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29 June 2011, Brussels – Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee (CMC) joined a panel at the Security and Defence Agenda (SDA) Conference to discuss NATO’s Strategic Capabilities. The panel was moderated by the former NATO Secretary General, H.E. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Gilles Merrit, SDA chairman.

The conference, entitled ‘Shaping NATO’s Reform Agenda’, addressed current key challenges for the alliance and its members. Experts debated over questions such as: What sort of flexibility is being built into the new generations of equipment, ranging from naval and air support to surveillance and ground operations, and what capabilities must NATO develop in the maritime and cyber domains?

In his opening remarks, Adm. Di Paola stressed the urgent need for NATO members to further multinational cooperation, applying the Smart Defence concept as it was launched by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen; a concept in which the military input is indispensable. ”Smart Defence ensures that all Allied nations can benefit from security provided by capabilities they could never afford individually through the pooling and sharing of resources on a multinational level.”

The other panel members were British Minister for International Security, Gerald Howarth, Atlantic Council Cyber specialist Jason Healey, and IBM NATO and EU expert, Leendert Van Bochoven.