SMi Group's 14th annual Military Airlift Conference & exhibition returns to Seville for whta promises to be the best event yet

1. Keynote Speakers:
Lieutenant General Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie, Commander, Air
Defence and Air Operations Command, French Air Force
Brigadier General Miguel Angel Villarroya Vilalta, Deputy
Director, European Air Group
Lieutenant Colonel Juan Domínguez-Pérez - Project Manager,
Programmes Section, Spanish Air Force
Other Speakers Include:
Major General Pascal Valentin, Commander, European Air
Transport Command
Colonel Luigi Riggio, Commander 14th Wing,
Italian Air Force
Colonel Reinhard Krell, Director, Movement Coordination Centre
Europe
Colonel Frank Rombouts, Commander,
Heavy Airlift Wing of the Strategic Airlift Programme
Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Canfora, Air Transport SME, Joint Air
Power Competence Centre
Tim Rowntree, Director, OCCAR-EA
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Conway, Directorate of Air
Requirements - Air Mobility & SAR, Royal Canadian Air Force
Dimitrios Petridis, Aviation Support Programme Manager,
NATO Support Agency
Lieutenant Colonel Ron de Haar, Chief, ISAF Strategic Flight
Coordination Centre
Laurent Donnet, Assistant Capability Manager, European
Defence Agency
Gunnar Borch, Former General Manager of NATO Airlift
Management Agency
"This is a great achievement... I have seen few military events where such a great number of high
ranking Officers were briefers"
3RD - 4TH DECEMBER 2013 | MELIA SEVILLA HOTEL, SEVILLE, SPAIN
The largest bespoke military airlift conference
in Europe, now in its 14th year
Receive high-level briefings on the A400M
tanker and other emerging platforms
Attendees are unrivalled in their seniority
and influence across the international airlift
community
Hear first class presentations on the following
topics: Airlift Procurement; Strategic Airlift;
Aerial Refuelling; Multinational Cooperation;
Industry Opportunities and Requirements
and Capability
Early Bird
Discount:
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30TH SEPTEMBER
SAVE £100
Plus do not miss our exclusive site visit:
• Post-conference site visit to Airbus Military
- San Pablo on 5th December
• Get the opportunity to see the final assembly
line for the A400M tanker
MILITARY AIRLIFTRAPID REACTION & TANKER OPERATIONS
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© Airbus Military 2012
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2. Register online at www.military-airlift.com • Alternatively fax your
DAY ONE l 3RD DECEMBER 2013 www.military-airlift.com
8.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
9.00 - 9.10
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Gunnar Borch, Former General Manager of NATO Airlift
Management Agency
SESSION 1: HOST NATION ADDRESSES
9.10 - 9.50
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
The European Air Group and interoperability in the Air Transport
domain
• Overview on the EAG and its main tasks
• The EAG Air Movement Project for the support of Multi
National Air Transport Operations
Brigadier General Miguel Angel Villarroya Vilalta,
Deputy Director, European Air Group
9.50 - 10.30
Spanish Military Air Transport and Tanker Fleets:
Raising the game
• Current AT & AAR assets, capabilities, missions and identified
shortcomings
• SAF Roadmap; National Future Programs, A400M and MRTT
• Management of Spain's Airlift and Tanker resources
- Pooling and Sharing (P&S) initiatives, EATF-EATC
- Exploitation of Cooperative Military Airlift and Tankers
Lieutenant Colonel Juan Domínguez-Pérez - Project
Manager, Programmes Section, Spanish Air Force
10.30 - 11.00
MORNING COFFEE Sponsored by
SESSION 2: MULTINATIONAL COOPERATION
11.00 - 11.30
MCCE – your Military Transportation Broker
• Air Transport (AT)
• Air to Air Refuelling (AAR)
• Sea Transport (ST)
• Inland Surface Transport (IST)
Colonel Reinhard Krell, Director,
Movement Coordination Centre Europe
11.30 - 12.10
EATC in support of operations - Opportunities and limits
• EATC proving its value: Day to day routine AT and AAR
• Insight into multinational (Unified Protector) and national
(Serval) operations
• Support the EATC provided to the nations and identifying the
limits
• How can the EATC better support operations in the future?
