U.S.-Sweden Defense Industry Conference
*The 15th U.S.-Sweden Defense Industry Conference originally scheduled for May 2013 in Stockholm has been postponed. As soon as a new date and location have been set will post the information here.
Presentations from the 14th Conference
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TRANSFORMATION OF SWEDEN’S DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDUSTRY
Mr. Jonas Hjelm, Chief Marketting Officer, Saab AB
MACROECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM ADVNACED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Gripen Program
Dr. Gunnar Eliasson, Professor (EM), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL REFORM UPDATE
Mr. Kevin Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S.-SWEDEN JOINT PROJECTS PANEL DISCUSSION
MODERATOR:
Mr. Frank Cevasco, President, Cevasco International, LLC
* GIRAFFE RADAR
- Mr. Nicholas Klastava, PM Radars, Project Lead Giraffe, U.S.
Army
* ADVANCED RADARS IN A MARITIME ENVIRONMENT - Mr. Stephen Benson,
Manager Strategic Planning, Defense and Security Systems, Sensis Corporation * MARITIME PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT - Mr. Ingemar Steimer, Vice President,
Business Unit Submarine, Kockums
* SHADOW PROGRAM - Mr. Per-Anders Hallqvist, Director International Business
Develpment, Textron
FUTURE SWEDISH MILITARY REQUIREMENTS – THE EFFECT FOR INDUSTRY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MG Per Lodin, Director Strategic Planning and Development, Swedish Defense Materiel Administration, FMV
FUTURE COOPERATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Moderator: Mr. Jeff Bialos, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP
* Mr. Richard J. Millies, Vice President, International Government Relations, BAE
Systems, Inc.
* Mr. Dennis Carroll, Vice President Business Development, Raytheon Missile
Systems Company
NDIA-SOFF MOU (June, 2009)
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Presentations from the 13th Conference
- A Functional Defense
Mr. Sten Tolgfors, Swedish Minister for Defense
- Relationship Between U.S. and Swedish Militaries
MG Michael Moore, Director of Development, Swedish Armed Forces
- Managing Contractors in Combat Zones
Mr. Randy Lewish, Deputy Chief, U.S. Army G4, Contingency Operations Division
- Out of Area Operations - Challenges and Solutions
COL Bengt Alexandersson, Swedish Ministry of Defence
- Industry Panel on Structuring Industry Cooperation
Moderator: Mr. Frank Cevasco, President Cevasco International, LLC
- Mr. Ulf Dahlberg, Vice President, FLIR Systems
- Mr. Steven J. Kelly, Vice President, Home Market Business Development, BAE Systems, Land & Armaments
- Mr. Tobias Persson, Vice President, North America, Saab Microwave-Sensis Cooperation
- Sweden's Evolving Role in the Global Security Community
Mr. Robert L. Moore, Deputy Director, Security Cooperation, U.S. European Command