Program

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TUESDAY 26 January 2010

1200 - 1700 Advance Registrations, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
   

DAY ONE

WEDNESDAY 27 January 2010

 0700 - 1700 Registration
 0900 - 1000 Opening Ceremony: Pacific 2010 Congress and Exposition
 

Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN; Chief of Navy

  Mr John Jeremy; Chairman, International Maritime Conference Organising Committee
  Rear Admiral David Holthouse, AO, RAN (Rtd); Chairman, Maritime Australia Limited
  The Honourable Kristina Keneally MP; Premier of New South Wales
  Senator The Honourable John Faulkner; Minister for Defence
1000 - 1100 Morning Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1100 - 1220 Session 1 - Welcome and Keynote Address
  Session Chair: Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN; Chief of Navy
1100 - 1105 Welcome and introductory comments. Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN; Chief of Navy
1105 - 1205 Keynote Address. Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN; Chief of Navy
  Keynote Address. Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, AO, DSC, CSM; Chief of Army
  Keynote Address. Air Marshal Mark Binskin, AM; Chief of Air Force
1205 - 1220 Q&A. Vice Admiral Crane, Lieutenant General Gillespie and Air Marshal Binskin
1220 - 1350 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5, & 6 )
1350 - 1510 Session 2a - Regional Perspectives
  Session Chair: Commodore Peter Leschen, RAN
1350 - 1420 China. Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian; Deputy Chief of Staff, People's Liberation Army - Navy
1420 - 1450 Japan. Rear Admiral Izuru Fukumoto; Vice President, Maritime Self Defence Force Staff College, Japan
1450 - 1510 Q&A.  Rear Admiral  Xiao and Rear Admiral Fukumoto
1510 - 1540
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5, & 6 )
1540 - 1700 Session 2b - Regional Perspectives
  Session Chair: Commodore Rod Nairn, RAN
1540 - 1610 The Republic of Korea Navy Amphibious Capability. Captain Sukjoon Yoon; Director Maritime Studies Naval War College, Republic of Korea
1610 - 1640 Indonesian Navy Perspective. Rear Admiral Mochamad Jurianto; Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut (Indonesian Navy) 
1640 - 1700 Q&A. Captain Yoon and Rear Admiral Mochamad Jurianto
1700 - 1800 Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6 )
1800 - 1930 RAN Official Reception, Sydney Convention Centre. On completion: Beat to Quarters and Ceremonial Sunset Ceremony.  The Sydney Detachment of the Royal Australian Navy Band
   
   

DAY TWO

THURSDAY 28 January 2010

 0800 - 1700 Registration 
 0830 - 1030 Session 3 - International Perspectives 
  Session Chair: Brigadier Mal Rerden, AM, CSC
0830 - 0900 Royal Marine Perspective. Major General Andy Salmon, CMG, OBE, RM; The Commandant General Royal Marines and Commander UK Amphibious Forces.
0900 - 0930 Humanitarian Response - A New Zealand Defence Force Perspective.  Rear Admiral Tony Parr, MVO, RNZN; Chief of Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy
0930 - 1000 Amphibious Operations 'New Style'. Lieutenant Colonel Marc Houben RNLMC; Director of Doctrine, Netherlands Maritime Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps.
1000 - 1030 Q&A. Major General Salmon, Rear Admiral Parr and Lieutenant Colonel Houben
1030 - 1100 Morning Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1100 - 1220 Session 4 - Operational Issues
  Session Chair: Commodore Stephen McDowall, DSM, CSM, RAN
1100 - 1130 Defining and Describing Maritime Irregular Warfare. Dr Martin N. Murphy; Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington DC, Visiting Fellow Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies King's College, London.
1130 - 1200 Littoral Area of Operations - The Paradigm for Joint Operations. Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham, KCB, RN (Rtd); Editor, The Naval Review and Vice President Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom.
1200 - 1220 Q&A. Dr Murphy and Vice Admiral Blackham
1220 - 1350 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1350 - 1510 Session 5a - Recent Operations
  Session Chair: Air Commodore Richard Owen
1350 - 1420 Operation SUMATRA ASSIST 2004, and Operations PADANG and SAMOA ASSIST - Lessons and Thoughts for the Future. Commodore Peter Leschen RAN.
1420 - 1450 United States Navy Humanitarian Operations.  Rear Admiral Richard B. Landolt, USN: Commander Expeditionary Strike Group Seven and Commander Amphibious Force US Seventh Fleet
1450 - 1510 Q&A.  Commodore Leschen and Rear Admiral Landolt
1510 - 1540 Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1540 - 1700 Session 5b - Recent Operations
  Session Chair - Commodore David Johnston, RAN
1540 - 1610 The United States Marine Corps Strategy and Vision 2025.  Lieutenant General Terry G. Robling, USMC; Commanding General, 111 Marine Expeditionary Force and Commander, Marine Corps Bases, Japan
1610 - 1640 East Timor. General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC (Retd); Chief of the Defence Force (2002 - 05)
1640 - 1700 Q&A.  Lieutenant General Robling and General Cosgrove
1700 - 1800 Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
   