• Upcoming assets and the gain they constitute for the nations’
capability and capacity
Major General Pascal Valentin, Commander,
European Air Transport Command
12.10 - 13-30
NETWORKING LUNCH
SESSION 3: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAR
13.30 - 14.10
Military airlift and AAR challenges and solutions: the European
AAR initiative and diplomatic clearance arrangement
• The cost of non-cooperation has become unaffordable:
why the European Defence Agency makes sense
• Overview of the EU multinational AAR short, medium and long
term projects
• Simplifying and harmonising the diplomatic clearances
mechanism in the European sky
Laurent Donnet, Assistant Capability Manager,
European Defence Agency
14.10 - 14.50
Introduction into service of a new generation tanker:
Italian Air Force KC767A
• ITAF AAR activity
• KC767A program start up
• Operational activity and future trends
• Receivers certification process
Colonel Luigi Riggio, Commander 14th Wing,
Italian Air Force
14.50 - 15.10
AFTERNOON TEA Sponsored by
SESSION 4: COST EFFECTIVE PROCUREMENT
15.10 - 15.50
A400M: a new generation of airlift capability
• Successful Foundations: The OCCAR collaborative model
& The Commercial Approach
• Challenges and Solutions: 21st Century Tools and Processes
• Capability Update - Tactical and Strategic lift in a single
aircraft
• Programme Delivery Update
• Through-Life Management - Ensuring a Successful Future
Tim Rowntree, Director, OCCAR-EA
15.50 - 16.30
The Role of NSPA in Military Airlift
• Mission and Services including AWACS Support (LW), SALIS
(Strategic Airlift Interim Solution – LS), NATO Airlift
Management Programme (NAMP), NH-90 & Tiger Helicopters
(LN) and Aviation Support Programme (LA)
• Organization
• Aviation Support Programme (LA)
• Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Aircraft Activities
• Q and A session
Dimitrios Petridis, Aviation Support Programme Manager,
NATO Support Agency
16.30
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE

3. registration to +44 (0)870 9090 712 or call +44 (0)870 9090 711
8.30 - 9.00
RE-REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
9.00 - 9.10
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Gunnar Borch, Former General Manager of NATO Airlift
Management Agency
SESSION 5: CURRENT MISSIONS
9.10 - 9.40
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Operation Serval in Mali: a French perspective on military airlift
and tanker operations
• Sum up of the joint campaign in Operation Serval
• Focus on the airlift and tankers operations
• Lessons learned
• French perspectives with future A 400M and MRTT
Lieutenant General Thierry Caspar-Fille-Lambie,
Commander, Air Defence and Air Operations
Command, French Air Force
9.40 - 10.20
Afghanistan Military Withdrawal - Multi Modal Operations
• Rapid development of Air/Sea solutions for Afghanistan
withdrawal plans
• Nodes, Modes and cost criteria of movements
• Project examples
Alex Munro, Director of Sales, ME & Africa,
National Air Cargo
10.20 - 10.50
MORNING COFFEE Sponsored by
SESSION 6: UPDATE ON STRATEGIC CAPABILITY
10.50 - 11.30
Update from Royal Canadian Air Force
• RCAF Airlift capabilities and future requirements,
• RCAF Airlift Operations: Domestic and Haiti
• RCAF AAR Operations: Domestic and Libyan
Lieutenant Colonel Chris Conway, Directorate of Air
Requirements- Air Mobility & SAR, Royal Canadian Air
Force
11.30 - 12.10
Providing strategic airlift capability
• Case study – mission to Mali
• Multinational sharing arrangements - future of strategic airlift
- Experiences from the first years of the HAW
- Recommendations for similar arrangements elsewhere
Colonel Frank Rombouts, Commander,
Heavy Airlift Wing of the Strategic Airlift Programme
12.10 - 13.30
NETWORKING LUNCH
13.30 - 14.10
ISFCC; coordinating strategic airlift in support of ISAF
• The future of ISFCC beyond 2014
• Tasks and Responsibilities
• Organization and Statistics
Lieutenant Colonel Ron de Haar, Chief,
ISAF Strategic Flight Coordination Centre
14.10 - 14.50
Reserved for sponsor
14.50 - 15.10
AFTERNOON TEA Sponsored by
SESSION 7: MULTI MISSION CAPABILITY
15.10 - 15.50
Operational doctrine for MR/MMTT (Multi-Role/Multi-Mission
Tanker Transport) simultaneous and multinational employment
• Air Transport & Air to Air Refuelling: Simultaneous employment
• New Doctrine required?
