Main Conference Day One – 10th June 2009

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8:00 - Registration and Morning Coffee

Registration and Morning Coffee

08:45 - Chairman’s Welcome Address

Chairman’s Welcome Address

09:00 - Keynote Presentation: The Violent End Of The Joint Supply Chain

Brigadier Chris Murray, Director, UK Royal Logistics Corps

Keynote Presentation: The Violent End Of The Joint Supply Chain - UK MoD Focus Brigadier Murray was appointed Director of the UK Royal Logistics Corps in 2007, following assignment as the last Commander for the British Forces (Bosnia) and Commander of the Multi-National Task Force (North West) in 2006. The Royal Logistics Corps is at the front line of delivering and supporting British Military capability where and when it is needed, often in extremely hostile conditions. Brigadier Murray will offer unique insight into front-line logistics challenges.

Examining the challenges involved in preparing soldier logisticians to deliver logistics on expeditionary warfare
How are contemporary operations a hybrid of peace support operations and major combat operations?
Outlining the key aspects of doctrine, training, equipment and force protection
An insight into Operation OQAB TSUKA and how the mission successfully delivered a hydro-electric turbine 180 kilometres by road from Kandahar Airfield to the Kajaki Dam: a 12 day logistic led operation, involving 4000 troops, extensive planning and international co-operation

Brigadier Chris Murray

09:30 - How Has NAMSA Met Logistics Support Requirements In Multi-National Operations?

Major General (Ret) Karl-Heinz Münzner, General Manager, NAMSA

How Has NAMSA Met Logistics Support Requirements In Multi-National Operations?Prior to his current appointment, Major General (Ret) Karl-Heinz Münzner was the Department Chief responsible for budgeting and planning, armament and logistics within the Army Staff of the German Ministry of Defence. He managed several reform projects of the Bundeswehr, such as New Fleet Management and Army Maintenance Logistics, in cooperation with industry. He was also the Special Commissioner to the Minister for cooperative Army logistics. NAMSA provides support for a variety of weapon / equipment systems owned by NATO or its member nations as well as providing logistics services in support of NATO operations.

Examining how NAMSA plans for contracted logistics in preparation of expeditionary logistics: supply management, maintenance and repair services
Contracting in multinational operations and coalition environments to meet logistics objectives
Successful partnering with industry in supplying theatres of operation and achieving optimum interoperability
Integrating contracted logistics support in the battlefield to ensure front line effectiveness and achieve operational readiness

Major General (Ret) Karl-Heinz Münzner

10:00 - Panel Discussion: Delivering More With Less: Optimising Your Supply Chain With Limited Resource And A Tight Logistics Budget

Brigadier Michael Hickson, Assistant Chief of Staff J1 / J4, UK MoD
Vice Admiral Christián Gantes, Head of Logistics, Chilean Navy
Shane Targett, CEO, Giode

Panel Discussion: Delivering More With Less: Optimising Your Supply Chain With Limited Resource And A Tight Logistics Budget In a cost-cutting environment, defence logisticians are under constant pressure to deliver more with less. Learn how to strike an effective balance between improving operational effectiveness but reducing your logistics costs.

How to stretch your logistics budget as much as possible to effectively sustain and support ongoing operations
Strengthening industry and military partnerships to overcome financial hurdles and budgetary constraints
Assessing whether internal processes can be consolidated to improve supply chain performance but lower costs

Brigadier Michael Hickson

Vice Admiral Christián Gantes

Shane Targett

10:30 -Morning Coffee

Morning Coffee

11:00 - Geopolitical And Defence Policy Guest Address

Dr Liam Fox, Secretary, UK Shadow Defence

Geopolitical And Defence Policy Guest Address Dr Liam Fox is the Shadow Secretary of the UK State for Defence. He is also a medical doctor and former civilian army officer. He is perfectly positioned to authoritatively speak on UK and global defence policy. In this exclusive guest address he will provide an update on the current geopolitical defence landscape.

