Conference Day One: 13 May 2009

08:30 Registration

09:00 Chairman’s Welcome

09:10 The NATO Perspective: Future Joint Air And Space Power

• Implementing joint air operations
• Engaging in air interoperability
• Current air capabilities: limitations & opportunities
• Strategic joint air concepts from a NATO standpoint

Air Commodore Garry Porter
Assistant Director Transformation
NATO Joint Air Power

09:50 US Pacific Air Forces Address: How Might Future Air Force Plans And Requirements Be Defined In The Asia Pacific Context

• Update on current operations and programs in the Pacific Air Forces
• Analysis of contemporary air power issues in the region
• Looking into the fundamental differences between the traditional threat and the asymmetrical threat
• Assessing technological upgrade requirements with regard to PACAF

Colonel Mark DeLong
Chief of Operations Division, Directorate of Operations, Plans Requirements and Programs
US Pacific Air Forces

11:00 US Naval Aviation Perspective: Delving Into The USN’s Premier Multirole Fighter Aircraft, The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

• An assessment of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet’s role
• Looking into the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare variant
• Successful implementation and lessons learned
• Current operations

Captain Mark Darrah
F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Manager
Naval Air Systems Command, US Navy

11:40 Future Affordable Force Structure Through Modernization

• Providing options through system upgrades and modifications
• Examining operational needs in the region for the next decade and beyond
• Required technologies for future global/regional air operations

Chris Chadwick
President
Boeing Military Aircraft

13:20 Air Power And Ecology: Destruction Of Enemies But Not The Environment

• Relationship between air power and the physical environment
• Utilizing air power effectively while minimizing collateral damage
• Examples and case studies

Dr. Joel Hayward
Dean Royal Air Force College Cranwell & Head of Air Power Studies
King’s College London

14:00 Panel Discussion:Modernization And Procurement In The Region

This panel will look into the trends, interests and plans for modernization, acquisition of new assets and upgrading of existing capabilities in Asia. A full spectrum of policies, strategies, platforms, systems and solutions relating to air power modernization/procurement will be explored.

• Regional air force modernization
• Procurement plans and stages
• Potential issues and challenges ahead
• Future prospects for platform and systems acquisition

Bill Sweetman Editor-in-Chief Aviation Week	Chris Chadwick President Boeing Military Aircraft
Mike Henchey VP International Business Development Space & Airborne Systems Raytheon	George Standridge Vice President, Business Development Lockheed Martin

14:40 Benefits Of An Integrated Sensor Suite For All Generations Of Fighter Aircraft

• Integrated sensor suite defined
• Latest generation sensors and processors overview
• Strategic and tactical advantages of an integrated sensor suite

Mike Henchey
VP International Business Development Space & Airborne Systems
Raytheon

15:50 Air Power In The Asia Pacific

• Review of air power doctrine
• An overview of air power capabilities in the region
• Acquisition and modernization targets
• Challenges and threats

Dr. Sanu Kainikara
Air Power Strategist, Royal Australian Air Force
Air Power Development Centre *pending final confirmation*

16:30 Blue Horizons: Challenges For Asia In 2030

• Assessment of geo-strategic trends in the Asia Pacific region
• The inevitable surprises of the 2030s and beyond
• Implications for recapitalizing the fleet and for new system design

Colonel John Geis II
Director Center for Strategy and Technology, Maxwell Air Force Base
US Air Force *pending final confirmation*

17:10 Chairman Hosted Q&A And Summary

17:20 End Of Conference Day 1

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