Agenda
DAY ONE: Tuesday 21st February 2012
8.00 Registration and coffee
8.55 Opening remarks from the Chair
Katherine Ziesing, Editor, Australian Defence Magazine
9:00 KEYNOTE MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Current and future challenges for Australian Defence Organisation
The Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence (invitation extended)
ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT
9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM THE SECRETARY OF DEFENCE
Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC, Defence Secretary Department of Defence
10:00 The Defence Materiel organisation - what we do and how we are going
- Delivering major programs - JSF, AEW&C, AWDs and LHDs
- Defence Capability Plan management within the DMO
- DMO's role in the Defence capability development process
- Successes and challenges for the DMO
- Reconciling the Mortimer, Kinnaird and Black review recommendations
- Challenges in delivering the Strategic Reform Program
Warren King, Chief Executive Officer, Defence Materiel Organisation
10:30 Networking and refreshment break
Morning Tea Sponsor: 
A SUPPLIER PERSPECTIVE OF THE KEY AREAS
11:00 INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
Positioning industry for emerging challenges
> Delivering capability advantage and managing the risk
> The role of industry and its relationship with defence
Chris Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, Thales Australia, and Chairman, AIG Defence Council
11:30 INDUSTRY KEYNOTE
The top 3 priorities for a Defence Prime:
> Capability delivery
> Supply chain
> Skill development and retention
David Allott, Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems Australia
AerosPACe
12:00 Establishing a capability and credibility for indigenous naval ship and submarine building in Australia
- Exemplary performance and working collaboratively with the customer
- Partnerships in supply: working with industry to foster investment, innovation and job growth in naval shipbuilding
- A 50 year future built on sustainment and construction
Steve Ludlam, Chief Executive Officer, ASC
12:30 Lunch and networking break
Lunch Sponsor: 
CAPABILITY AND INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT
1:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Future challenges of the Australian Defence Force
General David Hurley AC, DSC, Chief of the Defence Force
BUDGET FORECASTS
2:00 2012-2013 Defence budget predictions
- Outlining funding requirements in light of ongoing Afghanistan deployments needs
- Forecasting expenditure for acquisition projects
- Examining the fiscal pressures on Defence as the Government moves toward a fiscal surplus in 2013
Dr. Mark Thomson, Program Director, Budget and Management Program, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
2:30 Diggerworks – enhancing survivability of Australian soldiers in Afghanistan
- Adopting a collaborative partnership approach between Defence, defence industries and research agencies
- Future projects
- Feedback from existing projects
- Lessons for other part of the defence enterprise
Dr. Mark Hodge, CEO, Defence Materials Technology Centre
Colonel Jason Blain , Director, Diggerworks
3:00 Networking and refreshment break
MARITIME
3:30 Delivering the DCP's naval project
• How the federal government plans to acquire more than 50 new warships in the next 20 years
• Progress of the 2009 White Paper
• Sustainment capability
Andrew Cawley, General Manager Programs, Defence Materiel Organisation
4:00 GSC PANEL DISCUSSION
Transition from JSF Programs to GSC Programs
> Enhancing the skills and reputation for Defence industry SMEs
> Assessing and supporting GSCs with large multi-national companies
> Working in collaboration and cooperation to maximise opportunities and develop strategic capability plans
> Recommendations for future directions and industry engagement
Ken Thomson, Director, Global Supply Chain Program (Panel facilitator)
TBA, Industry Development Unit, Raytheon
TBA, Industry Engagement Unit, Thales Australia
Rob Kusters, Business Unit Manager - Aerospace and Defence, Marand
William Hutchinson, Managing Director, Thomas Electronics
4:50 Defence procurement in a global marketplace
- The economies of scale of overseas production
- Impact of the US debt crisis on major projects
- Impact of the European economy on supply, demand and cost
Dr Andrew Davies, Capability Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
5:20 Closing remarks from the Chair
7:00 Networking drinks, Kings Hall, Old Parliament House
7:30 ADM Awards Dinner, Members' Dining room, Old Parliament House
DAY TWO: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair
Gregor Ferguson, Executive Manager Industry Development, Aerospace Defence and Maritime Foundation of Australia
9:05 Changing Dynamics of Sustainment and SRP
- Challenging the Stovepipes
- Improving Availability
- Driving Savings
Glenn Brown, Head of Qantas Aviation Services
9:35 Defence procurement - the legislative and policy environment
Harry Dunstall, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Commercial, Defence Materiel Organisation
10:05 The strategic reform Program update
- Focusing on maintenance and sustainment practices as well as delivery – not separately
- What improvements need to be made?
- What will be the impact of a radical overhaul of procurement and sustainment practices? Implementing genuine reform on both sides of the contract
- Lessons learned from program activities to date
- Contracting reforms
- A quick look at two current reform initiatives
- Future challenges for Defence and Industry
Tony Hindmarsh, Acting Head, Acquisition and Sustainment reform, Defence Materiel Organisation
10:35 Networking and refreshment break
MAJOR PROJECTS
11:10 The land Warfare capability challenge: firepower, protection, connectivity
- Connectivity - networking the Army
- Armour and firepower - building the hardened Army
- Getting from here to 2030
Brigadier Patrick Kidd, OBE, Modernisation and Strategic Planning, Australian Army
11:40 The 21st century sustainment challenge
- Collins and Wedgetail – synergies and similarities
- Land systems and vehicles
Air Vice-Marshal Chris Deeble, Program Manager Collins and Wedgetail, Defence Materiel Organisation
12:10 Lunch and networking break
1:10 Sustainment and Logistics - Evolving and Delivering a new business model
Rear Admiral (Rtd) Bob Love CB OBE, Deputy CEO, Babcock Pty Ltd
1:45 Innovation in Defence - the role of SMEs
- Need for innovation in Australian Defence
- Defence desire for innovation
- Innovation in technology
- Innovation in business model
Andrew Garth, Director, Defence Industry Innovation Centre
Tony Quick, Chair, Defence Materials Technology Centre
2:20 Networking and refreshment break
2:50 SME PANEL
SME growth, innovation and skills
> What do SMEs need to help them grow?
> Pursuing growth - a hand up, not a hand out
Tony Quick, Chair, Defence Materials Technology Centre (Panel facilitator)
Carlos Broens, Managing Director, Broens
Chris Williams, General Manager East, HI Fraser Group
Shawn Parr, CEO, Calytrix
3:30 Update on commercial and industry programs
Brendhan Egan, Director, General Export Programs and Industry Engagement, Defence Materiel Organisation
4:00 International sustainment pilot lessons
KBR was part of the initial cadre of SRP Pilot Programs designed to examine ideas and innovation for improvement of sustainment activities. The KBR focus was on International Lessons Learned from supporting UK and US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. This session will share these lessons and the benefits that have been achieved through innovative approaches to sustaining a fighting force and link these to the Australian context to examine the ways that the ADF could adopt similar techniques.
Richard Card, Vice President Operations, International Government, Defence & Support Services, KBR
Peter Robinson, Director, Defence and Government Services, Asia-Pacific, KBR
4:30 Closing remarks from Chair
4:35 End of conference