Dr Liam Fox

11:30 - Panel Discussion: Deploying End-To-End Through Life Support To Adapt To Unpredictable Threats, Changing Operational Requirements And Environments

Brigadier Chris Murray, Director, UK Royal Logistics Corps
Major General Bengt Andersson, OperationalCommander, Nordic Battle Group
Dietmar Fiegas, ILS/ISS Section Leader, OCCAR-EA

Panel Discussion: Deploying End-To-End Through Life Support To Adapt To Unpredictable Threats, Changing Operational Requirements And EnvironmentsIn this panel discussion, our senior panellists will establish to what extent Through Life Support is an effective approach to managing system support and sustainability. Areas for debate include:

Implementing Through Life Support methodologies to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of logistics
Overcoming the challenges of planning and managing Through Life Support: changing operational conditions, complex systems and a lack of frontline visibility
Working with your partners to identify and manage the risks associated with adopting a Through Life Support approach

Brigadier Chris Murray

Major General Bengt Andersson

Dietmar Fiegas

12:00 - Developing A Strategy To Maximise Efficiency, Flexibility And Interoperability Between Coalition Partners

Developing A Strategy To Maximise Efficiency, Flexibility And Interoperability Between Coalition Partners

Streamlining core processes and capitalising on cutting-edge technology to drive communication and collaboration
Joining forces to drive frontline efficiency and maximise flexibility
Outlining expectations and setting key standards for performance for each party
Exploiting technology to increase efficiency and improve operational performance

Session reserved for industry partner

12:00 - Lunch

Lunch

13:30 - Achieving Successful End-To-End Logistics Transformation: Revolutionising The Effectiveness, Efficiency And Flexibility Of Logistics Support

Stream A: Driving Process Improvement

Bruno Cantin, Head of Logistics Defence Planning and Policy Division, NATO

Achieving Successful End-To-End Logistics Transformation: Revolutionising The Effectiveness, Efficiency And Flexibility Of Logistics SupportBruno Cantin has over 29 years of command and staff work experience in armaments, logistics, standardisation, personnel management, financial management, maintenance, technical support management and information resources management. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 22 years. He will provide comprehensive insight on:

Exploring how processes can be streamlined to ensure the transformation of the entire end-to-end supply chain
Improving the reliability, availability and sustainability of logistics support throughout the operation
Identifying how transformation will enable you to improve turnaround times and the availability of parts

Bruno Cantin

13:30 - Implementing Shared Services Support to Respond to Future Defence Requirements

Stream B: Developing Support Chain Strategies

Martin Bowles, Deputy Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Defence Support Group, Australian Department of Defence

Implementing Shared Services Support to Respond to Future Defence RequirementsIn this role Martin Bowles is responsible for the Defence Support Group which is structured into five Divisions: Defence Health Services, Defence Legal, National Operations, Personnel Services, Infrastructure and a Corporate Management Branch. The Defence Support Group is one of the vital elements underpinning Defence capability, with representatives on every Defence site around the country and providing essential services and support to over 90,000 personnel.

The journey to a consolidated service delivery organisation to support Defence capability and enable Defence priorities
Revolutionising the Australian Defence Organisation's shared service model through strategic reform and the next steps
Maximising the delivery of support services through better buying and contracting practices
Challenging attitudes regarding demand and consumption policies and how services have been traditionally provided

Martin Bowles, Deputy Secretary

14:15 - Successfully Integrating Your Logistics Processes To Maximise Asset Visibility, Drive Performance Improvement And Increase Agility

Stream A: Driving Process Improvement

Successfully Integrating Your Logistics Processes To Maximise Asset Visibility, Drive Performance Improvement And Increase Agility

Reviewing your end-to-end processes and determining whether process integration will lead to performance improvement, increased agility and overall cost reduction
Effectively matching your resource to process to maximise technical, material and personnel interoperability
Establishing defined reporting tools to increase process visibility and create a smarter, leaner support chain
Leveraging key metrics across your entire supply chain to achieve maximum transparency and traceability

Session reserved for industry partner

14:15 - Enhancing Military Capability: Contractors And The Delivery Of Tailored Solutions In The Operational Space

Stream B: Developing Support Chain Strategies

Dr Chris Kinsey, Defence Studies Department, Kings College London

Enhancing Military Capability: Contractors And The Delivery Of Tailored Solutions In The Operational SpaceBefore joining the Defence Studies Department, Dr Christopher Kinsey was an ESRC post-doctoral fellow at the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he also received his doctoral degree, which examined the impact of private security in international politics.

