09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Introduction

Major Bart Holewijn
Staff Officer, Combat Support Branch
NATO JAPCC

09.10 Personnel Recovery: Latest Operational Feedback From Isaf In Afghanistan

• The particular challenges that operating in Afghanistan poses for personnel recovery missions
• The evolving CSAR mission within ISAF
• Implementation of new training, doctrine and systems
• What are we still missing in terms of capabilities?

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Day
Chief of CSAR Cell
NATO Ramstein

09.50 The Mission Is Saving Lives

• 2009 - a year of change
• Requirements for new USAF PR assets and platforms
• Current USAF PR assets and platforms
• Challenges for USAF PR forces
• Feedback from deployed operations and humanitarian support missions

Colonel Billy D Thompson
563rd Rescue Group Commander
USAF

11.00 Usaf Training For Personnel Recovery: The Angel Thunder Programme

• Need for USAF exercise engaging ‘Whole of Government’ response to ops across the spectrum of PR
• Defining and executing the largest and most complex PR exercise in the world
• Scenarios covered and assets utilised
• Incorporating operational and exercise lessons learned

Major Brett Hartnett
ANGEL THUNDER Project Officer
USAF

11.40 Training And Standardisation For European Personnel Recovery Forces

• Introduction to the European Air Group (EAG) and its role in standardising training for European Recovery Forces
• Harmonising national SERE training efforts
• Combined Joint Personnel Recovery Standardisation Course
• 2009: back-brief, lessons learned and outlook

Lieutenant Colonel Uwe Schleimer
Acting Area Director JPR
European Air Group

13.50 Afghanistan: Recent Operational Experiences With The 129th "Pedro" Rescue Squadron

• Afghanistan Lessons Learned
• Preparing CSAR forces for MEDEVAC
• Mitigating risky "brownout" landings: HH-60 cockpit doors off
• Support to forward-base operations
• Integrating with coalition partners: the Joint Helicopter Force-
• Afghanistan

Lieutenant Colonel Rhys Hunt
Director of Operations, 129th Rescue Squadron
California Air National Guard

14.30 Aeromedical Evacuation (AEROMEDEVAC) As Part Of The PR Mission

• EAG role in AEROMEDEVAC
• VOLCANEX: improving coalition training and interoperability
• MEDEVAC versus PR: some crucial differences

Lieutenant Colonel Sebastiano Franco
AD Logistics
European Air Group

15.40 Re-Evaluating The Role Of Nato Special Operations Forces (SOF) In Personnel Recovery

• What has been the role of NATO SOF in PR operations before now?
• New changes to NATO doctrine and their implications
• Standardising training for SOF recovery crews
• Looking ahead to future deployments and exercises

Lieutenant Commander Rodolfo Calabro
CSAR/Special Ops SME, Combat Support Branch
NATO JAPCC

16.20 Synchronizing Personnel Recovery Efforts Using Strategic Communication

• Basic tenets of strategic communication
• Application for national PR efforts
• US initiatives at the departmental- and national-levels
• Relevance for PR in a coalition environment

Major Christopher Johnson
Strategic Communication Advisor, PR Policy Directorate, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs
US DoD

17.00 Chairman’s Close And End Of Conference