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1st - 2nd December 2015, NH Collection Sevilla, Seville, Spain

the largest bespoke military airliftconference in Europe, now in its 16th year

New for 2015: Hear from multinationalcommands including NATO Heavy AirliftWing, NATO SHAPE and EU Military Staffand learn about their pooling and sharingefforts

Discuss with United Nations and EuropeanCommission how airlift can furtherenhance responses to humanitariandisasters such as the nepal earthquake

Panel Discussions: debate the limits ofEuropean interoperability as well asmaximising efficiency in rapid reactionand humanitarian operations

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In addition, this event includes...

• Post conference site visit to Airbus MilitaryFacility, Seville on 3rd december

MILITARY AIRLIFT AND RAPIDREACTION OPERATIONS

sMi presents its 16th annual conference on...

NH Collection Sevilla, Seville, Spain

Enhancing Your Capabilities And Satisfying RequirementGaps In Airlift And Aerial Refuelling Operations

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www.military-airlift.comRegister online, call +44 (0) 20 7827 6000 or fax your registration form to +44 (0) 20 7827 6001

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Chairman:

Laurent Donnet, Programme Manager Airlift & Air-to-Air Refuelling,European Defence Agency

Host nation Address from:

Brigadier General Enrique J. Biosca Vazquez, Head of Plans andPolicy division, Spanish Air Force

Military speakers Include:

Brigadier General Dionigi Maria Loria, director, Logistics directorate,European Union Military Staff

Colonel Reinhard Krell, director, Movement Coordination CentreEurope

Group Captain Andrew Killey, Assistant Head defence supply ChainOperations and Movements (dsCOM) - defence Movements teamLeader, Royal Air Force

Colonel Karsten Jensen, Commander Air transport Wing,Royal Danish Air Force

senior Representative, European Air Transport Command

Industry speakers Include:

Didier Vernet, Head of A400M Product Marketing,

Airbus Defence And Space

James Eisenhart, director, sales and Marketing, C2IsR

Mobility Platforms, Boeing

David A. Robinson, senior Manager, sales and Marketing, Globalservices and support, Boeing

Colin Sage, director, International C3 & IsR Programs,

ViaSat, Inc.

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Colonel Trevor Nitz, Commander, Heavy Airlift Wing

MILITARY AIRLIFT AND RAPID REACTION OPERATIONSDAY ONE I 1st December 2015 www.military-airlift.com

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksLaurent Donnet, Programme Manager AAR and Airlift,European Defence Agency

CURRENT MISSIONS, CAPABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS ACROSS EUROPE

9.10 HOST NATION ADDRESS: An Evaluation Of Current And Planned Activities AndHow They Will Enhance The Spanish Air Force’s AirliftCapabilities For 2015 And Beyond• How spain’s accessions to the EAtC will benefit the

spanish Air Force and the European Air transportCommand

• An overview of assets now available to the spanish Air Force and now available to the EAtC

• Enhancement of tactical At-aircraft and air-to-air refuelling capabilities

• An update on the European tactical Airlift Centre(EtAC) launch in 2016

• How pooling and sharing will be central in meetingspain’s next generation airlift requirements

Brigadier General Enrique J. Biosca Vazquez, Head ofPlans and Policy division, Spanish Air Force

9.50 Airbus Defence & Space Military Aircraft: Pioneering the Future

• Light and Medium (Cn235/C295) Product Range: theproven workhorses

• A400M: delivery to the point of need• A330 MRtt: global market dominance of strategic

airlift and air refuelingDidier Vernet, Head of A400M Product Marketing, Airbus Defence And Space

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 An Update On The A400M Programme: Optimising European Collaboration For Acquisition and Support

• Providing harmonized capabilities to Military Forces• setting up global support to Customers• Preparing next challengesNicholas Hue, A400M Programme Manager, OCCAR-EA

11.40 An Overview Of Boeing’s Airlift Capabilities• 737-700 and C-40A Configurable Airlift Capability • Us Air Force KC-46 tanker Program status• Performance Based Logistics – Cost-effective, Reliable

system PerformanceJames Eisenhart, director, sales and Marketing, C2IsRMobility Platforms, BoeingDavid A. Robinson, senior Manager, sales andMarketing, Global services and support, Boeing

12.20 An Update From The European Air Transport Command (EATC) On Current Capacities And Further Expansion

• the EAtC's fleet and current capabilities following theaccession of spain and Italy

• An update on the goals and timelines of the EAtC• Is there a limit to the pooling and sharing of assets

under the EAtC?• How the EAtC can expand its' assets and capabilities

further without reliance on new nations joiningSenior Representative, European Air TransportCommand

13.00 Networking Lunch

14.00 Modernising The Battlespace With Broadband Connectivity For Global Operations

• High Capacity broadband to enable multi-missionflexibility

• Rapidly-deployable satCom for quick-reactionoperations anywhere in the world

• seamless roaming between multiple satellite networksfor the best connectivity

Colin Sage, director, International C3 & IsR Programs,ViaSat, Inc.