• Multinational employment: National Restriction and
Constraint for MR/MMTT
• Command & Control: double counting for the same asset will
impact the planning
• Tactical Airlift vs. AAR: Crews training for Multi Role
employment (e.g. A400M)
Lieutenant Colonel Giuseppe Canfora, Air Transport SME,
Joint Air Power Competence Centre
15.50 - 16.30
Current & Future Developments in Airbus Military
• A400M introduction to service
• A330 MRTT capability roll-out
• Light and medium' CN235/C295 programme updates
Ian Elliott, Vice President of Defence Capability
Marketing, Airbus Military
16.30
CHAIRMAN’S CLOSING REMARKS AND END OF CONFERENCE
DAY TWO l 4TH DECEMBER 2013 www.military-airlift.com

4. Overview
Following a welcome and briefing by Ian Elliott, Vice President of Defence Capability
Marketing, Airbus Military, there will be a tour of the facilities. This will include an exclusive
opportunity to see the A400M Final Assembly Line. This exclusive site visit also gives you the
unique chance to see their Light and Medium Aircraft Final Assembly line for their C295
and CN235 aircraft. Overall this site visit is designed to provide delegates with a complete
insight into new developments at Airbus and their range of airlift related capability.
© Airbus Military 2012
Site Visit Itinerary
9.30
Arrival at Airbus Military – San Pablo, south sector.
Auditorium conf. room (Building A1, ground floor)
Welcome coffee
10.00
Welcome by Ian Elliott, Airbus Military
Corporate presentation
10.30
Morning Coffee and Refreshments
11.00
Visit to the facilities:
• A400M Final Assembly Line
12.00
• Light & Medium (C295 & CN235 aircraft)
Final Assembly Line
13.30
End of visit
Airbus Military is the only military and
civic/humanitarian transport aircraft
manufacturer to develop, produce, sell and
support a comprehensive family of airlifters
ranging from 3 to 45 tonnes of payload.
Airbus Military’s highly versatile product
range includes the robust and service
proven “Light & Medium” family (three to
nine tonnes payload), comprising the C212,
the CN235 and the C295, the all new A400M
airlifter to meet the needs of the 21st
century, as well as the A330 MRTT, the
benchmark in Multi RoleTanker and Transport
aircraft. It also produces and markets a small
Trainer and Aerobatic plane, the Orlik TC-II.
Headquartered in Madrid (Spain), the
company’s facilities are essentially based in
Spain. Its main sites are Getafe, close to
Madrid, where the civil Airbus platforms, such
as the A330, are converted into Multi Role
Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, and Seville,
where the San Pablo factory, south of the
airport, hosts the A400M Final Assembly Line
opened in 2007, as well as the complete
production and final assembly of the C212,
CN235 and C295 aircraft. Opened in 2010,
the all new Airbus Military Training Centre is
also located close to the San Pablo facility.
Thursday 5th December 2013
Post-Conference Site Visit to
Airbus Military - San Pablo, South Sector

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