Wednesday, 24 November 2021

07:00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration

08:45 Opening of the conference

Opening Ceremony & Welcome to the Congress

  • Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel
  • Wolfgang Hellmich MP, former Chairman of the Defence Committee, German Bundestag, Congress President BSC 2021

09:15 Special Forum

European Security and Defence – Lessons Identified from 20 years of Afghanistan Engagement

Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of the European Parliament, Representative for European Affairs of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Congress President 2019-2020 speaking with

  • Ambassador Claude-France Arnould, Senior Advisor on European matters of the French Institute of international relations (ifri) , former French Ambassador to Belgium, former Chief Executive of the EDA
  • Wolfgang Hellmich MP, former Chairman of the Defence Committee, German Bundestag, Congress President 2021
  • Lieutenant General (ret) Carsten Jacobson, Commander Field Army and Vice Chief of the General Staff 2015-2018, NATO Spokesperson in Kabul 2011-2012, Deputy Commander ISAF / Resolute Support in AFG
  • Prof Ioan Mircea Paşcu, former Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister of Romania, Congress President BSC 2018

10:15 Keynote Speech

Thomas Silberhorn MP, Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Defence

10:35 NATO’s forward-looking agenda for security and defence

Major General Jörg See, NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning

10:55 Keynote Congress Partner

Joseph DeAntona, Vice President, Requirements and Capabilities, Raytheon Missiles & Defense

11:15 Modern Procurement for Europe

Vice Admiral Matteo Bisceglia, Director OCCAR
11:40 Coffee Break

11:55 Enhancing Europe’s Military Capabilities

General Claudio Graziano, Chairman of the European Military Committee

12:20 Keynote Congress Partner

General (ret) Philip M. Breedlove, 17th Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SCEUR) of NATO Command Allied Operations

12:40 Vital Choice for Europe: Defence Innovation or Defence Irrelevance

Ambassador Jiřý Šedivý, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

13:10 Visit to the exhibition

13:30 Luncheon / Buffet

14:30 How NSPA can assist in European Capability Building?

Stacy A. Cummings, General Manager NSPA

15:00 Opening of the Lounges, Programme of the Service Chiefs

Lounge 1: Land Forces – Capabilities for Land Forces

15:00 Opening of the Lounge, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army

15:05 Keynote Congress Partner, Alexander von Erdmannsdorff, Vice President Government Business, Member of the Board, RUAG GmbH

15:25 Panel 1: Command and Control – A new approach in time of digitalization

Chair: Brigadier General Frank Pieper, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) German Army

  • Dr. Reinhard Brandl MP, German Politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU)
  • Dr Tobias Lindner MP, German Economist and Politician from the Bündnis 90/Grüne Party
  • Christoph Müller, CEO Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH
  • Timo Haas, CEO blackned GmbH
  • Dr Gundbert Scherf, CEO Helsing GmbH

16:25 Panel 2: Multinationality – The importance of multinational cooperation in the Land Domain

Chair: Brigadier General Kay Brinkmann, Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Plans, Multinational Corps North East

  • Dr Dennis Bürjes, Executive Member of the Board, FFG-Flensburger Fahrzeugbau GmbH
  • Lieutenant General John S. Kolasheski, Commanding General V. Corps, USAREUR-AF
  • Lieutenant General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart, Commanding General of Multinational Corps North East
  • Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army

17:10 Keynote Congress Partner, Andreas Schiel, Head of Business Unit Command & Control Systems ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 2: Air Forces – Capabilities for Air Forces

15:00 Opening of the Lounge, Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Vice Chief of the German Air Force

15:10 Keynote Congress Partner, Yehuda (Hodi) Lahav, Executive Vice President Marketing IAI & Simon Volkmann, Director of Business Development and Sales at ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistics GmbH

15:30 Operational Airforce: Multinational Capability Development – Combined AirPolicing, Colonel (GS) Holger Leukert, Branch Head Doctrin, Concept & Innovation Management, German Air Force Headquarter

