ADM Defence Skilling Summit 2010

Australian Defence Magazine (ADM) is proud to present the 6th Defence Skilling Summit in Adelaide in September 2010.

More than ever, the event will focus on tangible, take-home strategies for skilling and managing your Defence Industry workforce and projects. Regularly gathering in excess of 100 participants, this Summit has become a must-attend for all key Defence and Defence Industry organisations - maintaining a skilled workforce is a challenge for everyone - from primes and SMEs, to education and training stakeholders as well as DMO and Defence.

Hear from Defence and Industry leaders including:

• The Hon. Alan Griffin MP, Minister for Defence Personnel
• Jim Whalley, CEO, Nova Group
• Dr. Len Sciacca, Chief Operating Officer, DSTO
• Peter Haddad, Strategic Advisor, Defence Industries, Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Victorian Government
• Dr. Ian Chessell, former Chief Defence Scientist and Chief Scientist for South Australia
• Christine Zeitz, Director, Corporate Affairs, BAE Systems
• Peter Bull, Vice President, National Security & C4I, Thales Australia
• Chris Burns CSC, CEO, Defence Teaming Centre
• Mal Benfer, ARH Program Director, Australian Aerospace
• Peter Croser, CEO, Defence Systems Innovation Centre
• David Welch, General Manager, Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation (RPDE) Program

and many more...

Discussions will center around the following topics:

• Skilling availability
• State contributions to Defence skilling
• Defence culture
• Change management
• Workforce management
• Up-skilling
• Secondments
• Education and VET