Interfax is pleased to announce the following Chatam House Conference:

European Defence and Security 2011 - Collaboration, Coordination and Competition in Defence Acquisition

24 and 25 January 2011 - Chatam House, London

Can international collaboration compensate for spending cuts?

Join business leaders, government representatives, military practitioners and industry specialists to discuss the future of R&T and R&D in supporting cooperation in defence and security and the necessity of keeping pace with emerging markets and industries.

• What are the implications of the changing balance of military power and what does this mean for exports and for industry?

• Are we doing what is needed to meet our security goals?

• Where R&T is concerned, what are industry’s expectations of government?

• What can industry do to turn innovation into application and, ultimately, into a fielded weapon system or equipment?

Read the agenda

Speaker highlights

 Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the United Kingdom

 Rear Admiral Archer M. Macy Jr, Director, Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization - Deputy Director for Force Protection, J-8, The Joint Staff, United States

 Erwin Bernhard, National Director, Research and Technology - Federal Department of Defence, Germany

 John Dowdy, Head, Global Defence and Security - McKinsey & Co

 Simon Jewell, Managing Director - Strategic Capability Solutions - BAE Systems

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Register by 24 November to benefit from the early booking rate.

http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/Defence2011