Please take note of the programme for the BSC 2018.
Status of release: 20 August 2018. The programme will be updated weekly.
Main Programme
Tuesday, 27 Nov 2018
08.00 Opening of the Exhibition / Registration
08.45 Welcome to the Congress
R. Uwe Proll, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Behörden Spiegel
Prof Ioan Mircea Paşcu MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, former Defence Minister
of Romania, Congress President BSC 2018
09.00 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Opening Ceremony
Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
Dr Ursula von der Leyen, Minister of Defence, Germany
10.00 Thinking through Integration, Hein van Ameijden, Managing Director, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
10.20 Keynote Speech, Dr Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
10.40 Europe facing Cyberwar 2.0, Jan Lindner, Vice President Northern Continental Europe, Panda Security
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE
Europe on the way to a new Security and Defence Union – from vision to reality!?
Chair: Dr Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of the European Parliament, Respresentative for
European Affairs of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Introduction: Niels Annen MP, Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
- Elmar Brok MEP, former Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
- Arnaud Danjean MEP, former Chair Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE),
European Parliament - Sir Alan Duncan* MP, Minister of State for Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
United Kingdom - Andre Haspels, Director General Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
- Dr Karin Kneissl*, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
13.00 Luncheon / Buffet
14.30 Panel Session > Panels A1 – A7
16.00 Coffee Break
16.30 European Security – a Russian analysis, Alexander Grushko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation
16.50 Future requirements, future programs and a new approach to industrial cooperation, Giovanni Soccodato, Chief Strategy Officer, Leonardo
17.10 Cooperative defence R&T in Europe – a way ahead, Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)
17.30 Megatrends in Defence – What are the disruptive Technologies that will shape the future of defence?, Ursula Morgenstern, Chief Executive Officer, Atos Deutschland
17.50 FUTURE FORCES FORUM
Technological Revolution in the Defence Sector – an impetus for more European Cooperation
Chair: Ambassador Jiří Šedivý, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO
- Prof Dr Jürgen Beyerer, Chairman Fraunhofer Group for Defense and Security (VVS),
Director Fraunhofer IOSB - Ron Cook, Managing Director, L3 Technologies UK
- Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency (EDA)
- Dr Thomas H. Killion, Chief Scientist, NATO Headquarters
- Vice Admiral Arie Jan de Waard, Director Defence Materiel Organisation and NL Armaments
Director, Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands - NN, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
19.20 CIDAN/ESDA Ceremony, European Award for Citizenship, Security and Defence
20.00 Buffet / Networking
21.30 End of the first day
Main Programme
Wednesday, 28 Nov 2018
08.00 Opening of the Exhibition
08.30 Welcome to the 2nd Conference Day
08.40 OPENING OF THE 2ND CONFERENCE DAY, NN, High-Level Personality
09.00 Keynote Industry, NN, Raytheon
09.20 HIGH-LEVEL INTERVIEW
German – Netherlands bilateral cooperation – a blueprint for European multinational partnerships
Rolf Clement, Editor for Security Policy, former Chief Editorial Staff, Deutschlandfunk
with
Barbara Visser, State Secretary, Netherlands Ministry of Defence
Benedikt Zimmer, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Defence
10.00 Integration of supporting capabilities – prospects for Europe, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis, Chief of German Joint Support Service
10.20 Digital Transformation in large organisations, Stefan Lutz, General Manager GBS DACH, IBM Global Business Services
10.40 Coffee Break
11.00 The changing nature of threats to national security – hybrid threats included, Patricia Zorko MPA, Deputy National Coordinator for Security and Counter Terrorism, Director Cyber Security (NCTV), Ministry of Justice and Security, the Netherlands
11.20 The benchmark for European collaboration bridge to – and central pillar of – European FCAS key role in future battlespace, Volker Paltzo, CEO Eurofighter Jagdflugzeuge GmbH
11.40 Change room for Panel Session
11.45 Panel Session > Panel B1 – B7
13.15 Luncheon / Buffet
14.30 Keynote Speech, General Eberhard Zorn, Chief of Defence, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
14.50 Keynote Speech, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of Defence, Ministry of Defence, the Netherlands
15.10 Implementation of a European Defence Union – challenges for industry, Dr Thomas Gottschild, CEO MBDA
15.30 HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY FORUM
Deep Integration and Adaptive Armed Forces – prospects for further European military integration
Chair: Wolfgang Hellmich MP, Chairman Defence Committee, German Bundestag
Speakers:
- Lieutenant General Leo Beulen, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
- Lieutenant General Jan Broeks, Director General International Military Staff NATO
- Lieutenant General Christopher Cavoli, Commanding General USAREUR
- Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, Chief of German Navy
- Lieutenant General Dennis Luyt, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen, Director General, EU Military Staff (EUMS)
- Lieutenant General Jörg Vollmer, Chief of German Army
17.00 CLOSING REMARKS, Prof Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Congress President BSC 2018
17.15 End of the Congress
Chairman BSC 2018: Brigadier General (ret) Reimar Scherz
Coordinator BSC 2018: Colonel (ret) Hubertus von Rohr