"Equipping our forces for Europe's security and defence - Priorities and shortcomings"

Technological and Aerospace Committee

COLLOQUY

"Equipping our forces for Europe's security and defence -
Priorities and shortcomings"

Palacio del Senado, Plaza de la Marina Española, Madrid

5 and 6 March 2002

Programme

Summary of speeches and debates

Tuesday 5 March 2002
09.00-10.00	Registration of participants
10.00	Opening addresses Mrs Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Senate Mr Klaus Bühler, MdB, President of the WEU Assembly
10.15-13.00	FIRST SITTING: What kinds of operational needs for which purposes?
Chairman	Mr Agustín Díaz de Mera, Chairman of the Spanish Delegation to the WEU Assembly
Speakers	Mr Fernando Díez Moreno, Secretary of State for Defence, Spain
	Admiral Moreno Barberá, Chief of the Defence Staff, Spain, Chairman of the European Union Headline Goal Task Force
	Dr Julian Lindley-French, Senior Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies
	Mr Alan Meale, MP, Rapporteur of the WEU Assembly
Debate
13.00-16.00	Lunch free
16.00-18.30	SECOND SITTING: Projects initiated in the institutions: lessons to be learned
Chairman	Mr Dieter Schloten, MdB, Chairman of the Defence Committee of the WEU Assembly
Speakers	Mrs Birgitta Böhlin, National Armaments Director for Sweden
	Mr Stephen Logan, Programme Co-ordination and Prospective Cooperation Section Leader, OCCAR
	Mr Nicolas Maffert, Ingénieur général de l'armement, National Armaments Deputy Director for France
	Mr Gary Titley, MEP, Rapporteur for the European Parliament
	Dr. Ilana Bet-El, Senior policy advisor, GPC International
Debate
20.30	Dinner hosted by Mr Agustín Díaz de Mera, Chairman of the Spanish Delegation to the WEU Assembly, at the Hotel Meliá Madrid Princesa
Wednesday 6 March 2002
09.30-13.00	THIRD SITTING: Getting the best out of what the European armaments industry can offer
Chairman	Mr David Atkinson, MP, Chairman of the Technological and Aerospace Committee of the WEU Assembly
Speakers
	Mr Corrado Antonini, Chairman of the European Defence Industries Group (EDIG)
	Mr Alberto Fernández, President of the Spanish Defence Industries Association (AFARMADE)
	Mr Patrice Hummel, EADS, Vice President, Strategic Coordination
	Mr Simon Jewell, Future Systems Managing Director, BAe Systems
	Mr Giorgio Zappa, President, Alenia Aerospazio
Debate
Conclusions	What should we be looking for from a European policy?
	Mr Bruno Tertrais, Senior Research Fellow, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, Paris
Closing address	Mr Klaus Bühler, MdB, President of the WEU Assembly