Discussing the role of contractors in the operational space: how can military capabilities be maximised and what short-term steps need to be taken to achieve future goals
Identifying how to effectively tailor long-term solutions to current problems and developing a strategic roadmap to strengthen cooperative partnerships
Overcoming the challenges of using contractors in the operational space

Dr Chris Kinsey

15:00 - Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea

15:30 - Integrating Logistics Processes To Increase Asset Visibility, Reduce Costs And Maximise Operational Efficiency and Availability: A Chilean Navy Case Study

Stream A: Driving Process Improvement

Vice Admiral Christián Gantes, Head of Logistics, Chilean Navy
Professor Hugo Fontena Faundez, Director, School of Defence, Andres Bello University (Chile)

Integrating Logistics Processes To Increase Asset Visibility, Reduce Costs And Maximise Operational Efficiency and Availability: A Chilean Navy Case Study

Vice Admiral Christián Gantes

Professor Hugo Fontena Faundez

15:30 - Outlining The Defence Energy Support Centre’s Renewables And Alternative Fuels’ Strategy And How This Contributes To The Defence Supply Chain

Stream B: Developing Support Chain Strategies

Kim Huntley, Director, Defence Energy Support Centre, Defence Logistics Agency, US Department of Defence

Outlining The Defence Energy Support Centre’s Renewables And Alternative Fuels’ Strategy And How This Contributes To The Defence Supply ChainKim Huntley is responsible for providing the US Department of Defence and other government agencies with comprehensive energy solutions and ensuring continuous energy support to America’s war fighters worldwide. DESC’s mission specialises in contracting support and management of all petroleum-based fuels, additives and other energy products and services. He will focus on:

Providing the Department of Defence and government agencies with comprehensive energy solutions in the most effective and economical manner
Exploring comprehensive energy solutions to ensuring continuous energy support in an ever-changing defence environment: from operational surges to market changes
Adapting and integrating new technologies and processes while ensuring the safety of personnel, products and the environment
Case study: supplying fuel to Afghanistan – mitigating a lack of local fuel, a poor infrastructure and widespread instability

Kim Huntley

16:15 - An Overview Of E-Procurement And Its Benefits For Logistics And Operations

Stream A: Driving Process Improvement

Colonel Tjerk Brouwer, Head General Procurement and Surplus Materiel, Dutch MoD

An Overview Of E-Procurement And Its Benefits For Logistics And OperationsAdvanced e-procurement is an integral way to enable you to manage inventory more effectively, lower your transaction costs and reduce unexpected spending. But how can you effectively transform the theory into a sizeable reality? Here, Colonel Brouwer will describe exactly how the Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation implemented e-procurement across the support chain.

Deploying e-procurement in the supply chain to transform the defence logistics performance
An insight into how e-procurement was successfully implemented in Afghanistan: how were the core challenges overcome?
Outlining how the Netherlands Armed Forces developed its business case for e-procurement adoption
Spearheading e-procurement across the wider Netherlands government

Colonel Tjerk Brouwer

16:15 - Identifying Optimum Transport Modes That Will Enable You To Achieve Fast Operational Deployment

Stream B: Developing Support Chain Strategies

Professor Walther Ploos Van Amstel, Professor, Netherlands Defence Academy

Identifying Optimum Transport Modes That Will Enable You To Achieve Fast Operational DeploymentIn this detailed presentation Professor van Amstel will evaluate how to safely, securely and reliably transport resources and assets on the ground. What are the potential threats and what are the available solutions that will enable you to achieve optimum mobility but still achieve asset and force protection?

Comparing transport modes that will enable you to provide operational sustainment and deliver a rapid response across air, land and sea
Outlining the theatre requirements of current operations and how well equipped logistics functions are to meet these
Ensuring you strike an effective balance between cost and timely delivery
How do coalition partnerships enable you to lower your transportation costs and optimise capacity?
Working with 3PL partners to ensure cost-effective and reliable support

Professor Walther Ploos Van Amstel

17:00 - Champagne Roundtable Discussions

Champagne Roundtable DiscussionsJoin your peers at this interactive session of roundtable debate. In small groups hosted by our experts, you will have the opportunity to discuss some of the sector’s most pressing challenges over a glass of champagne. Topics to be discussed include:

How do ever-changing frontline requirements impact demand planning and forecasting processes?
Devising a reverse logistics roadmap to satisfactorily disengage from current operations
Implementing information management techniques across your supply chain to provide a faster, more reliable and more responsive service
Applying RFID technology to improve tracking, increase visibility and improve planning

18:00 - Networking Drinks Reception

Networking Drinks Reception

19:00 - End Of Day One

End Of Day One