16:20 Accelerating Capability Transition: Leveraging Production-Ready Technologies to Transition into a Future Operating Environment, Steven Gillard, Director NATO, Boeing

16:40 Operational Air Force: The Role of Air Transport – Military Evacuation Kabul 2021, Colonel Timo Heimbach, Commander Tactical Air Wing 31 „Boelcke“

17:25 Summary Air Force Lounge, Lieutenant General Dr. Ansgar Rieks, Vice Chief of the German Air Force

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 3: Naval Forces – Capabilities for Naval Forces

15:00 Introduction to the Lounges – Day One and Two, Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

15:10 The Geopolitical and Military Situation, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, Chief of the German Navy

15:25 Key Drivers of Capability Development from a Military Intelligence Perspective, Rear Admiral Ulrich Reinecke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

15:35 A Defence Companie’s Answers to Military Challenges, Oliver Dörre, CEO Thales

15:55 PANEL DISCUSSION

Chair: Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

16:15 Break – Panel Reconfiguration

16:20 Introduction to Joint Integration and Joint Capability Planning, Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

16:30 Joint Integration as a Prerequisite for Naval and Single Service Capabilities, Prof Dr Wolfgang Koch, Chief Scientist, Fraunhofer FKIE

16:45 The Combat Cloud – Should FCAS Drive Joint Capability Development?, Marc Paskowski, Airbus

16:55 Model Based Systems Engineering as a Basis for Successful Projects, Ralf Bucksch, Technical Executive AI Applications EMEA, IBM

17:05 PANEL DISCUSSION

Chair: Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 4: Capabilities for Joint Support and Enabling Service

15:00 Opening of the Lounge – Welcome Adress, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief German Joint Support and Enabling Service

15:15 Keynote Congress Partner, David Williams, Director of European Relations at BAE Systems

15:45 Territorial Operations Command, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, National Territorial Commander

16:15 Logistic Command, Major General Gerald Funke, Commander Logistic Command Bundeswehr

  • Adapting & enhancing of logistic capabilities
  • NATO/EU strategies on the mobile logistic
  • Bi/Multinational capabilitity development

17:00 Ecolog smart and highly mobile camp solutions, Christoph Schäfer, Vice President Business Development, Ecolog

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 5: Cyber and Information Domain Service – Capabilities for Cyberspace and Information Technology Forces

15:00 Opening of the Lounge, Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of the German Cyber and Information Domain Service in discussion with:

  • Ludwig Decamps, General Manager NCI Agency
  • Martin Kaloudis, CEO BWI GmbH

15:30 Keynote Congress Partner, Marcel Taubert, Head of Division Defence & Space , secunet Security Networks AG

16:00 Education in the CID

  • Colonel (GS) Michael Hoppen, CIDS HQ – Head of Training & Education Developmemt
  • Dr Garry Hargreaves, Director NCI Academy
  • Captain (N) Udo Michel, Commander Bundeswehr Strategic Reconnaissance School

16:30 Keynote Congress Partner, Jörn Becker, Head of Defence Germany, Atos

17:00 Capabilities and Procurement in the CID

  • General Major Dr. Michael Färber, Commander Bundeswehr CIS Command in discussion with
  • Brigadier General Jens-Olaf Koltermann, Chief of Division Cyber/IT Methods and Digital Matters, FMOD, Germany
  • Dr Peter Lenk, Acting Chief Information Officer and Chief of Service Strategy and Innovation at the NCI Agency

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 6: Joint Medical Service – Capabilities for Medical Service

15:00 Opening of the Lounge, Major General (MC) Dr Norbert Weller, Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters

15:10 MMCC/EMC, Brigadier General (MC) Dr Stefan Kowitz, MBA, Director Multinational Medical Coordination Centre/European Medical Command (MMCC/EM)

