Programme (As of 1 October 2002)

NATO-Russia Council and Defence Reform NATO Defense College, Rome - 10 October 2002 Final Programme Agenda Wednesday 9th October 2002 19:30-22:00 Arrival and Hotel Check-in “Hotel Sheraton – Roma EUR”   Thursday 10th October 2002 08:30-09:00 Departure from Hotel Sheraton – Roma EUR to NATO Defense College       Opening Session (with media present) 09:00-09:05 Introductory Remarks Lieutenant General Jean-Paul Raffenne, Commandant of the NATO Defense College Photos (.MP3/2487Kb) 09:05-09:30 Keynote addresses   Dr. Lyubov Kondratyevna Kudelina, Deputy Minister of Defence, Russia (.MP3/6049Kb) Keynote Address by Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, Deputy Secretary General, NATO (.MP3/3569Kb) 09:30-09:45 Question Period (.MP3/3960Kb) 09:45-10:00 Coffee Break     First Panel Session - "Military Roles and Missions - Current Requirements for Armed Forces" 10:00-10:45 Chairman: Colonel General Yuriy Nikolayevich Baluyevskiy, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces, Russian Federation First Speaker: “New Capabilities under Consideration based on New NATO Roles and Missions” by Brigadier General Jörg Schweinsteiger, Chief Policy Branch, SHAPE Second Speaker: “From centralised defence planning to mission-based planning – Russian approach” by Major General Valery Semionovich Zaparenko, Head of Division, Main Operations Directorate, Russian General Staff Academic Speaker: “Changing Strategic Environment: Implications for the armed forces in terms of capabilities” by Dr. Eugene B. Rumer, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington, DC, United States 10:45-11:15 Discussion   Second Panel Session “Management of Change – Conduct and Implementation of Strategic Defence Reviews” 11:15-12:00 Chairman: Dr. Edgar V. Buckley, Assistant Secretary General Defence Planning and Operations, NATO First Speaker: “Financial Planning and New Procurement” by Lieutenant General Victor Igoryevich Burov, Head of Division, Main Budget & Finance Department, Russian Ministry of Defence Second Speaker: "L'Approche capacitaire dans la programmation de défense - L'Expérience française." by M. Jean Hamiot, Directeur adjoint des Affaires Stratégiques du ministère de la Défense, Paris Third Speaker: “Taking Stock of the United Kingdom Strategic Defence Review (SDR): Financial Lessons-learned” by Mr. Colin Balmer, Finance Director, Ministry of Defence, London 12:00-12:30 Discussion 12:30-13:30 Buffet-Lunch (NDC Cafeteria) hosted by NATO Defense College   Third Panel Session “Concrete Projects of NATO-Russia Cooperation in Defence Reform” 13:30-15:00 Chairman: Colonel General Yuriy Nikolayevich Baluyevskiy, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces, Russian Federation Presentations on Potential NATO-Russia Projects (on the basis of Papers circulated ahead of the Seminar) “Defence Conversion – A Possible NATO-Russia Project” by Dr. Patrick Hardouin, Director of the NATO Economics Directorate, NATO “Further Prospects for Defence Conversion in Russia” by Major General Alexander Alexeyevich Rakhmanov, Head of Division, Main Armament Department, Russian Ministry of Defence “A New Approach to Logistics – Possible NATO-Russia Projects” by Mr. Bruno Cantin, Security Investment, Logistics & Civil Emergency Planning Division, NATO “Working-level Roundtables on Force Planning” by Mr. Frank Boland, Deputy Director of Force Planning, NATO “NATO-Sponsored Research Fellowships in the area of Defence Reform at NDC” by Mr. John A. Berry, Dean of the NATO Defense College, Rome “NATO-Russia Trust Fund for the Destruction of Antipersonnel Landmines” by Mr. David Collins, Director, Defence Partnership & Cooperation, NATO “Norwegian Views and Experiences on Defence-related Environmental Cooperation – Possibilities for NRC projects” by Mrs. Ingjerd Kroken, Senior Advisor in the MOD, Department of Equipment, Logistics and Infrastructure, Oslo 15:00-15:20 Coffee Break 15:20-16:30 Discussion 16:30-17:00 Summing-up by co-Chairmen Colonel General Yuriy Nikolayevich Baluyevskiy, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces, Russian Federation Dr. Edgar V. Buckley, Assistant Secretary General Defence Planning and Operations, NATO 17:10-17:30 Departure from NDC to Hotel