NATO Secretary General's Annual Conference Transforming NATO A Political and Military Challenge Thursday 14 April 2005 Sodehotel Woluwe Contents News Media information Documents, speeches, audio and photos Opinions NATO Review - Issue 1 - Spring 2005 Examining NATO's Transformation Multimedia Video interview with Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Key links ACT Web site RUSI Web site News NATO’s transformation in focus 11 Apr. - A high-level conference convened by the NATO Secretary General in Brussels on 14 April focused on the political and military transformation of NATO, “two sides of the same coin”. More... Media information Annual NATO conference on “Transforming NATO – a Political and Military Challenge”

Documents, speeches, audio & photos     Thursday 14 April 09.00 Welcome remarks by Jean Fournet, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy ENG .MP3 1455kb Welcome and introductory remarks by Sir Paul Lever, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) ENG .MP3 2023kb 09.15 NATO's political and military transformation: Two sides of the same coin Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General ENG .MP3 7306kb 09.40 NATO and military transformation: What can ACT contribute? Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation ENG .MP3 6532kb 09.55 What has NATO learned from its operations? General James Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe ENG .MP3 6001kb 10.10 Discussion with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Admiral Edmund Giambastiani and General James Jones Chaired by Sir Paul Lever, RUSI   .MP3 14796kb 11.15 A national response to the transformation challenge Chaired by the NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer     Nikolay Svinarov, Minister of Defence, Bulgaria ENG .MP3 4741kb Gediminas Kirkilas, Minister of Defence, Lithuania ENG .MP3 5284kb Søren Gade, Minister of Defence, Denmark ENG .MP3 4679kb 12.30 Hosted luncheon Towards a renewed transatlantic partnership Antonio Martino, Minister of Defence, Italy ENG   14.15 Panel discussion How can we generate parliamentary support for NATO's transformation? Chaired by Constanze Stelzenmüller, Die Zeit ENG .MP3 2454kb Hans-Ulrich Klose, Deputy Chairman Foreign Policy Committee of the German Bundestag ENG .MP3 6233kb Josef Banás, Member of Parliament, National Council of the Slovak Republic ENG .MP3 4414kb Loïc Bouvard, Member of the French National Assembly ENG .MP3 6103kb 15:30 Press conference with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General James Jones ENG .MP3 11MB 16.00 NATO's military transformation: An outsider’s assessment Anthony Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Due to overlap of press conference the audio file is not complete ENG .MP3 1574kb 16.15 Panel discussion National case studies in military transformation Chaired by John Colston, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning ENG .MP3 1160kb General Czeslaw Piatas, Chief of General Staff, Poland ENG .MP3 3946kb General Sverre Diesen, Chief of Defence, Norway ENG .MP3 3070kb General Hans Jesper Helsø, Chief of Defence, Denmark ENG .MP3 5634kb 17.30 Wrap up session with Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General ENG   .MP3 2552kb   NATO Publication stand