will also address the role of the government in assisting and co-ordinating military procurement.

Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-operation Agreements 2005 will evaluate the role and current demand of offsets in the Nordic and Baltic defence industry and will analyse emerging partnerships between defence and civil construction, looking at how these can be profitable. It will also look at the implications of changing policy and doctrine within the individual countries.

This event will identify new thinking and techniques used to meet industrial co-operation requirements. It will also give key case studies that will enable delegates to learn where to invest their research in order ensure successful industrial co-operation programmes. Additionally, Nordic and Baltic Industrial Co-operation Agreements 2005 will analyse increasing trade prospects and future countertrade and industrial co-operation requirements for the Nordic and Baltic environment.

Benefits of Attending:

HEAR the latest offset requirements from each country's responsible Government Agency
GAIN an insight into developing a successful offset programme
LEARN from past and current co-operation projects
IDENTIFY the current trends in the European defence market
LEARN of the region's procurement plans to meet NATO requirements
DISCOVER the future path for Nordic and Baltic co-operation

A unique opportunity to gain an insight from leading experts in the field including:
  • Major General Heikki Holma, Chief of International Division, Finnish Defence Staff
  • Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandrs Stepanovs, Chief of Staff, Latvian Airforce
  • Jaan Kuks, Chairman, BALTSEA
  • Britt Laila Steinkjer, Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency/Procurement Branch
  • Dr Peter Lawaetz, Director, Danish Defence Research Establishment
  • Bent Lindhart Andersen, Head of Division for Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Denmark
  • Lieutenant Commander Andrei Leit, N3 Officer, Estonian Naval Staff
  • Professor Kjell A Eliassen, Director, Centre for European and Asian Studies, Norwegian School of Management
  • Age Skoelv, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Research Establishment
  • Knuth Herrefoss, Advisor, Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency/Procurement Branch
  • Jouko Tuloisela, Senior Governmental Secretary, Resource Policy Department, Ministry of Defence, Finland
  • Margus Kolga, Senior Research Fellow, Baltic Defence College
  • Senior Representative, Ministry of Economy, Lithuania


Chaired by:
  • Lieutenant General Percurt Green, Director, Association of Swedish Defence Industries
  • Roger Bulgin, Managing Director, Offsets 2000, Independent Consultants
    • Conference agenda

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      8:30

      Registration & Coffee

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      9:00

      Offset campaign considerations and strategies

    • Campaign considerations
    • Factors that influence strategies
    • Customer requirements, priorities and expectations
    • Offset policies and guidelines
    • Customer priorities
    • Marketing campaign strategies
    • Offset campaign strategies
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      10:00

      Campaign planning and proposal development

    • Familiarisation of customer country and industry
    • Establishing presence in country
    • Proposal considerations
    • Industrial capability assessments
    • Assistance from other parties
    • Messages to the customer
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      11:00

      Morning Coffee

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      11:20

      Proposal structure & flow down requirements

    • Outline structure considerations
    • Describing and selling offset benefits
    • Direct offset proposal
    • Indirect offset proposal
    • High profile projects
    • Use of offset brokers/in country partners
    • Flow down proposal requirements
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      12:00

      Review of session

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      12:20

      Overview of General Dynamics Corporation

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      12:30

      Close of Executive Briefing

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      8:30

      Registration & Coffee

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      9:00

      Chairman's Opening Remarks

      Percurt Green

      Percurt Green, Director, Association Of Swedish Defence Industries (A S D I)

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      9:10

      NORDIC CO-OPERATION IN PEACE OPERATIONS

      Heikki Holma

      Heikki Holma, Chief of International Division, Finnish Defence Staff

    • Overview of NORDCAPS: why it is required and the advantages created
    • The aims and objectives of industrial co-operation between the Nordic countries
    • The effect of some members being in NATO and the EU and others only being in the EU
    • How procurement projects are agreed and administered
    • Creating a Provisional Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan in 2004
    • The future plans for the development of a multinational fire brigade to support the operation of Kabul International airport in 2004
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      9:50

