09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

09.10 Interdiction And Close Air Support: The Evolution Of A Complex Relationship

• Origins of the airman’s preference
• Developing ideas on operational art
• The problem with insurgencies

Dr Joel Hayward
Dean
Royal Air Force College Cranwell

09.50 The Way Forward For Air/land Integration In The UK

• Identifying the technological, training and operational challenges facing the provision of Joint Fire Support
• Lessons Learned and recommendations from the UK’s study into A/LI: Project Coningham-Keyes Phase 2
• Future work and the road ahead

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Gray (British Army)
Staff Officer, Joint Air Land Organisation
UK MoD

11.00 Nato Air/land Integration Study

• Examining the overall A/LI process
• The critical need for closer coordination between the services from a strategic perspective
• Identifying options for future operations

Lieutenant Colonel Eric Bogaards
Subject Matter Expert - Manned Combat Air
NATO JAPCC

11.40 Enabling Technology: The Fielded Norwegian Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Programme

• An operator’s perspective from ISAF and mission scenarios
• FAC/NAV capabilities
• Discussing the Network Connectivity and Joint Fires tools

Major Lars Rissmann
Joint Fires Cell
Norwegian Army Special Operations Command

13.30 Joint And Time-Sensitive Targeting

• Case study material
• B-2 Spirit mission experience

Lieutenant Colonel Tony Monetti
B-2 Instructor and Evaluator
US Air Force

14.10 Equipment Capability Review And Integration Challenges

• ISTAR capability developments
• Battle Management systems
• The impact of ROVER III for deployed forces
• Integration considerations

Ian Knowles
Managing Director
Communications Solutions

15.20 Canadian Training Capabilities For Joint Fire Support

• Developing live training capabilities and facilities for both Canadian and coalition forces
• Incorporating multiple assets (e.g. Airborne Early Warning/C2, ISTAR, SEAD) into ground attack training
• The Goose Bay range as a venue for close air support training

Captain Mike Pelletier
Staff Officer
Canadian Forces

16.00 The Role Of Air Platforms In Joint Fires

• Are aircraft the place for commanders?
• Examining the role of air platforms in the era of precision and discrimination, combined with the accuracy of new non-line-of-sight weapons
• What determines the manned / unmanned mix?

Bill Sweetman
Editor-in-Chief
Defence Technology International

16.40 Chairman’s Summary And Close Of Day Two