14.40 UK Strategic Military Airlift: Balancing Supply & Demand• Outline of UK’s future Requirements • demand for Airlift • Airlift supply• How UK may combat the fiscal challenges for future

airlift • Improving Efficiency • Innovation• UK’s approach to airlift pooling and sharing • EU • nAtO • non-nAtO• UK and EAtC • UK IntentionsGroup Captain Andrew Killey, Assistant Head defencesupply Chain Operations and Movements dsCOMdefence Movements team Leader, UK Ministry ofDefence

15.20 Afternoon Tea

15.50 PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can European Interoperability Be Optimised And Is There A Limit To Its Potential? • Overcoming the key obstacles to European

integration to ensure greater interoperable efficiency• satisfying critical European requirements without a

reliance on new members to the multinationalcommands

• Is there a limit to interoperability in Europe? • the potential for allied collaboration in Europe with

non-European air forcesModerator: Laurent Donnet, Programme Manager AARand Airlift, European Defence Agency Brigadier General Enrique J. Biosca Vazquez, Head ofPlans and Policy division, Spanish Air Force Colonel Reinhard Krell, director, MovementCoordination Centre Europe Group Captain Andrew Killey, Assistant Head defencesupply Chain Operations and Movements dsCOMdefence Movements team Leader, UK Ministry ofDefence

16.30 How Denmark Maximises Airlift Resources By Readdressing The Balance Between Tactical And Strategic Airlift

• the danish Military Air transport capabilities – anoverview

• the history of danish Air transport – from tactical tostrategic and back

• What has happened regarding strategic Airlift afterthe Prague summit in 2002

• Future capability bottlenecks • the danish ConclusionColonel Karsten Fledelius Jensen, Commander, Airtransport Wing, Aalborg, Danish Air Force

17.10 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

17.30 Networking Reception Hosted By

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MILITARY AIRLIFT AND RAPID REACTION OPERATIONSwww.military-airlift.com DAY TWO I 2nd December 2015

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksLaurent Donnet, Programme Manager AAR and Airlift,European Defence Agency

MILITARY AIRLIFTS FROM A COALITION PERSPECTIVE: GROWTH,DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVING GREATER INTEROPERABILITY

9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: EUMS Perspective For The International Strategic Lift Collaboration In EU CSDP Missions And Operations And Disaster Relief

• the EU Comprehensive Approach to external conflictsand crises

• EU CsdP Missions and Operations (update of currentmissions)

• support to EU-led military missions/operations andEUBGs preparation

• strategic Lift in Crises Response • Use of EU Ms transportation assets in support of EU

disaster ResponseBrigadier General Dionigi Maria Loria, director, Logisticsdirectorate, European Union Military Staff

9.50 Allied Movement Coordination Centre - Lift in Crisis• Operational context• Multi-national deployment planning and execution• Multi-modality• FutureSenior Representative, AMCC, NATO SHAPE

10.30 Morning Coffee

11.00 The Evolution Of The Heavy Airlift Wing• the strategic Airlift Capability Program • sAC Partners • HAW Organization• Advancements • sAC Facilities • It systems• the Evolving HAW Mission • transition Out of Afghanistan • the demand in Africa • Exercises • Increasing Airdrop Capabilities• Future Opportunities • sAC Program Expansion • Expanding Partnerships

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11.40 Movement Coordination Centre Europe - The Only Military Transportation Broker

• Worldwide military M&t business • Current At and AAR situation and availability • How do we optimise Military support systems • Analysing current demand of air capabilities in

Europe and beyond • Create solutions for nations and Organizations • safe capabilities and money for our nations• Assessing the operational readiness for future

challengesColonel Reinhard Krell, director, MovementCoordination Centre Europe

12.20 Networking Lunch

13.20 Filling The Airlift And AAR Gap In Europe• developing more capability through the European

defence Agency• European cooperation to increase interoperability• Cost-effectiveness through the European Air transport

