Providing a full, 360° view of afloat support and naval logistics from ship to shore

Conference opening addresses from:

Commodore David Marsh, Assistant Chief of Staff Logistics Royal Navy
and
Commodore Bill Walworth, Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Defence IQ is proud to present the December 2010 Afloat Support and Naval Logistics event.

The event will be opened by a thorough examination of maritime aspects of the UK Joint Supply Chain and will continue by focussing on every step of the maritime supply chain, with key input from subject matter experts from Europe and across the Atlantic.

Key themes for the event include:

• Asset management and asset visibility – how navies are managing materiel, increasing efficiency and decreasing wastage
• Latest technology reports, with DARPA, the US Navy Office of Naval Research and DSTL discussing cargo transfer programmes
• Operational reports on US Haitian disaster relief, Canadian Arctic strategy and the multinational fight against piracy from the Horn of Africa
• Assessment of real-life support and the role of third party logistics in supporting the fleet

Senior level speakers include:

• Chairman: Jonathan Kaskin SES, Director of Combat Logistics and Strategic Mobility, Chief of Naval Operations N4,US Navy
• Commodore Bill Walworth, Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• Commodore David Marsh ADC FCILT FCMI, Assistant Chief of Staff Logistics, Royal Navy
• Rear-Admiral Christopher Weaver, (ret’d) former commander, Navy Installations Command, US Navy
• Captain James Shields, Commander, Naval Operational Logistics Supply Center, NAVSUP, US Navy
• Captain Brent Hopkins, Director Maritime Logistics, Canadian Navy
• Lieutenant Colonel Dick Jenkinson, Chief Branch Infrastructure, Maritime Component ommand (MCC), Northwood, NATO
• Robert McHenry, Programme Manager, Tactical Expandable aritime Platform, DARPA, US DoD
• Mario Alvarez, Chief of Communications, Southern Command, US Navy
• Richard Scott, Group Leader, Acoustics and Fluids, Frazer Nash / Defence Science Technology Laboratory, UK MoD
• Paul Hess, LO/LO Programme Manager, Office of Naval Research, US Navy
• Gerhard Rauniak, Programme Manager 3PL, European Defence Agency
• Steven Taylor, Executive Officer, General Services, NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency
• Pete Budi, Director of Logistics, US Military Sealift Command
• Lt. Cdr. Arthur van Son, Subject Matter Expert Maritime Logistics, Maritime Warfare Centre, Royal Netherlands Navy
• James Andreano, Divisional Director Logistics, US Military Sealift Command
• Kelly Cooper, Programme Officer, Sea Platforms and Weapons Division, Office of Naval Research, US Navy

Organisations to have attended Afloat Support and Naval Logistics in January 2010

• French MoD
• Navy Surface Warfare Center, US Navy
• DSTL
• BMT Defence Services Ltd.
• Wärtsilä Defense Inc.
• Inchcape Shipping Services
• Cotecmar
• US Navy
• Chilean Navy
• Italian Navy
• Brazilian Navy
• NATO
• Office of Naval Research, US Navy
• Royal Fleet Auxiliary
• UK MoD
• Royal Danish Navy
• DCNS
• Nigeria High Commision
• Royal Norwegian Navy.
• Babcock
• The Maersk Company
• RMA Group
• Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA
• Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
• Norwegian Defence Procurement Division
• Royal Norwegian Navy
• NATO Northwood Headquarters
• BMT Defence Services Ltd.
• General Dynamics Canada
• Eunavfor
• UK MoD
• Royal Swedish Navy
• Alion Science and Technology
• NATO Northwood Headquarters
• ATLAS Elektronik GmbH
• Naval Surface Warfare Center
• DSTL
• Embassy of Japan
• Embassy of France
• Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding
• NATO Northwood Headquarters
• Netherlands Maritime Force
• Cargotec Sweden AB
• NATO PBOS
• Thales
• Multinational Sealift Coordination Centre
• NL Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)

Venue & Accomodations

The Strand Palace Hotel
372 Strand, London, WC2R 0JJ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7836 8080

Accommodation
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