15:40 International health policy, Dr Christophe Bayer, Head of Division Health Security, Crisis Management International, Federal Ministry of Health, Germany

16:00 Keynote Speech, Brigadier General Dr Laszlo Fazekas HUN-A, ACO Medical Advisor, SHAPE NATO

16:30 Medical Expertise of Military European Missions (and Capability Development), Lieutenant Colonel Wouter van Deele, Medical Planner, European Union Military Staff (EUMS)

17:00 How digital medical information systems contribute to the capability development for medical services, Arne Westphal, Senior Vice President, CompuGroup Medical Deutschland GmbH

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 7: Analyse capabilities and procurement – How to effectively integrate new capabilities

15:00 Moving IT Services to the Edge – Enabling the War Fighter, Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer CDO, BWI GmbH

15:30 Bundeswehr and BWI: Looking forward – a future attitude to lead, Katrin Hahn, Chief Ressource Officer (CRO), BWI GmbH

16:00 Keynote Congress Partner, Dietmar Hilke, Cybersecurity in Federal Agencies and Defence, Cisco Systems GmbH

16:30 Developing a modern BWI for modern German Armed Forces, Martin Kaloudis, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), BWI GmbH

17:30 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

17:30 The defence industry as a driver of digital sovereignty in Europe

Dr Jan Wille, Partner and Managing Director at PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH

18:00 CiDAN/ESDA Ceremony

18:30 Welcome address to the opening of the dinner buffet

Yehuda Davidovitch, Director, Advanced Air & Missiles Defense Systems, IAI
20:00 End of the first day

Thursday, 25 November 2021

07:00 Opening of the Exhibition

08:30 Keynote Speech

General Jörg Vollmer, Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum

09:00 New realism & new chances: five ideas for European procurement

Dr Germar Schröder, Managing Director and Partner PwC Strategy& (Germany) GmbH

09:20 High-Level Discussion

How do we enhance efficiency in European procurement?

Chair: Dr Hans-Peter Bartels, Former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Germany

  • Vice Admiral Arie Jan De Waard, National Armaments Director & Director of the Defence Materiel Organisation, The Netherlands
  • Vice Admiral Santiago González Gómez, National Armaments Director General, Ministry of Defence, Spain
  • Dr Gáspár Maróth, Government Commissioner for Defence Development, National Armament Director, Hungary
  • Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, National Armaments Director, MOD, Germany
  • Brigadier General Gaël Diaz de Tuesta, Director Western Europe and Northern America, International Directorate DGA, France
  • Morton Tiller, National Armaments Director at Ministry of Defence, Norway

10:30 Service Lounges to continue

Lounge 1: Land Forces – Capabilities for Land Forces

10:30 STARTING DAY 2

10:30 Panel 3: Capabilities and Requirements in the spectrum of light, medium and heavy forces – current status and way ahead

Chair: Brigadier General Dirk Kipper, Director Planning/ International Cooperation, German Army Headquarters

  • Colonel Andris Bober, Chief Sub-Division IPD/CPM, Planning Division, German Army Headquarters
  • Ralf Alexander Ketzel, CEO Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG (KMW)
  • Lieutenant Colonel Justin Logan, USAREUR-AF
  • Marius Meyering, Head Programme Organisation Defence, Rheinmetall
  • Marius Meyering, Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH
  • Dr Ing Axel Scheibel, Chief Operating/Technology Officer (COO/CTO), Kraus-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG (KMW)
  • Colonel Olaf Tuneke, German Army Concepts and Capabilities Development Centre

12:15 Significance of the Land Domain in modern conflict scenarios – Operational Guidelines for German Land Forces, Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 2: Air Forces – Capabilities for Air Forces

10:30 OPENING OF DAY 2: Keynote Congress Partner, Lieutenant General Dr. Ansgar Rieks, Vice Chief of the German Air Force

10:35 A plea for Performance Based Logistics in procurement and logistics of military systems, NN, PwC Strategy&