Fleet partnershipLaurent Donnet, Programme Manager AAR and Airlift,European Defence Agency

HOW MILITARY AIRLIFT IS ENHANCING HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE OPERATIONS

14.00 PANEL DISCUSSION:How To Maximise Efficiency In Rapid ReactionOperations And Humanitarian Relief Operations• Overcoming the consistent challenges in rapid

reaction operations• How to optimise the humanitarian response and the

importance of planning for the unique challengesfaced

• How cooperation can be improved to maximise theresponse time

• Lessons learnt from recent rapid reaction andhumanitarian reactions

Moderator: Laurent Donnet, Programme Manager AARand Airlift, European Defence Agency Rudolph Muller, deputy director OCHA, Geneva AndChief Of Emergency services Branch, United Nations Laurent Defrance, Policy Officer, European ResponseCoordination Centre, European Commission Brigadier General Dionigi Maria Loria, director, Logisticsdirectorate, European Union Military Staff

14.40 Afternoon Tea

15.10 Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination Guidelines and Beyond

• Humanitarian logistics and its interoperability withmilitaries

• Humanitarian civil-military guidance and policies• Emerging recommendations from the World

Humanitarian summit (WHs) discussion• Plugging into the humanitarian coordination

mechanism• Global standards on the use of foreign military assets• Platforms for information sharing between

humanitarians and the militaryRudolph Muller, deputy director OCHA, Geneva AndChief Of Emergency services Branch, United Nations

15.50 How Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) Has Utilised Airlift In Response To Recent Humanitarian And National Disasters

• Role of the ERCC• EU MEdEVAC of Ebola Patients• nepal Earthquake disaster Relief• Consular supportLaurent Defrance, Policy Officer, European ResponseCoordination Centre, European Commission

16.30 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

16.45 Networking Reception Hosted By

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Supported by

Colonel Trevor Nitz, Commander, Heavy Airlift

POST CONFERENCE SITE VISIT TO AIRBUS MILITARY FACILITY, SEVILLE ON 3RD DECEMBER

OVERVIEW

Following a welcome and briefing by Major General Jesus Pinillos Prieto, Military Advisor to the AirbusMilitary Aircraft Presidency, there will be a tour of the facilities. This will include an exclusive opportunity tosee the A400M Final Assembly Line. This exclusive site visit also gives you the unique chance to see theirLight and Medium Aircraft Final Assembly line for their C295 and CN235 aircraft. Overall this site visit is

designed to provide delegates with a complete insight into new developments at Airbus and their rangeof airlift related capability.

SITE VISIT ITINERARY

9.30 Arrival

Delegates will arrive at San Pablo, South Sector of the AirbusMilitary Facility and be welcomed with coffee

10.00 Airbus Presentation

A welcome and corporate presentation by Major General JesúsPinillos Prieto, Airbus Military Aircraft Advisor

10.30 Networking Break

Delegates will be provided with a morning coffee andrefreshments

11.00 Visit to the Facilities

An opportunity for delegates to see the A400M final assembly line

12.00 Visit to the Facilities

The light and medium aircrafts (C295 & CN235) will be on display

13.30 End of Site Visit

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All delegates who wish to attend the site visit must confirm this with SMi Group in advance and bring their passports to the visit as proof of identification

Airbus Defence and Space is one of the three divisions of the Airbus Group.It is Europe’s number one defence and space company, the secondlargest space business worldwide, and within the top ten defenceenterprises globally. It employs some 38,600 employees generatingrevenues of approximately €13 billion per year. www.airbus.com

Boeing Global Services & Support is the world's largest aerospacecompany and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners anddefense, space and security systems. A top U.s. exporter, the companysupports airlines and U.s. and allied government customers in 150countries. Boeing products and services include commercial andmilitary aircraft, satellites, weapons, C4IsR, electronic and defensesystems, launch systems, and performance-based logistics and training.Boeing has a long tradition of aerospace innovation. Its broad range ofcapabilities includes creating new, more efficient members of itscommercial airplane family, creating advanced technology solutionsfor military customers and integrating aircraft, defense systems andwarfighters through network-enabled solutions. Please call BoeingBoeing Global services and support. www.boeing.com

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ViaSat, Inc. arms airborne missions such as VIP transport and IsR withtrue broadband via satellite for timely delivery of data-rich contentaround-the-world. Viasat’s secure mobile broadband satcom enablesairborne operators to send full-motion video, make phone calls,conduct video conferences. www.viasat.com

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