UK-US Defense Industry Seminar

Sunday, February 23, 2003

5:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Opens - Junior Ballroom

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

UK Delegates Briefing (DMA) - Pavilion 23

• Don Neese, President (PDF - 316 Kb)
  British-American Business Association
• Chris Cook, First Secretary, Defence Equipment (Policy & Programmes) (PDF - 371 Kb)
  British Embassy, Washington, D.C.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Welcoming Reception at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel - Ballroom B
Hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association
(Attire: Business Professional)

8:00 pm

Signing of Memorandum of Understanding by NDIA and DMA - Ballroom B

• Lieutenant General Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret.), President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)
• Major General Alan Sharman, CBE (Ret.), Director General, Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA)
• US Witness: Mr. Pete Steffes, Vice President for Government Policy, National Defense Industrial Association
• UK Witness: Lord Bach of Lutterworth, Undersecretary of State and Minister of Defence Procurement, UK Ministry of Defence

Monday, February 24, 2003

7:00 am

Registration (NDIA)/Continental Breakfast - Ballroom Foyer
Exhibit Hall Opens - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

8:30 am

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction - Ballroom A
Program Co-Chair: Mr. Robert Evers, Senior Partner, Robert Allen Evers Law Offices Chartered

8:40 am

Opening Address - Ballroom A
Program Co-Chair: Ms. Shuna Lindsay, Minister Defence Materiel, British Embassy, Washington, DC

9:00 am

"Transatlantic Defense Cooperation: The New Environment" - Ballroom A
Moderator: Lieutenant General Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr. USAF (Ret.), President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

9:05 am

Honorable Edward C. "Pete" Aldridge, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (PDF - 86 Kb)
U.S. Department of Defense

9:35 am

Lord Bach of Lutterworth, Undersecretary of State and Minister of Defence Procurement, UK Ministry of Defence

10:30 am

Coffee Break - Ballroom Foyer
Exhibit Hall Open - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

11:00 am

"Nuts and Bolts of Managing Defense Procurement" - Ballroom A
Moderator: Major General Alan Sharman, CBE (Ret.), Director General, Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA)

11:05 am

Ms. Deidre Lee, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, US Department of Defense

11:35 am

Sir Robert Walmsley, Chief of Defence Procurement, Defence Procurement Agency (PDF - 306 Kb)
UK Ministry of Defence

12:30 pm

Lunch—Sponsored by Raytheon Company - Ballroom B
Exhibit Hall Open - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

1:45 pm

"Globalization and Transatlantic Defense Cooperation: US-UK Defense Cooperation Policy and Government Initiatives" - Ballroom A
Moderator: Mr. Al Volkman, Director, International Cooperation, U.S. Department of Defense

1:50pm

Ms. Lisa Davis, Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Industrial Policy (PDF - 3.37 MB)
U.S. Department of Defense

2:05 pm

Ms. Lisa Bronson, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Technology Security Policy and Couterproliferation, U.S. Department of Defense

2:20 pm

Ms. Shuna Lindsay, Minister Defence Materiel, British Embassy, Washington, DC

2:45 pm

Coffee Break - Ballroom Foyer
Exhibit Hall Open - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

3:15 pm

"Export Controls and Technology Transfer" - Ballroom A
Moderator: Mr. Jeffrey Bialos, Executive Director, Program on Transatlantic Security and Industry Center on Transatlantic Relations (PDF - 127 Kb)
Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

3:20 pm

Honorable Jack Shaw, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, International Technology Security, U.S. Department of Defense

3:35 pm

Mr. Matthew S. Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

3:50 pm

Mr. Gregory Suchan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State

4:05 pm

Mr. Mike Jenner, Director General Defence Export Services, Defence Export Services Organisation, UK Ministry of Defence

4:20 pm

Mr. Mike O'Shea, Director, Export Control and Non-proliferation (PDF - 387 Kb)
UK Department of Trade and Industry

4:45 pm

"Realities of Competing in the Transatlantic Marketplace" - Ballroom A
Moderator: Mr. Richard Jones, Attaché, Defence Equipment Policy & Trade, British Embassy, Washington, DC

4:50 pm

Mr. Bob Dyke, Managing Director (PDF - 459 Kb)
Leafield Engineering, Ltd.

5:00 pm

Mr. Peter Cavill, Managing Director (PDF - 2.46 Mb)
Radstone Technology, PLC

5:10 pm

Mr. Robert Bauerlein, Vice President, International Operations
Boeing Government Relations Office

• European Defense Industry (PDF - 112 Kb)
• U.S. Defense Industry (PDF - 87 Kb)

5:20 pm

Ms. Mary Menz, Director for FMS and Compliance, Harris Corporation

5:50 pm

Wrap up/Announcements - Ballroom A
Program Co-Chair: Mr. Robert Evers, Senior Partner, Robert Allen Evers Law Offices Chartered

6:00 pm

Reception in the Exhibit Hall - Junior Ballroom

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast/Registration - Ballroom Foyer
Exhibit Hall Opens - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

8:30 am

Workshops 1st Session – (Run in Parallel)

• Session 1: Selling to UK Ministry of Defence and the US Perspective on Practical Impediments to Transatlantic Co-operation - Pavilion Room 22
  • UK Chair: Mr. Mike Jenner, Director General Defence Export Services, Defence Export Services Organisation, UK Ministry of Defence
  • US Chair: Mr. Robert Bruce, Director Atlantic Armaments, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Mr. Barry Sharp, Defence Supplier Service, Defence Procurement Agency (PDF - 1.03 MB)
    UK Ministry of Defence
    
    
• Session 2: Selling to US Department of Defense and the UK Perspective on Practical Impediments to Transatlantic Co-operation - Pavilion Room 23
  • UK Chair: Mr. Richard Jones, British Embassy, Attaché, Defence Equipment Policy & Trade, Washington, DC
  • US Chair: Mr. Dave Tarbell, Senior Advisor (PDF - 209 Kb)
    Vinson and Elkins, LLP
  • Mr. Michael Charness, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP
  • Ms. Kathy Little, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, LLP
  • Mr. Robert Vander Lugt, Of Counsel, Vinson & Elkins, LLP

10:00 am

Coffee Break - Ballroom Foyer
Exhibit Hall Open - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

10:30 am

Workshops 2nd Session – (Run in Parallel)

• Session 3: Air and Space - Pavilion Room 22
  • UK-Chair: Ms. Linda Lloyd, Manager International Marketing, Society of British Aerospace Companies
  • US-Chair: Mr. Joel Johnson, Vice President for International, Aerospace Industries Association of America
    
    
    
• Session 4: Land Forces - Pavilion Room 21
  • UK-Chair: Brigadier General Louis Wilkes, Director Operations, Defence Manufacturers Association
  • US-Chair: General Louis Wagner, USA (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Association of the U.S. Army
    
    
    
• Session 5: Naval and Maritime - Pavilion Room 23
  • UK-Chair: Mr. Stephen Taylor, Director Marketing, Defence Manufacturers Association
  • US-Chair: Mr. Rino Pivirotto, Director, Technology Security and Cooperative Programs (PDF - 1.37 MB)
    Navy International Programs Office
  • Littoral Combat Ship Presentation (PDF - 4.13 MB)
  • Deepwater Presentation by Lockheed Martin (PDF - 551 Kb)

12:00 pm

Lunch - Junior Ballroom
Exhibit Hall Open - Junior Ballroom
Industry Networking Opportunity

3:00 pm

Exhibit Hall Closed - Junior Ballroom