10:55 “Luftwaffe – Quo vadis?“: Space Domain, Colonel (GS) Marc Worch, Branch Head Space Operations, German Air Force Headquarter

11:30 Responsive Space Capability, Dr Dirk Zimper, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

11:50 Keynote Congress Partner, Christian Pols, Vice President Head of Sales Germany, Airbus

12:10 “Luftwaffe – Quo vadis?“: Joint All Domain Operations & Air Warfare Centre, Brigadier General Holger Neumann, Director Plans & Concept, German Air Force Headquarter

12:50 Summary Air Force Lounge, Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Vice Chief of the German Air Force

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 3: Naval Forces – Capabilities for Naval Forces

10:30 STARTING DAY 2 (Lounge A – Room AMETHYST) Multinational Capability Development

10:30 Introduction – Work and Achievements of the MTMD-F, Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, German Principal MTMD-F

10:50 A Dutch View on the Future of Integrated Maritime Theatre Missile Defence, Captain Jorn Bleijs, Director for Weapon and Sensor Technology, Royal Netherlands Navy

11:05 DEU AMD Testbed, Commander Felix Hornung, Chief of Branch Capability Development, German Naval Command

11:20 International maritime capability development: naval capabilities/ships, Richard Keulen, Commander (ret), Director Naval Sales Support, Damen Naval

11:40 Break – Panel Reconfiguration

12:15 Challenges and Trends in Underwater Warfare, Commander Timo Cordes, 1st Submarine Squadron, German Navy

12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Multinational Capability Development

 

 

DAY 2 (Lounge B – Room TOPAS 1) The National Maritime Picture

11:35 PANEL DISCUSSION: Introduction – Requirement for Maritime Situational Awareness

  • Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

11:45 NN, German Naval Command

12:00 The German Guidelines for the Indo-Pacific: a Maritime Region, Captain (N) Andreas Scherrer, German Naval Command

12:10 The Information Fusion Centre in Singapore, Senior Lieutenant Christian Hegering, Liaison Officer at Information Fusion Centre, Singapore

12:20 Technical Solutions for Maritime Situational Awareness, Frank Reich, IBM

12:30 Airbus Contribution to Maritime Situational Awareness, Andreas Linmann, Airbus

12:40 The German Maritime Picture, Rear Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Director Plans & Concept, International Cooperation, German Naval Command

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 4: Capabilities for Joint Support and Enabling Service

10:30 STARTING DAY 2

10:30 Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm – Structure and Key Tasks, Major General Hartmut Renk, Chief of Staff MN JHQ ULM

11:15 Military Police Command, Colonel G.S. Thieser, Deputy Commander Military Police Command Bundeswehr

  • MP Role & Function
  • Operational Scenario
  • National Framework
  • Future Capability Challenges & Gaps

12:00 CBRN Command, Colonel Stephan Saalow, Commander CBRN Command

  • Changed CBRN-threat perception
  • Integraded CBRN-situations for national & alliance defence
  • consequences for further development

12:45 Closing Remarks, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief German Joint Support and Enabling Service

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 5: Cyber and Information Domain Service – Capabilities for Cyberspace and Information Technology Forces

10:30 START OF DAY 2

10:30 Keynote Congress Partner, Dr Christoph Erdmann, CEO Secusmart

11:00 Service Operations in the CID

  • Brigadier General Dietmar Mosmann, Deputy Commander Bundeswehr CIS Command in discussion with:
  • Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), BWI GmbH
  • Dr Peter Lenk, Acting Chief Information Officer and Chief of Service Strategy and Innovation at the NCI Agency

11:30 Facing crisis with a strong future, Mario Hempel, Director Sales Development Public Sector, Bechtle

12:00 Relevance of Information Security in international Context

  • General Major Jürgen Setzer, Vice Chief of the German Cyber and Information Domain Service and Chief Information Security Officer of the Bundeswehr in discussion with
  • Ian West, Chief NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCI Agency)
  • Ulrich Schade, Director of the Bundeswehr Cyber Security Centre