      NORWEGIAN INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION AND OFFSET EXPERIENCE

    • The overview of the aims and objectives of offsets in Norway
    • The current status of industrial co-operation with Nordic and international countries – indirect and direct
    • Industrial co-operation objectives and characteristics
    • The policy guidelines for co-operation – encouraging industrial progression in Norway
    • Recent experiences including the NH-90 procurement programme
    • Benefits attained and points to improve
    • Lessons learned and how these lessons will be implemented in future policy and procurement plans
    • Age Skoelv

      Age Skoelv, Senior Advisor, Norweigian Defence Research Establishment

      Knuth Herrefoss

      Knuth Herrefoss, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation/Investments Staff

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      10:30

      Morning Coffee

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      11:00

      DANISH GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION

      Bent Lindhardt Andersen

      Bent Lindhardt Andersen, Head of Division, National Agency for Enterprise and Housing

    • Overview of the level of Danish industrial co-operation
    • Aims and objectives of industrial co-operation in Denmark
    • New Danish guidelines on industrial participation
    • The introduction of new rewards in case of fulfilment before time and new sanctions in case of non-compliance
    • The use of multipliers and models of finding an ‘appropriate’ level
    • The definition of ‘defence’/’defence-related’ with regard to approving offset transactions
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      11:40

      FINNISH PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS

      Jouko Tuloisela

      Jouko Tuloisela, Senior Governmental Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Finland

    • Developing policy to help the Finnish defence industry progress industrially
    • The effect of being in the EU but not NATO
    • The Finnish military services procurement requirements
    • Direct industrial participation – what is new
    • AMOS Mortar system and other current APC/ACV programmes
    • Niche areas of expertise
    • Future plans of procurement
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      12:20

      Networking Lunch

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      13:50

      SWEDISH INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION

      Lars Ajaxon

      Lars Ajaxon, Vice President, Industrial Co-operation, SAAB

    • Preserving industrial competence free trade
    • Overview of Swedish industrial participation requirements
    • Interoperability and international industrial co-operation
    • Joint acquisition and offset projects in Sweden
    • Present and future procurement initiatives
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      14:30

      LITHUANIAN GUIDELINES FOR COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS

      Raimondas Martinavicius

      Raimondas Martinavicius, Head of Industry Policy Unit, Lithuanian Ministry of Economy

    • Objectives of the compensation programme: overview
    • Requirements for foreign suppliers to enter into compensation agreements and how these are set up
    • Priority areas, arms, ammunition and other military purpose goods and state of the art technologies
    • Time constraints for the fulfilment of agreements
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      15:10

      Afternoon Tea

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      15:40

      LATVIAN REQUIREMENTS FOR CO-OPERATION

      Ilze Angere

      Ilze Angere, Chief of Logistics Strategy Division, Latvian Ministry of Defence

    • Overview of Latvian policy structures for procurement and industrial co-operation agreements
    • Latvian objectives
    • as a small country the ability to contribute to NATO
    • areas in which Latvia specialises, the Military Police, explosive ordinance disposal, Sappers and divers
    • Future plans – developing a motorised infantry battalion with help from equipment donated and procured from the US and Sweden
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      16:20

      ESTONIA – IS THERE ANY FUTURE FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT?

      Margus Kolga

      Margus Kolga, Senior Research Fellow, Baltic Defence College

    • Building a defence industry from scratch after the end of the Soviet system
    • Current focus of defence manufacturing
    • simulators
    • explosives
    • maintenance of existing weapons systems
    • Current legislation and regulations and their limitations on the use of offset
    • Estonian industry’s co-operation with Lockheed-Martin – the way forward?
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      17:00

      Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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      8:30

      Registration & Coffee

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      9:00

      Chairman's Opening Remarks

      Roger Bulgin

      Roger Bulgin, Managing Director, Offsets 2000 Limited

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      9:10

      NORDIC ARMAMENT CO-OPERATION (NORDAC)

