09.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Introduction

Major Bart Holewijn
Staff Officer, Combat Support Branch
NATO JAPCC

09.10 Us Joint Personnel Recovery: Improving Future Operational Capabilities

• Challenges in identifying the capability gaps in the short- and medium-terms
• How the JPRA works with the Services in order to achieve joint-ness
• Roads to developing greater interoperability with coalition partners

Colonel Steven C Shepard
Commander, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA)
US Joint Forces Command

09.50 Furthering European Cooperation In Personnel Recovery Capabilities

• The European Defence Agency’s (EDA) role in capability development for European personnel recovery operations
• Improving mission interoperability through requirements harmonisation
• Focussing on rescue operators: what do land- and air-based personnel need?
• Potential for future cooperation in procurement opportunities

Colonel Erich Weissenböck
Project Officer Engage, Capability Directorate
European Defence Agency

11.00 UK Sere Training In Support Of Pr Operations

• UK SERE training: requirements for facilities and instructors
• Survival – what training and equipment is essential?
• Evasion training and adapting to new environments
• Current UK position on Combat Recovery
• Developing operational planning for PR

11.40 Latest Nato Requirements In Personnel Recovery

• NATO spectrum of personnel recovery operations
• Lessons identified from recent exercises and operations
• Capability gaps in training and systems, and how we are addressing these

Major Bart Holewijn
Staff Officer, Combat Support Branch
NATO JAPCC

13.50 Personnel Recovery In The Italian Air Force: Operational Lessons Learned And New Requirements

• Overview of Italian Air Force Personnel Recovery: current assets and capabilities
• Recent operational lessons learned and impact on future requirements
• Experience in disaster relief and humanitarian operations
• CSAR helicopter acquisition: the AW101
• Platform specifications
• Required missions in addition to CSAR (e.g. MEDEVAC)
• Current status and plans for further orders

Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Felicissimo
Chief Operations Officer, 15th Wing
Italian Air Force

14.30 Update On French Pr/csar Capabilities And Recent Operational Experience

• The continuing and growing importance of CSAR/PR in French operations
• The French Air Force’s dedicated CSAR/PR assets and TTPs
• The role of PJs
• Lessons learned from Afghanistan
• New developments

Lieutenant Herve Dechoux
PR/CSAR Liaison Officer
French Air Force

15.40 Canada’s Evolution Of Conduct After Capture (cac) Towards Personnel Recovery

• Creating a national CAC programme
• Risk management in developing a level C training programme
• Using science to underpin training and development
• The importance of ‘Whole of Government’ involvement
• International partnerships and standardization
• The steps towards Personnel Recovery

John Proctor
PR Policy & Standards
Canadian DND

16.20 Sweden’s Way Towards A Functional Pr System

• History: From Vikings to Personnel Recovery
• PR and SERE training of Swedish personnel as of today
• Swedish efforts to support EU development of PR capability

17.00 Chairman’s Summary And End Of Day One