12:30 Closing Remarks

  • Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of the German Cyber and Information Domain Service
  • Ludwig Decamps, General Manager NCI Agency
  • Lieutenant General Frank Leidenberger, Chief Digital Officer (CDO), BWI GmbH

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 6: Joint Medical Service – Capabilities for Medical Service

10:30 OPENING OF DAY 2: Major General (MC) Dr Norbert Weller, Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters

10:40 Digital capabilities in joint medical support, Prof Dr Nils Breuer, former Chief Medical Officer

11:00 Interrelation of Health and Security / Global Health, Colonel, Veterinary Corps, Dr Katalyn Roßmann, Branch Chief Preventive Health Protection Operations, Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service

12:10 The Operational Concept of the Joint Medical Service – Capability Development

  • Captain (N), Medical Corps, Dr Ralf Wieking, Head of Branch, Medical Service Planning, Concepts and Further Development, Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters
  • Colonel, Pharmacy Corps, Hans Guttenthaler, Head of Division, Medical Service Planning, Concepts and Further Development, Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

Lounge 7: Analyse capabilities and procurement – How to effectively integrate new capabilities

10:30 START OF DAY 2

10:30 Looking over the horizon, Fernand van Wilder, Business Development Officer Central Office – BDSPRO, OCCAR EA

11:00 Digitalisation of Land-Based-Operations: D-LBO@BWI, Holger Bonnen, Customer Solutions, Digital Program D-LBO@BWI

11:30 MVP & Digitalization: The incremental way for human-technology innovation, Sarah Mück, Head of Business Line Agile IT & Software Development, SVA

12:00 Panel: Innovation in BWI

  • Matthias Görtz, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), BWI GmbH
  • Jens Muschner, Director Innovation Management BWI GmbH
  • Jörg Plenert, Technical Director „BWI Schmiede“, BWI GmbH

12:30 Panel, Martin Kaloudis, CEO BWI GmbH in discussion with

  • Uwe Peter, CEO Cisco Systems GmbH
  • Brigadier General Frank Pieper, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) German Army

13:00 Continuation of the Main Programme in the Plenary

13:00 Luncheon / Buffet

14:00 Keynote Congress Partner

Bruno Fichefeux, Vice President, Head of FCAS Programme, Airbus

14:20 Security and Sustainability – how to reconcile the European Green Deal and European Defence

Dr Hans C. Atzpodien, Managing Director, Federation of German Security and Defence Industries (BDSV)

14:50 Keynote Congress Partner

Pasquale Di Bartolomeo, Chief Commercial Officer of Leonardo and Chief Executive Officer of Leonardo International
15:10 Coffee Break

15:30 The NCI Agency and the NATO 2030 Agenda

Ludwig Decamps, General Manager NCI Agency

16:00 Air and Missile Defense - Multi tier approach

Yehuda Davidovitch, Director, Advanced Air & Missiles Defense Systems, IAI

16:30 High-Level Military Forum

The Way ahead

Chair: Wolfgang Hellmich, Congress President BSC 2021

  • Vice Admiral Dr Thomas Daum, Chief of the German CID Service
  • Lieutenant General Alfons Mais, Chief of the German Army
  • Lieutenant General Dr Ansgar Rieks, Deputy Chief of the German Air Force
  • Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief of the German Joint Support and Enabling Service
  • Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, Chief of the German Navy
  • Major General (MC) Dr Norbert Weller, Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters

17:30 Closing Remarks

  • Wolfgang Hellmich, MP, former Chairman of the Defence Committee German Bundestag, Congress President BSC 2021
  • Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in Chief Behörden Spiegel

Chairman BSC: Major General (ret) Reinhard Wolski
Coordinator BSC: Colonel (ret) Hubertus von Rohr

*speakers requested