Conference Day Two: 10th December, 2008

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

Major Bart Holewijn
Staff Officer, Combat Support Branch
NATO JAPCC

09.10 Development Of Uk Search And Rescue (sar) Capability

• Current UK SAR co-ordination, communication and assets
• Harmonisation of UK SAR helicopter force
• European and UK armed forces cooperation
• Lessons Learned

Roly McKie
SAR Operations Specialist
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency

09.50 Evacuation In A Civil Relief Operation

• Civil security and protection in potentially dangerous environments
• International co-ordination
• Disaster relief set up from a civilian organisation standpoint: How can the military assist?

Mike Penrose
Security Director, London
International SOS

11.00 Combat Search And Rescue (csar) As Part Of The Bigger Operational Picture

• CSAR assets and capability in a smaller country
• The Joint Special Air Operations Working Group
• Relations to coalition partners: Feedback from theatre
• Future plans for CSAR

Major Edwin Rovers
Air Special Operations Staff Officer
Netherlands MoD

11.40 Nato Special Operations Forces (sof) Policy

• NATO Special Operation policy
• Balancing coalition with sovereign nation priorities and mandates
• PR scenarios within NATO missions

Lieutenant Colonel Ted Filler
Deputy Chief Training Readiness and Exercise, Director Special Operations Office (DSOO)
NATO SHAPE

13.30 Jpr Feedback From Isaf In Afganisatan

Major Tor Cavalli-Björkman
CO Swedish SERE School
Swedish Armed Forces

14.10 Usaf Personnel Recovery: Experiences Of The 23rd Wing

• Current assets and platforms
• Training and deployment of Pararescuemen
• Feedback from operations and humanitarian support missions and future challenges for CSAR

Colonel Kenneth Todorov
Commander, 23rd Wing
USAF

15.20 Urban –the Fifth Environment

• Why is the Urban Environment so new?
• What makes it so different?
• How should we approach it?

Flt Lt Conrad Allen (RAF Retired)
Urban SERE Consultant

16:00 Combat Search And Rescue: What Are We Missing?

• Context: The operational rescue of F-117A pilot in Yugoslavia
• What are the lessons that still need to be learned and implemented?
• The bigger operational issues we need to over come in order to deliver comprehensive PR

Dale Zelko
Senior Programme Manager, Combat ID Technologies
US DoD

16.50 Chairman’s Summary & End Of Conference

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