Conference Day Two: 21st October, 2008

09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks

Martin Fisher
Chief Executive Officer
International Aerospace and Defence Network

09.10 France’s Maritime Surveillance Organisation In The Mediterranean

• State action at sea framework
• French navy maritime safeguard concept
• Future assets

Captain Bruno Faugeron
Deputy Operations HQ CINC Mediterranean
French Navy

09:50 Spanish Requirements And An Update Of Operations

• Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) in the Spanish Navy
• Future requirements in order to excel operationally in the arena

Confirmed representation from The Strategic Planning Branch
Plans and Policy Division
Spanish Navy

10:30 Canadian Maritime Air Reconnaissance And Surveillance Requirements

• Summary of Canadian maritime air assets and capabilities
• Meeting current operational requirements and capability gaps - Programme updates
• Assessing future requirements for Canadian maritime air surveillance assets

Lieutenant Colonel Rob Zellerer
Directorate of Air Requirements 3
Canadian Forces

11.40 The Future Of Maritime Patrol And Reconnaissance Aircraft For The US Navy

• P-3 and the transition to P-8A
• P-8 MMA Poseidon Status/Update
• Interface with US Navy Broad Area Marine Surveillance (BAMS) Program

Captain Mike Moran
Programme Manager, Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program Office PMA-290
US Navy

12:20 Airborne Early Warning In The Maritime Surveillance Role

• Tasked Identification - A new chapter in maritime surveillance
• The Saab 2000 Maritime Patrol System

Matthew Smith
Director of Marketing
Saab

13.40 MSS 6000 : New Generation Of Airborne Maritime Surveillance System, A Baltic Case Study

• Description of MSS 6000 Multi-mission airborne maritime patrol systems
• Operational applications: high capability for a number of different tasks: including marine security; immigration/customs; smuggling prevention; oil pollution prevention; search and rescue
• MSS 6000 and satellite information
• The Estonian Border Guard maritime patrol

Heike Schneider Project Manager, Swedish Space Corporation Airborne Systems Division

Border Guard Lieutenant Jürgen Saarniit Chief Observer Estonian Border Guard

14.20 Maritime Border Security And The Joint Research Centre (JRC)

• Maritime border surveillance in the Mediterranean
• JRC projects for surveillance
• The role in enhancing ISR capabilities

Dr Harm Greidanus
Technology Manager, Radar System and Information, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Commission

15.00 Maritime ISR - EE/IR Equipment And Missions: A Case Study From West Africa And The Mediterranean Sea

• Overview of the Merlin IIIA
• The sensor Suit and its capabilities
• MX20 & MX15
• Missions undertaken within the maritime ISR remit including anti-piracy and illegal immigration, and anti smuggerling

Bernard Zeler General Manager CAE Aviation

Luc Audoore Mission Specialist CAE Aviation

George J. DeCock Director, Int'l EO/IR Sensors Wescam/L-3 Communications

16.00 Concept Of Operations For The Automatic Identification System (AIS) On Airborne Platforms: A NATO Perspective

• Establishing the NATO definition of Maritime Situational Awareness
• Description of the system and context in the maritime arena
• Benefits and challenges of using AIS on airborne platforms

Commander Renato Micheletti (Italian Navy)
Staff Officer Combat Air Branch
NATO JAPCC

16.40 Developments From NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC) For Maritime ISR

• Research into sensor and tracking fusion to track ships and validation of methods
• Tracking of anomalous behaviour
• How the operators use this to increase maritime domain awareness

Dr Alain Maguer
Maritime Surveillance Project manager
NATO Undersea Research Centre NURC

17.20 Chairman’s Summary And Closing Remarks Of Conference

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