Conference Day Two: Thursday 29th October

08.50 Chairman's Address And Opening Remarks

Major General Erik Rossander (Ret'd)
Vice President
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences

09.00 Nordic Defence Procurement Cooperation: An Update

• What are the developments in Nordic procurement cooperation over the last 12 months?
• Appraising the ongoing work of the NORDAC organisation and the NORDSUP structures
• Examining the likely areas for future cooperation and the chances of success

Brigadier General Markku Nikkila
Director Defence Policy Unit, Ministry of Defence
Finland

09.40 Collaborative Research And Development Across Nordic Defence Industries

• Distributing the benefits of defence investment throughout the Nordic region
• Research and development for cost efficiency and maintenance
• Generation of funding for new procurement

Frank Steder
Senior Scientist
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

10.50 Air Platform Requirements And The Potential Areas For Collaborative Procurement

• Facing common issues on recent operations and how have requirements evolved
• Cold weather and ruggedized landing strips: The challenges of Nordic air operations
• Following on from the success of NH-90, where next for air systems?
• Strategic issues in air defence for Nordic nations

Brigadier General Micael Byden
Head of Training and Procurement
Swedish Air Force

11.30 Danish Ministry Of Defence Corporate Innovations To Drive Transformation Forward

• Implementing a comprehensive approach to organisation change that will improve support to operational units
• Assess your organisational structures and establish where your efforts need to be concentrated
• Innovations to improve the efficiency of requirement setting and procurement processes

Rear Admiral Lars Kragelund
Deputy Chief of Staff - Innovation, Defence Command
Denmark

13.30 Future Directions In Norwegian Defence Procurement

• Lessons learned from previous procurement success stories
• How to share the benefits of procurement among Nordic region industries
• Collaboration between military organisations to drive development

Brigadier Asle Kjelsberg
Chief of Procurement
Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation

14.10 Panel Session: Enabling Information Sharing Across Nordic Militaries

• Moving beyond the technical challenges of sharing information and data
• The dangers of mistrust in multinational operations and defending own "portions" of information
• Distributing region-wide intelligence to track and target potential enemy assets

14.50 Afternoon Tea And Networking

15.20 Developing A Nordic Model Of Command And Control

• Examining the new Command and Control space
• The potential of creating a shared C2 network for Nordic nations
• How Nordic nation deployments should feed in development of C2 systems

S Anders Christensson
Command and Control Studies Division
Swedish National Defence College

16.00 Collaborative Research And Development Across Nordic Defence Industries

• Distributing the benefits of defence investment throughout the Nordic region
• Leveraging the knowledge of local high-tech expertise to create world-beating defence capabilities
• Practical cooperation steps in developing new defence solutions

Major General Erik Rossander (Ret'd)
Vice President
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences

16.40 Chairman's Summary And Close Of Conference