Main Summit Day One : Tuesday, March 27, 2012

8:00 – 8:45 Registration

8:45 – 9:00 Chairman’s Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00 – 9:45 Canadian Land Opportunities for Industry

  • The realities of lightweight armour systems
  • Growing capabilities of multiple hit defence
  • Advantages over the traditional bar or slate armour

Michel Szymczak
Director - Science & Technology (Land)
Defence Research and Development Canada

9:45 – 10:30 Canada's Logistics and Support Vehicle Projects

  • Logistics Vehicle Modernization (LVM)
  • Enhanced Recovery Capability (ERC)
  • Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS)

Lieutenant - Colonel Tim Hall
Project Director, Tactical Support Vehicle System (TSVS)
National Defence

10:30 – 11:15 Networking Break

11:15 – 12:00 New Advancements in Blast Protected Vehicles

  • Opportunities for weight reduction technologies
  • Active protection concepts and likely future development
  • Challenges and solutions for mountainous terrain

Dr. Vernon Joynt
Chief Scientist and MRAP Specialist
Force Protection Industries

12:00 – 1:15 Lunch

1:15 – 2:00 The contribution of APS in the Asymmetric Conflicts

Why APS can support combat action in the asymmetric conflicts

  • Differences in symmetric and asymmetric conflict
  • Importance of active protection systems in asymmetric conflicts
  • Snap shots of APS around the world

LTC (Ret) Maxi Blum
LTC (Ret) Maxi Blum Israel Defense Force

2:00 – 2:45 Future of Warfare Military Requirements and Land Forces

  • Current fleet disposition
  • Next generation requirements
  • Future armour capabilities

Dr. James Fergusson
Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies
University of Manitoba

2:45 – 3:30 Networking Break

3:30 – 4:15 Canadian defence transformation

  • Framing Canada’s National Interests: The Fundamental Principles
  • Economic Interests and Public Policy
  • Canada’s Role in the World: The View from Civil Society

David Perry
Carleton University
Centre for Security and Defence Studies

4:15 – 5:00 Computational predictions of properties of materials with military significance

  • Molecular physics and quantum chemistry in studies of large molecules
  • Large-scale computations of the molecular structure
  • Simulations of bulk materials based on first principles
  • Crystal structure of energetic materials

Wojciech Cencek
Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Delaware Department of Physics

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