    • Overview of NORDAC
    • The variety of co-operation within NORDAC: non-NORDAC nations’ participation in NORDAC groups and projects
    • Industrial aspects
    • The Norwegian vision for the new chairmanship
    • Focus of the coming year
    • Britt Laila Steinkjer

      Britt Laila Steinkjer, Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency

      Knuth Herrefoss

      Knuth Herrefoss, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation/Investments Staff

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      9:50

      OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES

      Kjell Eliassen

      Kjell Eliassen, Director, Centre for European and Asian Studies, Norwegian School of Management

    • The F16 experience in Europe
    • The JSF logic and beyond
    • The case for industrial co-operation
    • The future of offsets in Europe
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      10:30

      Morning Coffee

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      11:00

      SATISFYING THE FUTURE OFFSET REQUIREMENTS

      Peter Lawaetz

      Peter Lawaetz, Director, Danish Defence Research Establishment

    • Background: national differences in Europe regarding development and production of defence materiel have resulted in a serious disparity between offset demand and relevant national industrial capability in several countries
    • Possible remedies to eliminate the disparity
    • Admitting transnational defence industrial companies
    • R&T co-operation to foster industrial networks for easier market access or to qualify more national industry for the defence sector
    • Drivers
    • Multipliers/reduction factors, national seed money for initiation programmes
    • Supporting participation in multinational R&T programmes and projects
    • More direct involvement of the Defence in handling offset arrangements
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      11:40

      Panel Discussion

      Bent Lindhardt Andersen

      Bent Lindhardt Andersen, Head of Division, National Agency for Enterprise and Housing

      Age Skoelv

      Age Skoelv, Senior Advisor, Norweigian Defence Research Establishment

      Lars Ajaxon

      Lars Ajaxon, Vice President, Industrial Co-operation, SAAB

      Jouko Tuloisela

      Jouko Tuloisela, Senior Governmental Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Finland

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      12:20

      Networking Lunch

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      13:50

      THE BALTSEA GROUP

      Ingvar  Pärnamäe

      Ingvar Pärnamäe, Deputy Director, Estonian Ministry of Defence

    • Overview of BALTSEA
    • members and structure
    • aims and objectives
    • Optimising the use of resources through the Top-5 priorities approach
    • Assisting the Baltic countries in meeting NATO integration objectives
    • Priority of the Estonian chairmanship – merging the Steering Group and the Working Group
    • BALTBAT – successes and lessons learned
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      14:30

      BALTRON

      Andrei Leit

      Andrei Leit, N3 Chairman MCG BALTRON, Estonian Navy

    • Explanation of BALTRON
    • international squadron to minimise mine hazards
    • improve peace time navigation
    • help remediate environmental damage in territorial waters and economic zones of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
    • Advantages of BALTRON
    • enhancing the development of Baltic navies and their defence capabilities
    • promoting mutual understanding and their interoperability to integrate them within NATO their respective NATO units
    • additional aim to enable the multinational Navy to participate in international peacekeeping
    • Rotation of the staff positions to ensure equal national participation
    • Foreign assistance
    • equipment provision and diving and signals training
    • appointment of foreign advisors to availability of expert advice
    • developing a national Navy for Estonia
    • Exercises Open Spirit and Amber Sea
    • Operation MCOPEST 2004 – clearing 340 mines from 524 square miles of sea.
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      15:10

      Afternoon Tea

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      15:40

      BALTNET

      Lieutenant Colonel Edvins Jonins

      Lieutenant Colonel Edvins Jonins, , Latvian Air Force

    • Overview – creating cost effective military Regional Air Surveillance co-ordination Centre (RASCC)
    • National Nodes (NN) and territorial control and national funding
    • Communication infrastructure and radar network integration
    • Norwegian involvement in the project
    • planning equipment procurement, services, building and commissioning the complete communication infrastructure
    • integration and modernisation of military radars and provision of support and training
    • Scanmatic – the prime contractor for the Norwegian involvement
    • Integration with the US and its involvement – Air Sovereignty Operations Center (ASOC)
    • Current status and future progress
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      16:20

      Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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