NATO TRANSFORMATION:
REALIGNMENT FOR THE FUTURE Tentative Schedule November 2­4, 2006 Delta Bow Valley Hotel, Calgary
DAY ONE – November 2, 2006 5:00­7:00 Registration and Light Reception
DAY TWO – November 3, 2006 8:00­8:45 Registration 8:45­9:00 Welcome 9:00­10:00 Keynote #1: Political Transformation: Extending the Reach of NATO Major General Douglas Dempster (ret’d), Assistant Secretary General, Executive Management, NATO HQ 1 0:00­10:30 Break 10:30­12:00 Panel: Political Transformation: Political Decisions and Military Reach § Dr. Alexander Moens, Simon Fraser University § Major General Ivan Fenton, OMM, CD, Assistant Director of Operations, NATO International Military Staff. 12:00­2:00 Lunch 2:00­3:00 Keynote#2: Organizational Transformation: Projecting Stability and Global Coalitions Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
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NATO TRANSFORMATION: REVITALIZATION FOR THE FUTURE 2 3:00­3:30 Break 3:30­5:00
General Dynamics Canada Panel: Organizational Transformation: Operations and Commitments: § Lieutenant­General J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, CMM, MSC, CD, Canadian Forces Chief of Staff, NATO HQ, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation § Rob de Wijk, Clingendael Security and Conflict Programme (CSCP) The Centre for Military and Strategic Studies would like to thank General Dynamics Canada for their generous sponsorship of this panel.
7:00­10:00 Dinner
DAY THREE – November 4, 2006 8:30­9:00 Registration 9:00­10:00 Keynote #3: Military Transformation: Capabilities and Technology Lt. Col. (Ret) Charles Barry, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy 10:00­10:30 Break 10:30­12:00 Panel: Military Transformation: Interoperability and Reaction Time § Dr. Sten Rynning, University of Southern Denmark § Diego A. Ruiz Palmer, Head, Planning Section, Operations Division, NATO International Staff, NATO Headquarters § Major Rodger Sloan, Deputy Director, Counter Terrorism Technology Centre, DRDC, Suffield. 12:00­2:00 Lunch 2:00­3:30 Panel: Transformation at War: How Far Does it Work? § Dr. Terry Terriff, Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy, University of Birmingham, UK § Kori Schake, United States Military Academy 3:30 Wrap up 10/10/2006