DAY THREE

FRIDAY 29 January 2010

0800 - 1700 Registration
0830 - 1030 Session 6 - Australian Amphibious Concepts
  Session Chair: Commodore David Gwyther, RAN
0830 - 0900 Regional Civil-Military Cooperation. Major General Michael G. Smith, AO (Rtd); Executive Director, The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre for Excellence.
0900 - 0930 The Future ADF Amphibious Warfare Capability and its place in an Expeditionary Strategy. Commander Iain Jarvie, RAN; Deputy Director Joint Amphibious Capability Implementation Team.
0930 - 1000 Air Warfare Destroyer - Lighting up the Grid.  Captain Braddon Wheeler, RAN; Director Air Warfare Capability Implementation Team.
1000 - 1030 Q&A. Major General Smith, Commander Jarvie and Captain Wheeler
1030 - 1100 Morning Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1100 - 1230 Session 7a - Amphibious Capability
  Session Chair: Commodore Robert Morrison, CSC, RAN
1100 - 1120 The Role of Industry. Mr Rowan Tink, AM; Amphibious Business Development Manager, BAE Systems Australia
1120 - 1140 LHD Sustainment - Understanding the Key Drivers and the Way Ahead. Mr Chris Nelms; Logistic Support Director,  Amphibious Deployment and Sustainment Programsition Manager
1140 - 1210 Training Implications for the RAN with the introduction of the LHD. Commodore Darryl Bates, AM, RAN; Commodore Training, Fleet Headquarters
1210 - 1230 Q&A. Mr Tink, Mr Nelms and Commodore Bates
1230 - 1350 Lunch and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6) 
1350 - 1510 Session 7b - Amphibious Capability
  Session Chair: Commodore Aaron Ingram, AM,  CSC, RAN
1350 - 1420 Combat Aviation Afloat: Joint Effects and Australia's Amphibious Concept. Brigadier Shayne Elder, Commander 16th Aviation Brigade and Commodore Tony Dalton, CSC, RAN, Commander Fleet Air Arm.
1420 - 1450 From Strategic Vision to Tactical Reality - Key Factors in achieving the ADF's Future Amphibious Capability. Captain Stephen Woodall, CSC, RAN, Commander Australian Amphibious Task Force.
1450 - 1510 Q&A. Brigadier Elder, Commodore Dalton and Captain Woodall
1510 - 1540 Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Viewing (Halls 4, 5 & 6)
1540 - 1700 Session 8 - The Role of Amphibious Forces
  Session Chair: Commodore Philip Spedding, DSC, AM, AM
1540 - 1610 The Execution of Expeditionary Operations by Joint Operations Command Australia - From Text Book to Practice.  Commodore David Johnston, RAN; Joint Operations Command
1610 - 1620 Q&A.   Commodore David Johnston, RAN
1620  - 1630 Maritime Advancement Australia Award winner announcement (Australian Naval Institute).
1630 - 1700 Pacific 2010 Congress and Exposition: Closing Ceremony
  Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN; Chief of Navy
  Mr John Jeremy; Chairman, International Maritime Conference Organising Committee
  Rear Admiral David Holthouse, AO, RAN (Rtd); Chairman, Maritime Australia Limited
  The Sydney Detachment of the Royal Australian Navy Band
1700 - 1800 Exposition Cocktail Party - Exhibition Halls 4, 5 & 6
   
   

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