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Air Mission Planning 2014
2 June - 3 June 2014
Air Mission Planning 2014

Developing an effective mission planning system is vital to a division’s military effectiveness. The tools available are quickly advancing from static pre-mission flight plan designers, to dynamic systems capable of in mission interaction and post mission debrief capabilities. 

With military aerial equipment having to perform more roles in a reduced budgetary environment, making the right decisions in systems design is absolutely imperative. In addition with military initiatives now increasingly being operated in coalition with other NATO nations, the ability to integrate the system’s communications is of paramount importance. 

The 5th annual conference promises an exceptional analysis on the systems and strategies that will enhance your military's capabilities in Air Mission Planning. There will be key presentations and case studies from senior military representatives and NATO officials. Additionally there will be essentially networking time to facilitate the discussions needed to drive forward Air Mission Planning system adoption.
 

Join the leading defence forum for mission planning systems and understand and utilize key developments in interoperability, system selection, future planning and cross platform targeting. 

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Benjamin George

Benjamin George

Resident Pilot, Royal Australian Air Force
Diego Ruiz Palmer

Diego Ruiz Palmer

Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General, NATO HQ
Joe Kay

Joe Kay

Co-owner/Director, Effective Direction
Lieutenant General  Sergei Drozdov

Lieutenant General Sergei Drozdov

First Deputy Commander, Ukrainian Air Force
Sean Bell

Sean Bell

UK Defence Growth Lead, Hewlett-Packard Company

Ahmet Tosun

First Lieutenant, Turkish Air Force
Ahmet  Tosun

Benjamin George

Resident Pilot, Royal Australian Air Force
Benjamin George

Derek Reinhardt

LIFCAP Engineer, Royal Australian Air Force
Derek Reinhardt

Diego Ruiz Palmer

Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General, NATO HQ
Diego Ruiz Palmer

Erkan Abunaz

Captain , Turkish Air Force
Erkan  Abunaz

Francesco Agresti

Commander ITA Joint Task Force , Italian Air Force Command
Francesco Agresti

George Harrison

Associate Director, Georgia Technology Research Institute
George Harrison

Gunnar Borch

CEO, GB Consulting bvba
Gunnar  Borch

Gunnar Borch

Owner and General Manager - Former General Manager of the NATO Airlift Management Agency, GB Consulting bvba
Gunnar  Borch

Joe Kay

Co-owner/Director, Effective Direction
Joe Kay

Lieutenant General Sergei Drozdov

First Deputy Commander, Ukrainian Air Force
Lieutenant General  Sergei Drozdov

Mike Watts

Flight Lieutenant , RAF Northolt
Mike Watts

Mike Watts

Flight Lieutenant, Defence Geographic Centre
Mike Watts

Neil Sierens

DFC, former AAC, Aviation and Defence Consultant, Yorvik Aviation
Neil Sierens

Nick Benson

Aeronautical Information Requirements Manager , RAF Northolt
Nick Benson

Richard Leakey

DIIFALG Station Commander, Joint Helicopter Command
Richard  Leakey

Sean Bell

UK Defence Growth Lead, Hewlett-Packard Company
Sean Bell

Simon Turner

Operational Training Director , Ibis Flight Test & SCT Avionics and Training
Simon Turner

Yildiray Korkmaz

Pilot , Turkish Air War College
Yildiray  Korkmaz

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Diego Ruiz Palmer

Diego Ruiz Palmer, Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General, NATO HQ

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9:10

Air Mission Planning post-Afghanistan - a strategic-level view

Diego Ruiz Palmer

Diego Ruiz Palmer, Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General, NATO HQ

• Lessons learned from joint operations in Afghanistan
• Implications of the transition from a “deployed NATO” to a “prepared NATO”
• Airpower’s role on the way to 2020 and beyond

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9:50

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Mission Planning in the Air Domain

•Developing an interoprable air force
•What are the requirements for the future you need to be planning for now?
•How can you look to integrate systems and processes
 

Joe Kay

Joe Kay, Co-owner/Director, Effective Direction

Richard  Leakey

Richard Leakey , DIIFALG Station Commander, Joint Helicopter Command

Nick Benson

Nick Benson, Aeronautical Information Requirements Manager , RAF Northolt

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Mission Support - Defence's critical enabler

Sean Bell

Sean Bell, UK Defence Growth Lead, Hewlett-Packard Company

  • Mission Planning Capability evolved through single-platform parochial approach
  • New Defence landscape dominated by asymmetric threats requiring innovative, flexible and coherent Joint capability
  • Technology remains Defence’s core asymmetric advantage
  • Future Battle-space dominated by Information, Ambiguity, Dynamism and Pace, requires agile Mission Support solutions
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    11:40

    Operational mission planning experiences

    Francesco Agresti

    Francesco Agresti, Commander ITA Joint Task Force , Italian Air Force Command

    •Experiences in Afghanistan
    •Challenges with Joint operations
    •Learnings and advances required with systems

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:40

    Challenges in Establishing Multinational Defence Programmes

    Gunnar  Borch

    Gunnar Borch, Owner and General Manager - Former General Manager of the NATO Airlift Management Agency, GB Consulting bvba

    •What is Smart Defence / Pooling & Sharing
    •Why is multinational cooperation so difficult to achieve?
    •What does Industry want and what can industry do?
    •Potential way ahead future developments
     

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    14:20

    Integrating Mission Planning into Training System Design

    • The increasing value of Mission Planning tools
    • How much, how soon and in what form
    • Competing priorities - Training and Operational
    • Certification Considerations of Mission Planning Systems
    • Aeronautical Data Considerations of Mission Planning Systems
    • Including Mission Planning Aspects in Aircraft Safety Assessments/Cases.
     

    Benjamin George

    Benjamin George, Resident Pilot, Royal Australian Air Force

    Derek Reinhardt

    Derek Reinhardt, LIFCAP Engineer, Royal Australian Air Force

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    15:00

    The Realities of mission planning on operations

    •Real mission planning experiences
    •Helicopter-bourne assault operations
    •Challenges of multi nation mission planning

    Richard  Leakey

    Richard Leakey , DIIFALG Station Commander, Joint Helicopter Command

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    15:35

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:45

    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

    George Harrison

    George Harrison, Associate Director, Georgia Technology Research Institute

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    9:10

    Keynote: Armed Forces of Ukraine in international operations

    Lieutenant General  Sergei Drozdov

    Lieutenant General Sergei Drozdov, First Deputy Commander, Ukrainian Air Force

  • The main areas of cooperation between Ukraine and foreign countries in the military sphere
  • The tasks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the international operations
  • Conditions and factors affecting the use of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the international operations
  • The impact of the experience of local wars and armed conflicts on the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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    10:00

    Aeronautical Information – Don’t put Diesel in your Typhoon

  • The Importance of DATA: Accessible, Complete, Assured.
  • The Need for Coherence in Systems Integration.
  • Moving Towards the Future - The Near and the Far.
  • Nick Benson

    Nick Benson, Aeronautical Information Requirements Manager , RAF Northolt

    Mike Watts

    Mike Watts, Flight Lieutenant, Defence Geographic Centre

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    10:40

    Morning Coffee

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    11:10

    Evaluating the Use of Manned And Unmanned Aerial Vehicles In Strategic Offensive Tasks

    Yildiray  Korkmaz

    Yildiray Korkmaz , Pilot , Turkish Air War College

    • The use of Autonomous UAVs to get the fastest result with the lowest risk.
    • The benefits of concomitant use of manned and unmanned systems.
    • The importance of strategic attack to defeat the enemy and which kind of mission package required to penetrate these targets.
     

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    11:50

    Combined Air Operations – Planning and Coordination

    Simon Turner

    Simon Turner, Operational Training Director , Ibis Flight Test & SCT Avionics and Training

  • Context and evolution of the capability
  • Advantages and challenges posed for future ops
  • Potential tactical advancements

     

     

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    12:30

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    The role of the JFACC in air operations

    •Infrastructure of the JFACC
    •Challenges of planning
    •Challenges of executing deployable air operation centres

    Ahmet  Tosun

    Ahmet Tosun, First Lieutenant, Turkish Air Force

    Erkan  Abunaz

    Erkan Abunaz, Captain , Turkish Air Force

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    14:30

    PANEL DISCUSSION: TBC

    •Planning unmanned missions
    •Key experiences from operations
    •Advances in UAV mission planning systems required
     

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    15:10

    History and the Future – Perspectives on Mission Planning

    George Harrison

    George Harrison, Associate Director, Georgia Technology Research Institute

    •Mission planning in the ‘60’s
    •Preparation for the Gulf War
    •Mission planning today
    •What’s next and what’s needed
     

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    15:50

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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    15:55

    Afternoon Tea


    First Lieutenant
    Turkish Air Force
    Resident Pilot
    Royal Australian Air Force
    LIFCAP Engineer
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Special Advisor to the NATO Secretary General
    NATO HQ
    Captain
    Turkish Air Force
    Commander ITA Joint Task Force
    Italian Air Force Command
    Associate Director
    Georgia Technology Research Institute
    CEO
    GB Consulting bvba
    Co-owner/Director
    Effective Direction
    First Deputy Commander
    Ukrainian Air Force
    Flight Lieutenant
    RAF Northolt
    Aeronautical Information Requirements Manager
    RAF Northolt
    DIIFALG Station Commander
    Joint Helicopter Command
    UK Defence Growth Lead
    Hewlett-Packard Company
    Operational Training Director
    Ibis Flight Test & SCT Avionics and Training
    Pilot
    Turkish Air War College
    Owner and General Manager - Former General Manager of the NATO Airlift Management Agency
    GB Consulting bvba
    Flight Lieutenant
    Defence Geographic Centre
    DFC, former AAC, Aviation and Defence Consultant
    Yorvik Aviation

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